Hasta La Gadget!

Maybe it was a shot of a sunset under the tint of an X Pro II filter. Or perhaps it was a school pic from back when you had braces and headgear with a Valencia tint and a very special #tbt tag. Whatever it is, show us your most popular Instagram post.

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I have three children, and left unsupervised, they will stare at screens until their eyeballs liquefy and seep into the carpet. And so, I spend every single day of my existence wringing my hands over how much screen time is too much screen time for these people. Sometimes I set a timer. Sometimes I say, "TIME IS UP" and go to take the screens away, and then my kids freak the fuck out, and I give them back the screens so they can put their stupid Minecraft characters to bed, which always takes two minutes longer than it should. And then I worry that I’m a simp because I gave into their screaming, but man, do I hate hearing them scream. Sometimes, when I’m tired, I just let it go, because it’s cold outside, and I’ve run out of board games to play and tedious craft projects to do. Every parent knows that a screen works flawlessly for subduing annoying kids.

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Last week Samvir Thandi blew our minds with a model rocket car that hit 285 mph. But it was basically just a rocket engine with wheels that you aimed—hopefully accurately—and fired. Nick Case’s remote control speed demons actually have electric motors, and his latest creation—quite possibly the world’s fastest RC car—just hit 188 mph.

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It certainly wouldn’t be a surprise to see Chromecast creep deeper into Google’s mobile ecosystem. The $35 dongle instantly became a hit when it was released late last year, with Google selling “millions” of units in the U.S. alone. Earlier this week it finally released Chromecast in nearly a dozen international markets. Some Android users, who have newer Motorola or Nexus devices, report that a “Cast Screen” button is showing up in Quick Settings. It doesn’t do anything right now, but its possible that the feature is incomplete at this stage.

In most cases, users who have spotted this button are running Android 4.4 KitKat. Moreover, it seems to appear if certain Chromecast enabled apps are launched, such as AllCast. No one has been able to make sense of what it actually does, presumably its triggering an incomplete casting feature, but as of now this native screen casting feature hasn’t been made able to work.

It possible that further down the road Google might allow users to mirror their Android display to a TV through Chromecast. While there are solutions available to do that, nevertheless a universal casting trigger will eliminate the need for third party apps or standalone apps that beam local content to Chromecast. We’ll have to wait and see if and when this feature is completed.

‘Cast Screen’ Button Appears In Android Quick Settings For Some original content from Ubergizmo.

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