Feb 28
If you think every possible use for drones has been thoroughly exhausted, you’re wrong. This clever photographer figured out that the hovering crafts would be perfect for lighting his mysterious scenes from the sky.
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Feb 28
Engadget Eurocast 055 – 2.28.14
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Ah, the joys of innocence. Jamie didn’t know there was a Lego Movie, but Dan is here to fill him in on the details and deliver his thoughts on how it’s the antithesis of Toy Story’s rigid plot. The conversation then turns to Amazon’s rebranding of…
Feb 28
Now that we know the NSA is even spying on instant messaging services, the denizens of the deep web need a new way to chat anonymously. Of course, Tor comes to the rescue.
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Feb 28
Ashton Kutcher, who recently starred in the movie JOBS, has been tapped by Lenovo to aid in the design of a smartphone lineup. The information comes from Lenovo’s Chief Marketing … Continue reading
Feb 28
Do you really want to know how the sausage is made?
(Credit: Anna Jofré)
Rejoice, sausage lovers, or maybe not. Spanish researchers trying to create a healthier meat product may have found their answer inside a baby’s diaper.
Using six strains of bacteria — three from the baby poop of healthy infants up to 6 months old, and three from commercial probiotics — the researchers whipped up fermented pork sausage, and found that the meat made using one strain of the tot excrement contained the most microbes — “enough to produce health-promoting effects to people.”
“The two kinds of bacteria used most often in probiotics, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, are far more abundant in infant poop than in adult excrement,” food microbiologist Anna Jofré of Catalonia’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Research told Live Science.
The researchers published their study, titled “Nutritionally enhanced fermented sausages as a vehicle for potential probiotic lactobacilli delivery,” in the February issue of the journal Meat Science.
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Feb 28
At a shareholder meeting this week, Apple made clear the current state of affairs with Apple TV, showing it to be the fastest growing product in their hardware line-up. As … Continue reading
Feb 28
Sound is very important to a lot of us. We listen to music, hear birds chirping in the morning, know when something is wrong with our car, and loads of other scenarios you’re all well acquainted with. In that same vein, sound can also alter our mood, especially when it comes to music that is being distorted because of a bad pair of headphones.
While buying expensive headphones normally means you don’t have to deal with many audial issue, it doesn’t mean there’s not always going to be a better pair out there somewhere. If you’re content with the earbuds or headphones you currently have, but wish they had a bit of a boost, then the Cambridge Audio DacMagic XS might be able to help. This is a digital audio converter as the name suggests, and it can plug into your PC or Mac through USB.
This will dramatically improve your digital audio listening experience, by providing deeper bass and more power than a standard laptop headphone output. This is very small, which makes it perfect for all of you who don’t like staying in one place for too long, and is encased in aluminum so it can withstand constant transport. Of course, something like this isn’t going to come cheap, and you’ll need to be prepared to spend around $190 on it. Reading around, it is said that you’ll only have volume control through the DacMagic rather than on your computer, but that is a small price to pay for better sound quality.
Available for purchase on Amazon, found via technabob
[ The DacMagic XS – audiophiles rejoice! copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Feb 28
Windows Phone owners no longer have to watch from the sidelines as their friends battle for supremacy in FIFA 14. EA has released a native version of the free-to-play soccer (aka football) title for Microsoft’s platform with the same on-the-pitch…
Feb 28
If you’ve solved a Rubik’s Cube so many times that it no longer offers you a challenge, maybe it’s time to try a new shape? The Marusenko Sphere puts 54 spinning and sliding pieces into a globe-shaped puzzle that comes in five different levels of difficulty.
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Feb 28
Since its launch, some iPhone 5s users have experienced issues with the handset’s Touch ID function, which results in gradual recognition failures over time, requiring reconfiguring the prints until the … Continue reading
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