Receive free Gadgets updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Gadgets news every morning. Raising the bar How do you achieve a truly immersive listening experience where the sound is all-enveloping? Headphones can do it to some degree by shutting out the world and pushing sound directly into the ear. Multi-speaker surround-sound is another option, although it’s somewhat tedious to set up. But back in 2015, Dr Marcos Simón had another idea while working at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research at the University of Southampton: what if you could give people the…
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Gadgets and Gizmos That Inspired Adam Smith
Pocket gadgets were all the rage in Adam Smith’s day. Their popularity inspired one of the most paradoxical, charming and insightful passages in his work. The best known are watches. A pocket timepiece was an 18th century man’s must-have fashion accessory, its presence indicated by a ribbon or bright steel chain hanging from the owner’s waist, bedecked with seals and a watch key. Contemporary art depicts not just affluent people but sailors and farm workers sporting watch chains. One sailor even wears two. “It had been the pride of my life, ever since pride commenced, to wear a watch,” wrote…
Gadgets that can positively impact your productivity
“There is no substitute for hard work,” is a famous quote by the renowned inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison, who invented the light bulb and brought illumination to the world, dispelling darkness. Since time immemorial, humans have always sought new ways to optimize and increase productivity. We achieve these feats by inventing newer tools, services and products that overcome existing challenges, helping us improve and thrive in life. While there is definitely no substitute for hard work, there are tools and services that will make our lives easier and will greatly improve productivity. We have curated a list of…
Apple Sends the OG iPad Air to Gadget Heaven
The original iPad Air came out in 2013 and was renowned for packing a surprising amount of power in a rather small body.Photo: Eric Limer/Gizmodo Apple is finally ready to put down two of its venerable and well-loved products: the old-school Thunderbolt display and the first generation of the iPad Air. It’s been a good and unusually long run, but soon users won’t be able to look to Apple for any fixes or repairs on the aging tech. The iPad Air with M1 Is the Tablet to Buy MacRumors reported Tuesday based on a leaked internal memo that, by the…
TikToker Tracks How Many Steps His Bulldog Makes and It’s So Unexpected
There are so many useful apps and specific gadgets that help people track their steps and physical activity. These trackers help people set goals. But the downside to tracking is that you might not get in as many steps as you might think. That’s what happened for TikToker user @matty_ef. Well, it wasn’t a step counter for him but instead for his English Bulldog. We knew English Bulldogs weren’t the most energetic, but this puts it in a whole new perspective. LOL! View the original article to see embedded media. LMAO! No wonder this clip has over 5.4 million views,…
Best 500+ Creative Cool YouTube Channel Name Ideas 2023
Last Updated on April 15, 2023 by Ali Abbas We are here Best YouTube Channel Name Ideas. YouTube The place where you can make money after uploading videos in short form or long. Before Start A YouTube Channel, You must choose The Best Name According to Your Channel Niche. For this purpose, you can use ChatGPT open AI tools to generate the best name for your YouTube channel. ReadAlso: Faceless Youtube channels ideas without Showing Face Best 500+ Unique YouTube Channel Name Ideas You can select this mentioned Channel Name For YouTube Channel If you Like. Gap Ideas Jang Jung…
Serena Williams’ favorite styles, gadgets, gear for spring
Tennis ace Serena Williams — a four-time Olympic gold medalist and winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles — admits relaxing doesn’t come naturally for her. But the busy entrepreneur (whose ventures include a jewelry line, a clothing label, performance products and a capital fund) says his family is worth slowing down for. In fact, the athlete’s perfect day means spending quality time with her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and their daughter Olympia, 5, at their South Florida farm. There, they grow fruits and veggies, raise chickens and hang out with their mini horse, Daisy; steer, Antonio; and dogs…
Terrifying G-5 class geomagnetic storm coming? Can destroy satellites, gadgets on Earth
Is the most powerful Geomagnetic storm, of G-5 class, on the way? The Sun has been throwing some terrifying fits lately and the potential for that is always there. Here is what is happening. When particles thrown out by our Sun interact with the magnetosphere and the ionosphere of the Earth after a solar eruption, huge amounts of material crash into Earth. The magnetic field lines of the Earth temporarily get disturbed, and they release extremely high amounts of magnetic energy, causing the formation of Geomagnetic Storms. Most geomagnetic storms that are sparked on Earth are classified as G1 or…