theverynearfuture: Screen Break I seriously don’t get...

theverynearfuture:

Screen Break

I seriously don’t get VR.

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iheartapple2: 11 System Preferences tricks every Mac owner...

iheartapple2:

11 System Preferences tricks every Mac owner should know

Check this out and maybe learn something or whatever.

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materialsscienceandengineering: Smart skin made of recyclable materials may transform medicine...

materialsscienceandengineering:

Smart skin made of recyclable materials may transform medicine and robotics

Smart skin that can respond to external stimuli could have important applications in medicine and robotics. Using only items found in a typical household, researchers have created multi-sensor artificial skin that’s capable of sensing pressure, temperature, humidity, proximity, pH, and air flow.

The flexible, paper-based skin is layered onto a post-it note, with paper, aluminum foil, lint-free wipes, and pencil lines acting as sensing components. Being made of recyclable materials, this paper skin presents a large number of sensory functions in a cheap and environmentally friendly way.

“Democratization of electronics will be key in the future for its continued growth. In that regard, a skin-type sensory platform made with recyclable materials only demonstrates the power of human imagination,” said Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, senior author of the Advanced Materials Technologies paper. “This is the first time a singular platform shows multi-sensory functionalities close to that of natural skin. Additionally they are being read or monitored simultaneously like our own skin.”

Read more.

Cool.

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iheartapple2: OS X Yosemite Running on the Apple Watch(Via Cult...

iheartapple2:

OS X Yosemite Running on the Apple Watch

(Via Cult of Mac)

Just… why?

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notablemac: It’s nearly been a full year, Yet it still amazes...

notablemac:

It’s nearly been a full year, Yet it still amazes me.

It’s wonderful. And beautiful.

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So clean and simple - truly the Apple white aesthetic ideal.

So clean and simple - truly the Apple white aesthetic ideal.

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iheartapple2: Turn Your iOS 9 Keyboard Into a Trackpad Even...

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Turn Your iOS 9 Keyboard Into a Trackpad Even Without 3D Touch

The iPhone 6s comes with 3D Touch which by pressing hard allows you to peep and pop into certain apps creating helpful shortcuts. It also allows you to turn your keyboard into a trackpad simply by pressing and holding down the keyboard. This allows you to move the cursor freely within the space you’re typing. What you may not know is that this feature is also available on older hardware without 3D Touch. Simply hold 2 fingers on your keyboard and a trackpad will appear! This seems to work on all older iPhones and iPads running iOS 9. 

This was an advertised thing. Use it.

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materialsscienceandengineering: Film coating transforms...

materialsscienceandengineering:

Film coating transforms contact lenses into computer screens

A polymer film coating with the ability to turn contact lenses into computer screens is set to transform the wearable visual aids into the next generation of consumer electronics.

Scientists from the University of South Australia’s Future Industries Institute have successfully completed “proof of concept” research on a polymer film coating that conducts electricity on a contact lens, with the potential to build miniature electrical circuits that are safe to be worn by a person.

UniSA researcher from the FII, Associate Professor Drew Evans said the technology was a “game changer” and could provide one of the safest methods to bring people and their smart devices closer together.

“We’re talking about anything from a simple sensor that can measure the amount of glucose in your blood through to actually creating electronic displays so rather than having something like a pair of glasses that’s acting like a computer, you can actually generate images directly on your contact lens,” Assoc Prof Evans said.

“We have always known that our film coating technologies had potential for many applications and now we have taken that a step further by proving that we can make biocompatible, conducting polymers at the nanoscale and grow them directly on a contact lens.”

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This seems more like the future of tech than VR. AR mounted in our eyes seems like where mobile could go (with smart watches as an additional interface).

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engineeringisawesome: MIT Wins Hyperloop Prototype Design...

engineeringisawesome:

MIT Wins Hyperloop Prototype Design Competition

Over the weekend, a thousand high school and college students congregated at Texas A&M University to pitch prototype design ideas for Elon Musk’s Hyperloop. The winning team from MIT will build a vehicle to be tested by Musk & Co.

