Everyone can use an assistant in the kitchen, but not one that constantly critiques your cooking skills—or lack thereof. So instead of hiring a sous chef, just put that money towards this $60 talking measuring cup that announces the weight or volume of ingredients as they’re added. More »
Cats are cute. Maybe the cutest thing ever. They are even cuter when they are piloting cardboard military vehicles like this one. You can call it the Meow 1 Abrams if you want. Or the Kitty Panzer.
This kitty in his cardboard vehicle of destruction will lay waste to all other cute cat videos and pictures. At least until someone turns the vacuum cleaner on. Then it’s time to didi mao and head for cover under a bed or a couch.
And what you don’t see in the pic is that there’s another kitty hiding in the box, a gunner who shoots hairballs with amazing accuracy as he meows furiously.
(P.S. If you don’t happen to have the cardboard boxes and paper tubes lying around to make one of these for yourself, you can always pick up Suck UK’s version, but it just doesn’t quite have the same charm.)
[via Obvious Winner]
Dropbox is among the most popular online storage services. The company has been improving its service gradually to make it more secure and useful. For instance, we saw Dropbox introduce two-step authentication for its accounts after it was reported that a few Dropbox accounts had been hacked.
Now, it has updated its iOS app with a number of new features. The most notable among these is the ability to share content across your Facebook or Twitter accounts straight from your Dropbox. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Dropbox Beefs Up Security With Two-Step Verification, Dropbox to be updated with video thumbnail previews and UI improvements for the Nexus 7,
This morning you’ll be greeted with lots of exciting news here at SlashGear. It was a big day today for the folks at Intel who announced their new Motorola RAZR i with Intel inside. On the other side of the smartphone spectrum those iPhone 5 orders are still selling like hot cakes you better hurry and order one soon.
Motorola and Intel’s joint event today in London unveiled what we all knew was coming, and that was the Motorola DROID RAZR M for the international crowd. They’ve named it the RAZR i and Intel managed to improve their new mobile processor to 2.0 GHz in this smartphone. For more details on the all new Motorola RAZR i take a peek at our hands-on coverage.
Late last night LG officially announced the new Optimus G smartphone — and boy does it have some impressive specs. With a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, a 4.7-inch TrueHD IPS+ display, 2GB of RAM and a massive 13 megapixel camera this thing looks amazing on paper. For real world you’ll want to check out our LG Optimus G hands-on.
In other exciting news the Nook Simple Touch was hacked to run SEGA games, Contour’s new Contour+2 HD camera is on sale now — and has an update for their iPhone app. While we’re mentioning the iPhone Apple’s Jony Ive has teamed with Bono for a one-of-a-kind Leica M camera for charity. In other news Windows Phone 8X HTC Accord was leaked running with Verizon 4G LTE, and Samsung is calling out Apple’s iPhone 4 for looking like their old Samsung MP3 players — Interesting.
Stick around right here at SlashGear for more news all day long.
SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: September 18, 2012 is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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RIM has big ambitions for media on BlackBerry hardware — really big. Accordingly, it just reached a patent licensing deal with Microsoft that lets it use the exFAT file system on “certain BlackBerry devices.” We have a hunch that’s a reference to future BlackBerry 10 phones and tablets rather than retrofits of existing (and likely incapable) mobile gear. The move will let any devices that do recognize exFAT handle much larger files, such as long videos, in addition to streamlining transfers between computers and other gadgets. The conditions of the deal haven’t been given out, but we suspect RIM’s negotiations with Microsoft were on more voluntary terms than those faced by Android supporters.
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RIM licenses Microsoft’s exFAT file system to stuff extra-large files into BlackBerry devices originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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I’ll admit that from time to time, I do want to carry around a pocket watch, but the obsessiveness of always being on time and knowing the exact time, right down to the second takes precedence in my timely, regimented world. However, even if it’s not necessarily the most accurate way of telling time, I do like this modern reinterpretation of the classic pocket watch.
