Anki OverDrive!

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Remember Scalextric as a kid and how much fun that was pretending to be your favorite racing driver as you weave in and out of the dining room table legs before eventually crashing at the corners, because you didn’t listen to your Dad and went full speed all the time?

Well, get prepared to have some incredible nostalgia, this week on How To Kill An Hour we got to play with Anki Overdrive (video above) and this is Scalextric for the 21st Century! Each car is driven by the Anki app on your iOS or Android device and is driven on long, wide pieces of plastic track which can be altered however you want, there’s accessories that you can buy to make banks, bridges and even a cross over section for impending crashes! What’s even more impressive is there is Mario-Kart like abilities where you get to shoot down the other cars!

Also, each Supercar is a self aware robot that is driven by incredible artificial intelligence with the ability to learn whatever track that you build. So you don’t even have to have someone racing with you, you can race the other cars! Wherever you drive the artificial intelligence cars will chase you down! You don’t even get a chance to out run them because the better you become the better they become!

With constant software updates the game will always be fresh, coupled with the ability to customise weapons, swap cars and build new tracks there’s hours that you could kill playing this!

Also there’s much more to Anki OverDrive than just racing:

(Information pulled from AnkiOverDrive Official website)

  • RACE

    The first to the finish line wins, so step on the gas.

  • BATTLE

    Take aim at your opponents, score big, and win big.

  • TIME TRIAL

    Put your driving skills to the test in a race against the clock.

  • KING OF THE HILL

    Chaotic fun as players battle for the crown to see who rules the road by holding the lead position the longest.

Buy Anki OverDrive here!

Download the free Anki OverDrive App Here: Apple / Android

Price: £149.99

Playable Pizza DJ Boxes!

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Do you remember when Pizza Hut were releasing to select restaurants a playable DJ Pizza Box?

Well we played it this week!

Check out the video below to see Rinse FM’s DJ Vectra play the world’s first playable Pizza Box, which is what Marcus and Nick got a play with when Pizza Hut came by!

To listen to us talk about our experience with the Pizza Hut DJ Pizza Box on this weeks show please click here!

 

 

iPhone 7 Problems?

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Marcus has recently purchased himself a shiny new iPhone 7, which we all know by now doesn’t include the 3.5mm headphone jack and only has one Lightning connection. What makes that a problem?

 

No more charging and listening to music at the same time!

 

Hooooowever, there are a couple of ways that, that problem can be addressed, whether they are practical or not remains to be seen, but we do have some solutions to your charging and listening problems:

To buy iPhone 7 Stuff please click here!

 

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The Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge Rockstar retailing at £34.99 is the simple way to get charge to your new iPhone while listening to music just plug the cable into the iPhone and then connect one end ot your Apple earphones then the other end into the power brick!

 

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Apple has the iPhone Lightning dock which allows you to charge and listen to music but this time via the 3.5mm audio jack. So shying away from the lighting earphones and returning to the trusty 3.5mm “old” style headphones to get around this problem. Available in Silver, Gold, Rose Gold and Black this dock is available for £49.99!

There is always the Earpods that Apple want us to buy:

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With a £159 price tag these beauties aren’t cheap, but with Apple’s own wireless technology allowing connection to your phone as soon as you take them out of the charging case these aren’t to be scoffed at! With 5hrs battery life on one charge, the 24hr total listening time from the charging case and 10M of range, hopefully the sound quality will match the price when they come out in ‘Late October’

Maybe Apple is pushing for a fully wireless age with the removal of the headphone jack and inclusion of Siri compatibility with the Airpods. Will we think the removal of the 3.5mm Jack was detrimental or will it lead the way for electronic makers to come!? Only time will tell but Samsung are apparently already planning to follow suit!

To get your hands on your own iPhone 7, please click here!

To hear the guys talking about it on the most recent podcast please click here! 

Bestival Festival App

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Funk Butcher recently DJ’d at Bestival and had the time of his life, he even sipped a bit of Jaegermister (Funk doesn’t drink) and while he was there he downloaded the Bestival App which helped him out a lot! What is the Bestival App, will I even be able to use it with phone signals and why do I even need to use an app at a festival?! I hear you ask!

Well the app definitely works and you get full signal while at Bestival and the reasons you are going to NEED this app and not want are as follows:

  • IF you managed to not get to Bestival Red Bull TV stream all the madness straight to your phone, from the Mainstage to the Big Top if its there you will see it!
  • Your own customisable schedule so you can never miss one of your acts and you can decide which one to go see if they clash with artist profiles!
  • A site map so you don’t get lost! Thank goodness for GPRS!
  • Connect your Spotify so you can get tailored suggestions!
  • Social side of the app allows you to connect with other festival goers about the artists available to see.

