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Saturday, 02 March 2013 01:00

A more affordable online bookstore

Written by 12345
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As you may guess from the title, this "invention" is not exactly an object but rather an idea for a website that could prove useful to IIT students. I am not aware of anything similar to this at IIT, so that's why I am suggesting it. The idea came to…
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Friday, 27 August 2010 20:11

Contact Maintainer

Written by Nathan Wicker
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This idea was inspired by attempts to create, manage, and distribute contact lists.   Core functionality: create a simple profile focused on contact/professional information (maybe vcard style) search for others and share profiles (either one way or exchange) search needs to display enough info for others to identify correct person…
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Friday, 27 August 2010 15:23

Personal Phone Notifier

Written by Nathan Wicker
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Audible ringtones can be interruptive, particularly when you're texting a lot or your in class and think your phone is on silent.  Vibrate mode is an attempt to make the notification personal, but it's generally too loud to go unnoticed.  I think I hear my phone vibrate more often than feel…
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:15

Smart Charging Electronics

Written by Nathan Wicker
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I'm not in the knows of current battery and charging technology, but I haven't had much luck with laptop and phone batteries. What I've been told to do and what I've done fairly dillegently is the following: fully charge device, let device discharge until battery dies or is nearly dead,…
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