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NewsDress Up your Laptop and iPad in Vintage Clothing
Computerwear allows gadget lovers to protect their laptop and iPad with repurposed vintage clothing.
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NewsMakoto Tojiki Brings the Intangible World of Holograms into Reality
Utilising thousands of LED lights and optical fibres, the Japanese artist creates futuristic celestial-like sculptures.
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NewsMercedes-Benz to Integrate Apple’s Siri Technology in Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz drivers will soon be able to send text messages, listen to music, change radio channels and update their status on social networks.
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NewsMatch The Perfect Alcoholic Beverage To Your Music
Drinkify makes sure you'll never drink alone again.
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NewsKony 2012 Campaign Goes Viral
Kony 2012 is a viral campaign spearheaded by the humanitarian group Invisible Children to raise awareness about atrocities in Uganda.
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NewsInternet Addiction May Classed as a Mental Illness
If internet addiction is indeed classified as a mental illness, it will be interesting to see how this affects the community at large.
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GuideMany of the Best Seats at Sydney Festival 2025's Headline Shows Are on Sale for Just $49 — Here's Why
As NSW's flagship arts fest prepares to celebrate its 49th birthday, affordability has been very much front of mind for Festival Director Olivia Ansell.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsTen Incredible Prefab House Designs
Architects and designers around the globe are fusing creativity with the latest technology to build unique homes at a fraction of the price.
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NewsRiparide Connects Surfers with Accomodation and Equipment
A new online venture which aims to provide surfers from around the globe with an easier means of coordinating holidays and trips.
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NewsPinterest: The Hottest Social Media Startup of 2012
This 'digital scrapbooking' website that lets you present and organise all of your interests and share them with the world.
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NewsPhoto App Foils Would-Be Photobombers
Photobombing experts will have their work cut out for them as software company Scalado look set to release their new Remove technology.
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NewsThe Internet War Against Piracy Continues
Although SOPA and PIPA were withdrawn from Congress last month, it seems that online freedom may still face immense danger in the savage war against piracy.
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NewsApple to Unveil iPad 3 on March 7
You'll have to fight off a hoard of iPad-loving vultures before you can get your hands on Apple's newest edition to the iPad family.
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NewsConcrete Playground on the iPad
Sydney: The Summer Guide is now available for the iPad in the Apple Store.
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NewsWhat Music Looks Like as an Object
German artist Martin Klimas endeavours to answer the question: 'what does music look like?'
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NewsPrint Your Own Instagram Poster
Instagram-obsessed iPhoneographers can now turn their collection of photographs into wall-sized prints, thanks to a clever new website.
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NewsiHeart’s Multipurpose Eating Utensils
A clever contraption which can be used as a knife, fork and scoop.
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NewsNew iPhone App to Control Dreams
The Yememiru app from Japan uses a microphone to somehow detect when you are in your deepest sleep and most prone to mental influence.
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NewsSydneysiders Beat the Queue with Coffee Ordering App
A new Sydney-based startup lets you order and pay for your coffee and breakfast before you even arrive at the cafe door.
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EventEnchanted Christmas Markets at Westfield Bondi
Thu, 28 Nov - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Westfield Bondi Junction, Bondi Junction
Pick up a one-of-a-kind gift at this festive market.
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EventDouble Bay Christmas Festival
Sat, 30 Nov, 2024
Steyne Park, Double Bay
Bring the whole family along for 100-plus stalls, live music, carnival rides and fireworks by the water.
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EventPaddo Collective Walking Tour
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Paddington, Paddington
Uncover the vibrant cultural heritage of this Sydney suburb through local sites and thrilling unsolved mysteries.
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EventWoollahra Hotel Christmas Market
Thu, 28 Nov, 2024
Woollahra Hotel, Woollahra
Celebrate the holiday season at this popular pop-up market that's sure to be a merry night to remember.
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EventChristmas Actually — The Little Red Company
Sat, 21 Dec, 2024
Sydney Coliseum Theatre, Rooty Hill
An end-of-year favourite, this supremely festive cabaret show sings through all the hits from 'Love Actually'.
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EventJulie Mehrtu: 'A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory' at MCA Australia
Fri, 29 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
MCA, Sydney
The first exhibition dedicated to Julie Mehretu to be shown in the Southern Hemisphere is coming to the MCA in November.
