For its fourth Kickstarter, camera trigger/accessory company Miops has created a hot-shoe attachment called the Flex that’s designed to help photographers “capture stunning timelapse videos, HDR photos, high-speed actions, extraordinary lightning strikes and more.” Compatible with a bunch of DSLR and mirrorless cameras from Canon, Nikon, Sony and Fujifilm, the Flex connects wirelessly to a smartphone running an iOS/Android companion […]
Creativity Toolbox On Your Camera
Scientists Produce Rare Diamonds In Room Temperature
While traditional diamonds are formed over billions of years deep in the Earth where extreme pressures and temperatures provide just the right conditions to crystalize carbon, scientists are working on more expedient ways of forging the precious stones. An international team of researchers has succeeded in whittling this process down to mere minutes, demonstrating a new technique where they not […]
UV-Activated Polymer Smart Fabrics
When producing “smart fabrics” made of conductive fibers, it can be difficult placing functional elements such as electrodes in specific locations along those fibers. A new polymer, however, could make doing so much easier. Led by graduate student Youngbin Lee and Prof. Polina Anikeeva, a team at MIT started by developing the photosensitive thiol-epoxy/thiol-ene polymer itself. When the material is […]
Bug Bite Helper
Spending time outdoors can be calming, and is much needed for our mental health. It can quickly change for the worst, however, when we start getting attacked by bugs. The BITE HELPER® Itch Neutralizer is here to help. This handy gadget works fast to alleviate pain, itching, and swelling caused by bug bites and stings. Plus, it’s now on sale […]
World’s First Approved Lab Grown Chicken
With our consumption of meat continuing to place a huge strain on the environment, the emergence of lab-grown alternatives is beginning to pick up steam. A world-first regulatory approval today should help things along, with food tech startup Eat Just’s cultured chicken receiving the green light for sale in Singapore. While there are a number of startups developing fake meat […]
Touchscreen Digital Board Games
As fun as board games are, they can be a fiddly hobby, time consuming to set up, and expensive to keep buying the new ones. Arcade1Up’s Infinity Game Table, currently on Kickstarter, digitizes dozens of classic games like Monopoly and Scrabble into a touchscreen table. The Infinity Game Table is kind of like a huge tablet with legs – the […]
Wireless Earphones With Hi-Fi Amplifier
The UK’s Cambridge Audio has launched the next model in its excellent Melomania true wireless earphone range. As the name suggests, the Melomania Touch offer touch control as well as the promise of “stunning sound performance and world-class battery life.” We got to try Cambridge Audio’s first entry into the now crowded true wireless earphone space last year, and despite […]
Tagged Plastic Bottles Reveal Path of Plastic Bottles Through The Ocean
The more we know about the problem of plastic pollution, the better we’ll be able to intervene and clean up, or even prevent, the mess. That includes understanding the way it moves through the marine environment, and a new study has shed further light on this process through the use of tagged plastic bottles. The bottles were dropped in the […]
Biomarker- Sensing Contact
While we have already heard about contact lenses that monitor medical conditions, such lenses are often made from non-traditional materials. A new one, however, is composed of the same hydrogel as regular store-bought contacts, potentially making it much more user-friendly. Diagnostic contact lenses work by analyzing the wearer’s tears, measuring levels of biomarker molecules associated with conditions such as diabetes. […]
Stacked Tennis Court Skyscraper
Italian firm Carlo Ratti Associati serves a slice of bonkers blue sky architecture with its “Playscraper.” Also referred to as the Tennis Tower, the sporty skyscraper would stack eight tennis courts on top of each other to reach a height of 90 m (roughly 300 ft). The project was designed in association with Italo Rota and commissioned by the RCS […]