If you are into candles and Sacred Geometry, you will love these candle holders.
The candle flame will create stereographic projections onto the surface they sit upon, in the patterns of Flower of Life, Metatron's Cube, and the Fibonacci Sequence.
This stunning footage was captured by Colin Hogg, a Geophysics Fieldwork Technician at the Geophysics Section of Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, over Lough Ennell in Co. Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland.
To celebrate the 55th anniversary of the recording of The Beatles' "Rain" (and its A-side, "Paperback Writer") on April 14 and 16, 1966, the YT channel, You Can't Unhear This, takes a look at the radical studio innovations of the track and asks if it's not the most perfect Beatles composition. — Read the rest
Cats…they're a challenge, aren't they? As a cat parent, simple, easy answers for keeping your feline active, engaged, and energized aren't usually very simple. And if they are, they probably aren't going to hold your kitty's attention for long. They're pretty smart — and they get bored with one-trick pony toys and games pretty quick. — Read the rest
According to the National Cancer Institute, trichloroethylene (TCE) is found in "cleaning wipes, aerosol cleaning products, tool cleaners, paint removers, spray adhesives, and carpet cleaners and spot removers." It was also used as an anesthetic until it was banned in the United States in 1977. — Read the rest
Carpenter Chi-Chun Yin took six months to make this incredibly detailed wooden submarine with more than a dozen adorable animals that get busy when you turn a crank. From Taiwan, the self-described automata maker calls this happy scene "Ark III." You can check out more of his wonderful creations on Instagram. — Read the rest
It doesn't take much to keep this family of young otters happy. Watch how frisky they get when they discover a bamboo branch that keepers at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney gave them for "enrichment." According to the zoo's YouTube page, the mama otter was "trying to use the bamboo for nesting material" but the pups put it to better use. — Read the rest
After months of rumors, LG has made it official: it will exit the smartphone business on July 31.
The company will liquidate its existing inventory starting today, though it may take until after July to complete. Software support will continue for current handsets, but how long that will last will depend on region. More details are expected to arrive starting as early as tomorrow, but given that it hasn't set the pace on OTAs despite its efforts, we don't expect much.
Stack automatically organizes your receipts and saves them in Google Drive
Area 120 is a Google team that focuses on small, experimental applications. Its latest release is its most practical yet: Stack, a document scanner and organizer that automatically grabs details via optical character recognition. It's available in the Play Store now, though it might not be accessible from all regions.
Stack is more or less the same as other document scanner apps, but with an extra dose of Google. Scanned documents are automatically backed up to Google Drive, and the company's excellent OCR is put to use quickly finding the essential details of each document, like "total amount due."
I vacillate between John and George being my favorite Beatle. At this moment, after listening to George's isolated vocals on "Something" from 1969, the scale tips toward Mr. Harrison. This was George's first composition selected as a Beatles A-side. Frank Sinatra famously described "Something" as "the greatest love song of the past 50 years." — Read the rest
Back in May of last year, I announced the launch of an online ambient music series that Robert Fripp was going to be posting during pandemic isolation. I have been faithfully following the postings ever since. It was launched as a 50-week series, so it will soon be at an end. — Read the rest
Field Recordings is a podcast produced by BBC radio producer Eleanor McDowall who solicits short recordings of sounds in fields — or pretty much anywhere someone would like to stand silently for sometime. They are meditative and immersive and strangely comforting. — Read the rest
Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous two weeks or so. This week we have a new launcher that offers a slick Windows theme, a release from Google that ties into its push for underwater photography, and a fantastic live wallpaper app from Action Launcher's creator. So without further ado, here are all of the new and notable Android apps released on the Play Store in the last two weeks.
On Monday, anonymous street artist Banksy's latest artwork appeared on an outside wall of the former Reading Prison in Berkshire, England. Banksy confirmed the work was this in this brilliant video narrated by Bob Ross.
Activists are lobbying for the Reading Prison to be transformed into an arts center rather than be sold to commercial housing developers. — Read the rest
We may not have an Apple Watch, but we do have options
Android as an ecosystem is lacking any one de facto wearable accessory. Whereas iOS users enjoy exclusive access to the best smartwatch you can buy, we Android loyalists have to do a little research to choose from a staggering number of smartwatches and fitness trackers (and yes, iPhone owners can use these devices, too — but there's not much reason for them to).
But we here at Android Police have done the legwork for you!
Sadie escaped from her yard and is having a blast barking loudly on a sidewalk for all the neighbors to enjoy – until she hears her human's voice coming from somewhere in the sky, ordering her to go back into the yard. — Read the rest
A whale-watching group near Newport Beach, California hit the jackpot on Monday when an estimated 2,000 dolphins passed through. What a spectacular sight.
Lee Calvert (46) of Dorset, England took in a days-old abandoned baby crow at the beginning of the pandemic last year. Now the bird is fully grown and this video reveals it to be the boss over Calvert and his dogs. — Read the rest
Slice Knight, Watch Me Stream My Mental Breakdown, Doodle Dash, plus more
Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android games that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous week or so. Today's list is broken up into several segments, ranging from best, average, to mediocre. So whether you're looking for the best games of quality or are simply looking for the latest free-to-play gacha titles, you're covered. This week I have an enjoyable roguelike where you'll swing your sword wildly, a story-based deck-builder that offers an enjoyable sense of humor, and an auto-runner that delights hand-drawn doodle art.
A "Follow" button has been spotted in the latest Chrome Canary build
Chrome is the most popular mobile browser around the world and millions use it on a daily basis to browse the web and stay up-to-date with the latest information. It already integrates Google's discover feed on the New tab page, which shows articles on topics that you've expressed interest in. In what seems to be a better way to recommend stories and aid content discovery, Google is testing a new "Follow" button in its Chrome Canary build.
There are plenty of quality Android games out there, and a large segment of these titles are ports and remasters from existing platforms, such as PC and consoles. While we've seen plenty of remasters, today's roundup is focused on direct ports of titles that can be considered classics. This is a list that's continually updated, and today I have 36 classic ports to share with everyone. These games are the ones many of us grew up playing, and I've hand-selected the cream of the crop.
I can't find the technical info for Rick Astley's 1987 "Never Gonna Give You Up", the classic rickroll, but it was probably shot at 24 frames per second on 16mm film or 30fps on betacam or whatever. Revideo used machine learning to interpolate it to a camcorder-slick 60 frames per second and upscale the resolution to 4k. — Read the rest
We've come a long way, haven't we, civilization? In ancient times, we used to measure everything from weight to distance with the most rudimentary of instruments. A stone was literally how much a particular stone weighed as a unit of measurement. — Read the rest
Following the completion of Google’s buyout of Fitbit, the company’s own storefront made it pretty clear what was coming. Fitbit watches and trackers would be sold right alongside Pixels and Nest gear. Now, that’s official. Fitbit smartwatches and fitness trackers are now available for purchase directly from the Google Store.
