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! 

Kill A Bit: Facebook’s Lifestage App

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Currently only available in the US the Lifestage, a standalone iOS app for people 21 and under, to get school goers get to know each other better within their community, from within their own school and surrounding schools. Having a similar feel to snapchat, users can make their Facebook bio exempt from a wall of text and instead fill your bio with short videos and images based around things that you like. The app asks for various different emojis to add to the things that you like that you have captured with your camera based on whether or not you like them. Putting your life – on a stage!

While anyone can download the app, anyone over the age of 22 will only be able to see their own profile and no-one else’s. While the app is owned and created by Facebook you don’t actually need a Facebook for it to work, just download it, open it up, create an account and select your high school.

You’ll immediately be presented with accounts from people that are nearby, only if you jump through some hoops first. You have got to do some leg work and convince your buddies to download and use it. 20 to be exact. Then and only then will you be able to see others around you.

It’s no surprise that this is similar to how the original Facebook was created – via school to school accounts. Will this be as popular as Facebook/Snapchat. Only time will tell!

Hear the guys talking about it episode 55 by clicking here!

 

Playable DJ Pizza Boxes!

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Pizza Hut is going to be your new food companion to the weekly pre-drinks all around the UK. Why I hear you ask? Well the fast food restaurant is launching a world first “The playable DJ Pizza Box” Yes you read that right, a playable DJ Pizza Box. PLAYABLE!! Pizza Hut have partnered with Novalia an electronics company that specialises in adding electronics to the surfaces that we touch on a day to day bases. On the pizza boxes to help you rave before the rave are images of turntables printed in conductive ink – it includes everything any budding DJ could ask for such as Mixer, Cross Fader, Two Decks and so much more (we’ll leave the rest for you to find out yourselves because we know you want to!) The box connects to your phone or laptop via bluetooth and even works with professional software like Serato!

They are very limited, so much so that only 5 will be given to 5 of their 350 restaurants that are spread across the UK. To find out where they are going to be available keep an eye on Pizza Hut’s UK Twitter account.

See below Rinse FM’s very own DJ Vectra giving it a spin:

 

The Lamzac Fatboy! #ShareTheAir

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Image Credit: fatboy.com

Image Credit: fatboy.com

Ever been to the park, a festival or even the beach with no where to sit and you end up getting grass stains on your brand new trousers or sand everywhere (and we mean everywhere!) Even a towel doesn’t really save you from these problems, a towel isn’t even comfortable either!

Well, we can change your outdoor life with a brand new product that hails from the Netherlands. Recently we have been using the Lamzac Fatboy, an inflatable seat or sofa that can hold 2-3 people. It doesn’t require you to stand there all day long inflating it with a foot pump or blowing into a small tube for hours on end. Filled in seconds using a technique you can start to enjoy comfort anywhere you want! It doesn’t take forever to deflate either, just undo the clip, unroll the fabric and release! Done. Then roll it up and place it in the handy bag for next time. Don’t worry its strong and hardwearing too so no need to be concerned about pops and falling and hurting your derrière! 

Find out more information here!

Available for £74.50 here!

HoloPortation

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Our Prayers have been answered, Obi Wan is our only hope and he’s here in the form of Microsoft Holoportation!

Microsoft have invented Virtual Reality Video Calling whereby users “teleport” to another persons room.

By utilising Microsofts VR technology Hololens, users are displayed a hologram in other persons room, interacting with objects as if they are present.

Microsoft are calling it holoportation!

Pigeon Patrol

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Credit: HuffingtonPost

Credit: HuffingtonPost

Those flying rats are coming in useful for once, rather that sh****ng all over the place!

Air-monitoring company Plume Labs has strapped air-quality sensors to Flying Rats aka Pigeons to monitor the pollution in the air which me and you breathe on a daily basis to then send back data on just how much damage is done.

“Pigeon Air Patrol” will be interactive, just tweet to @PigeonAir (Marcus tried) and request an air pollution update on their area.

“Air pollution is a huge environmental health issue, killing 10,000 people every year in London alone,” said Romain Lacombe, Plume Labs CEO.

“Putting air sensors on the back of pigeons goes beyond raising awareness of this problem and helps Londoners understand the impact of pollution in an accessible, tangible and immediate way”

Lazy get lazier!

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Credit: techradar

Credit: techradar

CHAIRS THAT TIDY THEMSELVES AWAY! Yes you heard me, how cool is that?! We can now get fatter even quicker, Wall – E was right!

NISSAN and chair firm Okamura have developed office chairs that can tidy themselves away, activated by clapping, however the companies have no plans to sell the technology just yet. Cameras placed around the office tell the chairs where they are, so they can gather around tables.

Oral Genius!

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Credit: Cnet

Credit: Cnet

Again lads, calm down its not what you think (although that would be pretty sweet no?)

Oral B ( the MASSIVE toothbrush company) have made an even smarter toothbrush – Oral B Genius.

It has a location tracker (If I lose my brush I can find it!) , a timer (Bet I can brush my teeth faster than you!), a speed adjuster if you brush too hard or too softly, and it also includes an accelerometer to detect the angle and tilt of the brush.

That’s all very impressive but when coupled with a smartphone which is cradled on a mirror utilising the front facing camera it can detect where your teeth are and where the toothbrush is in relation to your gnashers

It is here where a 6 segment diagram highlights where you have brushed and where needs to be cleaned that much better, 

It even has reports on how well you cleaned your teeth and set reminders to brush your tongue, so dont forget those achievements!