My quest for the world’s best smartphone dock continues, and the next contender is the EverDock, a Kickstarter project that works with almost any smartphone or tablet. Continue reading
Category Archives: Coolness
SideCar gives you dual monitors on your lap
If you use multiple monitors with your computer, you realize what a productivity enhancer they are. Now you can have that same convenience when using a laptop with SideCar, a simple piece of silicone and plastic that attaches a tablet to the side of a laptop screen. Continue reading
Video reveals everyday product secrets you never knew
Say what you will about the masters of the listicle at BuzzFeed, but you must admit they nailed it with this video. In this short clip, you’ll discover lifehacks for a variety of products you use every day. Remember these product secrets, and your quality of life will be enhanced, even if it’s just a little bit.
My favorite? The way you can use a slot in the handles of pots and pans to hold a stirring spoon. With the spoon’s business end suspended over the pot, any drippage ends up where you want it rather than where you don’t. Brilliant. Continue reading
Smartphones leave yesterday’s supercomputers in the dust [INFOGRAPHIC]
Do you have any idea how powerful that smartphone in your pocket is? This infographic will astonish you, showing you how a typical smartphone circa 2013 is many times faster than the most formidable supercomputer of 1985.
That’s just the beginning of this beautifully researched and thorough infographic, which will take you from the ancient past of computing well into the future. Continue reading
Apple sneaks out new docks for iPhone 5S, 5 and 5C
Amid the flurry of iPhone announcements on Tuesday, Apple didn’t mention the new dock that fits the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5, and a similar dock that fits the iPhone 5C.
For mysterious reasons, Apple skipped the whole dock thing when it rolled out the iPhone 5 with its new Lightning connector in September, 2012. But now the docks are back, looking a lot like their ancient pre-Lightning predecessors from days of yore. Both will be available for $29 at Apple stores on September 20. Continue reading
39,000 fps slow-motion video shows destruction in a new dimension
When video alters time, everything changes. In “Bullet Time,” the video artists at Beyond Slow Motion sped the frame rate to 39,000 frames per second — resulting in footage that’s 1,625 times slower than real time. That’s about 6 times slower than the slo-mo you usually see, and it seems downright otherworldly.
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This infographic will make you realize how lucky you are
How lucky are you feeling today? That depends on your perspective. This infographic will explain it for you.
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Watch the best flight video ever made
If only the Wright Brothers could see this video. It’s a visual masterpiece, showing the beauty and grace of flight. At the same time, the video is a demonstration of the quality of high-resolution video, shot with the skilled hands of Doug Holgate, Roger Tonry and Scott Smith, all artisans of the craft of lens, light, positioning and flight.
It’s the combination of spectacular lighting, sharp digital-cinema-grade video, rock-steady stabilization — and of course, the photogenic flying machinery — that make this footage so dramatic.
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