LiquiGlide, MIT’s latest invention. Non-toxic and super slippery. Look at that ketchup just slide out of the bottle!
(via Fast Company)
Posts tagged geek
Introducing the Leap (by leapmotion)
This Minority Report action is seriously cool. And only 70 bucks! (For pre-order.)
(via Oh Gizmo)
Source youtube.com
It’s not the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen, but the functionality sure is cool. It’s a watch that connects wirelessly to your iPhone (or Android phone), and lets you see your text messages, control your music, etc.
(via Kickstarter)
Source kickstarter.com
A new service called Streak lets you use Gmail as a project management tool. It’s currently free in Beta.
Check out the videos on their site to get a better sense of what it can do.
(via Streak, hat tip Lifehacker)
Source streak.com
Turn your phone’s camera lens into a makeshift macro lens by adding a drop of water to it. Results won’t be as sharp as a separate add-on macro lens (like Olloclip), but still…not bad!
photo credit: Alexander Wild
(via Scientific American)
Source blogs.scientificamerican.com
Olly turns online notifications into smells. Neat!
If you like the project, you can back it on Kickstarter.
(via Olly: The web connected smelly robot. by Benjamin Redford — Kickstarter)
Source kickstarter.com
The Wirecutter sums up what’s worthwhile from CES. I’m a big fan of The Wirecutter. Saves me a lot of time.
I really like the idea of the SpareOne phone, but I want the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and think the Parrot AR DRONE 2.0 is super fun.
(via The Magical (and Sometimes Ridiculous) Gadgets of Tomorrow | The Wirecutter)
Source thewirecutter.com
What to get the crazy billionaire in your life who has everything? Why, a vase, based on their profile, of course. That centuries-long dream has been realized with the release of the new Sculpteo iPhone app — snap a photo of your profile or the profile of a loved one, and the app will convert it into a 3D object, which can be transformed into the sort of vase seen above.
(via Sculpteo 3D printer iPhone app: make a vase based on your profile, because you can — Engadget)
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Tascam’s iM2 mic. Oooooh.
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You can get all your Google services syncing (complete with push sync—that is, messages push to your phone as soon as you receive them) with iOS by setting up just one account. The trick is to choose Microsoft Exchange at the prompt instead of Gmail. This will give you access not only to your Gmail, but your calendars and contacts, and they will all sync directly to your phone—when you add a contact in Gmail or edit an event on Google Calendar, you’ll see it show up on your phone without having to sync anything.
Apparently you can use the Volume Up button on head/earphones to remote control the iPhone’s camera shutter. I was hoping something like this existed so that you can eliminate some of the wobble when taking pics on a tripod.
Depixelizing Pixel Art is an algorithm that takes bitmap images and generates pretty good vector art images. Be sure to check out this interactive-ish comparison chart.
Source underconsideration.com
This isn’t a straight-up photo, but a 3D map. Apple bought the company that does this, probably to improve their mapping software.
C3 Technologies creates incredibly high-quality and detailed 3D maps with virtually no input from humans. The 3D mapping is camera based and the technology picks up buildings, homes, and even smaller objects like trees. C3′s solution comes from declassified missile targeting methods.
Source 9to5mac.com
