Tag: smartphone
World’s First Wi-Fi Kettle Lets You Boil Water From Your Smartphone
Once again, it seems the most mundane activities in our lives can't escape the grasp of technology, and I love it. In this particular case, I'm referring to boiling water. Now there is a high tech way to do it, and it sounds so luxurious. Imagine what it would be like to have a butler to prepare you ...
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Get Your Sanity Back: The Ultimate Guide To Unplugging [Infographic]
If you are like me, you often times stumble onto blog posts that talk about the importance of unplugging. I used to roll my eyes when I read those. I consider myself to be an online junkie with complete control over my Internet and social media habit. After a while though, no matter how tough your b ...
Smart Smoke Detector Talks To You Instead Of Just Annoyingly Buzzing
The smoke detector I have in my house now looks the same as the one I remember from when I was a kid. However, there has been a lot of innovation recently when it comes to smoke detectors, and there are several 'smart smoke detectors' on the market right now. They are all a little different, but tod ...
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Apple iPhone 5S vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 Comparison [Infographic]
This is an exciting time in the history of smartphones, and it's only going to get better. People often try to determine which is the best smartphone on the market, but in my humble opinion, they are all good right now. You really can't make a bad decision when it comes to which smartphone to get. T ...
New Way To Taste Food: Smell It Through A Ridiculous Smartphone Add-On
This is so ridiculous, yet so creative. I've heard of people trying to lower the number of calories they eat, but this is taking it a bit too far I think. Imagine you are on a diet or short on cash, so you can't afford to go out to a nice dinner. How would you like to taste food right through your s ...
The Artist Who Sent Handwritten Calligraphy Text Messages For One Week
I just wrote an article earlier today about smiley face emoticons and whether or not we're all really smiling when we send those. Maybe those smiley faces have morphed into meaning something else, or maybe we just send them out of habit. Typed digital communication is very different than traditional ...
This Unique Notebook Will Let Your Analog And Digital Creativity Flow
Now you can get your analog and digital mojo on at the same time. There is still something about an old fashioned analog notebook that is inspiring. It's so simple, with its pages and lead pencil. However, wouldn't it be neat to update it a little with an homage to our smartphones? After all, the sm ...
Brewbot Makes Brewing Beer At Home With Your Smartphone Easy
If you've ever wanted to try your hand at brewing beer, now might be the best time to give it a go. I'm sure some experienced beer brewers will look at this and say it takes all the skill out of making beer, but hey, a little help from technology never hurts, right? The device is called a Brewbot, a ...
Color Changing Clothes That You Adjust Instantly With Smartphone App
Recently we featured a smart shirt concept design, which is a shirt that senses the dress code and automatically change its colors and patterns. But I can think of something better than that. How would you like to change the colors and patterns of your clothes instantly with a smartphone app? This w ...
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Kids And Technology: Are Smartphones The New Pacifiers? [Infographic]
We often write about how technology affects our lives and the way we communicate with each other, but we don't often touch on these things when it comes to little kids. The children born in this generation are the first true digital natives, and most of them will be exposed to technology from the mo ...
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Test Your Mobile Knowledge With This Mobile Adventure Game [Flowchart]
Some people say that 'mobile' refers to our lifestyle, not our devices. It's people who are mobile, not the devices. The devices are just created to support the lifestyle we want. I'm living a 90% mobile lifestyle at the moment. I love it, and I can't imagine when I will ever be in the market for a ...
Digital Tattoo (RFID Implant) That Can Only Be Seen With A Smartphone
There is a growing group of people who combine a hacking mentality to biology. They are able to hack their bodies into doing things that have never been done before, and turn themselves into mini-cyborgs in the process. I wrote about one of these body mods in an article called Magnet Ear Implant. Si ...
Snap Pics With Your Apple Earpods/Earbuds And Avoid Fumble Fingers
People who know me well know that I love to snap pics, but I'm not very good at it. I try to blame it on the lighting or the angle, but I'm starting to think the problem is with the photographer if you know what I mean. I have an iPhone 5, and I've tried dozens of apps, but my pics still look low qu ...
Future Camera Lenses Might Need Your Smartphone Body To Power Them
Most professional photographers are used to their powerful DSLR cameras. In the near future, that could all come to change drastically. The concept of a smartphone powering a lens is not new, but the development is progressing extremely fast. Soon our smartphones might become the camera houses that ...
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How Cell Phone Etiquette Is Different Around The World [Infographic]
You probably haven't thought about this before, but manners are generational. What I mean is different generations think different things are rude or inappropriate. I could probably list five or ten of those types of things off the top of my head just based on what my mother thinks is rude. For the ...