Biometric Security: Is Authenticating Identity With Fingerprints Safe?
Apple appears very confident with the notion of authenticating your identity via fingerprints by including the technology in their flagship smartphone, the iPhone 5s. The notion of simply touching a button to unlock your phone or authenticate purchases opens up levels of convenience that a password ...
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How Social Media Customer Service Could Evolve By 2015 [Infographic]
As social media customer service continues to evolve, the debate over whether or not customer service belongs on social media in the first place goes on. Some people say social media is just making bad customer service worse. Other people (65% according to recent surveys) say customer service via so ...
World’s Largest Collection Of Star Wars Memorabilia Has 300,000 Pieces
Star Wars fans can rejoice...and drool over this massive amount of Star Wars memorabilia. There are over 300,000 pieces in this collection, even though only 90,546 were officially audited and calculated. That was enough for Steve Sansweet to beat the previous world record by four times. If someone w ...
Tech-Top: Guy Builds Futuristic Extendable Desktop Computer
Not everyone has the technical know-how to put together a desktop computer worthy of a science fiction movie. There are some custom builds out there that boggle pretty much everyone's mind once you see them. When it comes to the more futuristic builds, there are not many complete solutions. The one ...
4D Printing: Objects Can Now Make Themselves
I know what you are thinking - there is no such thing as 4D printing, but there is. This method of printing objects was first brought to our attention by architect and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits when he showcased the process that allows objects to self-assemble. It's a new approach to 3D prin ...
How To Set Up A Slow Motion Photo Booth For Your Next Event
If you are a fan of Vimeo, you've probably seen the slow motion photo booth video (from a wedding reception), which went viral a few weeks ago. If you didn't see that, it's definitely worth checking out. You can click over to Quang + Ellie: Slow Motion Booth to watch it. In response to the over 300 ...
Fantastic Cardboard Foosball Table Made From All Recyclable Materials
There's something about playing on a sustainable gaming table that just feels good. It's time for me to share another creative cardboard design with you, and this one is specifically designed around having fun. Cardboard is so versatile, and since it's also trendy right now, I'm sure we'll be writin ...
Couture Dresses Made From Subway Sandwich Wrappers And Napkins
I almost didn't write about this today because I didn't want this article to appear like an advertisement for Subway, which it isn't, but these dresses are just too creative not to share with you. Subway (the sandwich company) recently hosted a fashion show with dresses that designers made out of Su ...
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Steampunk Star Trek Tricorder And Phaser Boldly Go There [10 Pics]
When I think of Star Trek, I always think about the future of technology. With each day that passes, we are getting closer and closer to realizing some of the famous Star Trek technology we all dream about using like tricorders, phasers, replicators and of course holodecks. In these pictures, the fu ...
Guy Creates Real Extendable Game Of Thrones Castle
If you are a fan of Game of Thrones, you know how each episode can change the entire series in just a few minutes. It's constant suspense, and it's one of the most successful shows on television. We have featured countless head spinning fan creations here at Bit Rebels over the years, and this one i ...
Instagram Hotel: Stay For Free If You Have Enough Instagram Followers
Recently I wrote about the first Twitter Hotel. It's not 'officially licensed' by Twitter of course, but it's a hotel that caters to Twitterholics. Everything there is based on Twitter. For example, if you need to call the concierge, you send a tweet with hashtag instead of picking up the phone and ...
EmoPulse Smile: A Bracelet Smartwatch Jam-Packed With Useful Features
Many of the big technology companies are now gearing up efforts to produce the best and most innovative smartwatch on the market. There have been plenty presented so far, and some have been quite intriguing. It's hard to say what features people are expecting, but they for sure sure want a smartwatc ...
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25 Customer Service Skills Every Company Should Require [Infographic]
When was the last time you talked to a customer service rep who was friendly and helpful? There are people in customer service who pride themselves on genuinely helping customers, but there are just as many who don't. Sometimes it feels like customer service barely exists anymore. Social media has a ...
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5 Social Media Lessons You Learned Back In Kindergarten [Infographic]
Learning how to hang in the social media community is not hard. Some people make it out to be harder than it is, and there are entire blogs devoted to explaining how to do it. For some of us, it's second nature. I'm not sure why that is, but it's probably just because we don't over think it. As Leon ...
Scientists Accidentally Created The World’s Thinnest Glass
Some of the world's most life-changing inventions were created by accident. Amongst other things, this includes Penicillin, the Pacemaker, Post-It notes, microwave ovens, ink-jet printers and even potato chips and chocolate chip cookies. Now we can add another thing to that list of innovations that ...