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Trade Whatever You’ve Got for Whatever You Want with the Swap-O-Matic

Vending machines would be a lot more user friendly if they didn’t always demand money. Maybe I don’t have $1.25 for that can of soda. Maybe I’ve got a seventy-five cents and four cigarettes

Vending machines would be a lot more user friendly if they didn’t always demand money. Maybe I don’t have $1.25 for that can of soda. Maybe I’ve got a seventy-five cents and four cigarettes

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Who Says Machines Must Be Useful?

Joseph Herscher, a 26-year-old computer programmer and kinetic artist, turned his Brooklyn apartment into a laboratory where he builds real-world Rube Goldberg machines.

Joseph Herscher, a 26-year-old computer programmer and kinetic artist, turned his Brooklyn apartment into a laboratory where he builds real-world Rube Goldberg machines.

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The New York Subway Uses This Townhouse As a Secret Exit

Strolling through scenic Brooklyn Heights, this handsome brick house might catch your eye. Perhaps you’ll buy it, move in, and spend the rest of your life there. Unfortunately, it’s a fake house, hiding a secret NYC Subway exit .

Strolling through scenic Brooklyn Heights, this handsome brick house might catch your eye. Perhaps you’ll buy it, move in, and spend the rest of your life there. Unfortunately, it’s a fake house, hiding a secret NYC Subway exit .

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The New York Subway Uses This Townhouse As a Secret Exit

A New York Map Service for Real Estate Brokers

An online service called CityMaps helps brokerage firms keep track of fast-changing storefront businesses by providing maps of Manhattan and Brooklyn that show which businesses are on each block.

An online service called CityMaps helps brokerage firms keep track of fast-changing storefront businesses by providing maps of Manhattan and Brooklyn that show which businesses are on each block.

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An Ad Campaign That Turns Remote Objects Into Google Search Boxes

Breakfast NY, a marketing company based in Brooklyn, created an open-source hardware project to help promote a new Google search feature.

Breakfast NY, a marketing company based in Brooklyn, created an open-source hardware project to help promote a new Google search feature.

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How I painted a BMW in my tiny New York Apartment [Blip]

Car guys can exist in New York City, where good workspaces are harder to find than a cab on a rainy day. Here’s how one car enthusiast primed, painted and wrapped his BMW in a one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. [ Jalopnik ] More

Car guys can exist in New York City, where good workspaces are harder to find than a cab on a rainy day. Here’s how one car enthusiast primed, painted and wrapped his BMW in a one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. [ Jalopnik ] More

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How City Hall Nearly Burned Down the Bronx [Firefighting]

Firefighting is more than fancy hats and ladder trucks – there’s both a science and an art to it. Joe Flood’s The Fires shows how New York’s Finest take out a blaze from the top down. More

Firefighting is more than fancy hats and ladder trucks – there’s both a science and an art to it. Joe Flood’s The Fires shows how New York’s Finest take out a blaze from the top down. More

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Brooklyn Motorized looks to bring classic styling to new-age electric motorcycles

One of the most beautiful things about motorcycles is that their styling is rather less restrained than your average automobile.

One of the most beautiful things about motorcycles is that their styling is rather less restrained than your average automobile.

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Brooklyn bus riders get real-time bus tracking via cellphone

New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority launched a pilot program a few months back that offered bus riders some real-time tracking information, but it’s now expanded things with a whole new program on the B63 route in Brooklyn. That service is currently accessible via a mobile-friendly website or text message, and smartphone users can also scan simply snap a picture of a barcode (presumably a QR code ) at a bus stop to immediately check in on the location of the next five buses that will arrive at the stop.

New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority launched a pilot program a few months back that offered bus riders some real-time tracking information, but it’s now expanded things with a whole new program on the B63 route in Brooklyn. That service is currently accessible via a mobile-friendly website or text message, and smartphone users can also scan simply snap a picture of a barcode (presumably a QR code ) at a bus stop to immediately check in on the location of the next five buses that will arrive at the stop.

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A Joke iPhone Sticker Turns Into a Business

Two designers from Brooklyn are selling stickers called Antenn-aids to fix the iPhone 4′s antenna problems.

Two designers from Brooklyn are selling stickers called Antenn-aids to fix the iPhone 4′s antenna problems.

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