Phone to Tablet Converter
This is absurdly awesome-a gadget for $100 that lets you
turn a Samsung S3 or S4 phone into a 10 inch tablet, or even a laptop if you
want. I love portability and flexibility more than is strictly a good idea, so
this is right up my alley.
Really I’d prefer it if you could use any phone, but you can’t
have everything. And if you could have everything, really I’d have to go with some
kind of magic free energy granting fairie for everyone on the planet rather
than, you know, a tablet converter thingy, no matter how cool it is.
But it is really cool.
And maybe they actually will add more phones so I can get
one.
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Go to Freaking Mars
The Mars
One campaign on Indiegogo is definitely one of the most innovative
approaches to the Mars problem I’ve seen.
They want to turn the trip to Mars into a reality show. Seriously.
I always knew that reality tv would eventually be in serious
danger of letting people watch someone die live on television. Now, finally, we
have the opportunity to watch a few insane explorers asphyxiate/run out of
water/succumb to exposure/run out of food/ get murdered by angry Martians from
the comfort of our own homes!
Or at least we will if this takes off in the next decade or
two. This particular project is to fund the initial probe they want to send to
test for future projects that will involve adding habitats.
This would be pretty amazing if it takes off.
The show will probably lose to Dancing with the Stars anyway
though, ironically.
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Fin: Gesture Tech That Might Actually Work
This Fin
thing looks pretty amazing if it makes it. You can connect it to your
smartphone over Bluetooth and then use it to control any device you want by
just tapping your fingers together. Make
phone calls, skip through songs, and so on.
I love my new Moto X, but it’s still a bit limited when it
comes to voice control. I do wonder whether gesture will be better.
It’s like a magic ring that lets you control everything like
a techno wizard. But is gesture cooler than voice? Which will win?
Dunno.
It’ll be fun to find out though.
