Category: Devices
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Cars + Tech – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] With another year of technological and automotive innovation behind us, we’ve grown closer to recyclable cars, far-reaching exploration of the cosmos and even an invisibility cloak. Along with time behind the wheels of game-changing vehicles and moments testing future-forward devices, 2022 saw technologies emerge to make the world safer and more empathetic. The following…
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Holiday Gift Guides 2022: Musicality – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Music inspires, motivates, soothes and thrills us. It’s an emissary of memories. Whether sharing our favorite songs, looking for records, testing headphones and speakers, playing instruments or reading about a beloved band, there are no limits to the pleasure of being in love with music. Inside our Musicality gift guide, you will find everything…
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[ad_1] Underwater sculptures, meteor material, uncovered demos from The Velvet Underground and more from around the internet Remarkable Sea Creatures Discovered Thousands of Meters Deep Deep below the surface of the Indian Ocean—thousands of meters down—several remarkable creatures have been discovered by biologists. There are animals “decked out in twinkling lights, with velvety black skin…
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Hand-Held Music Maker – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] RUKUSfx is a motion-controlled device that provides young ones with a fun and approachable entry into music making and mixing. Moving the hand-held gadget (which also comes in custom tie-dye skins) creates sound effects that are unique to each type of movement. The 80 different effects can be combined with RUKUSfx’s 120 built-in tracks…
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[ad_1] Record-setting diamonds, prehistoric reptiles, a supernova discovery and more from around the web Mushroom-Inspired Ring Breaks World Record for Most Diamonds By setting 24,679 diamonds into one ring, Kerala, India-based jewelry company SWA Diamonds broke the world record for most diamonds in a single ring. The shimmering piece of jewelry features nearly double the number of…
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[ad_1] A hound-like arthropod, a mind-reading device, a new use for pineapple leaves and more from around the web A Guide to Legal Protection When Seeking Abortion Since Roe was overturned, abortion has become illegal in several states—a change that puts people terminating pregnancies at risk of being charged with various crimes. For this reason,…
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This Week’s Picks – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Photographer Barbara Iweins Documented All 12,795 Objects She Owns A vibrator, a mold of teeth and metal combs to extract head lice: these are just some of the 12,795 objects that photographer Barbara Iweins captured when she set out to document every item she owns. The project, which is covered in the book Katalog and…
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Tech Startup Nothing Launches Highly Anticipated Phone – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Tech startup Nothing—helmed by co-founder and CEO Carl Pei—generated plenty of attention with their first product, the Ear (1), designed in collaboration with Teenage Engineering. Now, their foray into the smartphone space has been realized with the highly anticipated Nothing Phone (1). Design-wise (and thanks in part to Teenage Engineering’s retro-influenced style) it’s eye-catching…
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Pro-Ject’s E1 BT Turntable Makes Vinyl More Approachable – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] There’s a commonly held belief that vinyl fans favor mystique over clarity, but Pro-Ject’s new entry-level turntable, the E1 BT, rebukes that—and will ultimately appeal to enthusiasts and those just starting their record collection. Pro-Ject, an Austrian company founded in 1991 that makes some very high-end audio products, will tell you that the E1…
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[ad_1] Photographing the Milky Way, using lava as a building material, studying alien signals and more from around the web New Study Sheds Light on 45-Year-Old Alien Signal Mystery On 15 August 1977 at 10:16PM EST, Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope scanned the Sagittarius constellation and detected a signal that was 20 times…
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Microsoft Redesigns the Mouse for People with Disabilities – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Around one billion people in the world live with a disability, which is why Microsoft is launching an Adaptive Accessories range that provides a more accessible keyboard and mouse experience for PC or iPhone. The kit (which will be available later this year) has three elements: a square mouse, a button with programmable pressure sensors and…
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[ad_1] Quantum hairs on black holes, “printing” beverages, pipe-worm robots and more How Amazonian Lily Pads Inspire Building Design Not only is an Amazonian water lily massive, with leaves that can grow up to 10 feet, but it’s also strong enough to withstand the weight of a small child. For years, researchers have attempted to ascertain…
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World’s First Molecular Drinks Machine Can “Print” Thousands of Beverages – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Bay Area-based startup Cana recently raised $30 million dollars to create Cana One, a countertop device that can print thousands of beverages including coffee and cocktails. As the startup’s CEO Mat Mahar told The Hustle, all beverages are mostly made up of water with only around 1% containing compounds—like wine’s tartaric acid or coffee’s…
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Designing the Sonus Faber Omnia Speaker System – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Italian speaker manufacturer Sonus Faber has been hand-making audio equipment for over 40 years and their very first speaker, called the Snail, was an all-in-one unit. The pioneering brand made a second iteration of the Snail in 2016, but the Omnia wireless speaker system—launching today—marks a new phase for a company that’s mostly been…
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The Freestyle Projector – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The Freestyle is a super-compact, light (830 grams) and portable projector that can create a 100-inch screen on just about any surface. With the ability to rotate 180 degrees, the cylindrical head houses a light source that can also create ambient lighting and star shows. Powered by a USB-C, it supports HDR10, HDR10+ and…