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Brick Phone Video on Wired Blog

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Our own brick phone video was recently posted on a wired.com blog. How sweet is that? Here's the link -
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/12/motelona-1980s.html

Analog Hero T-Shirt

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Analog Hero T-shirt Project. Here's how to get one:

  • Flip an old shirt inside out, or run to the store and snag a new white t.
    Purchase iron-on transfer paper at your local art or electronics store.
  • Download and print off the reversed image (attached below).
  • Follow iron-on directions.
  • Snap a photo of your new stylin' shirt and we'll post it here on A-Hero.

XO Guidelines

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Analog Hero is looking for youths who are in need of a laptop to further their education at home and at school. We are currently accepting applications with aspiring stories from young people who believe a laptop can change their life.

Stories submitted to be eligible for the XO laptop will follow this criteria:

Must be 16 years of age or younger.

Must be a resident of the US.

XO Laptop Giveaway

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Starting Monday, November 12th the XO laptop will be for sale to the public. The XO laptop was originally called the $100 laptop to provide to children in underdeveloped areas of the world. So far their progress has been slow and uphill. They plan to sell this laptop to the public for a limited time. The release to the public is to encourage their mission and acquire more feedback about the operating software and overall design. A laptop can be purchased for $399, you will be actually purchasing two, one for yourself and the other goes to a child in need.

Top 50 Gadgets

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A great article from a couple years ago listing the top 50 gadgets ever made in the last 50 years - http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,123950-page,1/article.html

Welcome to Analog Hero

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What's analog? What's Analog Hero? Why am I reading this? These are all great questions. I'm here to explain.

Analog - relating to, or being a mechanism in which data is represented by continuously variable physical quantities. Make sense? Maybe? Think of hands on a clock this is a physical way of representing data, which is time itself.

Analog Hero - a website where vintage gadgets are hand picked from around the globe for you to purchase and use in everyday life. Finding unique pieces that directly reflect digital gadgets on the market today.