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The Nanoleaf 4D Is an Immersive Lighting Experience That Watches Your TV Along With You
One of the coolest little tricks you can do to make your TV image look better is to add some bias lighting. That means your screen is backlit, usually with a gentle glow behind it, which makes colours pop more and makes blacks look deeper. It’s an old trick, but one that has some newer…
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New Flexible Screen Can Be Stretched Without the Images Getting Warped
Over-inflate a balloon with a cartoon character on it, and they’ll end up looking stretched and unfamiliar. But as low-tech as balloons are, this same issue also affects the next generation of flexible displays that could one day be used in wearable devices. Researchers in South Korea believe they’ve come up with a solution to…
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This Little Chip Can Make the Light bulbs in Your House Broadcast Their Own Wi-Fi Network
We’ve been hearing about LiFi technology for a while now, but it’s taken a while to roll out. Now companies like pureLiFi already have everything they need ready to bring this electricity connection to homes. It will be very useful for the home Wi-Fi to finally cover that corner where there is never coverage.
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These New Smart Bulbs Can Track Your Sleep
We’ve gotten accustomed to tracking sleep with smartwatches and fitness trackers, but wearing something on your wrist to bed can be annoying. Companies like Google have come up unique ways to track sleep using radar, and now smart bulb company Sengled is applying the same technology to its lights.