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[theindependent]

April 20, 2016 at 10:05AM

[socialnn-utah]

The earthquake occurred offshore near Esmeraldas, Ecuador at 8:33 UTC.

[socialnn-utah]

Movie theater sues Utah DABC after threat to pull liquor permit

Brewvies Cinema Pub claims the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is trying to impose disciplinary action under an unconstitutional state law that violates its free speech rights. Via Desert News

Photo via Instagram: http://bit.ly/1VDLgoS

[cambridge--inspiration-deactiva]

Prince Harry attacks his brother, Prince William, during a light saber battle.

[socialnn-utah]

During their tour of the Star Wars film set the brothers also met some of the cast and even got to hug Chewbacca. 

[hustleinatrap]

Grimes gave Bernie Sanders a Shoutout at #Coachella

[socialnn-utah]

Bernie Sanders was given support by many artists at #Coachella this year including Grimes who had a double screen spread featuring an illustrated Sanders. 

[theinfogeekblog]

Android N will have expanded support for virtual reality http://ift.tt/1XDLM45

Android developers will be able to tap into new virtual reality capabilities in the next major version of Android, codenamed N. As noted by Ars Technica, the second Android N Developer Preview contains references to “VR Listener” and “VR Helper” apps, as well as a permissions warning informing users that a given app "will be able to run when you are using applications in virtual reality mode.“

Details of this VR mode aren’t yet clear, but a February report in The Wall Street Journal said that Google was tweaking Android to work better with VR devices ahead of launching its own smartphone-compatible headset, which would follow the Cardboard initiative and may be announced at the company’s annual I/O conference next month. One mooted possibility is for VR apps to disable the phone’s auto-lock mechanism so that it doesn’t switch off after sitting in a headset for a while. Google is also said to be working on a standalone headset that doesn’t require a smartphone or PC to function.

Android N includes built-in support for 3D Touch-style pressure sensitivity, a split-screen mode for tablet multitasking, and revamped emoji. Google released the first developer preview last month, and anyone with a recent Nexus device or Pixel C can sign up for over-the-air updates — though it’s not recommended for day-to-day use.

April 18, 2016 at 02:50AM

[socialnn-utah]

Android N is shaping up to be one of Google’s most critical software updates yet. 

[culturenlifestyle]

Chemistry Crayons Represent the Hue of Each Chemical Element

Independent boutique Que Interesante prides themselves in creating a union where art and science meet. The artist’s goal is to create an everyday children’s object into an educational and fun experience. She gives each color, its designated chemical element label under the flame test. For example, when lithium undergoes the flame test, it creates a red flame; thus the red crayon is renamed to “Lithium,” the color of an apple.

Instead of naming each crayon after the ordinary colors we have come to learned since childhood, she instills a chemistry experiment, where color theory is far more fun and intelligent. With chemistry expertise and careful attention, she appoints each crayon’s color its appropriate chemical label.

She confesses: “Children play and draw with crayons practically every day, so why not make the experience more educational? This listing is for a set of 48 labels to stick in the crayons in a basic 48 pack of crayons so that while children are coloring, they are also exposed to the names of chemicals that will make those colors! So instead of thinking ‘I want green’ they will think ‘I want Barium Nitrate Ba(NO3)2 Flame’ and then when they take chemistry in high school and their teacher sets some gas on fire and it makes a green color and they ask the class what chemical it was your student will know it was Barium! Genius!”

Find the entire collection of crayons in their Etsy shop.

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[socialnn-utah]

Great gift idea for your young chemist. 

[theinfogeekblog]

Amazon launches monthly video streaming service to rival Netflix http://ift.tt/1VcnujP

[socialnn-utah]

Video streaming wars are really heating up.

[pionicorg]

Ultrathin organic material enhances e-skin display

University of Tokyo researchers have developed an ultrathin, ultraflexible, protective layer and demonstrated its use by creating an air-stable, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. This technology will enable creation of electronic skin (e-skin) displays of blood oxygen level, e-skin heart rate sensors for athletes and many other applications.

[socialnn-utah]

Skin displays are just around the corner with this new OLED flexible display technology.

[electronics-guide]

GoPro announces VR video app and livestreaming tools It s been a busy few days for GoPro. The firm officially took the wraps off its six-camera Omni VR rig last week snagged one of Apple s top designers and partnered with over 100 companies with its new developer program. Today the company revealed… [Read More]

[socialnn-utah]

GoPro is getting into Live Streaming VR.

[theverge]

WATCH: This pancake printer makes any shape pancake imaginable.

[socialnn-utah]

Food printing just keeps getting more fun. 3D Pancake Printing!

[smashing-yng-man]

This hacked Game Boy hides a Raspberry Pi and hundreds of games

If you want a handy illustration of how far consumer technology has come in the last 30 years, just take a look at this video from electronics wizard Wermy, who has gutted an original Game Boy and...

Now I want a Raspberry Pi 3 and to start my own practical project(s).

[socialnn-utah]

Updated Vintage: Boy packs a Raspberry Pi into an old Gameboy case, with full color screen and access to emulation. 

[funnyordie]

One Man’s GIFs Reimagine The Force Awakens As Being All About Garlic Bread

The realest fan theory of all is that Rey loves garlic bread.

Continue…

[socialnn-utah]

Too good not to reblog.

[socialnn-utah]

Salt Lake City unemployment is at 3.5 percent.

[socialnn-utah]

Firefighters, reservists, and others help make over 1,500 sandwiches to help Utah residents in need.

[beyonce]

LEMONADE Trailer | HBO

LEMONADE. Beyoncé’s world premiere event premieres April 23 on HBO at 9pm ET/6pm PT.

#LEMONADE premieres 4.23 on HBO at 9ET | 6PT 

[socialnn-utah]

Who’s excited for Beyonce’s Lemonade?

[socialnn-utah]

The Blazers will close out the last playoff game of the weekend tonight at 8:30 pm mountain time.

[chicagotribune]

Sprint pulls ad featuring white woman calling T-Mobile 'ghetto'

Sprint’s latest ad features CEO Marcelo Claure asking a customer what she thinks of Sprint’s competitors, specifically T-Mobile.

The customer, a white woman, immediately replies, “Oh my God, the first word that came to my mind was,” before pausing. “Ghetto!" 

"That sounds, like, terrible,” she follows up. “I don’t know … People who have T-Mobile are just, like,” she takes a long pause, as if carefully planning her next words. “Why do you have T-Mobile?” Then the short ad ends with the Sprint logo fanning out as the screen fades to black.

[socialnn-utah]

Do you think they should have pulled the ad?