The Very Slow Movie Player shows films at a fraction of normal speed

There's surely a movie you love enough that you wish you could put it on your walls.

The Very Slow Movie Player (VSMP) is a device that plays films at 24 frames an hour, rather than the usual 24 frames a second. 

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In a Medium post, designer Bryan Boyer explained that he put the project together to "celebrate slowness." The device consists of an ePaper display, hooked up to a Raspberry Pi computer with custom software, and housed in a 3D-printed case. 

Every 2.5 minutes, one frame from the film stored on the computer’s memory card is extracted, converted to black-and-white, then displayed on the screen. Read more...

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Handmade jukebox plays music when you swipe a card

We can all appreciate a handmade gift, but this is on another level.

Designer Chris Patty was challenged by his family to create something that wasn't store-bought, and so he made a nifty jukebox for his dad this Christmas.

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It's no regular jukebox, obviously: To play songs, you pick a card — which features a song title and the artist it's by — and swipe it in the slot on the box. Patty posted a video of the jukebox in action back on Dec. 27, which soon went viral on Twitter.

Patty told The Verge the interest in his jukebox might speak to the fatigue of having unlimited choices at your disposal, thanks to streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. Read more...

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Everyone's going to the moon! And more space news coming in 2019 - CNET

Fifty years after Neil Armstrong, robots from China, India, Israel, NASA and elsewhere are heading back this year.

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See which colours dominated your Instagram posts in 2018

You might've already put together your top nine posts on Instagram for 2018, but there's also a way you can see which colours dominated your posts this year.

Year of Colour is a web app which builds a visualisation of your posts, arranged in a cluster of cute, different sized bubbles.

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Each circle's size is representative of the frequency of that colour, plus how well-liked it was by your followers. As seen from my own profile, blues and browns seem to represent quite a number of my photos last year.

Launched last year by couple Stef Lewandowski and Emily Quinton, the tool requires you to sign in with your Instagram account. Only public accounts work, and you can request a report for the last year or a particular set of dates. Read more...

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5 great car accessories on sale right now

If one of your new year's resolutions is to upgrade your ride, you've come to the right place.

Here are five of the top gadgets of 2018 that will make your life better on the road, and they're all on sale. Even better, use the coupon NEWYEAR2019 at checkout for an additional 19% discount.

1. Hudly 10 W Fast Wireless Car Charger and Mount

Most car chargers take an agonizingly long time to charge your phone, and if you're lucky, you can only get as much as a five percent bump even after hours of charging. Equipped with 10 watts of power, it juices up your device at max speeds, with support for both wired and wireless charging. It also doubles as a mount for your phone that you can stick on your windshield, dashboard, air vent, or other flat surfaces. Read more...

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7 of the best laptop brands of 2019

To survive in today's world, a laptop is almost a necessity. Whether you're a contractor using a 2-in-1 to show off floor plans or a college student who needs a Chromebook for class, they make life that much easier. 

But with all the name brands offering every laptop you could possibly imagine, how could you possibly know the best ones to shop from?

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At first glance, that's not an easy question to answer since there are laptops capable of doing everything you could possibly want or need. It can be even harder when trying to separate them by brand and trying to find out what advantages some companies offer over others. Read more...

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