Bander acknowledged that the gadget project was a preliminary study.

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It is not yet clear if Piston is the hardware gaming gadget that will bring that project to fruition.

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Now we're throwing in another Kickstarter project into the mix, a motion time-lapse gadget called the Radian.

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Industry sources say the online search and advertising specialist could publicly detail its long-rumored mobile-phone project as early as next week--with tech-gadget bloggers gossiping about every aspect of the look and feel of the latest tech toy.

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