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Siri Makes For A Terrible Fitness Coach

7:00AM February 5, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

So by now we’ve realised that Siri isn’t the end all of personal assistants that Apple claimed it would be. In fact, as Nick Douglas discovered, she’s particularly unhelpful when it comes to assisting with your morning exercise routine. More »


Software

Avid Studio Serves Up ‘Prosumer’ Video Editing On The iPad

1:30AM February 3, 2012 | Adrian Covert

I’m not sure there was massive demand for multiple video-editing apps on the iPad, given its terrible camera and relatively limited amount of storage space. But, hey, AVID apparently thought there was a need waiting to be filled, so they up and made Avid Studio for iPad. More »


Online

Google Makes 3D Maze Map Game For Google+

8:30PM January 15, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Social gaming was a big part of Facebook’s success, so in a continued effort to get more people using Google+, the search giant has created a promo video for an upcoming game that turns their maps into a playable labyrinth. More »


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PlayMemories: Sony’s Cloud Service Is Like PhotoStream With Videos

12:30PM January 10, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

PlayMemories is Sony’s way to stop your mum from shooting 500 pictures at Christmas and then never looking at any of them because they’re stranded on an SD card she doesn’t really know how to work. More »


Cameras

Watch Light Dance At An Unbelievable Trillion Frames Per Second

12:48AM December 14, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

That fancy high-speed Phantom camera is pretty much a child’s toy when compared to MIT’s new hardware which can record at 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second. Fast enough to capture slow motion footage of light waves. More »


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Five Most Hated YouTube Videos In Internet History

12:40PM December 10, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The internet was created for us to easily express our contempt and malice. We love to hate people, and the internet makes it easy to do so without wearing pants. A prime target? Videos. Here are the most loathed ever. More »


Computing

Samsung Flexible OLED Concept Video Shows How Kids Will Waste Time In The Future

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11:00AM December 7, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Pretty much every major electronics company is dreaming of a time when they can mass produce flexible, versatile OLED screens. And as this concept video from Samsung shows, the technology is going to blow the iPad out of the water. More »


Science

The Physics Of Slingshots

9:00AM November 21, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Smarter Every Day’s Destin flew to Germany to meet up Joerg Sprave, the man behind those highly entertaining slingshot videos, to take an educational look at the physics behind them. He also brought a high-speed camera with him — need I say more? More »


Geek Out

Will Sailrocket 2 Set A New Speed Sailing Record?

11:00AM November 20, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

There’s not much room for a cooler, but the Sailrocket 2 isn’t designed for a casual afternoon on the lake. It’s engineered to set a new sailing speed record, and it’s in Namibia right now trying to do just that. More »


Science

DIY Machine Makes 3D Carvings Of Magnetic Fields

8:00AM November 20, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

You can go the simple iron filings on a white piece of paper route if you want to see the invisible fields surrounding a magnet. But I prefer this DIY contraption which carves 3D foam sculptures of them instead. More »