Tag: smartphone
Technology Gets Cozy: The BFF Phone That Becomes Your Friend
Since technology is becoming more and more human, the smartphones we have in the very near future might become more than just phones. There might be a day soon when we consider our mobile device to actually be our friend. They will know as much about our daily behavior as our best friend would, and ...
6 Badass Steampunk Cell Phones Worth Checking Out
I have covered a lot of steampunk builds, and I am not about to stop yet. The gadgets that we have featured here on Bit Rebels are of course all modern things that have been Victorianized in order to look steampunk. It's an art form that has become quite big in the last few years. Everything from co ...
Pillow Talk: Let’s You Sleep Talk With Your Friends
Are you one of those people that when the alarm starts buzzing in the morning, you feel like throwing it into the wall so it will never wake you up again? You're not alone. There are millions of people out there who are looking for ways to wake up in a little bit more relaxed way without having to b ...
Eye-Controlled Smartphones: Surf & Play Games With Your Eyes
This is one of those things that we knew was coming, it was all only a matter of time. About a year ago, Richard wrote about the people at Waterloo Labs who figured out how to play Super Mario only using their eyes. A few months after that, Tobii Technology and Lenovo demonstrated an eye-controlled ...
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Social Lights: Intimate Moments With An iPhone [10 Pics]
I always joke that I'm involved in a very serious relationship with my iPhone. Every day he goes with me everywhere, and if he was suddenly missing from my life, I would be sad for a long time. He is always by my side, and even when it's finally time to sleep, I keep him right there under my pillow. ...
Block Case Enables Lego Building On Your Smartphone
As all of you know, there are millions and millions of smartphone cases out there all poking at your attention trying to make you buy them. I have no clue how many people actually buy a case that will either enhance their phone's design or protect it, but by the looks of it, there has to be plenty o ...
i-Helicopter: Turbo Charged iPhone Remote Control Helicopter
There are so many fun smartphone apps and games available today to entertain us that I'm surprised some people still watch television regularly. I don't watch T.V. anymore. Every now and then when I sit down in front of it, I'm bored after a minute, and I'm immediately back on my iPhone.
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World’s First Mobile Phone Is From 1922
Yesterday was one of those days when I thought technology just couldn't get any more awesome. I didn't think that because I saw something new, edgy or even groundbreaking. No, it was as retro as it gets actually. I got into a conversation with an older gentleman about what smartphones are really all ...
The Nokia Twist: The Flexible Mobile Phone
If you have followed the technology industry updates the last few weeks, you have seen that some companies, or Samsung rather, is going to introduce a flexible cell phone in the coming future. I have always wondered why a flexible cell phone would be beneficial in the first place. However, now that ...
Finder: RFID Locator Finds Your Misplaced Keys
Don't you just hate it when you are in a hurry, and you can't find your keys or your mobile phone? Usually right then it's even impossible to remember where you might have put them since you are in such a hurry and stress keeps your brain from functioning properly. I remember the "whistler" when I w ...
Lego Build Solves Rubik’s Cube & Beats The Record
One of the most annoying things I experienced as a kid happened when I was given a Rubik's cube as a birthday present. I mean, I was given a cube whose only purpose was to be solved. I am sure there are a lot of people out there that pride themselves on the fact that they actually found some logic t ...
15 Creative & Crazy Cool QR Code Designs
By now everyone knows that a QR code is a special barcode that is designed to be read by your smartphone. It's a very simple form of augmented reality since the codes are many times in our offline lives, yet once we scan them; we are taken someone online, if that makes sense. I remember back in earl ...
A Magazine Is Just A Broken iPad: Best Steve Jobs Tribute Ever
One week after the death of Steve Jobs, I compiled my favorite 50 tributes to him in a post called The 50 Best Steve Jobs Tributes From All Over The World. However, the tribute I want to show you in this article, which was uploaded to YouTube the day after Steve Jobs died, is the very best one I've ...
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Techie Powers: Future Superpowers Of Mobile Phones [Infographic]
If you are a smartphone user, I am quite sure you have your favorite application on that device of yours. Angry Birds is a popular one, but there are of course hundreds of thousands of other applications, and we don't all have the same taste. Today we use our cell phones for pretty much everything. ...
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Then & Now: What A Difference 10 Years Makes [Humor]
This is so funny to me, and I was just thinking about it the other day. Technology changes so fast, and with it, so do our expectations. I clearly remember patiently waiting for dial-up Internet to connect, carrying around a cell phone that I only used for emergencies, and watching television when i ...