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Amazing Stop Motion Assembly Of A Lego Millennium Falcon
We have covered an enormous number of Lego builds here on Bit Rebels, and usually the articles come with some epic step-by-step images. Lately, I feel like that has become kind of boring, and I have tried to find something new, something that will refuel the inspiration we all get from seeing those ...

Spatial Relationships Of A Kerning Kind: Keeping Reader Attention
I love brilliantly refined and executed typography, the kind that subtly grabs you and makes you stop for more than a half second. I am particularly moved when someone cares about this topic when design is not his or her profession. Matthew Butterick is an attorney in Los Angeles who cares deeply ...

The Smallest Art Gallery In The Whole World
When a photographer who takes massively large photos wants to showcase them on the Internet, it can be a challenge. After all, our computer screens are only so wide, so capturing the full depth of a photograph of this magnitude can require a creative mind to figure out the details in order to displa ...

iOS ’86: If The iPhone Was Released In The 1980s
Everything we see on the screen today has gone through some sort of development process. The look, feel and usability has evolved through time, and that is pretty much the process for every gadget, software or service that we all use today, even the ones you have created yourself. It always starts w ...

History Of Type: Magnificent 3D Typography To Inspire
How come we have gone from using 3D typography to picking up the trade of making infographics? It's somewhat of a weird question, I can admit that. But I feel as if we have forgotten about the wonderful and inspiring uses of typography art, and how it can present data in way that is somewhat more de ...

Digital Meets Analog: Inspiring & Dreamy Digital Origami Animals
I think that every seasoned graphic designer out there will agree with me when I say that the greatest line of software after Photoshop ever to grace a designer's desktop is actually the 3D software. Not only does it allow you to create some rather fantastic artwork within your organic design, but i ...

Mozilla Launches Brilliant New Web Developer Tools In Firefox
It has long been debated just what tools, software and debugging approaches developers of websites and web solutions should use. Everyone seems to have their own software park to play in, and to some extent it has a lot to do with what each individual finds easiest to work with. Some might find Drea ...

The Great Debate: E-Books vs. The Printed Copy
The whole world is reading. Reading is part of our everyday lives, whether it's for fun, business, or to catch up on the latest news. How people read today is what we want to know more about. The E-book and the printed edition of books are both widely used. You can get your newspaper in paper form o ...

The Gamer’s Dream Home
I want this house. I want to live there, I want to game there. I want to be able to invite my friends over and tell them "I live here. Pretty epic, isn't it?"
Let's back up a bit.
LAN parties are pretty awesome, aren't they? You get to gain bragging rights through victory, show off your gaming ...

Automated Storytelling: Cavemen Are Rolling In Their Graves
Everyone loves a good story, right? I can't count how many times I've "zoned out" during a presentation of some flavor, and my ears perked up right after the speaker uttered the magical words: "I have a story for you....".
What can I say? I'm a sucker.
The act of storytelling goes wayyyyy back ...

Power In Your Palm: The Computing Power In Today’s Smartphones
This past weekend I was browsing a few timelines on Twitter, and I came across this tweet by @A4XRBJ1 that said "Your mobile phone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. NASA launched a man to the moon. We launch a bird into pigs." I thought that this was simply hilarious!
Then I star ...
Lookout Labs Introduces Mobile Threat Tracker
Mobile operating systems have become a playground for hackers looking to steal personal information. Until now, it's been difficult for ordinary smartphone users to know just how prevalent malicious software has become. Yesterday, Lookout Mobile Security released a new app for Android users called M ...

19 Legendary Black & White Photos Colorized Using Photoshop
I think by now we all know the impact that Photoshop has had in pretty much everyone's life. It's one of those pieces of software that reinvented the way we see things, literally. Even if you live in a small city, you are most likely able to find something within 10 feet of your house that is photos ...

2014 World Cup Will Test Robocop Facial Recognition Technology
Coming To A Police Precinct Near You ...
Brazilian police officers will use "Robocop-like" glasses at the 2014 World Cup in Brasil. The "Robocop-like" glasses will be equipped with facial recognition technology that can quickly identify and scan those who attend the 2014 World Cup. The device is ...

iShower: Lets You Rock It Out In The Shower
There is a constant stream of weird and wonderful gadgets emailed to us from our readers, as well as new things brought onto the market every week. Whether or not we need those things is a different story. They are there to do one thing, and that is to help us optimize our time and possibly bring us ...