USB Hourglass from alwynallan on Vimeo . Over at Make: Online, John Park posted this video of a gadget that generates random numbers by watching sand fall through an hourglass.

Smarthome has just announced its new range of Cortexa touchscreen displays to the masses, where they will come in 8.4″ and 15″ touchscreen formats. Well, most homes these days still use traditional switches and aren’t all that smart, but it works for the majority of folks out there. For those who always want to live life on the cutting edge with the latest and greatest at their disposal, they would do well to check out what Cortexa has to offer with the recent introduction of their new touchscreen displays.