Tech Toys You Never Knew Existed

Technology is moving faster than ever before. The following gadgets are just a few of the technological advancements you never knew or imagined existed. They range from the incredible, to the just plain funny. Get ready to be wowed by the wonder of the technological age!

DJI Phantom Drone

It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a Phantom Vision Plus drone. From Drone ETC comes an amazing little quadrocopter that comes in a variety of sizes ranging from camera sized, to tiny toy. It is so small you can control it with your smartphone, and it allows you capture beautiful HD footage. Now you can unleash your creativity by capturing million dollar looking shots and breath-taking vistas. The possibilities are literally limitless. 

Air2 Floating Bluetooth Speaker

Have you ever heard of a floating speaker? Well, we hadn't either until we saw the new Air 2. This gadget has a 10 meter transmission distance and can be controlled using your smartphone. It also has a free-hands calling option to get it back to you when you need it. This gadget uses magnets to float in the air. If you enjoy the futuristic look, then this device is definitely for you. 

Petcube

If you travel often, or if you just really miss your pet then this gadget is a must-have. It is a camera with two way audio and built in laser. You can see and talk to your pet, and play with them using the laser. There is also an option where the laser automatically plays with your pet for you when you get tired. If you feel guilty leaving your pet alone or if you travel often, this device will help you keep your pet close even when you're far. 

iRobot 

If you hate cleaning then give this gadget a try. Get all that dust out of your house by using this robotic mini vacuum cleaner in your home or office. The gadget detects all the furniture in the room and avoids hitting them. It also provides music connectivity. Sit back, relax, and let this robot do all the cleaning. 

Polaroid Socialmatic 14MP Instant Print Camera 

We are all familiar with the legendary Polaroid cameras of the 80’s. This is the new and improved digital version. It is a tablet and instant camera in one. You can connect it to wifi, read your email, or even a book. The camera allows you to take pictures at 14-megapixels, edit them and print as many copies as you want. It is also customized to fit your personality with the pictures you like coming up first. 

The future is now and new gadgets are popping up everywhere to make our lives easier, or to just make us happier. Check out these latest devices everyone is talking about. 

Mobile Photography and Tips to Improve It

Admit it! You love it when the mobile pictures you share online gets plenty of likes and comments. It gives you a sense of happiness to see the image you took, getting a lot of attention. But with the limited filters and settings in photo editing applications like Instagram, expect your pictures to look exactly like other people's photos.

If you want to improve your pictures and make them stand out, here are few tips that you should follow:

Look At Your Subject in Different Perspective

Do not limit yourself on what your eyes are making you see. Look beyond the linear perspective and experiment on angles and foreground. There are various perceptive composition to help images look entirely different. The most common perspectives are the birds eye view and the worms eye. The former being taken in high vantage point while the latter, taken in a low point of view. There are also overlapped perspective where subjects from the foreground partially covers the background subject. This creates a sense of depth, which shows relative distance among the subjects. Playing with angles help your photos dynamic and pleasant to look at.

Know The Perfect Filter

Instagram filters create a retro-analog effect to you digital images. Usually, people use a trial and error process in choosing which filter to use but it is time consuming. You have to be familiar with filters. Here are few:

•Hefe: Slight vignette edge that improves contrast and saturation. Makes color pop in an already vibrant subject.

•Valencia: High retro effect that makes an eerie feel. It washes out and overexpose images to create antique look to the subject.

•Toaster: High saturation filter with burnt center emphasizing vignette edges. This is a dramatic filter that pushes the attention to the central part of the image.

•X Pro II: A very versatile filter that suits indoor and outdoor subject, whether portrait or landscape. It also make colors pop out to give a Photoshop effect.

Be Creative with Props

You should add spice to your subjects by adding props like flowers, boxes, shells and figurines. Subjects with props get more attention than the bare ones that is why shopping stores always adorn their window displays with props. Play and experiment with these materials to improve the composition of your images.

Mind the Light

Everyone knows that bad light ruins an image. That is why you have to know where best to photograph your subject. Here are few points to note:

•Indoors, open as much light as possible, but be aware of harsh shadows because it can ruin the composition. You can use reflectors to minimize shadows.

•Outdoors, you have to avoid too much light. It basks your frame into too much white light that might remove important contrasts.

•Camera phone lenses are prone to sun flares. Sun flares can ruin your photos, but you can use it to you advantage by experimenting with it.

Experiment With Lenses

Be more creative by adding clip-on lenses on your phone. It can be wide-angle, close-up or fisheye lens. Fisheye lens is an ultra wide lens that makes visual distortion to your photos. Wide angles are perfect for taking landscapes while close up lens is good in capturing details. With lenses you can create great depth-of-field that you can only achieve through professional cameras.

Try New Photo Editing Tools

If you cannot achieve your desired effect in Instagram, you can export your photos and open it in a different editing application before posting it in Instagram. There are many great photo applications for android and iOS phones. Here are few apps that you can try:

•Camera 360: An easy to use photo editing application that offers creative filters. Unlike Instagram, camera 360 has filters that gives more than the retro style. You can play with saturation, glow and soften filters. You can also improve the lighting of under or over exposed pictures.

•Camera Zoom FXP: This photo app makes your phone camera more powerful. Aside from helpful grids to compose your images properly, this app helps you take in stable-shot mode to avoid blurry images. It also has voice activated shooting mode.

•Pixler Express: This is a mobile version of the widely popular Photoshop alternative. It basically runs the same way as Instagram but it feature more interesting filters. It also has a very user friendly interface to easily navigate the application.

These are the few tips that you can do to improve your photos and make them stick out from the usual retro images you see online. Remember expressing creativity should never be limited to filters, you have to think outside the box to make every photos you share online, memorable.

