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Pico Projector

Pocket Pico Wireless Projector

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There is a super cool, super small projector from Kodak that we just HAVE to tell you about. It’s called the Pocket Pico Wireless Projector and it just works.

It’s got a simple plug and play feature as it works straight out of the box. No headaches! The Pocket Pico Wireless Projector, easily connects to any mobile device for seamless screen mirroring.

The device is incredibly small as it is a 2.1inch cube and weighs a very lightweight 6.1oz’s! The Pocket Pico Wireless projector emits a 100 lumins display at a 854 x 840 native resolution. It can display a 100 inch display from 8 feet away and a 56inch display from 5 feet away. The focus is even adjustable!

This little device even has a built in speaker and 3.5mm headphone jack! It has a HDMI input, microSD and USB inputs. Comes complete with a Tripod, Remote control, built in rechargeable battery and is PC/Mac Compatible.

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Ambeo Smart Headset

Ambeo Smart Headset

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Firstly. this headset from Ambeo is INCREDIBLE. What’s different about these headphones than every other headphones? Not only does the Ambeo have active noise cancelling and Transparent Hearing. It also has special microphones built in to each earpiece. So, what do they do? Well, they allow for the capture of 3D sound to compliment the videos that you create with your iOS device. While, resulting in an truly immersive audio experience, created by just an iOS device. Yet, it can be listened back to by ANY headphones.

Features

  • Record every sonic detail, from every angle, to transport your audience to the exact moment your video was captured.
  • Comfortable to wear. Effortless to operate.
  • Choose whether to plug and play or access advanced features with the app.
  • High-quality on-ear microphones for immersive 3D recording
  • 3D recordings you can listen to with any headphones.
  • High-quality headphones with signature Sennheiser sound.
  • Set up your storytelling with intelligent, user-friendly features powered by cutting-edge audio.
  • Transparent Hearing allows you to stay aware of your surroundings. Active Noise Cancelling blocks out unwanted environmental noise. While, Situational Awareness control allows instant switching between Transparent Hearing, Active Noise Cancelling and Off.
  • Features industry-leading Apogee technology, including proprietary Soft Limit and mic preamp, plus precisely tuned A/D and D/A conversion.
  • Works with your device’s default camera function.
  • Easy music and call management.
  • Apple MFI-certified Lightning connector.
  • Earbud size options provided for maximum comfort and effective Noise Cancelling.
What is Binaural Recording?
Your ears and brain work together to create a 3D audio Landscape of your surroundings. The AMBEO Smart Headset captures this landscape with high quality microphones utilize the actual outer structure of your ears to replicate the same 3D sound image that you hear naturally. (Sennheiser)

App

Download the free AMBEO Smart Headset app to access a whole host of advanced features and customization options.

  • Control your input level for 3D recording
  • Toggle between EQ presets
  • Configure Transparent Hearing settings
  • Customize the Smart Slider function
  • Disable or enable voice prompts

iOS Only

(Sennheiser)

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Lexus Design Award Finalists

Lexus Design Award Finalists 2019

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2019 LEXUS DESIGN AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Lexus Design Award Finalists

First of all, these designs are amazing! So, the finalists for the 2019 Lexus Design Awards have been announced! There’s a total of 6 of them, chosen from over 1,500 entrants. They’ll now get to develop their ideas with the help of Lexus. The Lexus Design Award highlights how inventors address some of the worlds future challenges. Most importantly with innovative and imaginative use of renewable energy sources.

The finalists:

Arenophile, by Rezzan Hasoglu

Arenophile

This project explores new applications for desert sand, a naturally abundant substance that is not widely used. While creating new composite materials by combining sand with non-toxic binding material. Which therefore can be used for new products identified through experimentation and research.

 

 

 

Algorithmic Lace. Lisa Marks

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This is a bra for women who have undergone a mastectomy, crafted in a three-dimensional lace fabric. Which is woven using a new algorithmic patterning method. Furthermore helping avoid discomfort after surgery. While, it can give women confidence about making a new beginning.

 

 

 

Baluto. Jeffrey E. Dela Cruz

Baluto

The project looks to provide a housing strategy suitable for low-lying areas prone to flooding. While, providing habitable space that can withstand a sudden rise in floodwater levels.

 

 

 

 

Green Blast Jet Energy. Dmitriy Balashov

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This amazing design enables collection of the jet blast energy from an aircraft take-off, consequently using it to meet different power needs at airports.

 

 

Hydrus. Shuzhan Yuan

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Hydrus is equipment for emergency treatment of offshore oil spills. While addressing a specific problem, it also encourages people to deal with changes in the earth’s environment.

