Do you ever wonder whether we’re all getting just a little bit too obsessed with personal health? It’s like we’ve suddenly opened a birthday box full of toys which can measure this and measure that, and we’re now addicted to tracking our bodies like ageing hypochondriacs.
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When it comes to new or stylish furniture, cardboard isn’t your first thought But KARTON is bucking this perception. Karton’s recycled cardboard furniture includes everything from their Paperpedic bed, chests of drawers, TV units, room partitions, even cardboard animals that can be decorated and painted. And, as the video shows, it can stand up to the toughest tests for strength. Made by Stange Design, a German company that’s been designing and producing cardboard furniture for 30 years, each piece of…
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We’re starting to get the feeling that the smartphone market is peaking. There have been no major advances in the technology for a while now, while prices continue to descend at a rapid rate. Of course the fact that most of the people who are interested have already bought one may have something to do with it.
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Bluetooth wireless speakers are ten a penny nowadays (that means they’re everywhere for those of you in Peru), so it’s getting hard for companies to try and differentiate their models without adding silly stuff like glow in the dark colors or animal shapes. Props to Jabra therefore, for trying to do something genuinely interesting.
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There’s no doubt that Twitter has changed the way people, celebrities and brands interact with their fans, but Tweets are not exactly the most engaging way to hold a proper conversation, even if they’re great for connecting with your whole fan base. But now a brand new service promises to add some instant sizzle to the procedure, and it’s great.
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If there’s one thing that’s constantly amazing about web tech, it’s how stuff actually does what it’s supposed to do when you least expect it. That’s why this Songtapper service, which looks like a bit of a joke at first glance, is such a shock. It actually seems to work.
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So let me get this straight. The idea is you sign up as a member of this new flight share service, called FlyteNow, and then you get the chance to book a flight with a small plane owner/pilot instead of booking a regular scheduled flight? And you may not get to save any money either, because regular domestic flights are still great value for money?
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It had to happen. Someone had to come up with the genius idea that a handheld games console which was also a full bore smartphone might be a cool idea. Actually we’re sure the idea is not that new, but what makes this notable is the fact that the phone part looks half decent.
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Take a deep breath and repeat after us – ‘there are some great alternatives to Google out there’. Got it? Feel better? Good. We’re now so indoctrinated to thinking that Google offers the best of everything, that maybe we’re forgetting that there some great projects and services around which don’t have anything to do with the company.
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So what would you do if BMW called up and offered to lend you a £45,000 sports car for a few days to drive where you wanted in Europe as a test? Yep, that’s what we figured, so we said no and went back to our knitting. Yeah right. Long and short, five days later we found ourselves on a flight to Malaga airport in Southern Spain, and six days later they handed over a key fob to a gleaming…
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We stumbled across this little beauty the other day and our nostrils twitched immediately. Was that really a quadcopter which had been programmed to work out how to hit a ball back to a human target? Well it sure looks like it. In fact this is part of a research program from the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich, which is looking into what they call ‘trajectory generation’. What we see is a future where competitive sports get **really** interesting.
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Having a smartphone case with credit card holder or a built-in taser is almost old-school but what’s the latest trend in phone cases? Well, a cover with an extra eInk screen sounds quite amazing, doesn’t it? Of course it does.
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Our personal opinion is that if there were more wearable accessories which acknowledged super heroes, the world – and the roads – would probably be a safer place. This Iron Man Cycle Helmet for example may not give you rocket thrusting speed across the tarmac, but it will probably scare off a super villain or two en route.
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No matter how hard the geeks try, they can’t dislodge our love of handwriting. There are times when a keyboard won’t cut it, and only a hastily written note will do. For those times you could revert to paper and pencil, but there is another option which is a tad more digital.
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We all have stuff we need to remember, even if it’s only the wife’s birthday or your parole officer’s vacation dates. But most times the only way to reliably do this is either to laboriously enter the data into a calendar or scribble a note for your wallet and hope you don’t forget. Now there’s another option.
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