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You could have a fancy DSLR, an expensive lens, a sturdy tripod, an extra battery pack, heck even a gnarly camera bag but if you don’t know how to take pictures, you don’t know how to take pictures. Photo Academy is an app that teaches you how to take better snappies. It’s like a tutorial…
Americans spend more time on Facebook than any other US website. And cumulatively, it’s not a small amount of time, it’s a lot of time. Nielsen estimates that Americans spent 53 billion minutes on Facebook during the month of May. These 53 billion minutes are equal to 100,000 years or 36.8 million days. Before your…
Here’s a pro tip for mobile developers: before you submit your application to an app store, check to see what auto correct does to your application’s name. Just ask Dallas company Locai, this simple check could make or break your app. Locai recently submitted their check-in app to the Android Market and were surprised when…
Even if it brewed the worst cup of coffee known to man, I would still drink whatever the Braun Aromaster KF 20 dripped into my cup because I’d be so hypnotized by its beauty. Designed in 1972 by Florian Seiffert, the KF 20 has an unconventional form factor, but doesn’t lose the clean, simple lines…
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Hand-Pumping Espresso Machine for the Rageful Home Barista I didn’t know this until today, but apparently all…
Hey, everyone screws up at work sometimes. It’s natural. It’s normal. It’s usually not a big deal—unless you’re commanding a Navy destroyer, and start lobbing shells at a local fishing boat off the coast of North Carolina. Darn! This little oopsie cost Commander Mark Olson, his job, the Navy Times reports, after it was determined…
Andrew Leinonen created the ultimate deterrent to bicycle theft – a lock that’s integrated into the bicycle’s frame. He calls his invention the StayLocked Bike. The concept is simple, but brilliant. Instead of an external lock that can be cut without damaging the bike, Leinonen’s lock is integrated into the seat stays, an integral portion…
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that I need to shut up as you let the wonderful of the world’s first lederhosen MacBook sleeve wash over you. Sure, fine, getting out of your way. Okay, you all good? This thing makes no sense at all and it’s delightful for it. CoverBee wants you to…
At last week’s Citi Technology Conference, Nvidia showed off their roadmap for their Tegra line of smartphone chips. The takeaway: their “Wayne” and “Grey” chipsets could give them an in with most handset makers by 2013. The first move is clearly in the power department. The “Wayne” system-on-a-chip is a descendant of the upcoming quad-core…
This is sick. Sick because the spiral effect is making me sick and sick because it reminds me how flawed/awesome/trippy our color perception is. Believe it or not, the green and the blue in this spiral is the same color. I couldn’t believe it either, but I just measured the value in Photoshop: Red 0,…
Fact: my music taste is terrible. Fact: I’m also a very lazy person. Combining those two traits together means my music taste stays terrible and will never improve because I never go searching for new stuff! It’s okay though, Gimme Music introduces me to new music without me doing ANY work. What’s it do? It’s…
The Nike Air Mag, a shoe I dreamt of wearing as a kid and can only dream of buying today, are being auctioned off for the search for a cure for Parkinson’s Disease. They’re selling for $6,142 a pair. https://gizmodo.com/the-nike-air-mag-aka-the-back-to-the-future-shoes-are-r-5838503 According to Darren Rovell of CNBC, the first 150 pairs have averaged $6,142 per pair…
The Miss Universe Pageant concludes tonight, in all of its fake-tanned, bleach-blonde, moronic ranting glory. We wouldn’t have it any other way! That’s why we offer up all the tools to become an awkward Miss Universe winner. Zugara Fashionista Virtual Dressing Room Stand in front of your webcam, and your computer will superimpose any item…
Pixel Qi’s Transflective LCD technology has been blowing minds since late 2009 but has yet to gain much traction in the market—beyond the Notion Ink Adam, that is. But that may change with its latest round of funding, provided largely by 3M. https://gizmodo.com/e-ink-is-dead-pixel-qis-amazing-transflective-lcd-just-5443895 Traditional LCD screens are a pain to read in bright light and…
Simple on-ear heaphones—you know the ones with foam pads that came with your Walkman in 1988—have been abandoned since the late 90s. They’re back with the beautiful Aiaiai Tracks, which are perfect for a long day of jams. There is a middle ground between heavy full-sized headphones and in-ear/earbud headphones, both of which get uncomfortable…
The Gypsy moth is one of the most obnoxious pests in the US today, capable of decimating whole forests. So of course the government wants them eradicated. But so potent is the virus they use to control them that it makes them suicidal and melts their insides. The virus is known as baculovirus, and it’s…
Today we heard that the UK is getting jobbed out of its final shipment of $100 TouchPads, with only HP employees being eligible to buy them. Sozzlepops, UK chaps. But that got us to thinking: With all the fuss over the TouchPad firesale the past few weeks, when will this very obvious demand for a…
Perhaps it’s because I love to draw, but I find this weird mechanical contraption absolutely fascinating. It allows anyone to draw in perfect perspective, matching the field of human vision. Invented by artists Ryan and Trevor Oakes, Vision uses a technique “which splits the ocular system allowing them to create views that match the field…
Because nothing says relaxation like sitting in a white bubble in the middle of a lake, the Sealander amphibious camping trailer combines the awkwardness of hauling a trailer with the potential water crisis of tipping over in a lake. The German-designed amphibious camping trailer features double-sealed air chambers and a bowl-shaped bottom to keep the…
A reminder to some “professional photographers” out there: give it up already. Just because you own a camera you are not a professional photographer. Stop with your horrible wedding ideas, your avant-vomit pregnancy photomontages and birth announcement atrocities at once. I tried to pick some particularly horrible examples for this gallery, but I couldn’t. They…
