By Sami Mughal One of my good friends from university recently pointed me towards a project called Shamsi, and I thought it definitely deserves a feature on our website. The idea is simple and based on the renewable energy model. Third world countries around the world have major issues when it comes to electrical power, … Read more
By Jen While perusing the gadgets at CU Exposed last week we ran into Jan Sapper, creator of the MacDock – a small, beautiful docking station for the MacBook Air and Pro. The MacDock is the first docking station for the MacBook that is Apple-design worthy. Just seamlessly connect the MacDock to your MacBook and … Read more
By Sami Mughal Today we got an email from the lovely folk at Keyport who wanted to draw our attention towards Keyport and their latest project on Kickstarter, the Slide 2.0. While the product has hit off in the US, we are yet to see this in the UK. Keyport, however, promise that once this … Read more
The Bloukrans Bridge in South Africa is the world’s highest bungee bridge, with the jump platform standing 709 feet above the ground below. A friend of the site, Donny (@DeludedDonny), has decided that he wants to jump off that platform, hurtling towards the ground at about 95 feet per second with only a thin bungee … Read more
By Sami Mughal We present to you another Featured Kickstarter, and we can proudly say this is exactly the kind of project we started this section of the website for. Inovia who specialize in developing smart indicators and sensors that can be used in everyday life, are an Oxford based company. Here they have produced … Read more
By Sami Mughal Here we love to feature a local Kickstarter, and here we feature TRIPWIRE from London. This is them in their own words: 2013 is a milestone year for TRIPWIRE. This year, we celebrate twenty-one years of publication, moving from a primitive stapled fanzine to a full colour lavish magazine with high production … Read more
By Sami Mughal How many times, as a child, or as a grown up, have you drawn a doodle, a cartoon character, or a toy or a figure or anything, and wished it came to life? How many times did you wish it would jump out of your sketchbook or just stand up. Well, while … Read more
By Sami Mughal By now you have probably already heard about how there was a petition made to the Whitehouse to build a Death Star, and they politely said no. However, it seems that there is no stopping these forces of evil, as they have taken to everyone’s favourite crowd funding website: Kickstarter! They want … Read more
By Sami Mughal One of the main things we’d like to promote via the website is the local community and the various projects they get up to. In our latest Featured Kickstarter section, we are looking at a photography project by a local Oxford student Leyla Richardson, which can be found at the following address: … Read more
By Sami Mughal Part of getting this website in the current format was to talk about the local websites, the local people and the local stars. This post covers it all. I’d like to introduce you guys to www.oxfordartcat.com, which serves as Oxford’s own art resource. I’d also like to introduce you to this wonderful … Read more