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This tiny box snitches on rowdy Airbnb guests

Oct29
by on October 29, 2018 at 11:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


More and more people are purchasing homes to let out as vacation rentals. While the rewards can be great, so too can the risks, as hundreds of Airbnb landlords have discovered. There are plenty of examples of guests using properties as the location for drug and sex-fueled ragers, leaving thousands of dollars of damage in their wake. Predictably, an entire market of tech products has sprung up around helping landlords protect their properties. One company in this space is NoiseAware, which today announced the latest generation of its noise monitoring hardware: the NoiseAware Gen 3. So, what does it do?…

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This futuristic Dutch train finally renders your office obsolete

Oct29
by on October 29, 2018 at 11:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider


To train passengers everywhere, the daily commute can be a bitch.  For a while now, the Dutch Railway Company (NS) has been struggling with an increasing number of passengers and overcrowded trains. One solution could be to get rid of rush hour, and spread out when commuters travel to work and back home. By letting them work comfortably on the train, they can spend some of their working hours in transit— allowing them to leave home a bit later or go home a little earlier. Last week during Dutch Design Week, NS presented new train interior designs that would do…

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This futuristic Dutch train finally renders your office obsolete

Oct29
by on October 29, 2018 at 11:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider


To train passengers everywhere, the daily commute can be a bitch.  For a while now, the Dutch Railway Company (NS) has been struggling with an increasing number of passengers and overcrowded trains. One solution could be to get rid of rush hour, and spread out when commuters travel to work and back home. By letting them work comfortably on the train, they can spend some of their working hours in transit— allowing them to leave home a bit later or go home a little earlier. Last week during Dutch Design Week, NS presented new train interior designs that would do…

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This Day in Deals: An inventor kit that won’t get you burned at the stake

Oct29
by on October 29, 2018 at 10:28 am
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This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. The aim? To enrich ourselves financially, and you spiritually. History has a way of being both absurd and horrifying. Consider this day (October 29) back in 1390. On it, the world’s first non-religious trial for witchcraft happened in Paris. Specifically, Jehenne de Brigue was accused of making a potion to curse her husband. While de Brigue didn’t confess immediately, after three months of imprisonment (and torture) she declared she was, in fact, a witch. Possibly…

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This Day in Deals: An inventor kit that won’t get you burned at the stake

Oct29
by on October 29, 2018 at 10:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. The aim? To enrich ourselves financially, and you spiritually. History has a way of being both absurd and horrifying. Consider this day (October 29) back in 1390. On it, the world’s first non-religious trial for witchcraft happened in Paris. Specifically, Jehenne de Brigue was accused of making a potion to curse her husband. While de Brigue didn’t confess immediately, after three months of imprisonment (and torture) she declared she was, in fact, a witch. Possibly…

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