LA filmmakers Zach King and Aaron B assemble battle groups of toy soldiers, mini-explosives, remote control tanks and aircraft to create the epic miniature confict you dreamed of as a kid.
Or, in our case, yesterday afternoon.
America’s Finest News Source reports on the latest must-have gadget from Samsung: the Apex.
In this nerdly but fascinating module of the FimmakerIQ course ‘Everything You Need To Know About Aspect Ratio’, John Hess traces the evolution of the screen shape from the days of silent film via the widescreen 50s to the modern digital camera.
It’s literally everything you need to know about aspect ratio.
Watch this and you’re done.
Seriously.


€24 to deck your tablet in a replica cover of the book that made Biff Tannen rich.
Back when 2000 was the future.
FPV R/C specialists Team Black Sheep unleash a winged UAV and quadrotor in the skies over Venice.
Apparently, the real challenge was finding somewhere to land afterwards.
Worth watching full screen and in HD.
The XploreAir Paravelo is a collapsible bike that docks with a flexible para-wing and a biofuel fan which its inventors John Foden and Yannick Read – currently funding further development on Kickstarter – claim to be the ‘world’s first flying bike’.
Or, you know, paraglider with pedals.
Soundwave, whose videos we’ve featured before (a dance off and sledding in Dublin) have finally launched their music discovery app on both iOS and Android today for the princely sum of free.
Predicted by everyone’s favourite tax compliant musician, loved by overweight tech-giant founders and championed by government secret exposing newspapers.
The feature that really hooks me is the music map which allows you to draw a shape on the map and see what music people are listening to in that area.
Why don’t you reward these hardworking lads and give their app a go on your preferred device?
Maybe even BUY a song?
(As always no favours were given or received for this post)
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