Author: Connor Livingston

Those of us who have owned a Honda likely took two things into account before buying: their reputation for reliability and the high rankings on crash tests. It’s not true for everyone; some bought them because they could be easily modified and turned into street racers, but that’s another discussion altogether. Now that the Honda Accord has made it through nine generations over three decades, it’s important to look at the technology that has driven the car to success. Reliability is not just a reputation that can be built through hearsay. It must be earned, and this infographic that comes to us…

First planking, then photobombing and now cell phone crashing? (I am sure I am missing some), but it seems as though we certainly enjoy doing odd things in public and capturing them on camera, whether it be in a photo or video format. If finding rocks to plank on wasn’t enough, we found other ways to grab attention by oddly inserting ourselves in other people’s pictures to now cell phone crashing… what is cell phone crashing? …

Sure Apple improved the size of the iPhone with its release of the iPhone 5 but it still doesn’t give the effect a movie lover would like when watching a featured film from their smartphone. Many people love the ability to curl up with their devices and watch a movie or catch up with commercial free television. …

It’s one thing that it’s shaped like a human with a torso, two arms, and two legs. It’s another thing that the way it climbs, jumps, and circumvents holes is strikingly similar to a clumsy human. This “Pet-Proto” is a predecessor to DARPA’s Atlas robot. By using a combination of decision-making and enhanced human suggestion, the robot is designed to face obstacles similar to what it will face in the DARPA Robotic Challenge. The goal – to create a robot that can be used in extreme conditions when humans would be put in too much danger such as search and rescue in hostile environments. …

Pinterest is a fun image-sharing social network that allows us users to share visually with others publicly on what we deem enjoyable, cool, geeky, educational or fun. Truly the topics are endless since we are able to create our own boards, naming them what we want and the more imaginative the better. The site allows us to choose the category we want to add the board to as well as a description of what type of visual content people can expect within each board they choose to follow. …

In our pockets, we have a communication device that can be used for voice, text, email, chat, and just about every other form of chatter. We have a device that can surf the internet, play music, play videos, take pictures, and dozens of other tasks that once required multiple devices that were normally much bigger. This device, the smartphone, has replaced many things in the past couple of years. For many, it’s replacing the credit card and shopping trip. M-commerce is becoming “a thing”. This infographic breaks down some past and current stats that point to where we’re going in the future. Infographic…

As much as I long to believe that I have precision eyesight, when I attempt to cut anything freehand it always seems to look like a two year old got a hold of a pair of scissors. …

Bathrooms can be so mundane yet we spend a good amount of time within them, especially every morning when we shower. Wouldn’t it be nice to add some character to your shower? Enabling it to change colors much like a mood ring, yet it is based on temperature within your shower that will then choose the color of your tiles. …

We all know Jigsaw from the scary horror films, SAW – and the various numbers that follow – he is one sick twisted fellow, but not where his mother is concerned. …

The nights have certainly begun to come sooner in some places it is starting to get dark as early as 5pm. That is never an easy adjustment since we get use to the comforts of summer nights and daylight being extra-long. However, as it gets darker we need better ways of seeing in the dark and since we don’t have cat eyes, we need a gadget that is convenient, small and light-weight. …