Peak Design announces Slide camera strap

Peak Design has announced the debut of Slide a beautiful, simple, and versatile camera strap that is easily customized to your gear, body, and activity.

Slide is a thoughtful re-construction of a common camera accessory that has seen little innovation in recent years. Slide maintains a minimalistic look and feel while delivering comfort and rugged durability for the demanding photographer. The feature characteristic of Slide is a quick-adjusting lever that allows the user to adjust the length and fit of the camera strap with smoothness and ease.

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First impressions: Incipio's Focal Bluetooth low energy-enabled enhanced camera case

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The iPhone 5s is arguably the most popular camera on a smartphone today and there are various apps and add-ons that enhance its prodigiouos photo and video taking capabilities. Incipio, renowned maker of cases and accessories has created the Focal case which offers superb all around prodtection while giving the iPhone 5s the feel and functionality of an advanced point and shoot camera.

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Mozilla develops open-source streaming dongle

Mozilla is set to take on Chromecast and Roku with an open source version of a streaming dongle. GigaOM got to play around with the unnamed Firefox OS-powered device. It looks like it carries a lot of the capabilities of its competitors but it will be more open for tinkering by developers. Mozilla hasn’t said when they plan on releasing this device but we will wait for its arrival.

Swedish students develop concept to help you understand sign language without understanding signing

Students from Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm, Sweden want to help the deaf and the mute communicate with those around them better with a concept app and device. The concept imagines an app called Google Gesture to help translate sign language in real-time. The app will work with two arm bands that will be placed near the middle of the forearms. A process called electromyography will used to analyze the movements of the person signing. The signs will be interpreted by Google Gesture from a tablet or smartphone and speak this to the listener.

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