Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Stabilized Action Cam and Smartphone Mounts Smooth Out Your Home Vids


It doesn't matter how extreme your stunt was no one's going to want to see your home video when it's bouncing all over the place making people sick to their stomach. But now you can skip the stabilization software and stop the shaky cam problem at its source with these handheld gimbals.

If Twitter Timelines Were Real Physical Things How Long Would They Be?


Given the amount of inane gibbering that fills your Twitter timeline, it can sometimes take an age to scroll through all that... insight. But what if it was a real, physical, thing? How far would you actually be scrolling?

FAA Advisory Panel: Wi-Fi Is Safe During Takeoff and Landing


Last week, an FAA advisory committee recommended that airline passengers should be allowed to use smartphones, tablets and e-readers during takeoffs and landings. Now, it's added Wi-Fi use to that list. Praise be!

My Cloud Is A New Option For Storing Your Stuff From Anywhere


Chances are you have files stored all over the internet—some in Dropbox, a few in Google Drive, and so forth. Western Digital has new cloud storage system out today called My Cloud that can help you consolidate your photos, videos, and other documents.

Cities and Towns That Were Relocated Completely


Why is it so hard for us humans to let go? We're obsessed with preserving the things we love—even when logic tells us it's time to move on. One large scale example of this irrational behavior: The billions of dollars spent to move entire towns out of harm's way.

Re-Live the Windows 95 Glory Days in Your Browser With This Easter Egg


We've all got some nostalgia for computing days gone by, and you have to admit there's a little corner of your heart that lights up at the thought of Windows 95, right? Right?! Well Microsoft wants you to dig in and find it by taking a trip down memory lane with its new, re-invented web-version of Hover, a Win95 classic.

Turn Your Samsung Galaxy S4 Into a TV-B-Gone


Sometimes you not only want a bar where everybody knows your name, but one that's free of blaring TVs. It was that idea that inspired the original TV-B-Gone device that lets you discreetly turn off any TV, but now anyone with an infra-red equipped smartphone—like the Samsung Galaxy S4—can do the same thanks to a simple app called InfraRude.