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Monthly Archives: March 2013

This Is How Last Weekend’s Eclipse Looked From Space

By David Ponce on 05/24/12 • Leave a comment!


By David Ponce

The top photo was taken with NASA’s Terra satellite with its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. No points for guessing in which part of that shadow was the eclipse most complete. The second photo is taken from the International Space Station by noted shutterbug Don Pettit. This shadow is a little bit harder to discern, but it does give you a better idea of the scale of it against the globe.

Last weekend’s eclipse was the annular kind, which leaves about 6% of the sun exposed as a fiery ring around the moon. If you just look around the inter tubes a little bit, you’ll be sure to find pictures of that. But we just thought it was interesting that while most pictures involved cameras pointed up, these two above involves cameras pointed down.

VIA [ Geekosystem ]

Private Rocker Chair Is Supposed To Give You Privacy, Isolates You In The Process

By David Ponce on 05/24/12 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

We live in a time where genuine human-to-human interaction is a dwindling activity. It still happens a lot, but just think about the amount of time you spend interacting with a digital device as opposed to an analog human. We shouldn’t complain of course, since we make a living out of documenting this particular trend. And we really want to like the Private Rocker, designed by Cranbrook Academy of Art student Kyle Fleet in collaboration with Herman Miller. It’s pretty, it’s made from wood, leather, and wool and will provide the person sitting in it with a quiet and relatively private space. And we can imagine situations where its presence could be genuinely needed in order to provide a haven to the human-interaction weary, like in a open office. But we just can’t shake the feeling that any kid of device that facilitates even more isolation isn’t really needed at the moment.

We realize we’re on the losing end of this argument. Privacy is still paramount. Our misgivings are probably just due to being your usual Internet forever alone types.

There’s no word on price or availability.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]

Gizmon’s Clip-On iPhone Lenses Are Simple

By David Ponce on 05/24/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

We often talk about lenses that you can add to your iPhone camera to extend its usefulness. There is the case with the polarizing lens. Then there’s the case with the dial that looks weird and unwieldy. And let’s not forget the SLR lens attachment. But what most of these have in common is their general bulk. Gizmon’s solution is a lot simpler and smaller. They’re clip-ons that fit perfectly over the camera on an iPhone 4 and 4S, and give you fisheye, circular polarizer and 3 image mirage filter. When done, just pull them right off and stuff them in your pocket. They’re $35 each and are available now.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Geeky Gadgets ]

LG’s 55 Inch OLED TV? It’s Real And It’s Spectacular

By David Ponce on 05/24/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

We were talking to an LG representative last winter at CES and he was going over how awesome the 55EM600 is. How thin. And then we saw it and couldn’t quite believe our eyes: the thing was razor thin and the colours just popped. But it wasn’t ready for prime time. Rumour had it that at such a thinness and expanse of viewing area, structural integrity might have been a concern. Well now news is that the tv is almost ready to ship and it now has a large base that relocates all the connections to the back, while the back cover of the screen is now made of carbon fiber. This has allowed it to shed even more width, leaving the screen at a barely-there 4mm thin (0.16 inches).

The technology is new however, and when this happens, the prices rocket sky high. Word is that when it ships later this year, you could be looking at €8,000 ($10,063) in bank account draining damage.

[ Engadget ] VIA [ UberGizmo ]

A New Coating Could Change The Ketchup Bottle Forever

By David Ponce on 05/23/12 • 4 Comments

By David Ponce

Getting Ketchup out of a bottle that isn’t the plastic squeezable type is an exercise in patience. Countless ads for the product have pointed this out, and have almost romanticized the process to the point where it’s almost become part of its charm. But hey, there are those of us who just like to eat without having to hit the bottom of anything made of glass. So MIT PhD candidate Dave Smith and his crew have developed a super non-stick coating they call LiquiGlide which makes anything coated with it, well, super non-stick. Ketchup, as you can see in the video below, simply slides right off the bottle’s inside and on to a plate. It’s easy enough to apply to bottles, as you just have to spray them once while they’re being made. If adopted by manufacturers, the chemical could save billions in wasted food by ensuring everything comes out of the bottle and doesn’t just get thrown out. Each chemical component that makes up LiquiGlide is individually already approved by the FDA, so it shouldn’t take too long for the product itself to receive the seal of approval. What happens at that point remains to be see, but do hit the jump to see another video of this in action.

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The W1PPS Device Takes Care Of Cable Clutter For The MacBook Pro

By David Ponce on 05/23/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

Part of Apple’s design ethic is cleanliness. Its products’ lines are simple and elegant and there’s not much clutter for the eye to be sore over. Which is why it’s disappointing when you start plugging things into the side of the MacBook Pro and you end up with a situation like the picture below. It simply ruins the look of the machine. But the W1PPS device you see above aims to clean things up a bit. It plugs right into the left side of your machine and covers all its ports. Then there’s a single cable that runs down to a floor hub where the ports are now relocated. You can connect whatever you need out of sight, under the table, leaving at least one side of your machine looking clean and elegant, just how it does before you start tethering it. Also, the floor hub provides 4 additional USB ports, so there’s that too.

It’s $98 on pre-order on Kickstarter and is meant for the 15 inch version of the laptop. However, the campaign seriously needs to start gathering some steam if they hope to reach their $115,000 goal.

[ KickStarter Project ] VIA [ UberReview ]

Credit-Card Sized Stylus Is Easy To Carry

By David Ponce on 05/23/12 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

We often talk about styluses for touch based devices here, mostly the iPhone and its ilk; turns out there are situations where they’re desired, despite Steve Jobs’ reported hate of them. Now, most of these solutions always involve some kind of compromise when it comes to bulk and portability. Just think of the Ozaki iCoat Finger Case, or the MicroStylus, which tucked into your headphone jack. Nice try, but we really prefer the Cipher, pictured above. It’s a credit-card sized and shaped piece of plastic with a capacitive area. This turns it into a stylus which you can use with any touch-sensitive device. Just keep it in your wallet with all your cards.

We’re not sure when or if it’ll ever come out of the Quirky labs, but if it does, its projected price is $4.

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Star Micronics SM-T300 Printer Is Made Just For Your Smartphone

By David Ponce on 05/23/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

There are times when you need something printed on a good ole piece of dead tree. It happens. And the Star Micronics SM-T300 is a small and rugged little printer that can get it done for you. It connects to your device (including the iPad, iPhone or Android device) via WiFi or Bluetooth and its battery lasts up to 11 hours between charges. Its ruggedness adheres to the IP54 international standard, meaning it’s dustproof and waterproof, and can be dropped without worry from as much as 1.5 meters high. From the looks of it the printing is the thermographic kind, which is a little like the receipts you get while shopping. Not exactly high quality stuff there, but when you need something on paper, it’ll work in a jiffy.

There’s no word on price or availability.

[ DigInfo ] VIA [ UberGizmo ]

3-In-1 BBQ Tool Seems Handy

By David Ponce on 05/22/12 • Leave a comment!


By David Ponce

There are those who believe we’re hardwired to think that something that’s good at only one thing is better than something else that does several duties. That’s why the TV/DVD combos are rarely popular. But looking at the above 3-in-1 BBQ tool, we’re thinking that this idea maybe doesn’t apply to everything. It’s a spatula, a fork and a set of tongs: “flip, grab and stab.” Made out of stainless steel with sturdy wooden handles, at £29 ($46) it seems like the perfect companion for the summer that’s now right ahead of us in the northern hemisphere.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ 7Gadgets ]

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