Online

Google Thinks This Is The Funniest Video On YouTube

You may have wondered in the past what the funniest video to appear on YouTube is. I bet, whatever criteria you used, you wouldn’t choose this one. Which is odd, because according to Google’s comedy algorithm, it should have us all in stitches.


February 5, 2012
Geek Out

Siri Makes For A Terrible Fitness Coach

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.


February 3, 2012
Software

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

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.


January 15, 2012
Online

Google Makes 3D Maze Map Game For Google+

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.


January 10, 2012
Online

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

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.


December 14, 2011
Cameras

Watch Light Dance At An Unbelievable Trillion Frames Per Second

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.


December 10, 2011
Online

Five Most Hated YouTube Videos In Internet History

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.


December 7, 2011
Computing

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

Gizmodo AU

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.


November 21, 2011
Science

The Physics Of Slingshots

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?


November 20, 2011
Geek Out

Will Sailrocket 2 Set A New Speed Sailing Record?

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.