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Mobile

An iPhone Can Tell What You’re Typing

In the near future, you might have more to worry about than someone looking over your shoulder — the smartphone beside you could be snooping on what you type. Scientists have programmed phones to spy by feeling. Incredible.

August 2, 2011
Gadgets

Shake Your Way To Massive Muscles With Vibrating Dumbbells

As if we don’t have enough fitness items that vibrate, BodyVib has developed a set of dumbbells that vibrate at 2160 vibrations per minute. These battery-powered weights supposedly help you build muscle mass faster than traditional stationary dumbbells.

Gadgets

Why Do These Shake Weights Cost Over $US1000?

Shake Weights were found to be pretty useless in the past, but BodyVib’s weights could change that: they vibrate 2160 times per minute, which is 10 times faster than traditional ones.

July 27, 2011
News

How A Tae Bo Class Shook An Entire Korean Skyscraper

Contemporary architecture is designed to hold up against a lot. Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Fad fitness martial arts. Wait, what? You mean Billy Blanks can shake buildings to their very foundations? That’s… that’s embarrassing.

July 22, 2011
Entertainment

Do We Turn The Volume Up To Hear Music Louder, Or For The Vibrations?

One of the James Dyson Award entrants, Stefan Zwegers, thinks it’s the latter, which is why his Sensible Music invention turns bass into vibrations when listening to music through headphones.

June 24, 2011
Geek Out

Watching Vibrations At 1000 FPS Is Very Stimulating

I don’t know what’s better, watching the cymbal jiggle and shudder like I never imagined metal could or seeing the cute dog bust a rendition of the harlem shake. All I know for sure: life is better at 1000FPS.

January 7, 2010

Tunebug Gives Your Extreme Sports A Soundtrack With Vibrations

Though nothing I do these days involves a helmet of any kind, if I was an extreme sports maven, I’d rock a Tunebug at all times. While my skull didn’t make a great speaker, Tunebug kept it a safe one.

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