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur created the Take Time pocket watch for Lexon. The watch is a quartz analog timepiece that has a silicone rubber band. The band can be looped around belts, bikes, and other items. However, you can still strap it around your wrist if that’s where you prefer to have your watch.
The Take Time watch retails for about £29.95 (~$49 USD) and is available in a variety of different colors over at Gifts with Style.
[via designboom]
Life’s hard when you’re an analog enthusiast in the early 21st century. Thankfully, however, you’re not alone in this world — there are fellow travelers like the folks behind The Impossible Project, folks who bought a Polaroid factory to continue production on the company’s famed instant film. As we noted roughly a week ago, the company’s also launched a Kickstarter to create an iPhone-friendly gadget to go along with it. It’s since handily met its goal and is still chugging along at around $440,000 (from a proposed $250,000), with a full 19 days to go. The company also made an appearance on the show floor here at Photokina to show off what its been working on.
The Impossible Instant Lab is still in the prototype stages, as with a number of devices we’ve seen here today — though it’s fully operational. We got a demo of the thing from one of the folks at Impossible — just load the film into the rollers on the bottom, extend the old timey accordion top, choose the proper settings in the company’s iPhone app and place it in the holder.
Gallery: Impossible Polaroid iPhone
Continue reading Impossible Instant Lab iPhone photo booth hands-on (video)
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Impossible Instant Lab iPhone photo booth hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The crafty hackers from the XDA Developers forum have already figured out how to root the new Kindle Fire HD. Initially, some developers suggested that the new Kindles would be hack-reistant, but as the video above demonstrates, it’s already been done. Head over to RootzWiki for full instructions on how to execute the root. But as always, proceed with caution because you don’t want your shiny new tablet to end up bricked just after you unbox it. [XDA Developers and RootzWiki via The Next Web] More »
The “multimedia photographer” must be a new breed of shutterbugs, as Panasonic has just announced their latest device known as the Lumix DMC-GH3. Not only does it come across as a compact and lightweight device, it is also easy on the eyes, and yet occupies the high end of the mirrorless single lens system camera segment. Despite its apparent beauty, you should take note that more than capable of holding its own in everyday rough-and-tumble situations, shooting perfectly fine even under the extreme conditions of heavy field use.
For starters, the new Live MOS Sensor that has been incorporated is capable of achieving high-resolution images with minimum noise. Throw in the spanking new Venus Engine and you are able to enjoy high-speed, high-quality signal processing under most photo capturing conditions. When these features come together, they will be able to maximize shooting fun as well as operating ease without having you bat an eyelid, and folks will wonder just what it is that made you elevate your photo shoots to a totally different level.
Apart from that, a notable mention of the Lumix GH3 has to be made about its tough body that is rugged enough to stand up to professional use. Made out of a magnesium alloy full diecast body and advanced splash/dustproof construction, it lets you go where no camera has gone before – of course, there are some rugged cameras around, but how many offer DSLR-like image quality while being compact? Three dials on the front and back as well as single-function buttons make up the new controls layout for easier accessibility and use regardless of the condition.
Not only that, the 16-megapixel Lumix GH3 even boasts of integrated Wi-Fi connectivity that helps you expand shooting possibilities, where your smartphone or tablet can double up as a remote control and a remote monitor. Are you stoked yet, and is your wallet screaming to have its credit card busted out when the Lumix GH3 arrives at a store near you?
[ Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 announced copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
After yesterday’s hands-on with the Optimus G we had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Henry Nho, LG Mobile’s Chief Research Engineer, to discuss the technology behind the company’s beautiful new flagship smartphone. We talked about the challenges his team encountered while designing the world’s first handset to feature Qualcomm’s 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC — including issues such as power and thermal management. Making the handset 8.45mm (0.33-inch) thin was another major engineering feat made possible by the Zerogap Touch display, sealed 2100mAh Li-polymer battery and compact 13-megapixel camera module. Want to know more? Go ahead and watch our video interview.
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The Engadget Interview: LG Mobile’s Chief Research Engineer Dr. Henry Nho on the Optimus G (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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