Pop quiz: What was the last smartphone to be built in the United State of America? If you gave any answer other than “none,” you’re wrong. Back at the start of 2012, the New York Times detailed why so much tech manufacturing is based out of China, which basically boils down to infrastructure. Odds are […]
The coming month is a busy one for Apple. June traditionally brings new product announcements. The company has been making sure to stay in the public eye, opening the D11 conference with teasing about new products in the pipe, a redesign of iOS by Jon Ives, and a nice slam at Google Glass. What there […]
Sometimes women’s pants have fake pockets. Is that a mean joke, or are we simply slaves to the sleek and stylish lines of women’s fashion? Is having pockets somehow considered to be too manly? Or are people afraid of what we would put in our pockets were they to be real? I believe the answer […]
I’ve got to admit that I’m not nearly as impressed with crypto-anarchist Cody Wilson, his Defense Distributed organization, or its 3D printable handgun, the Liberator, as the rest of the internet seems to be. Most everywhere I’ve looked for the last several days I’ve seen headline after overwrought headline claiming that this new handgun design is a radical game changer […]
Some companies try a little too hard to appeal to tech-savvy parents. Smart PJs have a code printed on them that bring up a story on your smartphone when scanned by the company’s app. Really. This isn’t a gag. This is clearly what it looks like when someone learns about QR codes and thinks they’re […]
What was once most prevalent as an easy way for food trucks and farmer’s market stands to take credit cards has made its way into brick and mortar business as the register of choice. Square changed the way people can take and give payments to business, allowing for quick and easy mobile payments, and now […]
Anyone who has even dabbled in professional photography can tell you the benefits of shooting RAW. Sure, the files take up significantly more space, but the ability to access all the untouched data and dynamic range before it gets crushed into a JPEG is priceless. Sometimes, having that access can save an otherwise ruined picture. […]
Remember all the hubbub about 3D printed guns? No? Not even when the U.S. government gave a firearms licence to Defense Distributed, the biggest name in renderable firearms? This past week was another huge one for DD, as it printed and tested the new Liberator gun, an all plastic gun that only needs the addition of a nail to serve […]
It feels like there’s a story about 3D printing in the news every day lately. The once science-fiction concept of creating complex solid objects out of raw materials on demand has the potential to disrupt just about every form of industry in the world. One of the biggest blockades has been acceptability. While some universities have […]
Coming soon is the new Disney-Marvel Iron Man 3 movie. Also coming soon is a tie-in game from Gameloft. Here are the first two trailers for the game. Become billionaire Tony Stark as Iron Man in this fast paced endless runner and fight the AIM around the world to prevent their dark schemes from succeeding. […]
