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While some vintage technology gets permanently relegated to history’s dustbin, sometimes it can stage a comeback. Vinyl records, it seems, never quite went extinct given the humongous number of them still in circulation, while throughout the digital age, a certain nostalgic affection for them developed. Amazingly, my local Whole Foods actually sells vinyl record albums for playing on turntables. Now, it is the album cover that has assumed a higher tech profile. Novelia, a Cambridge UK company, has transformed the always expressive but essentially static sleeve into an interactive package that not only stores the record but can be used as a creative tool. The company’s printed…
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Everyone is waiting to see what Apple will offer with its smartwatch, but that it seems that isn’t the only piece of ‘wearable’ tech the company is working on. The company was today granted a patent for a remote-controlled action camera like the GoPro Hero line. The patent, filed in 2012, makes particular mention of weakness with GoPro devices that it intends to address. Specifically, it mentions multiple mounting points to avoid the need for complicated accessories, and several camera sensors to ensure video coverage from multiple directions. The camera is designed to work both in a standalone mode and with…
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Apple’s busy testing iOS 8.2 which adds Watch features right now, but 9to5Mac got its hands on the Apple Watch companion app that will be used to configure the device. The companion app provides a lot of insight into how the Watch will work, revealing options like the ability to mirror iPhone notifications, PIN locks for the Apple Watch and activity progress reports. Perhaps the most interesting tidbit is that the layout of the Apple Watch homescreen is configured on the iPhone itself; if you want to move apps around, it appears that you’ll need to do it on the iPhone right now. This…
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Apple’s busy testing iOS 8.2 which adds Watch features right now, but 9to5Mac got its hands on the Apple Watch companion app that will be used to configure the device. The companion app provides a lot of insight into how the Watch will work, revealing options like the ability to mirror iPhone notifications, PIN locks for the Apple Watch and activity progress reports. Perhaps the most interesting tidbit is that the layout of the Apple Watch homescreen is configured on the iPhone itself; if you want to move apps around, it appears that you’ll need to do it on the iPhone right now. This…
This story continues at The Next Web