Friday Linkapalooza November 28, 2014
Welcome to this week's Friday Linkapalooza: We've got some great articles, products, and videos to get your weekend off to a great start!Welcome to this week's Friday Linkapalooza: We've got some great articles, products, and videos to get your weekend off to a great start!
CONSUMER PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY
Electronics superpower Sony has a new e-ink watch—the images on it work much like those on the Kindle e-reader—in the works.
Check out this cool Kickstarter project, the Sunn Light: a cool little lamp that can act as a miniature sun indoors.
Ebay is looking to make in-store shopping more of an interactive experience.
CURRENT EVENTS
The European Union has voted to divide Internet power Google into several smaller companies.
Should stingrays—cell-site stimulators—be used without a warrant when apprehending supposed criminals? The ACLU says no.
The family of police shooting victim Michael Brown are heading a campaign asking that all police officers wear cameras.
HEALTH & MEDICINE
This keychain fob and smartphone app, the Bactrack Vio, are meant to be a pocket-sized breathalyzer.
Samsung engineers have created a new technology that works as an eye-controlled mouse for disabled computer users.
ARTS & CULTURE
A group of artists are using a simple flipbook technology for a new exhibit. I don’t know about you, but I think the results are pretty cool.
Blu-ray discs, it turns out, make for excellent solar panels.
This fun collection of photographs illustrates how famous artists may have plated Thanksgiving Dinner.
JUST FOR FUN...
Celebrate Thanksgiving weekend properly: with turkeys playing soccer.