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International Space Station Engineer Uses iPad To Record Video Transmissions To Earth

John Brownlee (8:08 am PDT, Mar 7th)

Check this out: up on the International Space Station, Colonel Chris Hadfield uses an iPad as a teleprompter when recording transmissions for Earth. It looks like the app he’s using is Teleprompt+ for iPad, a $15 app that lets you film yourself via Facecam while reading your lines from the iPad display.

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Control Your Music With A Wave Of Your Hand, For Free [Review]

Giles Turnbull (9:45 am PDT, Oct 10th 2012)

Are you ready? Raise your hand

Multi-touch? Pah, that’s so last year. Gestures are where it’s at. Only yesterday, we reported on a prototype wrist-mounted motion detector; today, we’re trying out Flutter, a free OS X app that we first mentioned back in March when it was still a demo.

Now it’s available in the Mac App Store. It claims to put gesture controls at your, um, fingertips, using your Mac’s built-in webcam.

Does it live up to the hype? Well, sometimes.

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Manga Camera Is The Coolest Free Camera App We’ve Seen For Ages [Review]

Giles Turnbull (1:21 pm PDT, Oct 5th 2012)

Fun and free: get it now

There’s not a lot I need say about today’s Best Thing Ever, so I’ll keep it brief.

Manga Camera does exactly what its name suggests, and it’s no surprise that it’s a sudden huge hit on the iOS App Store.

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Fifth Avenue Apple Store Recreated In Lego [Pics]

Giles Turnbull (5:57 am PDT, Jul 5th 2012)

Lego. Apple. Combined. What more do you want?

If you thought your Lego construction skills were formidable, check out what H.K. Leung has built: a Lego replica of the Fifth Avenue Apple Store, complete with see-through spiral staircase and glass cube on top. It’s incredible.

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