Core coverage of emerging technologies, hardware, software, AI, security, and innovations shaping the future of the digital world.
Floor Plan Light Switch Let’s You Play With People’s Heads
In the best of worlds, everyone would live in a mansion with a console to remote control pretty much everything in their house. However, since that is not the case, we're left with a single switch in each and every room. Turning off the lights in the house before going to bed at night or before le ...
Immaterial: Converting WiFi Strength To Urban Photography
There is a new art form emerging, and it has everything to do with technology. Previously we were used to art being created using brushes, pencils and paint, but that landscape is changing. The new way of creating art involves using lights and stop motion capturing. It isn't so much about animati ...
Augmented Reality Virtual Mirror: Try Before You Buy Online
The number of people shopping online has skyrocketed in recent years, and it seems the technology to make that experience richer and more convenient is moving just as fast. We've written about augmented reality as it applies to making purchases before, and this is a new application to add to the li ...
360 Folding Mobile Phone: You Can’t Fold It Enough
There is a race going on now that most of us are aware of. It's the race that the cell phone developers are running. They try to stun us with their minds, and the features they come up with are the ultimate success barometer when it comes to design and usability. We have seen our share of crazy d ...
![This Is Why Parents Shouldn’t Text [Humor]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Parents-Texting-Mishaps-and-Misunderstandings-optimized.jpg "This Is Why Parents Shouldn’t Text [Humor]")
This Is Why Parents Shouldn’t Text [Humor]
I refuse to friend anyone in my family on Facebook. There, I said it. It completely creeps me out when my two worlds collide. There is a friend world and a family world. They are very separate and distinct in my mind.
I had an uncle that wanted to connect with me recently on Facebook, and whe ...
Mazda Envisions Creating Their Future Car Today
Cars are the mode of transportation that keep our butts moving from point A to B in a more personal way than using public transportation. However, we've grown quite aware that using gas is no where near what we should be using to transport ourselves, and we're slowly making progress in that area. ...
A Mini Cooper Turned Into A Badass Gaming Chair
Playing games has become an art form, and we're constantly trying to break the boundaries of the technology at hand. We're constantly trying to come up with new concepts that will astound the buyers and ultimately put the game on the top of the charts. Doing that doesn't always involve just coming ...
Thodio MacDec: Turns Your Mac Into A MacBook
We've all been taught to disconnect our gear from our computers ever since we started using bluetooth gear. It comes in the form of keyboards, mice and pretty much everything else that you can connect to a computer. It allows us to sit comfortably in front of our computers without having to strain ...
Living Room: The Ultimate Interior Decorating Gadget
When you start thinking about redecorating at home, the hardest part can sometimes be visualizing the new wallpaper, a new rug or even a whole different interior design. Usually we doodle on a paper in a made-up scale, trying to make sense of it all. We even go as far as to bring home the furnitur ...
Eco-Friendly Technology: A Disposable Cardboard Flash Drive
I admit, I have way too many flash drives around my house. I'm a shoe fanatic, and just to put it in perspective, I probably have a flash drive to match every pair of shoes I own. I find those little drives all over the place, and of course, I can't ever remember what's stored on them.
When I f ...
Slobber Alert: Turn Your iPhone Into A Baby Toy
I have a very good friend who is a nanny. Almost every time I see her, her iPhone is either scratched or has a broken screen because she lets the children she cares for play with it. It's really no surprise. As we know from this study by AVG, most 2-5 year olds learn how to play computer games be ...
The Book Printer: A Traveler’s Dream For Mobile Devices
The choices, when it comes to mobile printers, aren't exactly unlimited. I could probably count the ones that we could really call mobile on one hand. However, the market is wide open, and that's exactly where many industrial designers are now investing their brain cells. In order to come up with ...
Pocketloops: Turns Your iPhone Into A Mini Midi Recording Studio
The iPhone has been subject to a lot of development, and more and more of it is starting to become about the external gear. Accessories have long been cornered to the cases, skins and in best case scenarios, a dock. However, the more the market responds to the development and the marketing of gear ...
iPhone Nano Mockup Design: Apple’s Got Balls After All
We've all been reading about the iPhone Nano rumors for a while. Since it's referred to as the "cheaper version" of the iPhone, I thought the rumors were surely that, just rumors. After all, I distinctly remember Steve Jobs saying, "We don't ship junk." Apple is known for being sexy, and there is ...
Write A Note Or Article Easily With QuietWrite
I like writing when I am at home and everything is quiet, and I can think. I just grab something cold to drink, jump on my bed, open my computer, and write. When the inspiration is flowing, I can write for hours. However, there are occasions when we want to step out of the house, take a short wal ...