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Apple has long been one of our country's top technology innovators. (We're still just getting acquainted with Siri.) And now, the next chapter in their book of ground-breaking design appears to be iThings powered by Hydrogen fuel cells.
According to the Telegraph, 'A hydrogen fuel cell converts hydrogen and oxygen into water and electrical energy.' The technology isn't unique to electronics. It's also being explored by auto companies and the military.
With Black Friday and the subsequent weeks of holiday shopping madness on the horizon, it’s time we took a look at the best gifts for the music heads in your life. As per usual this time of year, new music gadgets are hitting stores every week, even though classics like iPods and a trusty set of speakers never fail to be a great gift (unless you own said iPod and set of trusty speakers, that is). From guitar games to mini studio setups and beyond, here are some awesome items to stick in the stockings of your music-addicted friends.
Last night - Wednesday, October 5th, the modern world lost one of its most beloved technological geniuses, Steve Jobs. The co-founder for the billion dollar Apple empire lost his battle with pancreatic cancer just over a month after resigning as the CEO. He was 56 and is survived by his wife, Laurene, their three kids, and a fourth child from a previous relationship.
President Barack Obama shares his deepest condolences in honor of Jobs:
"Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
Fall truly is a delicious season. Now that I live in New York City, I actually feel it in my bones when summer turns to fall. Trees become more apparent with their rainbow of colorful leaves, chapped lips scream for moisture, and those nuts roasting on every corner smell even better. But the most prevalent tell-tale sign of fall? Apples. Pumpkins.
Spaghetti squash.
Because I speak fluent food, my mind races at the possibilities when it comes to the produce available in these coming months. As I push my sandals and tanks to the back of my closet, I ponder squash soup and apple cider, and pie. (I also think about indulging in a cashmere sweater, but this thought usually dissipates quickly.) The farmers markets are bursting recently with all kinds of wonderful tools to concoct comforting fall dishes. Here is a break down of my fall favorites and a few ideas on how to take advantage of these seasonal gems:
Kyle McDonald, self-professed artist, installed software in New York’s Apple stores in SoHo and West 14th street that would automatically upload pictures from computer cameras each minute and put them all on a Tumblr page. He received permission from the stores to take the pictures with his camera, but not from the people he was secretly photographing with his software. The results of his project were hundreds of photos of people looking bored or pre-occupied and a visit from Secret Service.
The last time we heard a Bjork album was dropping, it was 2007. Volta was a commercial success, but the Icelandic queen has remained musically quiet for the last four years. Well, as luck would have it, this September the world will be gifted with an experimental (we couldn't expect anything less) multimedia project wherein Bjork has collaborated with the digital mogul Apple. The project is a compiling of 10 new songs all intertwined within apps, further inside of one larger umbrella app. In essence, the listener becomes the user, traveling within this web of programs, with the ability to change and alter the songs creating a fully functioning, living, electronic organism suitably entitled, Biophilia. To add to the madness, French director Michael Gondry will be lending his talents to the process by creating music videos that will be strewn throughout Biophilia. Spin.com reported that there's even talk about a game to coincide with the track, "Virus", where the user must stop a virus from attacking. To not upset those of you without smartphones, the music will also be released as a traditional album, both on disc and online.
This is a big week for video game fans. Electronic Entertainment Expo started today with Microsoft’s conference. For those not in the loop, E3 is the place to be for video game plans in the next few years. It’s where new consoles make their debut and the biggest hits of the next few years get announced. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, bring out their best in stiff competition with one another. News of a new Halo game and a reboot to the franchise excited Xbox 360 fans early this afternoon and an extended look at the new Batman: Arkham City confirmed that the sequel to the fan favorite would be even better than the original. New games that made use of the interactive Kinect were announced. The hardcore and casual gamer were both catered to. The Kinect, with its Wii-like controllers, will be getting a whole slew of new games. It will be host to an array of games ranging from hardcore shooters to interactive children’s games. EA, the company known for its sports titles, will be announcing the release of some new titles and its plan for the next few years in mere minutes from now.
It should come as no surprise at this point that the internet has opened up a whole new world of pranking, especially on April Fool’s Day. Bigger websites have even made a tradition out of these practical jokes based on all of the positive feedback they’ve received over the years. All in all, people have come to look forward to new surprises from their favorite websites today and often make the effort to find as many as possible.
Heres hoping the following list of pranks helps readers out.
Premiering today is Amazon’s application store for Android users. To sweeten the deal Amazon is making Angry Bird Rio free to download for the entire day. An offshoot of probably the most famous cell phone game, it’s probably a nice little bonus for new users.
Amazon’s app store will also let users try out apps that cost money for 30 minutes. This is a luxury usually not afforded to app customers. The “try before you buy” idea might be great for people looking through a myriad of similar games or eReaders only to find that the one with the best description was the lousiest out of the 10 or 20 available for the same exact price.
In the wake of the recent earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunami, people around the world have been looking for ways to help and hoping for any news that aid has reached Japan and that efforts are being made to salvage as many people as possible during this dire time.
Although it will take so much more to help the situation and the danger Japan and many places globally face right now is far from over, news from Engadget indicates some aid is coming in from the technology community. Thomas Ricker, writer for the site, expains:
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