Here is an Avengers fan so huge not even the Hulk could stop him. Almost on par with the 7-year-old boy who received a working bionic Iron Man arm, this young Chinese man has built his own life-size Hulkbuster armor. And it easily outclasses that 4 foot tall Hulkbuster action figure that was recently prototyped. Even more impressive is that … Continue reading
A revolutionary method of editing the human genome has this week become the subject of a patent war. Back in April of 2014, patents were awarded by the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) to the Broad Institutes’ Dr. Feng Zhang, MIT, and Harvard to develop the technology behind “CRISPR-Cas9”. This April, the UC Board of Regents’ legal team … Continue reading
There are only a few companies out there with as much experience making Android Wear watches as LG. After all, the platform’s only been part of the public consciousness for a year and yet this Korean giant has already made three of them. Its first se…
Xiaomi is about to enter the UK market, but it won’t be selling the Android phones and tablets it’s best known for. Mimicking its plans for the US, the company is starting with an online accessory store for its Mi-branded headphones, battery packs an…
President Underwood is already popular in China, but it looks like Netflix is prepping to offer more of its streaming library in that locale. The Wall Street Journal reports that Reed Hastings & Co. are in talks with online broadcasters BesTV and Was…
In a way, John Underkoffler’s like Hollywood’s own Wizard of Oz. He’s the man behind the curtain responsible for infusing blockbuster fantasy with real-world tech. He created the futuristic UI in Minority Report, worked on the timeline for Hulk’s tra…
Today’s modern day smartphones and digital cameras, not to mention other mobile devices such as action cameras, tend to rely on expandable memory to store a plethora of captured video and the ilk. The thing is, it can get quite difficult to archive everything recorded properly, and just in case you happen to live out a rough and tumble lifestyle, capturing everything with an action camera, perhaps getting beefier memory cards would do you a whole world of good, especially when it comes to preserving precious memories. Toshiba is an old hand at this, having rolled out high capacity SD cards close to a decade ago, and now we have the new EXCERIA Pro SD and EXCERIA microSD memory cards.
The Toshiba EXCERIA Pro SD and EXCERIA microSD memory cards are a couple of flash storage options which have been specially equipped to unleash a device’s full shooting potential in order to help you capture stunning images and immersive footage. It does not matter if you are a professional DSLR photographer or a high action sports enthusiast, the EXCERIA Pro SD and EXCERIA microSD memory cards will be able to deliver unparalleled performance with excellent read/write rates and ample storage to capture fast-action photos and 4K videos without any kind of lag or delay.
The EXCERIA Pro SD memory card lets professional photographers and videographers to maximize the potential of their UHS-II-enabled high performance cameras, sporting read speeds of up to 260MB/s and write speeds up to 240MB/s, which means it can transfer photos faster than non-UHS II cards.
As for the EXCERIA microSD memory card, it will carry read speeds up to 95MB/s and write speeds up to 60MB/s, being specially designed to target action camera adventurers, videographers, phones and tablets. It is one tough cookie since it is also waterproof and X-ray proof.
You can choose up to four capacities of up to 128GB for the EXCERIA Pro SD, while the EXCERIA microSD has three capacities of up to 64GB. Pricing for the EXCERIA Pro SD memory card begins at $99.99 and goes all the way to $699.99 for the 128GB model, while the EXCERIA microSD memory card maxes out at $179.99 for the 64GB model. Regardless of your purchase, it will come with a 5-year standard limited warranty.
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Sure, you can use a plain old spatula to flip your burgers on the grill, but that spatula isn’t going to intimidate anybody or make you look manly. This Machete Spatula will do both.
The neat cooking utensil from Firebox looks just like a machete. The lower end of the “blade” even has three bottle openers to help get beers open three at a time while grilling in the summer heat. It looks terrifying, but is actually harmless. It even comes with a bandana, because why not?
You’ll cook like a pro, and be armed like Rambo.
[via Laughing Squid]
Samsung is indeed making a special Iron Man-themed edition of its Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone, as The Korea Times reported in April. The mobile maker posted a teaser image to its official Twitter account today, depicting what looks like a special edition box wherein the phone is likely to be.
What will said phone look like? If I have to guess, I’m thinking it’ll sport red and gold… Read More
Students who attend public or private colleges in Maryland were granted an extra layer of online privacy protections on Tuesday when Gov. Larry Hogan signed a law to shield their private social media accounts from administrators’ reach.
The law, which saw overwhelming support in both the Senate and House of Delegates, prohibits college officials from requiring or asking students to grant access to their private social media accounts. The rules, which go into effect June 1, also apply to college applicants and prospective students.
While the law shields colleges from legal liability over students’ online speech, it also gives students legal grounds to sue a university if officials break the rules.
“With access comes responsibility, so without access they don’t have responsibility,” said Bradley Shear, a Maryland-based attorney who specializes in social-media law and has advocated for similar protections nationwide.
In 2012, Maryland became the first state to prohibit employers from requiring employees and job applicants to provide access to their social media accounts. While 18 states followed Maryland’s lead to ensure the social-media privacy of employees, it became the 13th state to extend similar protections to students.
“It was because of the introduction of the bill in Maryland, that’s how the whole thing got started, so even though it’s just now being passed and enacted, it was the first state to introduce the legislation back in 2012,” Shear said.
The legislation was among 350 bills Hogan signed into law during a ceremony on Tuesday.
Under the law, universities are still allowed to access information that is publicly available or accessed through university-owned computers or networks. It also does not prevent a student or third-party from sharing information with officials.
Postsecondary schools were also included in the legislation’s language when Sen. Ronald Young, a Democrat, proposed the rules in February, but a House amendment narrowed its focus on colleges. Young did not respond to questions about the law.
“My hope is that eventually K-12 students will be protected, but obviously you’ve got to take one step at a time,” Shear said. “Sometimes you have to go for half of a loaf instead of the full loaf.”
Another house amendment — in response to concerns from the University System of Maryland — allows college officials to access students’ social-media accounts for educational purposes, such as class assignments.
According to the university system’s 2015 legislative session summary, the system was concerned the legislation could prevent universities from investigating allegations of student misconduct, including “legitimate academic and behavioral concerns such as sexual misconduct and academic integrity. Institutions need the ability to access private electronic accounts for investigations.”
At the request of the General Assembly, the university system established a similar policy in 2013 that “recognizes the importance of privacy in a student’s’ personal activities involving the use of social media.” Under the policy, each institution was required to write policies that prevent university employees from requiring a student to give access to their social-media accounts.
But that policy, Shear said, did not have any “legal teeth” because it did not shield institutions from legal liabilities, “whereas a new law can and will.”
This post originally appeared on the SPLC blog.
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