Friday Linkapalooza December 5, 2014

CONSUMER PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY

Swedish carmarker Volvo is out to improve our technology experience while driving.

The tiny, rubber Clime unit is essentially a thermometer you can stick anywhere.

A Kickstarter project called Aura is looking to power Christmas lights wirelessly.

CURRENT AFFAIRS

NASA successfully ran a test launch of the spacecraft Orion from Cape Canaveral, FL early this morning; Orion circled the globe twice before landing in the ocean off Baja, CA just a few hours later.

President Obama has announced that $263 million has been earmarked for police body cameras.

White House photographer Brooks Kraft recently took on the annual adventure of photographing the White House being decked out for the holidays—and he used an iPhone 6 to do it.

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Some folks are arguing that a number of our society's health issues are realted to the fact that we spend far too much sitting.

A keyboard software called SwiftKey is, along with Intel, helping famed scientist Stephen Hawking to communicate nearly twice as fast as he could before (Mr. Hawking suffers from motor neurone disease, which has severely limited the use of his body).

In the smart homes of the future, could you visit the doctor from your living room?

ARTS & CULTURE

An astonishingly rare find, one of only 230 existant copies of Shakepeare's first folio was found in a French library recently.

An artist who suffered identity theft has made the thief the subject of her artwork.

Here's a list of the most photographed places on social media app Instagram. Have you taken a picture there lately?

JUST FOR FUN...

This kitten's owners are using an iPad to keep him occupied...

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