• Sleek Audio SA6

    By Posted on 7.29.2009 Comments

    Everyone’s ear canals have unique shapes that affect hearing; some of us pick up high frequencies better, while others are attuned to bass. These in-ear headphones are the first that let you tweak the acoustics to suit your ears—or your taste—avoiding the distortion that results from adjusting the equalizer on your music player. For more thump on hip-hop tracks, attach the bass modules to the back of each earphone, adding larger chambers for the sound to resonate. Make vocals stand out by changing the treble filter on the earpiece to one that allows more high frequencies through.

    12.5.2008 at 02:49pm - Comment by dizzie

    And they're so thrifty!

  • Science

    Baby Steps Going Out of Style

    By Rachel Durfee Posted on 12.2.2008 5 Comments

    Common wisdom dictates that in order to learn a complicated skill, it is best to break the skill down into parts, conquer simpler steps first, and then incrementally move forward, eventually getting to the hard stuff. For example, you don't just tackle a multivariable equation, you start with easier examples. First, you learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Then, you learn how to solve 2x=8, then x + y = 7, and so on and so forth until you are aptly equipped to solve 2(5x + z) = 30x + 3y + 10.

    12.5.2008 at 02:47pm - Comment by dizzie

    Met just drop kicked you all.

  • DIY

    Eleven Clever Tips for Digital Camera Owners

    By Posted on 12.2.2008 6 Comments

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    12.5.2008 at 02:38pm - Comment by dizzie

    Fascinating. And free if you have a cam already. Love it. Still trying to figure out the wood chipper pic, though. What, are you about to throw something/ someone in it?

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    Video Game!

    By Posted on 6.24.2008 8 Comments

    As part of PopSci's "Future of the Environment" special, we commissioned a modern, eco-themed take on the classic videogame "Frogger." In our version, called "The Walker," players have to catch various forms of alternatively fueled vehicles to help them cross a busy highway and make it to school on time.

    6.25.2008 at 12:48pm - Comment by dizzie

    This game is lame. There is a random sequence of cars that creates barely any opportunity. It's pretty impossible. And to make it worse, the music isn't looped right, so it sounds like you're listening to a record with a skip in it (or a bad ringtone). But, have some fun getting "booed" over and over for naught!

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    In Making NCAA Picks, a Statistical Model Proves Most Accurate

    By Posted on 4.4.2008 5 Comments

    In poker, it is well known that playing the odds will net you more wins than losses, but it wont make you a top player. For that, you need an unquantifiable ability to read the other players at the table and decipher their emotional state when they make bets. Just the opposite is proving to be true when it comes to betting on winners in the NCAA tournament. Engineering professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated that statistics accurately inform success in the tournament. Most peoples picks are based largely on emotional inference, they say, which leads to inaccurate choices.

    6.25.2008 at 12:10pm - Comment by dizzie

    Ok, I'll look at the model's results a little more closely next time... And the next time, the Heels WILL take the title!!!

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    Woe is the Web: April Fools' Day 2008 on the Internet

    By Posted on 4.1.2008 1 Comments

    4.4.2008 at 03:46pm - Comment by dizzie

    http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/01/april_1st/ Albeit I first heard it on the radio.

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    In Making NCAA Picks, a Statistical Model Proves Most Accurate

    By Posted on 4.4.2008 5 Comments

    In poker, it is well known that playing the odds will net you more wins than losses, but it wont make you a top player. For that, you need an unquantifiable ability to read the other players at the table and decipher their emotional state when they make bets. Just the opposite is proving to be true when it comes to betting on winners in the NCAA tournament. Engineering professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated that statistics accurately inform success in the tournament. Most peoples picks are based largely on emotional inference, they say, which leads to inaccurate choices.

    4.4.2008 at 03:29pm - Comment by dizzie

    Wait a minute, a statistical analysis machine puts the overall top seed in the tourney behind the overall number 4 seed? And the Psycho T factor should have put them winning in double digits. Rameses says GO HEELS!!!

  • Gadgets

    Unlimited, Free Access to Music. So What’s The Catch?

    By Posted on 3.20.2008 1 Comments

    The Financial Times reported yesterday that Apple is considering a plan to give people free access to its library of tunes if they pay more for their iPods or iPhones.

    3.20.2008 at 01:25pm - Comment by dizzie

    Bring it.



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