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​How to avoid ‘text neck’

What is your head doing right now? If you’re reading this using your phone, laptop or tablet, chances are you’re hunched over with your head tilted down. Research has found that this posture, called “text neck” can lead to bad posture and cause pain in your neck, shoulders and spine. What’s text neck and why …

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10 3D Touch shortcuts every iPhone owner should know

Apple introduced pressure-sensitive 3D Touch last year for the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. If you have either phone, I’d wager you have used 3D Touch gestures more on accident than intentionally. For example, if you press down hard enough on the left edge of the display to engage 3D Touch, you can then call up the multitasking tool …

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NASA reveals details on experimental space habitat during Reddit AMA

How much do you know about NASA’s experimental Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)? Not much? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. BEAM, the first human-rated expandable space habitat, could one day be used for deep space applications like Martian habitats. To promote its upcoming 2-year test period, experts from NASA and Bigelow Aerospace answered questions from space enthusiasts during a Reddit …

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Pilot Bluetooth earpiece crowdfunds the dream of universal, instant language translation

We usually try to avoid feeding the crowdfunding hype-machine, but the Pilot language translating earpiece by Waverly Labs is too cool not to mention, especially because the Indiegogo page is now available for preorder. The concept realizes the dream of an instant, universal language translation device that’s shown up in so many science-fiction movies that it’s practically become a Hollywood …

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