Scavenging for weapons and supplies in PUBG adds to the element of excitement and dread of the unknown. But this feeling can quickly turn into annoyance as you attempt to swap your weapon for a better one on the ground, only to automatically pick up the gun you just dropped again.
In a move that will increase production capacity for its TrueDepth camera system, Apple has awarded vendor Finisar with $390 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund.
If you're planning on picking up a new iPhone X, 8, or 8 Plus, or maybe a Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, or Note 8, you'll want to consider a wireless charger. While you might feel a bit fancy charging your smartphone without a cable, that pomp might come at a price. Thankfully, Black Friday is almost upon us, and we know all about the best deals.
With the holidays fast approaching, our smartphones are more important than ever — keeping in constant contact with family, organizing trips and gatherings, and online shopping is only a taste of what we put our smartphones through. All of that means a big strain on your smartphone's battery. That's why portable chargers are so necessary, and what better time to pick one up than on Black Friday.
In many ways, the latest version of the MakeSpace iPhone app, now updated with ARKit, makes it the bizarro world IKEA Place; instead of measuring your living space for new furniture, it measures your furniture so you can move it into storage.
BMW seeks to hire 2,000 engineers for its driverless program ahead of the launch of its iNext Level 3 model in 2021, a source close to the company told Driverless.
Waymo's transfer of its driverless car know-how to commercial trucks will likely pose few challenges for the self-driving unit of Alphabet, which owns Google.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a leading IT trade association, has published its first report on risks and recommendations for connected-vehicle security, ahead of when driverless cars are about to see volume production in the near future.
While the technology continues to mature, businesses from various industries continue to adopt augmented reality to improve the efficiency of business processes. In this edition of Brief Reality, as conference season continues, we see examples of augmented reality applied to logistics processes and marketing of industrial supplies, as well as the topic of discussion at another trade show.
All across the country, retailers like Best Buy, Target, and Walmart are gearing up for their Black Friday sales. Brick and mortar stores are already packed to the brim with inventory in anticipation of the craziness that will strike as soon as the doors open the day after Thanksgiving.
For a photo- and video-sharing app based around privacy, Snapchat sure has a lot of security holes floating around. At one time, you were able to take screenshots of Snapchats in iOS 7 without the sender knowing, which is something that you can still do on rooted Android devices.
I've had the thankless duty of choosing the music for far too many get-togethers, and no matter how good you think your music taste is, or how many new tracks you have on your iPhone or iPod, you will never—ever—satisfy everyone.
You must have seen some expensive mp3 players and CD players which have LEDs fixed on them and they dance to the tune looking really pretty.
If you're a certified computer nerd along the lines of NASA scientist Howard from "The Big Bang Theory," then you know how frustrating it can be transferring large amounts of data between an external hard drive or other drive and your main computer, especially when you're in a rush to get experiment data in. Usually this requires mounting the drive into a system or external case first.
For on-the-go lighting of birthday candles (those surprise birthday parties really get you), homemade explosives (because making stuff explode is fun), and cigarettes, a cheapo BIC lighter is a totally awesome fix. But most BIC lighters run out pretty quickly and get tossed without second thought.
Butter makes everything better, as any Paula Deen fan will tell you, so we're drooling over the copious amounts of the fatty foodstuff in this recipe already. Butter is a major component of the white cream sauce in this pizza, adding delicious thick consistency and taste.
Simon Solotko outlines the steps necessary to get a desktop PC up and running from scratch using AMD Dragon platform technology. Fragon technology is a combination of AMD Phenom II processors, ATI Radeon HD graphics and AMD 7-Series chipsets. This technology allows you to build incredibly powerful PCs for multimedia entertainment, gaming and advanced multitasking.
In this video tutorial viewers learn how to wear the National Working Uniform. This uniform has a strict policy and all must follow the uniform rules. The basic components of the uniform are: an eight point cap, blue cotton undershirt, shirt, trousers, belt with closed-faced buckle, black boot socks, blousing straps, black 9" steel-toed leather boots, embroider rank insignia and service & name tapes. This video is very detailed and clearly explains all the uniform expectations. This video wil...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to test their system performance. Begin by clicking on the Start menu and select Control Panel. Then click on System and Security, and select "Check the Windows Experience Index" under System. Now click on "Rate this computer". The system will then begin to run some tests. This will take about 1-2 minutes. The Windows Experience Index assesses key system components on a scale of 1.0 to 7.9. This video will benefit those viewers who use a Windows 7 com...
Learn how to load HTML-formatted text for an external .txt file into a dynamic text field or textarea component within Adobe Flash CS3, CS4 or CS5. See how to use the Code Snippets panel to add ActionScript functionalities to your Adobe Flash CS5 projects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular Flash-development platform or a seasoned web developer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of the latest iteration of the application, you're sure to benefit from thi...
Watch this video and you'll learn the simplest and most effective way of creating your own ethernet crossover cable. Starting with a general overview of what you'll be needing a crossover cable for, this video walks you step-by-step through the process of stripping the cable, separating the color-coded component cables within, organizing them for easy transfer to an rj45 adapter, and finally, crimping. Special detail is payed to organizing the colored cords, since they must be placed in preci...