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EventThe Sydney Good Food & Wine Show Christmas Markets
Fri, 22 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Stock up on Christmas gifts for all the foodies in your life at this massive seasonal market featuring stalls from more than 150 different local producers.
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EventMachu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru
Travel back in time with this exhibit at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
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EventCambridge Christmas Markets
Sat, 16 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Various Sydney venues, Sydney
Get your wishlists ready, Santa's coming to town thanks to markets all over Sydney.
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EventMultiple Bad Things
Wed, 8 Jan - Sun, 12 Jan 2025
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
This dynamic work of groundbreaking theatre explores the intersection between the physical and intellectual via a show that raises more questions than it answers.
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NewsThe Global Mail: Not-For-Profit News Site Launches
Launched today, the not-for-profit news and features website will offer its readers public interest stories both locally and from around the globe.
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NewsNike FuelBand Tracks Your Every Step
Measure your data, such as steps, calories and distance throughout the day, against other competitors of different body types and skill levels.
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NewsRich Neeley’s Book Chargers
In a delightfully clever combination of old and new, Rich Neeley has been taking actual vintage books and giving them new lives as iPhone chargers.
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NewsCufflinks That Double as USB Drives, Wi-Fi Spots
In what may be the ultimate fusion of practicality and style, Brookstone are now selling cufflinks that offer both Wi-Fi and data storage.
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News3D Printer Makes Cupcake in 60 Seconds
Most of us associate printers with ink and paper, but a new 3D printer has more to do with chocolate cupcakes and other delicious desserts.
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NewsOnline Community Rallies Against the SOPA & PIPA Proposals
Here are some of our favourite online reactions to the world's most controversial bills.
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NewsInfrared Trolleys to Hit Australian Supermarkets
Handling one of these four-wheelers means that choosing your cereal won't be a chore, it will soon become a hobby.
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NewsThe Blackbox Mobile SMS Message Printer
A nifty little mobile printer that produces your text message conversations on paper.
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NewsJoey Andolina’s Mobile Vest Boombox
Arriving just in time for summer, this vest boombox allows you to show off your fashion prowess while blasting European hardstyle.
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NewsCreate Your Own Personalised Soft Drink
Online users change the percentages of whatever ingredients they choose to go into the drink, and can further determine the drink's colour, name and label.
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NewsBernardo Bajana’s Offensive Police Shield
Bad news for Occupy protesters: Bernado Bajana has created a new riot shield which does much more than just shield officers.
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NewsFireworks by Day
A Chinese artist takes modern art to the sky with his daytime fireworks exhibition.
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NewsBlogger fined $2.5 Million for not Being a Journalist
An Oregon woman has been fined $2.5 million for defamatory comments made on her blog.
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NewsBehringer Unleashes a 350kg Speaker
If you're looking to host a NYE party, you might want to enlist the help of the iNuke Boom.
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NewsA Beer Cooler that Doubles as a ‘Photoblocker’
A product that will soon solve the first-world problems faced by many party animals.
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NewsVending Machine for Welcome Home Signs
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Bannerxpress allows people to print welcome home signs from a vending machine at the airport.
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NewsSydney: The Summer Guide
Welcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months
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NewsAir Guitar T-Shirts You Can Actually Play
Old Navy have collaborated with ThinkGeek to create a shirt that not only features an image of a guitar, but also sounds like one.
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NewsThe World’s First Functional Painting Typewriter
To the delight of fetishists of redundant technology, an American artist has created a typewriter that paints.
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NewsFacebook Updates Expanded to Over 60,000 Characters
Whilst Twitter likes to keep things short and sweet, Facebook has rocketed in the other direction.
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NewsAaron Hobson’s Google Street View Photography
A photographer takes breathtaking landscape photographs of remote locations scattered across the globe, all without leaving the comfort of his own computer screen.
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NewsThe Little Printer
Little Printer partners with Arup, foursquare, Google, the Guardian and Nike to produce itty bitty newspapers to slip into your back pocket and read on the go.
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NewsBritish Department Store Launches Virtual Pop-Up Stores
A great example of social media and technology changing the way in which companies are communicating with consumers.
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NewsThe Spirit of Youth Awards Set to Grow in 2011/2012
With the competition's expansion into unprecedented categories, there are now more opportunities for Australia's finest creative minds to showcase their work to the world.
