Mixing paper and electronics seems to be the new in thing at Kickstarter. A few days ago we saw the cardboard Berlin Boombox, and now we have the reaDIYmate (pronounced “readymate”), a series of programmable papercraft pals with Wi-Fi connectivity. You can assemble them in 10 minutes or so, and they come in two parts: a moving paper “body” with a motor and a speaker inside, and a computer “brain” with a button, 2GB flash memory and a Wi-Fi radio. There are two main body types, the Paper Toys and the Kinetic Sculptures, and both come in a variety of styles from artists and designers.

Once the reaDIYmate is hooked up online via a simple web interface, you can program them to do all kinds of things — play an MP3 when you get a Twitter or…

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While Vint Cerf is in the UK attending the launch of the Life Online, a museum exhibit that celebrates the origins of the internet, he’s taking the time to voice his concern over what he sees as a threat to the connected world. Cerf, who is often credited as the father of the internet, tells The Telegraph that the European Union’s proposed “right to be forgotten” policy is unachievable, citing how easy it is for people to copy information from the internet to their computers, and then re-upload it later. He also notes that our world is already based on the idea that once something is published — a book or a newspaper, for instance — it can’t easily be retracted. Cerf believes this should hold true for digital content, and he equates…

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Verizon is very keen on getting public support for its proposed $3.6 billion purchase of wireless spectrum from Comcast, Bright House and Time Warner Cable, and today CEO Lowell McAdam is suggesting to that same public that a mobile television service could help sweeten the deal. He told The Wall Street Journal that if the purchase is approved, the cable operators could team up with Verizon to provide an “integrated” mobile TV deal “in time for the holidays.” What’s more, McAdam told the Journal that this particular arrangement might open up an option that cable customers have been requesting for a long time: the ability to pick and choose which channels they want with a la carte pricing.

“Most content providers realize that the number…

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WP7forum.ru claims to the have leaked screenshots of an unannounced Windows Phone 7 app called “Nokia TV.” The app, which would be a likely candidate for the company’s Lumia line, will apparently allow users to search content archives from various local networks, stream shows over Wi-Fi or cellular data, download shows for offline viewing, and possibly stream live TV. While the app’s existence is unconfirmed, the alleged screenshots do resemble some of Nokia’s other Windows Phone 7 apps. Specifically, Nokia TV’s background resembles the abstract design also seen in the recently announced Nokia Reading.

Rumor has it that the app will launch first in Finland, with three local stations providing content: YLE, MTV3, and Nelopen. There’s no…

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People into fish photography are evidently willing to go to drastic measures. Following the Olympus OM-D underwater housing that’s more expensive than the camera, here’s a waterproof iPhone case that essentially removes all non-photography functions. TAT7′s $84.95 iPhone Scuba Case is rated to depths of 30 meters (100 feet) and has three mechanical buttons to fire the camera shutter, switch between video and still images, and access the iPhone’s home button. There’s no other way to interact with your phone once the case is on, so you’ll have to set up your camera app before diving in — and make sure you don’t press the home button once you’re beneath the waves. TAT7 says you’ll be able to access voice control and Siri through the case,…

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Craig Mod is a writer and designer who was one of the team members behind the original Flipboard app for the iPhone. In an essay on his blog, he takes a look at Flipboard for iPhone, a physical book he helped put together that documents the creation of the app. Starting with the first code repository commit message, the book spans almost 10,000 other such code changes, covers hundreds of design iterations, and ends in photos from the team’s launch party. The book is a decidedly physical means of cataloguing the process of digital creativity, and if you’re interested in the artistic process in any of its forms, Mod’s thoughtful essay is most certainly worth exploring.

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