On the team’s website, it explains that its prototype has one major goal: “to demonstrate high speed, low drag levitation technology.” To that end, the 550-pound pod is designed to accelerate at 2.4G to a maximum speed of 250mph. The construction of the prototype pod is said to begin this month, with testing taking place from April.

Elsewhere, Delft University of Technology from The Netherlands came second, the University of Wisconsin third, Virginia Tech fourth and the University of California, Irvine, fifth. It’s expected those teams will also build and test pods for Hyperloop, too.

Texas A&M, Delft University

PhysOrg

Gizmodo

Hyperloops are going to be a thing, and I’m excited.

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iheartapple2: The Complete, Easy Guide to Backing Up Your...

iheartapple2:

The Complete, Easy Guide to Backing Up Your Mac

(Via The Loop)

This is important.

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materialsscienceandengineering: New chip fabrication...

materialsscienceandengineering:

New chip fabrication approach

Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.

Today, computer chips are built by stacking layers of different materials and etching patterns into them.

But in the latest issue of Advanced Materials, MIT researchers and their colleagues report the first chip-fabrication technique that enables significantly different materials to be deposited in the same layer. They also report that, using the technique, they have built chips with working versions of all the circuit components necessary to produce a general-purpose computer.

The layers of material in the researchers’ experimental chip are extremely thin — between one and three atoms thick. Consequently, this work could abet efforts to manufacture thin, flexible, transparent computing devices, which could be laminated onto other materials. “The methodology is universal for many kinds of structures,” says Xi Ling, a postdoc in the Research Laboratory of Electronics and one of the paper’s first authors. “This offers us tremendous potential with numerous candidate materials for ultrathin circuit design.”

The technique also has implications for the development of the ultralow-power, high-speed computing devices known as tunneling transistors and, potentially, for the integration of optical components into computer chips.

Read more.

Is this our next processor breakthrough?

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How is using your iPad Pro on a couch or in bed? In any sort of reclining or laying position. I've been trying to find people's general comments about this but it's been hard.

With the smart keyboard, I find it really adaptable. I mostly use the iPad in bed on on a sofa. Works great.

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mykewasright: New Sticker additions to the iPad Pro. I got my...

mykewasright:

New Sticker additions to the iPad Pro.

I got my 6 colour rainbow from a guy on Etsy. You have to ask for a custom job, but it worked out great.

Obviously some are from our Relay FM store, but I also discovered that Sticker Mule (the company that prints our stickers), also has a marketplace where you can buy other people’s designs. That’s where a bunch of the stickers you see came from.

My Apple Pencil is attached to my iPad using one of these pen loops, and the Pencil itself is covered with a dbrand skin.

I really love the way this all looks. I know it upsets some people, but it makes me happy.

This actually looks kind of nice…
Just not a fan of the pencil skin…

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What's your iPad Pro setup now? Keyboard, case, stand and why?

I’m using the Smart Keyboard case. I think it does an all-round good job of being a cover, keyboard and stand. There are better versions available of each of those component parts, but the fact that this bundles them all together in one package makes it the one for me.

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engineeringisawesome: How the GyroGlove Steadies Hands of...

engineeringisawesome:

How the GyroGlove Steadies Hands of Parkinson’s Patients 

When he was a 24-year-old medical student living in London, Faii Ong was assigned to care for a 103-year-old patient who suffered from Parkinson’s, the progressive neurological condition that affects a person’s ease of movement. After watching her struggle to eat a bowl of soup, Ong asked another nurse what more could be done to help the woman. “There’s nothing,” he was grimly told.

GyroGlove’s design is simple. It uses a miniature, dynamically adjustable gyroscope, which sits on the back of the hand, within a plastic casing attached to the glove’s material. When the device is switched on, the battery-powered gyroscope whirs to life. Its orientation is adjusted by a precession[sic] hinge and turntable, both controlled by a small circuit board, thereby pushing back against the wearer’s movements as the gyroscope tries to right itself.

MIT Technology Review

Crazy. Weird. Cool.

