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U of T graduate with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English and Book & Media Studies. I love all things pop culture, tech, and fashion related. I love writing and anything involved with social media..which is basically a fancy way of saying that I'm more or less a social media addict.

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Wallet Loss-Alerting Devices
Wallet Loss-Alerting Devices
You Will Never Lose Money with the Wallet TrackR
The Wallet TrackR is a new product that is designed to prevent the loss of wallets. By linking via Bluetooth to an iPhone, the Wallet TrackR can send an alert to your phone as soon as you walk away... MORE
Temperature-Sensitive Food Dispenders
Temperature-Sensitive Food Dispenders
The EatWave Vending Machine Delivers Hot and Cold Food
While vending machines are usually filled with long-lasting items like chips and chocolate bars, EatWave has come up with a new way to get quick (hot or cold) food for those on the go. The idea? A... MORE
Paper-Thin Media Screens
Paper-Thin Media Screens
The Japan Display Paper Power LCD Changes the Game
Japan Display has developed a new display technology that replaces the backlight in traditional LCDs. A liquid crystal layer is in between a rear reflective layer and the top “light control... MORE
Lost Item-Tracking Transmitters
Lost Item-Tracking Transmitters
Just Like a Real Dog the Gadget Hound Finds Lost Items
How many times a day do you run around just as you’re about to leave searching around for your keys or wallet? Those items seem to go missing right when you need them, but the Gadget Hound is... MORE
Public Library Homes
Public Library Homes
Hernando Guanlao Pays Love to His Parents by Honoring Their Love of Reading
While the Philippines has one of the highest literacy rates in the developing world, it doesn’t have enough libraries to nurture its communities, so Hernando Guanlao came up with a solution to... MORE
Shark-Tracking Droids
Shark-Tracking Droids
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There is currently a Surfing Robot off the coast of California tracking sharks. Just shy of Shark Week, this robot tracks the movements of sharks, which gives oceanographers the ability to take... MORE
Twitter Follower Dolls
Twitter Follower Dolls
Social Network Minions Will Increase Your Traffic
These days almost everyone has some sort of social networking site to their name, and this addiction goes even farther with these Social Network Minions—a mixed demographic of followers that... MORE
Toy Block Prison Parodies
Toy Block Prison Parodies
The LEGO Wire Shows the Toy Company has Street Cred
In honor of LEGO’s recently released ‘Lego Story’ comes this animated, stop-motion version of one of HBO’s biggest hits: The Wire. Stop-motion animation is always awesome&#... MORE
Personified Insect Photography
Personified Insect Photography
Laurent Seroussi Transforms Women into Stylish Bugs
Who knew that insects could even be considered anything remotely close to sexy? Photographer Laurent Seroussi battles the stereotype that women hate insects by transforming them into real life... MORE