Every second, someone is editing Wikipedia pages. Someone is always constantly doing so. Now, you can watch where the world is getting smarter in real-time.
This Wikipedia Recent Changes Map shows the map of the world and the pages being edited on Wikipedia. It was created by Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi and it shows the anonymous edits that happen on Wikipedia at any given moment.
Nokia officially launched their new Lumia 928, a Verizon exclusive and an update to the 920, which had been exclusive to AT&T.
The most noticeable feature is that it's much thinner and lighter than the 920, and retains the same optical stabilization, screen and guts as its original. It's also rumored to have an aluminum body, instead of the polycarbonate skin that has defined the Lumia line until now. The weight of the original 920 was one of the only downsides to the phone, so it's great that they've addressed the issue.
The tiny magnets make your iPad's Smart Covers useful. But they could also turn off pacemakers, as discovered in a new series of experiments.
For her science fair project earlier this year, 14-year old Gianna Chien decided to test if the iPad Smart Cover magnets were strong enough to interfere with implanted defibrillators. She tested her hypothesis on 26 participants and found that 30% of the time the magnets used caused the devices to stop working. Since then, she began to get attention from medics, and will soon be reporting her findings to 8,000 doctors at a Heart Rhythm Society meeting in Denver.
The Lit is, according to NZN Labs' Indiegogo page, able to quantify a score based on g-forces, air time, jumps, spins and anything else non-mainstream athletes are into - like motocross or surfing. It sounds appealing, but just how are they doing it? The specs for the Lit include an "advanced" 6-axis sensor, an "extreme gyro range" to measure g-forces, and it also uses your phone's GPS for even more accurate measurements:
The Embrace+ works very simply. It's a bracelet that lights up when a new email, tweet, Instagram tag or any other notifications pop up on your phone. You can color-code emails, or phone calls, and so on so that you won't need to pull out your phone to check for notifications all the time. It's not a bad idea. Would you wear it? [Embrace]
Microsoft released a couple of ads in Asia to promote its Windows 8 operating system. They used some kooky visual analogies in the ad. Check them out below:
"Beautiful and Fast," shows three bare faced women racing to apply a face full of makeup in 10 seconds. The final woman - representing Windows 8's attractive and efficient interface succeeds in doing so.
Chris Hadfield is scheduled to make his return trip to Earth late Monday after spending five months on the International Space Station. He decided to commemorate his final hours in space with a music video.
Apple's World Wide Developers Conference is just a month away, and we continue to speculate what iOS 7 would look like in a major UI overhaul. Jony Ive and his team at Apple are rumored to be going for a very "flat" look.
When it comes to activity trackers, swimmers are getting really screwed, mainly because they all track bipedal movements. Plus, wearing a chest strap when training isn't exactly ideal. Now, Instabeat claims to be able to track your heart rate and relay information to a tiny display in your goggle with an accuracy rate of 97 percent. Check it out: