Gadgets
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The Anti-Rape Gadgets That Never Delivered
It’s like clockwork: every month or so, you’ll be scrolling through your Facebook feed and stumble across a video about a new ring or underwear, colour-changing straws or colour-changing nail polish, or “smart stickers” that claim to help prevent sexual assault. There’s the inevitable swarm of uncritical media coverage that garners hundreds of thousands of views…
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Canon’s EOS M100 Is Another Apathetic Attempt At A Mirrorless Camera
Interchangeable lens shooters such as the Sony A9 are evidence that mirrorless cameras can not only compete at the highest levels of photography, but they’re probably also the eventual successors to DSLRs. So you’d assume that a company like Canon would have made strong inroads into the mirrorless market by now. But with cameras like…
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Even Amateur Filmmakers Can Afford This Tiny Motion Control Camera Rig
Motion control rigs capable of repeatedly recreating smooth, controlled camera movements usually cost tens of thousands of dollars, and they require trained operators to set up and use. But Edelkrone‘s new SurfaceONE costs just $US690 ($874) and apparently can be configured in just a few minutes using a smartphone app as a remote control.
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$US15 Magnet Hack Turns Smart Gun Into Regular Gun
Just like anything with a lithium-based battery has the potential to explode, just about any tech product that’s considered “smart” is potentially hackable. Which is why one clever hacker was able to break the Armatix iP1, a smart gun that is designed to only be fired by a person wearing a paired smartwatch.