December is mostly about gift-giving, but if you have a tech enthusiast in your home or loved ones, then the choice is much easier. Even otherwise, tech gifts are a lucky charm that always hits a man, whether he's a geek or not. But electronic-technological gifts are not only phones, tablets and laptops. The tech landscape is truly diverse, and we've rounded up the most interesting products that will make geeks' eyes light up more than a shiny gift wrap in the glow of a crackling fireplace.
The Japanese are proven bacillophobes, i.e. people who are obsessed with germs and dirt. And you've probably heard that dirt, bacteria and even feces live on our smartphones. Among them are coliform bacteria, which are found in feces and can cause gastrointestinal infections. That's why the Japanese company Kyocera developed a smartphone that can be washed at will. Waterproof phones are nothing new in Japan, but until now none could be cleaned really thoroughly, that is, even with soap and a brush. Kyocero Digno Rafre can!
A smartphone is only useful for as long as the battery is useful. The iPhone 6 and 6S can be so good, but once the battery dies, it's as if you didn't have it. And since the battery of the latest iPhone models is once again one of the weakest links of the phone, Apple has released the Smart Battery Case, an official protective case and rechargeable battery in one, which extends the autonomy of the phone by as much as 25 hours!
The concept of pop-up books or jump books is well known to us from childhood. It was also published by Kelli Anderson, but not some fairy tales, but a pop-up book, where there is a three-dimensional folding book that unfolds and jumps out of the covers, a working pinhole camera! The book "This Book Is a Camera" by the designer and art history teacher teaches us on a theoretical and practical level how a camera uses light to create a picture.
The Huawei Mate S smartphone is not only beautifully elegant to look at and powerful. It also boasts the latest technology that upgrades touch control. The fingerprint reader on the back takes care of this. It is placed exactly where the thumb is in a normal position. However, it is not only used for safe unlocking, although it does this in an exemplary manner, without errors and, above all, lightning fast. Find out more below.
We are not used to LG Electronics sending metal smartphones to the market, but for the Zero, LG thought of new clothes. So he put on it a light and thin metal case made of aluminum. It is an extremely powerful phone that is also coming to the European market at an extremely attractive price of 269 euros. And what will we get for this 147 grams of technology?
We all know that many electromagnetic signals surround us at an invisible level, but since we cannot see them, we often forget about their existence. But the application for the iPad tablet, Architecture of Radio, offers an insight into another dimension, as it reveals to us what is happening around us at the level of electromagnetic radiation or signal waves. Insight into another dimension is fascinating on the one hand, and a bit creepy on the other.
We all know that technology makes our lives a lot easier - whether we want to admit it or not. This is the reason why technological toys are such an important and effective part of our existence. Everything from tablets and smartwatches, from weird and impressive tech gadgets to super "cool" laptops - a good tech device should look good, and its performance should impress us. And what impressed us the most in 2015? We present to you the best technological gadgets of 2015 as chosen by the editors.
Nailbot is no ordinary printer. It is a printer made especially for women, because it takes care of nail painting. It was signed by a group of female engineers united in the start-up company Preemadona. Don't expect this printer to print anything on a sheet of paper, but you will be able to wear unique designs on your nails that you have chosen using the mobile application. And another good news. The entire manufacturing process takes only 5 seconds.
Some time ago, Ikea introduced furniture for wireless charging of smartphones and tablets, but now it wants to go one step further. Heat Harvest will collect waste heat in the house and turn it into electricity. The thermoelectric device is the work of Sergej Komardenkov and Vihanga Goro and will be incorporated into furniture such as a table. It will collect the heat given off by objects like a hot cup of coffee and a computer and turn it into free electricity that we can use again. For example, to charge smartphones.
The Sound of Power (SOP) loudspeakers are a tribute to the statues and busts that our grandmothers and grandfathers loved to collect. It is a modern reincarnation of these classic dust collectors, which have not only aesthetic but also sound attributes. It's a whole new genre of busts as speakers, and currently the series includes Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un, and in the future they will be joined by other world leaders who splashed out on democracy lessons in school.
The digital world can be a scary place, haunted by the virtual equivalent of monsters – hackers. If we want our phone to defend our data from all these horrors, then maybe it's time to think about capable applications specialized in encryption and protection. Here are the apps that will make our smartphone more secure.