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We are all surrounded by color every day. Most of our choices and decisions are based on color, but not everyone is aware of that. We have touched on this topic here at Bit Rebels many times, but we feel we can't educate ourselves enough about the psychology behind color and how it affects us. There ...

Sony Launches Smartphone Snap-On Lens For Pro Photographers

Recently it was rumored that Sony was working on a camera snap-on lens that had its sensor and processor built into the lens itself. The result was a lens that can be fit onto pretty much any smartphone, which then turns your smartphone into a professional camera instantly. The rumors turned out to ...

Apps

Touch Room iPhone App Enables Touching From Afar

One of the things that smartphones have been lacking since they were first introduced is the ability to share presence. This might sound weird considering the smartphone is a device. When we look at the number of apps that use presence as their key feature, the list is short. That is something the T ...

Lifestyle

How To Take The Perfect Nap [Infographic]

There comes a time in everyone's day when you feel like you need a nap to keep going. Today's fast paced world is getting to all of us, and we're starting to see more and more people sporting the trendy sleep deprivation disorder, or whatever you want to call it. Sleep is a necessity if you want to ...

Highly Immersive Smartphone VR Glasses Change Everything

The virtual reality movement is gaining momentum, and we are seeing more products that cater to this highly immersive approach to all things virtual. So far, virtual reality has mostly been for geeky gamers or developers, but there is progress going on now that could change all that in an instant. W ...

2013 Top Tech Gear For Gadget Lovers Everywhere [Infographic]

Every year in December and January all the top tech predictions come out for the new year. I look forward to reading those. Although many times people exaggerate their predictions, sometimes they hit the nail on the head. For example, I remember reading an article at the beginning of this year that ...

Geek

15 Famous Swords Every Geek Should Recognize

There have been many geek trivia tests presented over the years. We've written about a few of them here on Bit Rebels. Although they are always fun, the truth is, one of the main characteristics of being a geek is that you don't have to prove yourself to anyone. In other words, if you say you are a ...

Geek

Sleep Texting: How To Avoid This New Ailment Affecting Geeks

It's been all over the Internet lately...Apparently the dangers of sleep texting are severe since people seem to be making such a big deal out of it. To me, it screams 'first world problem,' and it's almost offensive to call it an ailment considering all the real ailments in the world. However, just ...

Top 10 Fastest Supercomputers In The World [Infographic]

I bet you have at some point thought your new computer must be a supercomputer, right? At least in comparison to what you had prior to it. With time, it seems our computers are getting slower, but that is not really the case. What happens is that the software we use on it gets more powerful, which m ...

NASA To Use 3D Printer To Print Objects In Space

You know something is going to change the world when it's picked up by NASA as a solution to one of their greatest problems. Believe it or not, NASA is looking into using 3D printing so they won't have to bring delicate, sensitive instruments and building blocks into space. The transportation cost f ...

Manga Generator Instantly Creates A Comic Of Your Life

I am one of those people who is big on optimizing everything. With optimization comes understanding, and that is usually what makes optimization so much fun, at least for me. There are a lot of different optimizations, and it would be impossible to implement them all. When it comes to creativity, op ...

Innovative ‘World’s Thinnest Keyboard’ Is Thinner Than You Think

Do you know how thick a millimeter is? I looked it up today. Here are some things that are about one millimeter thick: a piece of paper, a fingernail, a smallish raindrop, a biggish grain of sand and a lowercase 'o' when typed in Times New Roman size 10. Now, take that thickness and divide it in hal ...

Social Media

Why People Still Prefer Visual Infographics Over Text [Infographic]

Just yesterday I wrote an article about how cats and bacon still rule the Internet. The search traffic for those words is still high, and their popularity doesn't seem to be waning even though it's been several years. Today I'd like to talk about infographics from this same perspective. Some people ...

DIY High Tech Rainbow Kicks: The High-Top Sneakers That Light Up