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The Exovault EXO10 iPhone case is work of art in wood and metal

There are hundreds of cases for the iPhone 4. The Exovault is the only one that I can refer to honestly as a work of art. Exovaultis a company that makes relatively expensive iPhone cases out of various metals and woods. The EXO10 is their newest creation. A gorgeously fitted two-piece case that’s made of aluminum or brass with a rosewood inlay. I’ve included some images here shot in my garden but I can tell you that none of them do this case justice, it’s gorgeous....

The EX¹ rapid 3D circuit board printer launches on Kickstarter today aiming to raise $30,000

TheCartesian Co. has launched its EX¹ circuit board printer projecton Kickstarter todayaiming to raise $30,000 in 30 days. The device, its engineering student creators say, will transform product prototyping in the same way that 3D printers have made things possible that previously seemed inconceivable. Although very much like a 3D printer, the EX¹ has been designed to only print circuit boards. To achieve this is uses two inkjet cartridges and prints onto a substrate (base material) in the same way as a desktop printer....

The F.B.I. confiscated an Instapaper server in an unrelated raid

You may remember the Pinboard outage from a couple of days ago. That outage turned out to be the result of an FBI raid on a data center run by DigitalOne. In the raid, the F.B.I. took a bunch of servers in what may have turned out to be a relatively indiscriminate snatch and grab. According to its creator, Marco Arment, one of those servers was being leased for use in support of the popular reading tool Instapaper,reports The Loop....

The Facebook and Ray-Ban smart glasses look cool… but no thanks

Time for a magic trick. Imagine, if you will, the company you’d trust least to have access to a camera on your head. Repeat that business’ name in your mind. Keep going… Now, I’m going to use my powers of deduction to guess who you’re thinking of. It’s Facebook, isn’t it? Of course it is. In case you’ve missed the news, Facebook and Ray-Ban have worked together to create a pair of smart glasses....

The Facebook Papers: All the major revelations in a handy list

Facebook has had many bad days and months, and the company is currently facing yet another public disgrace. Everyone’s talking about the Facebook Papers, and we’re here to summarize them for you, so you don’t have to spend days of your life reading them. Let’s dive right into them. What are the Facebook Papers? The Facebook Papers are a set of documents that former Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen, obtained before leaving the company....