Here’s an interesting example of how cultural influences have led to the ubiquitous uptake of a product design. The country in question is Russia, and the product is the dashboard cam.The Internet is awash in well-captured car crash footage, and i…
Parking during the holiday rush is never an enjoyable experience. But whether you’re stuck circling around the parking lot looking for a spot, trying to get out of the lot, or just trying to find your car, the combination of a little common sense…
If you’ve read Tim Ferriss’ books, you know he’ll do almost anything to himself in the name of self-improvement. And if you thought he took this too far in The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body, just wait until The …
It wasn’t so long ago that we rounded up the best action cameras and put them to the test. Just half a year later, and the biggies all have new versions out. They’re all better, but there’s only one best. Round Two: Fight!Testing MethodologyAs you…
Global patterns reveal the myth of a “disease of affluence”
Cancer is often considered a “disease of affluence”—a malady that mostly afflicts people in the world’s wealthiest countries, often as a consequence of…
YouTube has just launched Capture, a new app for iOS. It lets users take quick video, make minor adjustments, and upload that video to YouTube, Google+, Facebook, or Twitter. The app is built specifically for iPhone and iPod touch and is…
Version 2 of popular OS X launcher app Alfred was announced last week, and we’re now seeing one of the bigger new features that’s set to come with it. Called Workflows, it’s a set of triggers, actions, inputs, and outputs that can be…
There have been two major milestones in narcissistic photography in the last century. The first was the invention of the self-timer, which Kodak began selling during World War I. The second came a few years ago, as teenagers stood at…
Videos you shoot on your iPhone are about to get a lot cooler, with Strum, a new video app that instantly turns 15-second video clips into rock masterpieces.Similar to how you might put a filter on a photo with Instagram, Strum offers a number of…
Tracking down quality visuals to accompany stories and blog posts can be difficult. Luckily, there are more than 200 million free photos on the web that are available for almost anyone to use — as long as they follow the tenets of Creative Common…
If you walk into your local Barnes & Noble looking for a copy of Timothy Ferriss’s new book, good luck. Even though he’s a New York Times best selling author, the giant book retailer refuses to sell The 4-Hour Chef, the lates…
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