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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Burton's Mix Master Gloves Can Wirelessly Control Your iPhone (Sort Of) [Video]

Burton's Mix Master Gloves Can Wirelessly Control Your iPhone (Sort Of)With winter slowly approaching, these scarf-less, glove-less, care-free days are going to disappear. And when that happens, your iPhone is going to be a bitch to use. Not with Burton's Mix Master Gloves though, it's a pair of mittens that can control your iPhone without even touching it.

It's not as insanely cool as it sounds but it's still kinda, sorta effective. Here's how it works: there's a dongle you plug into your iPhone and a receiver that's attached to the left glove. There are buttons on the left glove that let you control your iPhone's music player (volume, play/pause, skip, etc.) so when you hit those buttons, your iPhone wil respond accordingly. It's only for controlling the music player, there's no Minority Report-type wizardry here.

Still, it's perfect for snowboarders, skiiers and people like me, who will walk to work during winter and would prefer happy tunes and warm fingers to cheer me up. The remote works within a 100ft radius and costs $160. [Burton via TrendHunter]

Burton's Mix Master Gloves Can Wirelessly Control Your iPhone (Sort Of)

Burton's Mix Master Gloves Can Wirelessly Control Your iPhone (Sort Of)

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

NASA Might Have to Control the International Space Station by Remote Control [Space]

NASA Might Have to Control the International Space Station by Remote ControlSpace.com reports that, with last week's resupply failure putting NASA behind schedule, Russia needs to get its Soyuz craft back up to speed. If they don't, the ISS will be an empty vessel after the last of the current crew leaves in November.

This wouldn't be the end of the world, as NASA is capable of controlling the ISS from Earth. However, it does put pressure on Russia to see that their Soyuz rockets function so we can continue research there. The Soyuz-U spacecraft that fell back to Earth is similar in design to the craft that will carry the next batch of astronauts to the station. Russian scientists are racing to test their rockets and give them the green light for lift off, but they may not have enough time to meet their deadlines. The current crews scheduled to return mid-September and mid-November. NASA may have no choice but to go it alone thereafter. [Space.com via NPR]

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