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Part of the joy of skiing is perfecting your downhill form. Unfortunately, that usually involves a very expensive private lesson with video showing you all the things you’ve done wrong after the fact. Snowcookie can give you that information while you’re actually on the slopes. The Snowcookie system involves two sensors placed on your skis and placing your iPhone with the installed companion app towards the middle of your chest. Founder and CEO Martin Kawalski says that putting your phone in a front pocket will suffice. Once you get the system set up it tracks your skis and your body position and…
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Extinction sucks. And with that in mind, it’s incumbent on humans to make sure that other species besides ourselves can inhabit the planet and support thriving populations for generations to come. Another resource has now made its way into the toolkit to help with the critical task of protecting biodiversity. Map of Life has pre-released a new service powered by the Google Earth engine that can better define and locate at-risk species specifically in nature reserves. The new service, announced in a Google Research Blog post, uses biodiversity data and high-resolution habitat information to locate and evaluate the actual conditions of species in greater detail…
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Facebook is getting serious about video. Its latest statistics show a dramatic uptick in video watching on the social network and now it’s purchasing video compression startup Quickfire. QuickFire’s technology can quickly transcode a video to take less bandwidth for users, without a drop in video quality, which is a natural fit for the social network. The acquisition means that Quickfire will be winding down business operations and some team members will be joining Facebook. The move is good news, especially for Facebook users in countries where bandwidth is much more scarce. ➤ Facebook acquires Quickfire [WSJ]
You might have heard of Carrot before; the company’s known for its app that tries to insult you into going for a run. Today the company has released its newest app, Carrot Hunger, which is a fun spin on the ever-troublesome task of getting you to count your calories. As you set up Carrot Hunger, it’ll call you endearing terms like “meat bag” and “carcass” to make you feel bad about your weight in order to provide motivation. To set up the app, it’ll ask questions like your height, weight and gender. When Carrot is asking your gender, you can choose squirrel if…
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