Loop Ball

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Loop Ball

This is Loop Ball, a racket ball game that keeps score itself and even records the speed of the players hits!!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Loop Ball is a smart way to play racquetball and it’s not a technique either, the ball is smart enabled! So the ball becomes the count and measure to count how many times the ball has been hit by each player and the distance between the two of them. The ball also becomes the referee, tracking accurate and safe metrics for the game and stores your games so you get the ability to share them with your friends!

Check out the video below to see more! (The product was once called Smartball)

To see more about Loop Ball please click here!

Orii

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ORII

Check out the ORII. Turn your finger into a smart phone!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Wearables are getting more and more commonplace these days and companies are finding smarter ways to intergrate technology into the things that we already own or wear such as glasses, bracelets, necklaces and now our rings are getting the smart treatment.

Introducing the Orii, a smart ring that can read you your messages, sends messages via the text to speech through microphones located on the ring and can even answer calls with it via bone conduction technology, all you have to do is place your finger to your ear and surprisingly you can hear the other person crystal clear!

To support Orii please click here!

Stikbox

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Stikbox

Check out the Stikbox! It's a selfie stick phone case. Tag a mate who needs one of these..Music Credit: Biggie South Beats – Summer Breeze soundcloud.com/biggiesouth/biggie-south-beats-summer-breeze-instrumental-hip-hop

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Saturday, 29 July 2017

The STIKBOX is a selfie stick and phone case in one, simply fold up, twist the phone sideways take your selfie and then fold back down again, simple!

It’s sleek and doesn’t protrude outside of the case and make it big and bulky when not in use. Plus the case can also act as a kickstand to watch movies on!

Support STIKBOX here!

Thodio Bluetooth Speakers

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These bluetooth speakers not only look the part but they also sound the part! They are from Thodio and all of their range comes with HUGE speakers which out put LOUD, THUMPING BASS, which we are sure the neighbours will absolutely love you for! With the 2017 flagship product called the Thodio .50 cal A-Box with a 200RMS audiophile amplifier that drives custom filtered kevlar coned coaxial speakers with soft dome tweeters!

Buy your own Thodio by clicking here!

MAKERBALL

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Play pinball at home, in your office, or even outside, with Makerball! What’s more, this DIY machine is fully customisable: the sky’s the limit to what kind of obstacles you can come up with!Credit to Make & Play. Check them out here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/make-and-play/makerball-the-diy-pinball-machine-kit

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Friday, 7 July 2017

Makerball is a DIY build your own pinball machine which is super easy to build and play. It consists of wood and relies on simple mechanics that are really easy to understand. You can even upgrade your Makerball with a microcontroller and when companioned with the free MAKE/PLAY score app on your smartphone you can even keep track of points!

More here!

Glow Bowl

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Glowbowl

Fed up of stumbling around in the dark when you go to the toilet in the middle of the night? The check out the GlowBowl. No messy cleanups!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Glow Bowl is a motion detecting night light for your toilet. Enough said! (Guys: No more missing the bowl at night!)

To purchase Glow Bowl please click here!

Hexa Robot

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HEXA

Check out the super cool HEXA robot by Vincross!Music Credit: Mate Lyons – Instrumental Hip Hop soundcloud.com/lyonsss/instrumental-hip-hop

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Wednesday, 23 August 2017

HEXA is a brand new 6 legged highly maneuverable compact robot that comes complete with a ton of sensors, when companioned with the MIND robotics OS/SDK it allows users, even if they aren’t complete computing whizz’s, they can create interesting robotic functions with HEXA.The robots optical and spatial sensors allow it to watch and learn the world around it, it even includes a 720p camera with night vision, and accelerometer, distance measuring sensors and an infrared transmitter.

By using the MIND eco-system, you can build a ton of different techniques for your HEXA robot to understand such as learning the location of your hand and responding to specific hand gestures or even using HEXA to survey buildings from the ground in hard to reach places.

To learn more about HEXA please click here!

 

Gemini Magnetic Speaker

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Gemini Portable Magnetic Speakers

Check out how cool MOFT's Gemini magnetic portable speakers are! Music Credit: Chris Morrow(Crying Over You)soundcloud.com/chris-morrow-3

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Wednesday, 2 August 2017

These magnetic speakers are designed to give you full 360 degree sound wherever you are, even without magnetic surfaces around with the aid of stickable magnetic plates, so there’s no excuse to not get the party started wherever you are!

The speakers are equipped with True Wireless Stereo technology allowing each speaker to be connected with one another, allowing you to enjoy stereo music effortlessly with clear L/R channels and with bluetooth technology giving you up to 33ft of connectivity you can enjoy it in multiple rooms!

To learn more about Gemini Wireless Speakers please click here!

 

Cubiio

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This nifty gadget lets you laser engrave almost anything!

The compact cubiio laser engraver is PERFECT for all of you with cheeky mates who take your sandwich from the shared fridge. Personalise all your belongings and give them sticky fingers ZERO excuse!Find out more and pre-order it at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/880456201/cubiio-the-most-compact-laser-engraver

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Saturday, 9 September 2017

Cubiio is a small yet powerful laser that allows you to etch all kinds of things into a wide array of materials, write your name on wooden spoons, make a piece of art work on a wooden canvas or even write on metal work, all via a small personal, portable laser.

Just download the Cubiio app and follow the following 4 steps:

Choose a picture/G-Code file or write something within the app

Place the item you want to engrave infront of the Cubiio within the working zone

Preview and align

Press start and watch Cubiio do it’s thing!

Click here to see more about Cubiio!

How To Save Netflix From Killing Your Data!

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We all have data caps on our phones & (unsurprisingly) it can get costly if you can’t latch on to a free WiFi network. Netflix uses 1gb of data per hour and 3 gigs of data if you stream in HD!

But Netflix do have a handy tool to let you know how much data your using, please see below!

Low: Basic and most data and cost effective at 0.3gb data
Medium: SD quality video uses about 0.7gigs
High:The best you can get depending on the content, 3gb for HD content and up to 7gb for UHD.
Automatic: Netflix automatically chooses the best quality stream for you based on the strength of your network.
Unlimited: Highest quality possible for your device same rate as High standard. (So will choose UHD if your network will handle it)

HOW DO I DO THIS?

On The Netflix app, head on over to the ‘APP SETTINGS’ and go to the “Cellular Data Usage’ tab and choose what one you want Netflix to use for all your content.

On the desktop head to Your Account -> Playback Settings and choose what one you wish to use.