tech
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Lutron’s Smart Blinds Automatically Open and Close All Day Long To Stop Direct Sunlight From Baking Your Home
The sun is a great source of free lighting if you’re in a home with lots of windows. But in the summer months, natural lighting can also quickly turn your home into an oven. Instead of spending all your waking hours opening and closing blinds to block direct blasts of the sun’s rays, Lutron’s new…
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Even Sega Thinks the New Game Gear Micro’s Screen Is Too Small
Finally acknowledging that the original Game Gear was a hefty beast as far as handhelds go, Sega has just released details on its latest throwback console: a miniature version of the Game Gear that’s reminiscent of Nintendo’s Game Boy Micro. It’s tiny, but even Sega wonders if it’s too tiny, given the company will also…
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This Instant Camera Prints On Cheap Thermal Paper And Reminds Me Of My Beloved Game Boy Camera
The Polaroid camera might be back from the dead, but at $3 for every instant photo you snap, it makes photography an expensive hobby again. If you’re ok with a black-and-white, grainy, high-contrast aesthetic”or happen to miss the Game Boy Camera as much as I do”Oaxis’s myFirst instant camera for kids uses a built-in thermal…
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The Big Bass On Sony’s New Cheap Earbuds Is Incredible
When headphone makers claim their devices offer boosted bass performance, it often means they’ve tweaked the sound through software to artificially emphasise low-end frequencies. Sony’s new WF-XB700 wireless earbuds do it the right way, with drivers twice as large as what you’ll find in most other earbuds. They’re loud, they thump, and if that’s the only…