Satechi Desk Mat & Mate offers an alternative workspace

They say that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, but what happens when Jack wants to work in a serious manner, but those around Jack do not actually give him the chance to work in peace and silence? I suppose Jack will have to change jobs, or at least lay down some house rules. Working from home might have its fair share of perks, but the downside would be this – a lack of discipline might end up as a major distraction. Well, Satechi intends to help out those who happen to ply their trade from the comfort of their own home with the Satechi Desk Mat & Mate.

The Satechi Desk Mat & Mate is said to be the perfect workspace accessory for adults and children alike, where you can choose from eight different and fun colors in order to have it match any aesthetic and décor. The main purpose of the Desk Mat & Mate would be to have it protect any surface area from scratches and spills (something that is extremely common when it comes to little kids with their stationery, or clumsy adults), all the while doubling up as comfortable resting surface for your hands – making it the ideal platform when you write, type, use the mouse, or color.

It will measure 24.4” x 13.8”, ensuring that it does its bit to cover a relatively large surface area so that you should not run into any issues fitting your keyboard and mouse, while paving the way for a smooth transition between devices to enjoy a steady workflow throughout the day. It is made out of synthetic leather, where the smooth surface itself can be easily wiped down, while offering a decent amount of protection to the desk from scratches, dents and every day wear and tear. The asking price for the Satechi Desk Mat & Mate would be $34.99 a pop, where you can choose form blue, green, black, brown, orange, pink, purple or white shades.

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Dell’s Project Ophelia now shipping to testers, everyone else this fall

DNP Dell's Ophelia Android mini PC now shipping to testers, everyone else this fall

If you ever doubted Dell’s $100 pendroid would ship, the PC giant is proving you wrong. PCWorld reports that Project Ophelia units have started making their way to the tester community, and the general public can expect them between August and October. Enterprise users can rest assured that the investment won’t be in vain, as Dell has said that IT departments will have the ability to manage and secure each Android-based device and can lock down the HDMI gadget at a moment’s notice. Your alpaca GIF addiction wont’ be private, either: Monitoring capabilities are already in the works and deployed sticks can be wiped remotely. So don’t get any ideas.

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That’s Not How You Use That: Camera Flash at Concerts

That’s Not How You Use That: Camera Flash at Concerts

This summer, many of you will attempt to photograph your favorite headlining band from the middle of the crowd with your smartphone’s flash in the “on” position. Stop it.

    

Morninghead is the oddly-named cure for bed head

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those that shower at night, and those that shower in the morning. (Okay, there are those who don’t really shower at all, but we’re going to assume that you’re not one of these people.) I’m not much of a morning person, so I like to wait until the last possible minute to wake up. The problem with showering the night before is of course, bed head.

So how do you fix bed head? The most natural solution is to take a shower. If you did that the night before, then you simply have to wet your hair, and try to get it under control. Now if you don’t like a shower first thing in the morning, water dripping down your neck and back from your hair is still going to be unpleasant. What you need, is Morninghead.

Morninghead is a strange-looking shower cap, that does the exact opposite of what a regular shower cap does. Instead of keeping your hair dry, you fill it up with water, and use it to get your hair nice and wet. It uses a super-absorbent material, so that you can load it up with a lot of water, and not have it drip everywhere when you turn it over. Then, just put it on your head, and rub it around to get your head nice and damp. Take it off, and style it as needed.

This is a really simple product, and is likely more useful for those with shorter hair, as long hair tends to be easier to deal with when dry. You can pick one up for yourself for $8, or get a five-pack for $20.

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Coffee Down Under

Socks

All of us have this one problem in common. Off course it’s a problem in varying degrees. Some have a mini one, others have a herculean one. The problem is offensive socks. But how do socks get to be such a problem anyway? Well, the good news is that feet do not naturally have any odor glands.

Taking Paint to The Next Level of Protection

Kova Paint

If you look hard enough, you will find everything you need in nature. From rust proofing, to anti-bacteria to even bullet resistant material, it can all be found in nature. It so happens, as Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoe of Kova Paint Corporation found, that all four properties were in the humble rice husk. The beauty of it is that it’s the husk, the part that’s discarded once the grain has been removed, not the grain that is used as a staple in Eastern diets.

Samsung develops ‘world’s fastest’ embedded memory, first with eMMC 5.0

DNP Samsung develops superfast embedded memory, first with eMMC 50

The evolution of mobile memory chips keeps moving faster, if Samsung’s progress is any indication. Not eight months since churning out those speedy eMMC 4.5 chips, and the company’s next version of NAND is already here. Indeed, the South Korean company says it’s now in mass production of what it deems as the world’s fastest embedded memory. The new eMMC PRO chip is based on 64GB 10nm class NAND flash technology and would be the first to support the eMMC 5.0 standard. The chips will be available in the usual 16, 32 and 64GB iterations and feature an interface speed of 400MB/s. The 32 and 64GB densities in particular boast random read and write speeds of 7,000 IOPS (inputs/outputs per second) and sequential read and write speeds of 250MB/s and 90MB/s respectively. What do all of those numbers mean? Well, they should translate to much better performance when it comes to multitasking, browsing, file transfers, HD video capture, gaming and just general computing. Combined with the firm’s upcoming Exynos 5 Octa 5420 SoC, and we’re champing at the bit to see them implemented in Samsung’s next generation of mobile devices.

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India Thought Jupiter and Venus Were Actually Chinese Spy Drones

India Thought Jupiter and Venus Were Actually Chinese Spy Drones

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a Chinese spy drone! Oh, and there’s another one! That’s what the Indian Army must’ve thought when they saw two specks of something "spying on them" in the sky. Instead, what India thought were Chinese spy drones turned out to be… Jupiter and Venus.

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FAA Certifies First 2 Types Of Drones For Civilian Use

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators say they have certified two types of unmanned aircraft for civilian use, a milestone expected to lead to the first approved commercial drone operations later this summer.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday the drones are Insitu’s Scan Eagle X200 and AeroVironment’s PUMA. Both weigh less than 55 pounds, are about 4.5 feet long and have wingspans of 9 to 10 feet.

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George P. Mitchell, Texas Oilman And ‘Father Of Fracking,’ Dies At 94

HOUSTON — George P. Mitchell leveraged a penchant for hard work, an appetite for risk and dogged persistence in the face of futility into a technological breakthrough that reshaped the global energy industry and made the wildcat oilman a billionaire.

Mitchell, the developer and philanthropist who also is considered the father of fracking, doggedly pursued natural gas he and others knew were trapped in wide, thin layers of rock deep underground. Fracking brought an entirely new – and enormous – trove of oil and gas within reach.

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