March 4, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
Welcome to The Back-Off, where Backerjack contributors weigh in on two or more products being crowdfunded concurrently. What. Night visibility for pedestrians isn’t just for Halloween anymore. Whether it’s a ...
March 3, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
The Premise. All those New Year’s resolutions to lose weight are already two months old. A small percentage of them are probably still in progress, most have already been given up on, and some never even got ...
February 28, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
The Premise. For years, doctors have suggested that a major factor in the rise of depression, energy loss, and insomnia is a result of the increase in time most people spend in doors, bathed in the glow of computers ...
February 28, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
The Premise. In the ’80s, children everywhere were promised that laser tag was the sport of the future. In a sense, that prediction proved true by the number of bachelor parties that involve the game, but ...
February 27, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
The Premise. Having a cell phone or tablet run out of battery is pretty much the modern-day indication that it’s time to get back home ASAP. Many people feel naked without their devices, so why not wear something ...
February 27, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
The Premise. With the right equipment and a combination of talent and practice, taking a beautiful photograph can become a true passion. Doing more with a camera however requires access to the kinds of utilities and ...
February 26, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
One of the continued limitations of laptop computing is the lack of a functional mouse substitute. Far from the first ring-slinger, The ThumbTrack takes the hand motions of the standard mouse and shrinks them down ...
February 26, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
The Premise. The average lifespan of a car battery is under three years. Most people deal with a battery that won’t hold a charge at some point and for many, the solution is to simply go out and buy a new battery, ...
February 25, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
The Premise. According to a 2013 study, 23% of all smartphone users take at least one photo a day with their phone’s camera. While the result is more visual media than ever and the meteoric rise of the ...
February 25, 2014
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Eileen Mullin/
While businesses and complex, professional, high-traffic websites have to pay hosting companies to keep their services running, the average consumer doesn’t have to. Those with less demanding needs in terms of ...