Guru Alison and I performed some, uh, innovative 2.0 surgery on an old childhood friend. The result: a real-time Twittering, talking, live-streaming social media phenomenon.... I worked with my team at the Drexel Music and Entertainment Technology Lab to develop Teddy’s text-to-speech software.

Posted by Lloyd Emelle | tagged: Teddy, Twitter, toys, Alison, circuitry, internet, Lloyd |

Twitter.com is a social networking website that asks a simple question: What are you doing?

As countless members of the growing Twitter community have discovered, answering this question, and seeing how their friends answer it, can be a lot of fun...

Posted by Jim 2.0 | tagged: Twitter, internet |

Fiber Optics. They’re not just for humans anymore. When GeekBrief.tv star Cali Lewis, visited the Lair, we made electronic fashion for a podcaster’s best friend.

Posted by Alison Lewis | tagged: GeekBrief.tv, Cali Lewis, fashion, fiber, Alison, LED, pets |

Not feelin' today's weather when you look out your window?

Then look out this window instead...

Posted by Brian Albert | tagged: wood, circuitry, internet |

No more icky, gadgety nightlights -- hold this one in your hands. It only lights up when you're holding and reading... so it's never left on. Curve or arch the light around, it's made from fabric, buttons and a few LEDs...

Posted by Alison Lewis | tagged: solder, LED, bookcase |

I'll show you how to stay safe while working with sensitive electronics and circuitry...

Posted by Lloyd Emelle | tagged: electronics, circuitry, safety |

Use 50% alcohol, 50% H2O to clean your laptop screen -- this cheap formula works as well as expensive, store-bought cleaning solutions!

Posted by Lloyd Emelle | tagged: computer, laptop, clean, LCD |

One of the most fun highlights of each 2.0 block party -- not to mention the makeovers themselves -- is getting to rock the wildly popular Guitar Hero video game on a chest-rattling, state-of-the-art system. The only catch is, you have to play the notes they want you to play...

Posted by Jim 2.0 | tagged: hack, music, Wii, Guitar Hero |

Sure, lots of text nowadays is read on computer screens, PDAs and Kindles, but as My Home 2.0 star Jerry Buckley has said, sometimes you just can't beat good ol' paper...

Posted by Jim 2.0 | tagged: iron, book, Buckley |

Stream photos and music from your PC to your TV with this free feature of FiOS TV's Multi-Room DVR.

Posted by Lloyd Emelle | tagged: multi-room, Media Manager, streaming, PC, FiOS, Irving, Lloyd, DVR, TV, music, photos, Brian, network, Jesserer, Buckley, Zaharko, Techno-Guru, Kaczor |