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A Nucleus smart home intercom device displays a screen with various room options, including Living, Baby, Basement, Kitchen, Guest, Master, Garage, and Dad's office.  The screen also shows controls for video, monitoring, volume, and ending calls.. Text: Living
Baby
Basement
Kitchen
Guest
Master
VIDEO
MONITOR
VIDEO
MONITOR
Garage
Dad's office
2:35 PM 102°
END ALL CALLS
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Smart Home Intercom Startup Launched by Harvard Law Grad

By Jonathan Frankel · July 28, 2014 · 12 minutes · 8 photos

The following is a guest post by Jonathan Frankel of Nucleus. Nucleus is a wireless, Internet-connected intercom that lets you audio- or video- chat with any other Nucleus in the world – whether it’s in the next room or next country.

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The image shows two small, rectangular devices, one black and one white, with solar panels and USB ports.

Spor: Changing how we power devices

By Hakon Verespej · June 25, 2014 · 5 minutes · 4 photos

David Hunt and his co-founders at Spor are pursuing a big vision. They’re changing how devices are powered.

I recently had an opportunity to chat with David about the company as well as the successes and challenges they’ve met along the way.…

A close-up photo of a person wearing a virtual reality headset, with another person wearing a similar headset slightly out of focus in the background.. Text: ANTVR

ANTVR – a VR Headset for Gaming

May 14, 2014 · 2 minutes · 2 photos

ANTVR KIT just launched on Kickstarter with a gamer-centric take on virtual reality headsets. Besides a headset with 1.3 megapixel display per eye and a 100° diagonal field of view, ANTVR creates an enhanced experience for VR gaming by including a multi-function…

A photo of a small computer or embedded system with its case open, revealing the internal components and connected cables.

Defining Novena, our Very Own Laptop Computer

By Sean “xobs” Cross · May 05, 2014 · 8 minutes · 2 photos

The following is a guest post by Sean “xobs” Cross, one of the two co-creators of the Novena open source laptop.

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Many products are hammered into existence by a cadre of project managers, focus groups and user studies. This process is…