Dass der Klassiker Tetris – vielleicht das beste Video Game aller Zeiten – in Russland erfunden wurde, wissen wir. Doch der Arbeiter- und Bauernstaat hat mehr zu bieten und eine lange Tradition mit Arcade Games, die es nie über die Landesgrenze geschafft haben. Im Museum der Sowjetischen Arcade Maschinen kann man die alle bestaunen und noch viel wichtiger – damit spielen
This is a really impressive. Thanks to Kickstarter the Ticwatch 2 is almost ready. October it is they say. Fingers crossed as this watch is really really cool. Instead of telling you a lot about it why not watch the video? Oh wait, the coolest thing is what they call the signature patented side touch strip. Scroll, select, and zoom without ever covering your screen. Hot hot hot!
Forget Pokemon Go. This is the one. Sometimes the simplest games prove to be the most addicting. For classic Snake fans (like me), Slither.io is a dream come true. This free multiplayer game is available on PC browsers and on both mobile platforms.
Be forewarned, this game is addicting as hell. Minutes can easily turn into an hour (or three) once your competitive streak kicks in. Although you can definitely see influences from both Snake and Agar.io, I like Slither.io a bit more than both. It opens up Snake’s self-competing structure to include additional players, and it is much more visually appealing. Of course you play against real opponents and the fun is endless. Go and download the app – now.
Martone produce beautiful bikes. At 1100 Euros they aint cheap but they are beautiful and really really good. The SRAM 2-gear AUTOMATIX hub requires no shifting – it adapts automatically with you throughout your urban journey. Best of all: our commuter bikes require virtually zero maintenance. Martone bikes are light and strong, made of steel alloy and wheels of double-wall aluminum; perfect for daily urban journeys – and always with a red chain to add some magic to your daily transit. The new Diana bike is our favourite.
In the near future, you may not need to touch your phone, tablet, or keyboard when you want to type. That’s the concept behind the Tap Strap, an amazing wearable Bluetooth keyboard that converts finger movements into key presses, so you can tap out messages using any surface as a virtual keyboard.
Its use goes beyond virtual keyboard control, and Tap Systems founder Ran Poliakine envisages it being used for playing music on digital devices, and being incorporated into mixed reality hardware such as Microsoft’s HoloLens headset.
The Tap Strap has a series of embedded sensors which monitor mechanical information of the hand and fingers. This information is processed by an MCU in the Strap, which decodes the raw data into finger tap combinations and transmits the resulting characters or commands via a Bluetooth radio.
The bad news? Tap Strap is not available yet and TrendEngel wasn’t able to test it for you. However if the video is an indication for the usability of the strap: Pretty pretty promising.
Here’s the pitch: Everyone has a different ability to hear different musical frequencies. So there are whole sections of music on your favourite song that you just cannot hear well.
Melbourne inventors Dr Luke Campbell, 30, and Kyle Slater, 29, claim to have invented a pair of headphones that can detect your personal hearing signature and adapt the sound of the music you’re playing so you hear every element of the song. They collected about 500000 Euros on Kickstarter and call the wonderful device Nura.
Our ears are constantly making a tiny sound in response to the sound they receive, too faint to be heard by humans. Let that sink in for a moment (it’s called an otoacoustic emission).
The Nura comes with a tiny microphone in the cup. When you first put the cans on it runs a quick frequency-detection test, like something you might do at an audiologist’s clinic. The Nura listens to the ears’ own sound as it plays the test, calculating the ability of the ear to hear each frequency.
The headphones are slated to ship April 2017. The proof, as always, will be in the pudding.
Get it? If not pls. watch the video:
The Lion City II – Majulah is a photographic love letter to Singapore; actually, love novel might be more appropriate. A time-lapse overflowing with creative camera work brought together with brilliant editing, it’s not an understatement to say photographer Keith Loutit just raised the timelapse bar. Several years in the making – it was all worth it. TrendEngel is not a major fan of Singapore as a City – but this is certainly very beautiful. This is what Keith says:
When we pass by landscapes they appear fixed in time, but they change around us constantly. The idea behind this film is to reveal this change by returning to the same camera positions over the years.
Privacy on your phone is pivotal for many. Siri Labs has just launched a smartphone for the bargain price of 14000 $.
Sirin Labs was founded in 2013 by Kazakh entrepreneur Kenges Rakishev, Israeli venture capitalist Moshe Hogeg (the same guy behind Yo and Mobli), and former McKinsey consultant Tal Cohen. The mission? To create the Rolls-Royce of smartphones — an advanced device that combined “the highest privacy settings, operated faster than any other phone, [and was] built with the best materials from around the world.” The company had raised a $25 million “seed” round a couple of years back, followed by a chunky $72 million round just last month.
Solarin promises “the most advanced privacy technology, currently unavailable outside the agency world,” and has partnered with KoolSpan to integrate chip-to-chip 256-bit AES encryption, similar to what the military uses to protect communications. It’s activated via a physical security switch on the back of the phone.
Solarin also sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, comes with support for 24 bands of LTE, and promises “far superior” Wi-Fi connectivity than standard mobile phones. It also has a 23.8-megapixel rear camera and a 5.5” IPS LED 2K resolution screen.
TrendEngel thinks that this is one step too far and unless your name is Trump or Obama this is just money down the drain.
Seattle startup Moment is about to take its high-end smartphone photography lenses to the next level. Not only has the three-year-old company raised $3 million in its latest round of funding, it’s also announced a brand new partnership with Apple to sell its premium $180 Mobile Photography Kit at 50 Apple stores across the United States.
Founded by Marc Barros and brought to life on Kickstarter, Moment is continuing to carve its name as one of the few manufacturers of premium after-market lenses and photography accessories for smartphones.
Right now, the company offers three individual lenses – Wide, Tele, and Macro – each of which attach to a “DSLR-like” case that turns your iPhone into a far more versatile camera setup.
A la carte, Moment’s lenses sell for $100 a piece, while the three case options range between $50–$70.
They began at a time when podcasts barely existed and they invented this podcast and themselves. It’s evolved over time (15+ years!) as the hosts themselves also have evolved. Bob Boilen started as the person who chose the music that played between the stories for All Things Considered, the NPR show. He is kind, introspective, fair and certainly knows an awful lot about music. He, Robin Hilton, Stephen Thompson and all the others are like old friends to me now and I imagine that many people feel this way. This is by no means a trend – but We wanted to let you know that All Songs Considered might be the best podcast ever. The balance between relevant and cool is unrivaled and listening ist just a joy.