Friday, March 28, 2014

drag2share: Card Table Puts an Always Available Deck of Cards on Your iPhone

Source: http://lifehacker.com/card-table-puts-an-always-available-deck-of-cards-on-yo-1553141113

Card Table Puts an Always Available Deck of Cards on Your iPhone

iOS: If you want to play cards but don't have a deck, a free app called Card Table can do the trick. You need an iPhone or iPad touch and iPad to use it, but if you've got all that you just need people to play.

Card Table works by using your iPad as the table that everyone sees and placing the cards, themselves, on your iPhone (or iPod touch). You can then move cards from your iPhone to other phones or to the iPad. Basically, the iPhone acts as your hand and the iPad as communal playing surface.

The obvious downside is that you need an iPad and another iDevice to get any use out of this app, plus you need other people with iDevices to join in. When a deck of cards can cost less than a dollar, nobody is going to go out and buy phones and tablets to play the game.

That said, while the app doesn't work as a replacement for the deck of cards you already have, it does work well for the one you don't. If you know you're around friends with iPhones and need a deck of cards for a game night, now you have one free of charge with the gadgets you already own. Plus, you never have to worry about shuffling properly.

Card Table (Free) | iTunes App Store

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drag2share: Science gets closer to artificial life with first synthetic chromosome

Source: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/scientists-have-created-first-ever-man-made-chromosome-1553312707/@caseychan

Science gets closer to artificial life with first synthetic chromosome

Science, man. An international team of scientists have made a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. For the first time ever, they were able to insert a man-made, custom-built chromosome into brewer's yeast to not only create a life form but one that also passes down its man-made genes to its offspring. We're closer to creating artificial life.

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drag2share: Foodini is a 3D printer for everything from burgers to gnocchi

source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/27/foodini/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full

Who wants a 3D printer for just candy when you can have one that prints a five-course dinner instead? That's the idea behind Foodini, a new 3D printer that takes fresh ingredients and turns them into a culinary masterpiece. The device can do things like make custom ravioli, your own unique crackers or cookies, or even an intricate dark chocolate vase (if you just have to print candy). Its creations are made by filling the printer's "food capsules" with fresh ingredients and then inputting a recipe for the device to create. Foods can be printed in just a few minutes and eaten right away (if they're made from pre-cooked materials) or cooked after printing. Foodini is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter to manufacturer its first run of the printers. $1,000 gets you in line to get one in January 2015, and a $2,000 investment can have you throwing your first printed dinner party by October of this year.

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drag2share: Philips adds web-connected tap switch, white-only lux bulb to Hue lighting lineup

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/28/philips-hue-white-bulb-and-switch/

Think you're all done building out your Hue lighting collection? Think again. Philips' latest product is one you're likely going to want to own. The tap switch, available later this year for $60, lets you control connected lights wirelessly by tapping one of four buttons. More impressive, however, is the switch's ability to turn lights off and on without requiring a power source of its own. The device is powered by kinetic energy, so a tap creates enough juice to complete each task. Philips is also announcing a new "lux" bulb, which looks and operates like traditional Hue units, albeit without the 16 million colors. This bulb emits only white light, but it's reportedly very bright. Lux is set to retail for $40 per bulb (compared to $60 for the color version), or $100 in a set of two bundled with a Hue base as well. Like the switch, lux will ship in Europe and North America after the summer.

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drag2share: Philips Hue targets the ultra high end with $3,500 3D-printed luminaires

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/28/philips-hue-luminaires/

Philips' Hue collection of app-controlled LED bulbs has never been the cheapest option for lighting a room, but the company's existing products are at least priced to be accessible to many homeowners. That's absolutely no concern when it comes to this latest lineup of lamps, however. The table and pendant luminaries (a fancy word for light fixture) were designed by WertelOberfell and Strand+Hvass. These works of art are still perfectly functional, though -- each is capable of displaying any of 16 million colors, with full wireless control. These 3D-printed fixtures are hardly affordable, however. A selection of table lamps will be available for pre-order beginning March 31st for €2,500 (about $3,500) while the pendant versions will retail for a whopping €3,000 (about $4,150).

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