Who doesn’t love a picnic? Hands up. The smell of nature’s bountiful pastures, the fresh air, and especially the burnt sausages that everyone tries to avoid until everything else has been eaten. But you know what’s missing? That’s right, some delightful audio to go with the whole experience.
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Droplet – new polymer lens costing less than a cent converts your phone into a 160x microscope
There seems to something of a revolution going on in the microscope market, what with the new low cost technologies coming on stream to let people do the job of magnifying very small stuff. Only last month we reported on the Foldscope, which is a sub $1 standalone microscope which is made from paper. And now we have another entry.
Read MoreFirechat hits Android…mesh chat without Internet takes a big step forward [Freeware]
Firechat got some hot press last month when it debuted on Apple’s iPhone platform. In case you didn’t hear, it’s a free mesh communications app which means you can chat with nearby people without needing an Internet connection or mobile data service active. We’ve talked about this stuff before, notably with TinCan, but this new service offers a lot more functionality.
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