The iPhone Toaster (that’s also an alarm clock)

Under normal circumstances, I would recommend keeping your iPhone far away from devices like toasters, microwaves and food such as sliced bread for that matter. Until I saw The Day Maker, a bedside phone charger alarm hub that wakes you up by slowly pushing your phone up like a piece of toast. If you’re not quite ready to get out of bed, simply hit snooze by pushing your phone back into its tray....

1 min · 192 words · Amber Mayer

The ISS could be gone by 2024 — what does it mean for the future of space travel?

Retiring the International Space Station in the coming years presents a big void “ what will be the future of space stations once the International Space Station meets its fiery death in the coming years? And SHOULD the ISS be decommissioned, or might the mission lifetime be extended? Construction of the International Space Station (ISS), started in 1998, was completed in 2011. Since that time, the ISS has housed travelers in space from 19 countries....

5 min · 883 words · Kenneth Lucas

The iSupr8 app is like Instagram for iPhone video

The iSupr8 app,released yesterdayon iTunes applies an 8mm video filter on videos shot with the iPhone 4. It’s a brilliant app for Instagram fans who want that instant vintage look in their videos. The app was designed by vintage film enthusiasts. The following video was shot using the app on 4 different continents from December 31st, 2010 to January 6th, 2011 to promote its release. Buy itherein the iTunes store ($1....

1 min · 196 words · Amanda Carter

The ITC will investigate Samsung’s patent claim against Apple

As Samsung and Apple continue to trade blows in their legal battle over patents, the ITC has given Samsung a bit more of a toehold Wednesdayas it announcedthat it will investigate claims that Apple infringed on Samsung patents with its iPhone, iPod touch and iPad products. The complaint,number 337-2824, was filed by Samsungon July 29th, and it alleges that Samsung has patents that cover ‘mobile electronic devices, including wireless communication devices, portable music devices, and tablet computers’ that Apple infringes upon with its devices....

3 min · 442 words · Christy Gonzalez

The James Webb Telescope could uncover some of the universe’s biggest mysteries

If everything goes according to plan on December 25, we will enter a new era of astronomy with the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It’s an event that has been anticipatedfor a decade– it will be the largest and most expensive and complex telescope ever built, tested, and launched into space. At the time of writing, the US$10 billion (£7.5 billion) telescope has been fuelled for its flight and mounted atop the Ariane 5 rocket at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, which will carry it into space....

5 min · 1053 words · Brian Martinez
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