To download the Bestival App please click here!

To hear the guys talking about Bestival App on the show please click here!

Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal

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Do you ever struggle counting your calories? Whether you guys are trying to gain weight or lose weight, sometimes counting up those pesky calories can become quite a chore! Well here at How To Kill An Hour we have found THE way to make your life a lot lot easier when it comes to calories and your nutrition! The “Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal” is a FREE app from MyFitnessPal, (Powered by UnderArmour) with an option to go premium which offers no ads and a bunch of extra features like more detailed nutrition break downs and more detailed meal nutrition.

It is really simple to use, just create an account and log in, then use the camera on your phone to scan the barcodes of the foods that you are eating and the app does all the work for you. Using their 5,000,000 food database (which is constantly growing!) you can be sure that the details that the app is giving you is correct. If the food isn’t in the database you can always go through and add in the data yourself manually. No Cheating now! With goals listed at the top there is no reason why you cannot achieve your fitness goals as fast or slow as you wish!

To download Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal please click here!

To hear the guys talking about this app on the show please click here!

Apple Store App!

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The Apple Store app is basically the Apple Store we all know and love but on your phone, you can do a bunch of stuff like buy your shiny new iPhone 7 a case, purchase those really cool new Air Pods, buy a brand new Macbook Pro and even reserve your place at a workshop in store. However, what we like it for on How To Kill An Hour is the ease of use that it has to upgrade your iPhone to the latest model with the Apple iPhone Upgrade Programme. Simply go into the app, scroll to the “iPhone Upgrade Programme” click into it, select which one you want, select your nearest store and reserve it to pick up in store! BAM! Simple! Once your there a team member will guide you through the activation process, simple! Now go ahead and reserve yourself a brand new iPhone 7/7 Plus (which some of us can’t do yet! *cough* Producer Billy *cough* *cough*)

To download the Apple Store App please click here! 

To hear more the guys talk about this app please click here!

Sugru!

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This week Marcus got to test out Sugru, an extraordinary, amazing, incredible (do you know we like this stuff yet?) Moldable glue. Yes you read that correctly moldable.  It can stick permanently to stuff like ceramics, glass, metal and most plastics. All you got to do is push and mould it on to whatever it is you want to fix, build or stick together – all done it about 20mins or so and you’re done!

Then wait 24 hours and it turns from a moldable glue to a solid silicone rubber that stays stuck! (Just don’t mess around with it and remove it otherwise it becomes unstuck! There’s lots of properties it has too! Including, waterproof, flexible, heat/cold resistance, grippy and much more!

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Sugru – Mouldable glue that turns into rubber!Music Credit: Mate Lyons – Instrumental Hip Hop soundcloud.com/lyonsss/instrumental-hip-hop

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Tuesday, 22 August 2017

 

To get your hands on some of your own Sugru Moldable Glue please click here!

To see our experiences view the video above and to hear the guys more in depth thoughts on it please click here!

Your very own SnapChat Geo Filters!

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SnapChat Geo Filters, you know those little overlays that you get on your SnapChats when you go somewhere? You get the speedometer, the clock, the temperature then the really cool ones that often highlight famous landmarks where you’re in. For example if you’re in London you’ll get a bike or at a famous football/sporting event you’ll get an overlay, UFC had one recently for McGregor vs Diaz 2. Well now you can create your own! There are a few rules and regulations that you have to follow, no logos unfortunately, so no How To Kill An Hour overlays for us! Boooo! Head on over  to SnapChat’s official geofilters site to learn more!

To Download Snapchat please click here! 

To hear the guys thoughts on this super cool feature of SnapChat please click here! 

Brik Book

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We here at How To Kill An Hour – LOVE new and quirky gadgets & this week we checked out the Brik Book  a Lego compatible Macbook case (certain versions only) where you can customise and personalise your macbook to whatever design you want – with LEGO! You can choose from Grey, Clear or Blue, design kits available on Brik Books website or Brik Book 100 brick bags with colours of your own choice.

Check the video above to see Producer Billy’s experiences with the case and click here to hear him talk about it with the guys on the show.

Brik Book is available on Amazon in the Uk for £41.99 

Mothca iPhone Case

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After smashing his iPhone, Marcus decided to purchase a brand new iPhone case and after some surfing on Amazon he came across an ultra thin iPhone case which really caught his eye. The Mothca iPhone 6 6S Case, Full Body Ultra Slim PC Hard Cover Case + Tempered Glass Screen Protector 3 in 1 Design Front Cover & Back Case  Its really thin! Only 1mm in thickness and covers the whole iPhone only leaving the headphone jack, home button, speakers and grills visible! So really does offer some really good protection while keeping in touch with the iPhone’s slick design. 

To hear more of the guys thoughts on the case please click here!