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• The mess that is Windows and Android

  By Shaun on May 8, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  I was discussing Apple with a friend yesterday who laughed at the fact I had an iPhone on the table in the pub and an Apple Watch on my wrist. He, like so many people I know, believes that Apple… Read More ›

• Apple can’t just make iPhones for ever

  By Shaun on May 8, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  It would be foolhardy to call this the peak for Apple, because you can never be sure what mystery products are lurking in its research and development buildings. However, it is clearly becoming more difficult for Apple, Samsung and others… Read More ›

• The Light Phone

  By Shaun on May 8, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  In a time where technology products are being built at an exponential rate, it is more important than ever to ask  “why?”. Our time & attention are the two most important things that we take for granted the hundred of… Read More ›

• One day, phones might not need wireless radios

  By Shaun on May 8, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Researchers led by Alanson Sample, associate lab director and leader of Disney Research’s Wireless Systems group, devised an ultra-low-power system of sensors that transmit data to a central receiver by reflecting the ambient radio waves from commercial broadcasting systems that… Read More ›

• Slow Sync Flash Images

  By Shaun on May 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This week I’d like to feature a series of images that all use a fun and striking technique called Slow Sync Flash. This technique combines a slower than normal shutter speed combined with a flash during the exposure… More at… Read More ›

• Extrapolate

  By Shaun on May 8, 2017 • ( 2 )

  In this hand drawn animation a line is being extrapolated through a grid. When the line surpasses the boundaries of the grid, the process spreads to and reflects on its surroundings. Beyond each boundary the extrapolation of movement is causing… Read More ›

• The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community

  By Shaun on May 8, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Clouds. It was a bizarre preoccupation, perhaps even a frivolous one, but he didn’t resist it. He went with it, as he often does, despite not having a specific goal or even a general direction in mind; he likes to… Read More ›

• 10 years creating an epic theme park in Rollercoaster Tycoon 2

  By Shaun on May 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The game came out in 2002, but up until yesterday, I-am-Prime was still working on fine-tuning an isometric amusement park that was years in the making. As Prime mentioned in a Reddit post, the park contains 34 roller coasters, 255… Read More ›

• 16 Famous First Photographs in History

  By Shaun on May 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  While most early photos used the daguerreotype process invented by Louis Daguerre, technical inventions have created endless possibilities for photographers. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane to learn some of the famous first photographs that have changed how we… Read More ›

• Is Your Phone The Center Of Your Universe?

  By Shaun on May 7, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  It is not the phone that is truly important, it is the applications that it contains. There is no aspect of our lives that is not affected by our smartphones in the modern day and thanks to the help of… Read More ›

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