Tag: Technology
iButterfly: Millions Of Butterflies Flew Over Japan
Just recently in Japan, a million butterflies flew over their skies... the augmented reality sky that is. Those people who had their iPhones in various locations had the chance to catch butterflies. On that day, you could see people from all ages raising their phones towards the sky.
When they ...
The iPad Controlled Beer Keg: For Geeky Beer Lovers
This must be my lucky day! I love beer and I love iPads, so this is like my dream come true. Long story short, a team of extremely geeky Yelp engineers built this iPad-controlled kegbot.
This snazzy little contraption measures the beer flow, displays info about the beer, keeps track of who has ...
The Solar Powered Toothbrush: No Toothpaste Required!
There are so many types of toothbrushes available these days, unlike when I was younger. The toothbrush was simply created back then to clean our pearly whites, but now there are specially designed ones to clean our tongue and gums too. After the toothbrushes, different types of toothpastes with s ...
You Think Your Password Is Private? Think Again.
The Georgia Institute of Technology, a school only a few miles away from me, revealed some interesting results from their intense research this week.
According to CNN, "The researchers used clusters of graphics cards to crack eight-character passwords in less than two hours." Yes, that means eve ...
Introducing… Hello Kitty Nerd Mimobot Flash Drives!
It's interesting what can happen in a year. A year ago, I didn't mind Hello Kitty too much. She was cute, cuddly and all over the mall, everywhere I looked. Then, several months ago, Hello Kitty started to overtake my life, showing up in my Google searches and invading my Internet everyday.
I ...
Augmented Reality Enters The Kingdom Of… Cookies!
Oh hell yes!! I'm so excited about this one. I love technology almost as much as I love cookies; so combining them both is like finding the Holy Grail to me.
Look out Willy Wonka; augmented reality has entered your kingdom! A group of extremely smart people at the University of Tokyo, led by Ta ...
Rubik’s Cube Goes Digital To Celebrate 30th Birthday!
Wow, I had no idea that the Rubik's Cube has been around for 30 years. That little colorful brainteaser has some staying power for sure. For its own 30th birthday, the Rubik's Cube is celebrating in two very special ways.
First of all, they've come out with a limited edition wooden cube. That' ...
How To: Remix Videos Into A Continuous Tape
Do you like watching videos? Do you often watch YouTube videos that are in batches? It can be a drag sometimes when you need to watch them one video at a time. What if there was an application that would allow you to simply look for the videos you want to watch, drag and drop them onto the editin ...
TRON: Legacy Adidas Sneakers With New Technology
There is no doubt that these TRON inspired sneakers by Adidas are a geek's dream come true. However, there is a little something extra special about these particular shoes.
The blue TRON glowing lights aren't just part of some random reflective glow-in-the-dark materials. Nope, those are actual ...
Flickr Gets a Makeover and Becomes More Social!
I love Flickr. I'm on that site every single day. Can you believe it's been around for six years? I'm a huge photography fan, and some of the billions of photos captured on that site are absolutely mind-boggling. I can truly appreciate the work of those very talented photographers.
If you are ...
FaceBook Brings People Closer!
Social media is really here to stay, no matter what people say or argue. I just recently attended a talk on how social networks are gaining ground and that more and more people are getting into it. The stats were overwhelming. Just here in the Philippines, 93% of the people are into social networ ...
Interactive Zombie Video – Can You Deliver Pizza Without Dying?
I wrote an article earlier today about vampire killing kits, so to balance things out, I will write a nice gory zombie article now. Hell Pizza is apparently a New Zealand based pizza chain. I've never heard of them before today. This geektastically created interactive zombie short film below is a ...
Virtual Bugs That Crawl On You – Gross or Cool?
Imagine this, you reach down into the sand to touch a large, interesting looking bug. To your surprise, it quickly runs up your hand and onto your arm. Then it starts following all of your movements.
If this was a real bug, I would probably be running in circles, completely freaked out (just ki ...
Tampon Flash Drive – Keeps Your Dataflow From Leaking
If I was writing for any other blog, I would probably not choose a topic like a tampon flash drive, but this is Bit Rebels, and anything goes. I got the biggest giggle out of this. I don't know who the hell would buy it, but it's cracking me up (ok, I might use this just for fun, I admit it.)
A ...
5 Unusual, Useful & Fun Inventions!
Are you a person who likes going into stores that sell anything and everything under the sun? You know, those places where you can buy trinkets, accessories, home gadgets and personal gizmos? I'm referring to those places where you don't even need anything, but you end up buying something because ...