Author's Bio:

Maddy is a global writer and blogger, she is currently writing for Millennials in Manila, a web magazine about life, career, culture, entertainment and more. 

Sony RX-100 Camera Review

The Sony RX-100 is one of the simplest commercial cameras within the camera business. Possessing some distinctive and pleasant options as compared to its group action brands and merchandise, it's managed to come out of the group and build its own place. This digital camara packs a fantastic and super sharp Carl Zeiss lens with 3.6x Optical zoom, 20 MP lens, full HD recording and much more.

Specifications of Sony DSC-RX100:

Dense and glossy design:

Even though Sony DSC-RX100 is filled with powerful and sumptuous specs, however it doesn't lose its base on the camera style and structure. With a formidable handling, the camera comes in measurements of 10.16 x 5.81 x 3.59 mm. these dimensions make it quite compact and straightforward for handling while not eliminating the feature of a firm grip. folks that have massive hands will even grab this camera well with the assistance of low slip thumb rest on the rear panel.

Digital Sensor:

Marking an extreme leap and going on the far side the purpose of cameras or perhaps several of the DSLRs, the Sony RX-100 grants its users with an excellent resolution. At 20 megapixels this compact Sony widget is far better than several competitors giving it the best resolution these days. With no effort, this camera will manufacture poster sized prints.

Full 1080P HD Video Recording:

The Sony RX 100 will record full HD video at 1080p high definition resolution. The distinctive feature that sets the camera apart from all alternative brands and figures out is its capability to record videos and capture pictures at an equivalent given time. This makes it quite convenient for you to record and capture the simplest moments out of these. this may be later additional helpful for uploading it on social networking platforms.

Swift vivid Lens with 3.6x Optical Zoom:

The top quality digital sensor of this camera is just purposeful and the camera is supplied with latest and most advanced optical options.  Well, this camera has thought of this snipping and worked consequently in its coming up with method as a result of Carl Zeiss area unit world’s most famous and distinguished lenses of all. They deliver colours, distinction and sharpness.

It possesses the quick f/1.8 aperture that is extraordinarily quick as compared to any purpose and shoot camera. The aperture permits fourfold additional light-weight into the camera creating it extremely capable in low light-weight conditions. what is more it's bundled with ISO 6400 shooting speed, creating it one in every of its kind and extremely accessible inside and while not the flash.

Another feature of this camera is its fantastic zooming capability. The lens can extend and gives up to 3.6x optical zoom (28-100 millimeter equiv. 35mm) with f/1.8-4.9 aperture. 

Key Features:

1″ Exmor CMOS detector

3inch, 1228.8K-dot ‘WhiteMagic‘ digital display screen

20.9 million effective pixels

1080 60p video with MP4 choice

Steady-Shot image stabilization

Contrast-detection AF with twenty five points, as well as following and versatile spot choices

ISO 125-6400 that may be expanded  up to ISO 8000.

Face Recognition and Face Registration

Rear management dial and customizable front ‘Control Ring’

10fps continuous shooting in ‘Speed Priority’ mode

13 image Effects with twenty seven variations

Memory Recall feature will store up to a few teams of custom settings

Built-in stereo microphone

330-shot battery life (CIPA)

Sony DSC-RX100 worth in India:

Sony DSC-RX100 costs in India around Rs. 34,399.

Verdict:

Combining all the options and specs, Sony DSC-RX100 may be a perfect metal device that works to your wants and needs with none disappointments.

Authors bio :

This guest post is by Arsh Kapoor who is an internet marketer and web developer. He is running a website on IPL 7 where he provides information like IPL 7 auction & IPL 7 schedule to get the latest IPL news visit the site www.ipl-7.com

How To Secure The Outside Of The Home

When a robbery occurs inside a home, the intruder gained entry from the outside. Home owners who want to keep their home safe and free of intruders need to secure the outside of the home. There are many ways a criminal can enter your property and home and it is important for home owners to have options in place to keep an burglary from happening. The most effective option is a burglar alarm that will keep an intruder from entering your home. A loud alarm will thwart a would-be intruder and keep your home safe.

All entry points of the home need to be covered and this can include entries outside the home such as the driveway. All aspects of your property should be covered so you can rest easy each night. Below are a few options to use to secure the outside of your home to keep intruders out.

Driveway/outdoor entry points
Most every home owner has a driveway, be it a long or short drive to your home. There are products that can be used to alert you of a presence. You can use motion sensor cameras or security camera systems to let you know when someone is approaching or you can use a simple detector that will alert you with a noise that someone is coming. This way you can take a peak outside and see if the person approaching is in a vehicle or someone that is possible sneaking up to your home to gain entry unannounced.

Foil Tape
Another option that is great for home security that can be used on the windows is foil tape. Foil tape is thin tape created from a metallic material. This tape is electrically conductive and will alert an alarm system if removed. This tape works with an alarm system but is a great hidden system that will allow you to keep your home secure.

Wireless Systems
Another option you can consider is a wireless alarm system. A wireless alarm is one that requires no wiring so the unit is not visible. This type of unit is great for those who have a large property area with added structures such as guest homes, a pool, etc. This system can provide security for all of these areas to keep the home safe from intruders. You will be instantly alerted if someone enters an area that they do not belong.

False Alarms
One must consider that when an alarm is installed there could be false alarms, especially when you live on a large property. Some alarms are triggered by the slightest sound so be aware that you may have false alarms. Always take each time the unit goes off to heart and be wary, as you may have a potential crime on your hands.

All of these options can help you have a safe and secure home. Take a walk around your property and determine what options will work best for your home. Even speak with experts so that you have a safe home and can rest easy every night.

Author Bio
Sonika is a zealous writer and can write about technology and other topics. Her recent assignment about Vivint Reviews includes the in-depth research about security systems.