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Sound Band: Soundless Headphones Ensure A Private Conversation
For decades, researchers have been tinkering with noise reduction technologies. Since sound travels through the air in pressure waves, it is believed that if you can reverse the pressure waves and meet the original pressure waves halfway to their destination, you can cancel out the sound entirely. S ...
World’s Largest Headphones Let You Feel The Music In Your Whole Body
When you think about what the world's largest headphones might look like, you probably imagine some humongous ear cups that would cradle your head like a big hat. As it turns out, the largest headphones don't look like that at all. As a matter of fact, they are so large that they won't even touch yo ...
Indie PC Game Kentucky Route Zero Continues to Amaze
The second act of Kentucky Route Zero, an episodic PC and Mac indie adventure game that I first reviewed on Bit Rebels 3 months ago in Kentucky Route Zero: A Magical Realist Adventure Game, is now available. I am happy to report that Act II was well worth the wait! Act II continues the protagonist ...
How Working In A Coffee Shop Can Increase Your Creative Thinking
I remember when I was a kid, my mother made me write and do my homework in complete silence. She thought quiet was better. My teacher finally told her that it would be better if she let me play music when I was writing and doing my homework. Now, years later, it's interesting to me that researchers ...
High Tech Rain Boots Take Dancing In The Rain To A Whole New Level
Have you ever been dancing in the rain? I mean r-e-a-l-l-y dancing in the rain? I haven't, but I would if I had these high tech rain boots. When I first read about these this morning, I thought they were the best rain boots I'd ever seen. Then I read that only ten pairs were made (I think they are a ...
Underwater MP3 Player Lets You Listen To Music With Your Cheekbones
How would you like to be able to hear clear music while you're swimming underwater? You wouldn't exactly be able to do that by wearing your earpods. Instead, you could listen to music through your cheekbones. I didn't know this was possible until I read about it today. It's such a brilliant idea. Ow ...
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19 Emotions For Which There Are No Words In English [Chart]
Several months ago, I wrote an article about 5 Emotions Invented By The Internet. It was one of my favorite articles to write since I'm very interested in Internet psychology. The person who did the research for that data was Pei-Ying Lin. This artistic scientist who focuses on emotions has also stu ...
Wearable Sound Effects Jacket Puts More Action Into Your Life
Roaming the real world as a kid or an adult is quite boring compared to that of the reality in movies, don't you think? I mean, in movies there are at least sound effects that make it all look and sound awesome. In the movies, we tend to experience something visual through our ears, if that make sen ...
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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 ...
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Snarky Google Shoes Talk To You When You Wear Them [Video]
We've written so much about Google Glass lately that it's fun to switch gears and write about a creation from Google that is a little less serious. This is something that would probably annoy you if you owned it. The innovators at Google are known for having a playful sense of humor, and these Googl ...
Acoustic Levitation: Sound Waves Make Drug Droplets Float In Mid Air
I never heard of the phrase 'acoustic levitation' before today, but it simply refers to the use of sound waves to levitate things. In this particular case, scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have figured out a way to levitate drops of solutions which all contain pharmaceutical drugs. This is ...
5 Ingeniously Esoteric Movie T-Shirts You’ll Want To Own
Just like high-end fashion labels, there are a variety of 'in your face' movie t-shirts on the market that scream "look at me!" by having a well-known brand plastered across the front. Examples which initially come to mind are Batman, Superman and Back to the Future logo t-shirts, and although not m ...
Bluetooth Handset Gloves: Answer Phone By Putting Fingers To Your Ear
A month ago, Richard wrote an article about some rings (the kind you put on your fingers) that allow you to answer your phone when you put your fingers to your ear. It was a pretty rad concept, and you can read about it at Cell Phone Rings Incorporate The Ancient "Call You" Gesture. That isn't a pro ...
Spatial Position Communication Makes Video Conferencing Feel Real
Communication though the Internet has always been an appealing frontier. The enormous impact that Skype once had on how you could talk to someone anywhere in the world for free (except the cost of your internet connection) was a game-changer that is still being added to today. Communication over dev ...
Film Roll Salt & Pepper Shakers To Spice Up Your Food Pics
Sometimes it's the simplest designs that make us smile the most. You know, the ones that don't incorporate any innovative technology or groundbreaking features. They are just easy and creative, and they make our lives more fun. The Yamaha NS-10 Speaker Flash Drive, which I wrote about yesterday, is ...