Whether you're an audiophile or just a basshead (cf. Lady Tigra & Bunny), you're certain to appreciate this video, which details how to install passive crossover mid drivers in a car's stereo system. The individual steps are as follows:
This video tutorial shows how to draw a serene waterfall setting using graphite pencil. First start by collecting reference images for the seperate components of the landscape. Next add in the rocks and erase the areas where water will be. Then draw the sky making sure to leave an area open for the moon. Finally add the trees and shade in the water to create a liquid effect.
The Amazing Origami channel takes you through step by step instructions of how to build a triangle origami box in this video. Six pieces of origami paper, three different colors, are all the supplies you will need to make your very own box! First, separate the origami paper into two groups of three, all three colors should be in both groups. These groups will make the top and bottom of your box. The three pieces of paper used for the bottom will all use the same folding technique, this is als...
This video in the Software category will show you how to create a real cool manipulated globe in Photoshop. You will combine a few images and distort one of them to create a 3D image of a globe. There are 3 components; the background, a hand and an image globe. First open the background image. Then open the hand image, copy and paste it over the background, resize and position it correctly. Now open the third image, choose the elliptical marquee key, draw a circle and copy and paste it over t...
This is a great instructional video on how to build an 8000 lumen CFL and makeshift rain shield. First you need build a PVC frame. For that you will need 3-3/4 'T'S, 4-12" 3/4 pipes,2-2 1/2 " pipes and 4-3/4 caps. You will also need 1-1 " 'T'. 2- 1" 1" pipes and 1-1"-3/4" reducer. Hold the job in a mechanical vice and cut the material into required sizes and make the snap fittings. Then friction fit the rest of the components into this stand. Then lastly you have to make the light box. That i...
Very friendly and fun to listen to. She does recommend her favorite products, but also adds that any product you choose should work just fine. Her #1 rule is to always moisturize before applying make-up. Then she moves to her eyebrows and then to concealer (which she says is up to you whether or not you want to use concealer). She shows how to make it so the concealer doesn't show, and then moves to eye primer and texture eyeshadow. She is humorous on her opinion on texture being a must have....
In this video by Click Here Photography, learn about using f-stops, or apertures and how they work. The aperture is the hole or opening within the camera that allows light in. When using your aperture setting it is important to remember that the amount of light traveling through a lens alone will not only give you a great photograph, but a combination of the following three components, which are:
In this video, yourguitarsage walks you through the song, "Californication" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The video is give the viewer a clear view of the instructor's hands as you walk through the cords and break down the song into its component parts. Or, you can write them down as you walk through the video. This video focuses on bar chords. If you are interested in knowing the licks for this song, you will need to skip forward to the end.
For most people who deal with seasonal cold weather, it makes sense to prepare one's car brakes/ABS for the winter weather. Ed Kriston from AAA Mid-Atlantic discusses typical brakes and anti-lock brakes. Kriston goes over the general makeup of how brakes work and what components make up the brake system. He goes over how to tell if there is sufficient brake pad to get you through the winter. To make sure your car brakes or anti-lock brakes are prepared for the cold weather, follow the steps i...
This instructional video offers a description and overview of how to set up your own FM broadcast station. Operating from 88 MHz to 108 MHz. It describes how a FM transmitter works and how to make one. It presents a simple di-pole radio antenna for FM broadcasting and how to make one. And finally it explains how with theses two components one can set up their own station from anywhere. The video was made by Seth Gadsden in collaboration with Stephen Dunifer and Free Radio Berkeley.
Whether you're in an airport, restaurant or waiting room, the insidious grip of televisions on human life is omnipresent. Sometimes it's nice to talk to other human beings while looking at them directly—actually hearing what they have to say.
JrHelgeson teaches viewers how to recover their cell phone after getting it wet. First, once you get your phone out of the water, immediately take your phone apart. Make sure you take out the battery and the SIM card and various components. Also, try to shake out as much water as you can. You need to use distilled water next because it does not conduct electricity and it MUST BE distilled water. Fill distilled water all over your cell phone to rinse off as much of the normal water as you can....
When a rod mounted in a hand drill is dipped into a liquid and rotated, for certain non-Newtonian fluids the liquid will climb the rod - sometimes to quite spectacular heights.
With big-name tech companies like Apple and Facebook gearing up to push out their own smartglasses in the coming years, engineering conglomerate Bosch has been working on the optical components that could help the competition catch up.
At the end of 2017, Mozilla introduced the world to Quantum. While desktop Firefox received all the improvements, Android users were stuck waiting for one of the biggest components to hit, which brought speed that surpassed Google Chrome. Well the wait is over, the new and improved Firefox Mobile is finally here.
With the S9 and S9+ upon us, you maybe wondering if it's time to retire your aging Galaxy and either sell it or do a trade-in to get Samsung's latest flagship. Before you do, however, it's important to make sure that all its components — most notably the sensors — are working fully in order to avoid potential headaches.
Chipmaker Qualcomm introduced the second generation of its Qualcomm Spectra image signal processor (ISP), which has gained capabilities that will enable smartphones to facilitate augmented reality apps.
The HoloToolkit offers a great many, simple ways to add what seems like extremely complex features of the HoloLens, but it can be a bit tricky if you're new to Windows Holographic. So this will be the first in an ongoing series designed to help new developers understand what exactly we can do with the HoloLens, and we'll start with voice commands.
If you've been keeping tabs on the rumor mill for the iPhone 7, one of the most discussed elements of Apple's upcoming device is the possible elimination of the headphone jack in favor of a Lightning connection.