 

 

 

Solgami.  Prevalent/Ben Berwick

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The Solgami uses origami geometry to bring flat-dwellers closer to the world outside. For example, it can be used for a window blind, this geometry provides privacy. While letting the user choose between letting in more light, or using the blind to generate electricity.

(Lexus)

The Home Straight

The six finalists attended a Lexus-Sponsored 2 day workshop in New York City. It is here where they were given hands on guidance from 4 top class mentors; Jessica Rosenkrantz, Shohei Shigematsu, Sebastian Wrong and Jaime Hayon.

“The finalists’ ideas are very interesting and some are truly breaking boundaries. Through the mentoring workshop, I was also inspired by interacting with a different generation who look at technology for the 21st from a fresh angle.” (Jamie Hayon)

Most importantly, the finalists will get access to their mentors until April’s Milan Design Week. In addition to the help, they will get the chance to continue to develop their ideas. While all the hard work will come to fruition when the winner is announced on 8th April.

(Lexus)

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Alita Battle Angel

Alita Battle Angel

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Alita Battle Angel

We here at How To Kill An Hour are HUGE comic book and anime fans, so when we first heard about Alita Battle Angel we had to check it out! It’s definitely one of the best anime movies we have seen for a LONG time. It’s full of action and excitement and it reminds us of a anime classic Ghost in the Shell! However, it’s not an anime movie as such as it’s a mixture of CGI/Live Action and it does it really well. The movie is based off of an anime but moulded into a live action setting.

INFO

From visionary filmmakers James Cameron (AVATAR) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY), comes ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. When Alita (Rosa Salazar) awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (Keean Johnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control. If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and the world she’s grown to love.

DIRECTED BY

Robert Rodriguez

SCREENPLAY BY

James Cameron & Laeta Kalogridis

BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (“MANGA”) SERIES:

“Gunnm” By Yukito Kishiro

PRODUCED BY

James Cameron, Jon Landau

CAST

Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson

(Fox)

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Reign of The Supermen

Reign of the Supermen

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Reign of the Supermen is an animated film from DC Comics and produced by Warner Bros Entertainment and DC Comics. This comic book movie is a sequel to the 2018 film The Death of Superman. It’s based on the comic book of the same name that continues from The Death Of Superman storyline.

(Wiki)

As you all already know we love a comic book film and this is no different. This movie is really really good! Don’t discount it just because it is an animated, comic book movie. Animated movies are not just for the kids! This movie is a 100% recommendation for your watch list!

Reign of the Supermen” finds Earth’s citizens – and the Man of Steel’s heroic contemporaries – dealing with a world without Superman. But the aftermath of Superman’s death, and the subsequent disappearance of his body, leads to a new mystery – is Superman still alive? The question is further complicated when four new super-powered individuals – Steel, Cyborg Superman, Superboy and the Eradicator – emerge to proclaim themselves as the ultimate hero. In the end, only one will be able to proclaim himself the world’s true Superman. (Amazon)

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Fortnite Marshmellow

Fortnite Marshmellow MONSTER Concert!

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During the Super Bowl this past Sunday something amazing happened. It wasn’t the half-time show from Maroon 5, nor was it the Patriots winning the Super Bowl again. Introducing Fortnite’s Marshmellow monster concert!

It happened in the hugely popular video game Fortnite. Players who were logged into Fortnite at 19:00GMT were only allowed to play one game mode: Showtime.

Interactive Concert

By playing this game mode, players were treated to a Marshmellow concert, complete with a Marshmellow avatar and trademark turntables, a concert which was entirely live, while the masked DJ urge players to dance and have fun along to the music.

Marshmellow’s Fortnite set lasted 10mins and players could launch themselves into the air, bounce beach balls and dance, the set was entirely interactive.It is said that MILLIONS attended Marshmellow’s set, during which non music game modes weren’t available to them. Therefore judging by the fact that there are an estimated 125million users a fair chunk of those would’ve been in this set.

(BBC)

Video Game Concerts

It would be interesting to know if it rivalled the numbers of the actual Super Bowl half time show, if so, is this an argument for other games to host their own mini music concert? Is this the future? We don’t think it will ever replace a real music concert, but, is there space in the video game world for this type of content?

Let us know via our socials, would be good to get a conversation going! @howtokillanhour

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Joule

Joule – Cook Meat Right EVERY TIME!

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The Joule Sous Vide is an absolute godsend for the home based chefs out there. It’s designed to help people cook better food and have fun whilst doing so. If you’re ever anxious about under or overcooking food, the Joule Sous Vide is here to help! All you need to do is to season your food. Bag your food. Drop it in water for the perfect cook. Furthermore it’s a really small device!

Joule Sous Vide

Joule Sous Vide

How well done is my food? Is a question that we all ask. Well with the Joule Sous Vide + App you’ll be able to see exactly how! It’s called the Visual Doneness feature and will show you exactly how you food will turn out. Even before you cook it. There’s even 100+ easy to use cooking guides. Which are developed by Joule’s in house chefs!

