The M3D Micro 3D printer that I Kickstarted about a year ago just showed up! It’s about 8” square so it’s much smaller than a standard 3D printer. This means you can only print items that are under 4-1/2” high. Cost is currently $350 — so it’s much cheaper than a standard 3D printer as well (which ...
Apple Watch Sizing Guide from Exact Fitness
Exact Fitness, a company that makes iOS apps for exercise, activity tracking, and fitness tracking, has just created an Apple Watch Sizing Guide. Print out the PDF at 100% size, then cut out the watch size and watchband model you want to try on. Wrap it around your wrist. Get a sense of whether you ...
iPhone Keyboard of the Future?
A new portable keyboard, to be used with the iPhone, iPad, or any other Bluetooth-enabled device, has just been announced. It has a totally new design from anything we’ve seen before. It’s called the TextBlade. It’s made of 3 pieces, which fold together into a case (and the case doubles as an ...
Best of CES Roundups
The Consumer Electronics Show just finished up in Las Vegas -- that's where all the ideas for new technology tend to be shown off for the first time. Here is a roundup of cool stuff from CES, from different publications. Engadget includes among their coolest items: Wireless headphones by a ...
Tile and iPhone, to Track Your Belongings
A friend of ours sent us Tiles as a gift for the holidays. Here’s what it is, and how we’re using it. Tile is a little piece of plastic, about 1-1/2” square, with technology inside. And there’s an iPhone app to go with it (there’s an Android app too). You link the white plastic tile to the app ...
Best iPad Stylus?
I read the technology reviews site The Wirecutter, which tests tech hardware and software and advises on what’s the best and why. (I highly recommend you subscribe to their weekly email newsletter; they also have a related site The Sweethome for household items.) Last week they published an article ...