The Mobile Phone Turns 40 Years Old This Month
The first mobile phone call was made on April 4th, 1973, which basically means mobile phones turn 40 years old this month. Motorola was the first company to make a call, followed by a string of others, most notably Nokia. Back then, the idea of a phone not tethered to a landline, regardless of its s ...
Lawnmower Man Effect: Our Need For Virtual Perpetual Connection
We’re all connected. As consumers, we all crave a perpetual connection to the wide area network or, as we commonly understand it, the Internet. Personally, I am at a total loss if I’m deprived of my daily IP-fix. I think I can say with some confidence that we all have a deep-seated need to be connec ...
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How Google Glass Glasses Really Work [Infographic]
There are many people who are waiting to get their hands on a pair of Google Glass glasses. By now, pretty much everyone has seen the ramped up advertisements for these soon-to-be iconic glasses. Whether they will become popular or not is of course up to the consumer. With a price tag of around $1,5 ...
Fake Girlfriend Device Simulates A Girlfriend (Complete With Hugs)
Long gone are the days when geeks can't get girlfriends. That stereotype has been shattered many times, and now geeks are in high demand, well, at least most geeks I know. For some people, it still might be tough though, which is why this fake girlfriend device was created. Yes, for some people it m ...
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Virtual Therapist Knows Exactly How You Feel [Video]
Do you remember the virtual reality boom back in the early '90s? People said we would all be working in a virtual reality world in the near future, but something happened and the technology was abandoned. The virtual worlds we were said to inhabit never materialized, and we were left with a differen ...
Liquid Watch Turns Wrist Watches Into Futuristic Time Pods
We are all still waiting for the first flexible smartphone to make its way onto the market. It's yet to be determined which company will be first to introduce it to consumers. Sure, we have seen plenty of prototypes in the past couple of years, but nothing has yet made it into the stores. As gadgets ...
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Guest Posting: Perfect Way To Increase Your Online Cred [Infographic]
The best way to make an impact in today's Internet society (for example, when you want to show professional credentials when looking for a job) is to utilize guest posting opportunities on influential websites and blogs. It can have a huge impact on your resume, and we here at Bit Rebels have had pl ...
Mouse Ring Enables Wireless Navigation Without Effort
For most people, the mouse has become the only way to really interact with their computer in an optimized way. Don't get me wrong though, there are plenty of ways we can interact with our computers, but the mouse is so far unchallenged when it comes to usage and interaction. As a matter of fact, we ...
Reactor: Hand-Crank Power Case For The iPhone 5
There have been many ways to charge our smartphones that have been introduced throughout the years. They come and go, and only the most optimized solutions stick around long enough to be refined and perfected. We have seen an increased number of hand-crank devices in the last few years that will cha ...
Undies With GPS & Electrical Shock Embedded To Help In Self-Defense
In a certain part of the world where women feel unsafe, they are now taking an element of their security into their own hands. According to a report last month on The Times Of India, 96% of women feel unsafe after dark in Delhi, two-thirds have experienced sexual misconduct on the streets, and more ...
Virtual Reality System Takes Users Through An Endless Maze In One Room
If you've ever messed around in an augmented or virtual reality system, you know how mind twisting it can be. When the lines between what's real and what isn't get blurry, it's easy to start questioning even the simplest things. If you don't the difference between augmented reality and virtual reali ...
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Facebook Home App In-Depth Review [Video]
So the Facebook phone turned out to be a Facebook Home app for Android devices. There was great speculation about whether the giant social networking service was actually going to announce a new phone tailored around their website. Even though it looked plausible, it turned out that it wasn't to be. ...
3D Printed Animal Skeleton Has Huge Implications For Human Medicine
Although there are so many goofy ways 3D printed things entertain us, there are also many ways it can change the lives of people and animals for the better. By now, you've probably read many examples of this. From the animal kingdom, my favorite story was the bald eagle who got shot in the face, but ...
Compact Laser 3D Scanner For 3D Printing Aficionados
As 3D printing gets more popular amongst people everywhere, we're going to start seeing new accessories become popular as well. I don't think anyone would disagree with me when I say that 3D printing is the way of the future. More 3D printers are introduced often, and with competition comes lower pr ...
Brain-Controlled App Holds Your Calls If Your Brainwaves Are Busy
There are some things that are created in the world of technology that we'll probably never use, but they are still fun to check out anyway. Those things get released all the time, and they are always good for a smile. The perfect example is a toaster I wrote about a while back that toasts the weath ...