Downloading a big file via BitTorrent can take a long time, and you don’t want to sit there and watch it all day. Here’s how to set up the remote web interface in your favorite torrent client, and monitor those torrents from any remote computer or mobile device. More »
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We’ve seen plenty of extreme action sports videos before (thanks largely to the GoPro video camera), but jetskier Franky Zapata‘s ridiculously awesome “Dolphin Jetpack” hit the waves and the web last weekend and it is, as they say, a doozy.
As Kottke notes, the apparatus imparts Iron Man-like superpowers to the otherwise mild-mannered athlete.
Thanks to our Core77 Design Awards intern Marko for the tip.
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Previously, if you weren’t on Windows, you couldn’t take full advantage of all the awesomeness that was in SkyDrive, Microsoft’s neato cloud storage service. Not anymore! They’ve just released an iOS app that’ll let you upload photos, files, documents and manage SkyDrive folders straight from your iPhone. More »
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You spend hours in your browser every day. Hell, Google Chrome is even a full-fledged operating system. The more shortcuts you know, tricks you master, and tweaks you understand, the more quickly and efficiently you can use your browser—whether you’re checking Facebook, buying something on Amazon, or, you know, doing bona fide work. Whether you’re a Chrome lover or a Firefox fanatic, get to know the best features of your favorite browser with our power user’s guides for Firefox and Chrome. More »
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Here’s a happy holidays gift from Google to you: You can continue making free calls from within Gmail to US and Canadian phone numbers next year. More »
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Last week Google launched Schemer, their new webapp designed to help you find awesome things to do. The catch: You need an invite to get started, and we only had a meager 200. Well, if you weren’t able to sign up then, you should be golden now, because we’ve got a much larger bucket of invites to hand out to Lifehacker readers. To sign up, just click here. More »
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We’ve all see video glasses before – those clunky, Geordi La Forge-looking things that promise to display a 10 foot screen in front of your face. The drawbacks, generally, are size and transparency. Lumus, however, has solved those problems and is working on bringing a pair of see-through, HD video glasses to market that look more Minority Report than 1990s Star Trek.
I talked to these guys in September 2010 and the technology has improved immensely since then. They’re basically offering a pair of light, wearable glasses that will show HD video in front of your eyes and even allow you to interact with the world via augmented reality.
Basically, Lumus has embedded a pair of light pumps into the earpieces that send and refract light down the lens. This moves the electronics away from the eyes, offering a lighter and more stream-lined experience. The lenses are completely transparent (and can be tuned for folks with vision problems) and when enabled the glasses display a crystal clear, 87-inch screen about ten feet away from you. The displays themselves are 1280 x 720 pixels and Lumus has created iPhone-compatible adapters that can display HD video right through the pumps and into the lenses.
The display is stunning. Because each eye display works independently, you can view 3D video in 720p (1080p is on its way) and the clarity is amazing. When you turn them off, the picture disappears completely, leaving perfectly clear lenses. Unlike the Moto ROKR MP3 sunglasses that they used to sell back in the day, the styling and size makes you look less like Dog the Bounty Hunter and more like a Bond villain.
Although these guys will be showing their gear at CES, they’re going the OEM route and are currently looking for partners to use the technology in AR displays, video games, and media players. There won’t be any Lumus-branded “They Live” style super glasses any time soon, although they do have some major players interested in the technology.
Generally, the future of this sort of display is a “Not If But When” problem. At some point wearable displays like this will replace hand-held screens. However, it will take a few years of trial and error to hit the right device at the right time. Lumus is hard at work at military and commercial systems for logistics and battlefield feedback but I’m most excited about the prospect of wearing these on a plane instead of staring at an iPad or laptop.
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You spend hours in your browser every day. Hell, Google Chrome is even a full-fledged operating system. The more shortcuts you know, tricks you master, and tweaks you understand, the more quickly and efficiently you can use your browser—whether you’re checking Facebook, buying something on Amazon, or, you know, doing bona fide work. Whether you’re a Chrome lover or a Firefox fanatic, get to know the best features of your favorite browser with our power user’s guides for Firefox and Chrome. More »
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