You don’t even need lots of equipment either, just a smartphone, food grade freezer style bag, a pot and some water. Connect the Joule via bluetooth or even remotely with the WiFi feature.

You can cook absolutely anything too, meat, eggs and even tacos! Now it is even easier to make professional grade dishes at home with the help of a smartphone app, as not everyone has the knowledge of a top grade Chef!

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Pure StreamR

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What's in the box? Pure StreamR

The Pure StreamR carries a bit of weight behind it and for good reason. The sound on this little device is very very impressive! It has a HUGE kick in the bass and we love that!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Thursday, 16 January 2020

We love our music here at How To Kill An Hour, so we’re always on the lookout for fantastic pieces of kit. One of which is portable speakers. We’re huge fans of Pure, so when we saw the Pure StreamR it was a speaker we just had to check out.

Upon taking it out of the box, we discovered it is a very small device. But it is hefty. It carries a bit of weight behind it and for good reason. The sound on this little device is very very impressive! It has a HUGE kick in the bass and we love that! It’s the perfect speaker to take out and about with you.

It’s portable so has Bluetooth streaming on it, so you can play all of your favourite music from Apple Music or Spotify. Furthermore, why not play your favorite podcasts while on the go? *cough cough*

Not only that the Pure StreamR has digital DAB radio built in as well as Alexa voice technology! Furthermore the speaker is 360 degrees, so wherever you’re sitting you will enjoy powerful, crystal clear sound. The StreamR is one of the few bluetooth speakers to offer Alexa too. The onboard microphone connects to the Pure Home App on your smartphone via bluetooth. Then it will connect to Alexa using Wifi or mobile data. Therefore allowing you to have access to Alexa, wherever you are! Ask her for the weather, your schedule or even play a playlist.

With the Pure Home App you can also customise your speaker settings and be notified of software updates. So you’ll never miss a beat!

Pure have also added an aux-in cable, so for those not wanting to use bluetooth, this is the speaker for you! The Aux cable also acts as an antenna for the digital radio! How cool is that?!

The sound fills the room and sounds just as good outdoors and with a 15 hour battery life, you simply cannot go wrong.

(Pure)

Pure Home app: Apple / Android

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miwhip

miwhip – Cool Uber Competition

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Uber has some competition at it’s doorstep. It’s called ‘miwhip’ and will give users the chance to ride in a supercar mini-cab for Londoners who download and use the app from today! It’s the first of it’s kind to hit the streets of London. How cool does this sound? A guaranteed supercar surprise for every 100 rides!

miwhip Supercar Lottery

The miwhip supercar experience is given to riders on a lottery basis, where 1 in every 100 rides booked on the app will for the exact same price as a regular ride, be given a supercar to travel in. However, this doesn’t sound like it’s “guaranteed” does it? Well, there’s more! For loyal users of the miwhip app, riders will get the chance to secure a suprise supercar rude for their 100th booking.

The cars available are:

  • Lamborghini Aventador
  • Ferrari 488
  • Rolls Royce Ghost II
  • Mercedes G Wagon 
  • Mclaren 720s 

Rides

Single rider bookings which are pick up and drop off in Zone one for £5 a journey, if they book one of miwhip’s old liveried smart cars called ‘the mione’

miwhip are looking to increasing their market share by recruiting 5,000 of London’s existing private hire drivers on the miwhip app and are hoping for 10,000 drivers by the end of the year.

But why would they join?

Well drivers who use the luxury ride sharing app, will recieve the lowest rates of commission at a fixed rate for life of 15%. Other operators run at 25%, therefore drivers who opt to drive on the app will be earning 10% more for each ride. Daily payouts are also available, drivers can also track their earnings with full transparency with a wage calculator which is on the drivers app.

Luxury

The app is funded by the family founders of some major London success stories! Such as sneaker care protect brand Crep Protect, Presented By and KLEKT one of Europes leading sneaker platforms.

What set’s them apart?

Riders using miwhip, whether they’re tourists or Londoners will be able to see different areas of London! Through the social aspect of miwhip called ‘nearby’. It will suggest locations near to the user places to shop, eat and entertained!

 “London is one of the most glamorous, cosmopolitan, exciting cities in the world. This is about putting a bit of magic into London lives. We are creating EPIC rides in EPIC cars for all Londoners to enjoy. What better way to experience our phenomenal city and all it has to offer than riding in an exclusive and surprisingly wonderful gold supercar mini-cab.” Amerah Ahmed, Co-owner of miwhip Ltd

So, why not give it a go? Download miwhip: iOS / Android

(miwhip can download and use the app from today and is available to use over the next 6-8 weeks)