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storiesofapple: Macintosh’s first mouse Still revolutionary.

storiesofapple:

Macintosh’s first mouse

Still revolutionary.

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imykeco: Whether I am faster, slower, or more/less productive, that doesn’t matter. All I know is I...

imykeco:

Whether I am faster, slower, or more/less productive, that doesn’t matter. All I know is I want to work on this.

This is a thought I had in regards to working on the iPad Pro – a device that has seriously changed the way I work this year.

Today I have responded to emails, spoke to people in Slack, researched show topics, written sponsor scripts, read Twitter, spent time colouring, and set up this Tumblr site.

All from the iPad. I didn’t want to do it on my Mac.

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Third Party Leather Loop Imitation Apple Watch Band Review

For starters, the Apple Watch band I'm talking about is available on Amazon at the following (US) location: link.

The first thing that you'll notice as you unpackaged this band is that is actually smells like real leather. That shouldn't be that impressive, but it's hard to find in this price range. The packaging is nothing to write home about - just a simple white box - but it's nothing to complain about either. You won't want to keep it for future use, but it protects the product well enough.

Sliding the band into the Apple Watch grooves is relatively painless. The fit is at a pretty tight tolerance compared to most other bands I've tried, but this leads to a secure fit with very little shifting in the grooves. The edges of the lugs on the band do stick out a little bit from the grooves of the watch body, but it's barely noticeable.

The leather feels nice on the skin. It breathes well enough that I never felt like my wrists were uncomfortable. The style of the band allows for a lot of customization in sizing, so I was able to achieve a really comfortable fit. I also think the length is near perfect - this band should fit you whether you have very relatively small wrists or very large wrists. To give you an idea, I wear the S/M size Apple band, and this fits only a little bit longer.

The magnets in the band are quite strong and provide a very secure fit. Interestingly enough, the magnets will also cause the band to stick to metal objects when not connected to the watch. I have not experienced this with other bands. My chief complaint with the band is the magnet in the very tip of the long side. Namely, it's not strong enough to hold all the way down. Because of where that piece sits on my wrist (right at the curve) it ends up sticking out a little bit. While this looks a little weird and bothers me, it hasn't led to an insecure fit or the watch falling off, so it's not a catastrophic problem.

Also on the list of annoyances that don't prevent me from using the band: the band does not slide easily through the opening on the short side. Or, at least, it doesn't slide as easily as other bands that I've tried. However, with the right angle, it slides just fine, and it's not actually anything to worry about, just something that I noticed.

To wrap it up, this band is worth what you pay for it, and I would recommend it if you are looking for what the Leather Loop has to offer, but don't want to spend $150 for it.

notablemac: PowerBook G4On the 9th of January 2001, Steve Jobs...

notablemac:

PowerBook G4

On the 9th of January 2001, Steve Jobs announced the PowerBook G4.

With the phrase Power + Sex, Apple designed its new pro laptop not only to be powerful featuring a G4 processor in a laptop for the first time but to look stunning with its new Titanium design.

This Powerbook was truly an eye pleasing design leaving behind its outdated black plastic predecessor, the Powerbook G3.

One other change was the orientation of the apple logo being flipped around so that it would be “right side up” when the lid was open.

It’s amazing how much this product inspired laptop design by PC makers for the next 8 years.

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notablemac: iPhone 6sThe iPhone 6s was announced by Tim Cook on...

notablemac:

iPhone 6s

The iPhone 6s was announced by Tim Cook on the 9th September 2015.

The 6s debuted two main new features, 3D Touch and Live Photos.

3D touch works similar to Force Touch as seen previously on the Apple Watch. It detects different levels of force which are called “Peek” and Pop”

The 6s included a new A9 processor, new second generation Touch ID button, an improved front facing camera featuring a true tone “Retina Flash” and an improved iSight camera in the back.

The 6s also had chassis upgrade now being made out of the same 7000 series aluminium used in the Apple Watch Sport and comes in a new colour “Rose Gold”.

The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus broke all previous iPhone pre order records in its first weekend.

And the 6s is brilliant. Best “S” upgrade ever.

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