Placeboard for iOS saves your favorite spots in a single place

Hoping to keep track of places to check out on your trip? Placeboard wants to make it easier for you to keep them in a single app. The iPhone app is a simple bookmarking app for locations. You just need to type in a place and add it to Placeboard. To help you organize, you can use tags. The app lets you search by city or even just look at what's around you at the moment. You can also send out lists to friends over SMS or email.  

Source: Lifehacker | Download: Apple App Store ($6.99) 

Portable hydroelectric plant can charge your smartphone

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South Korean company Enomad made news a couple of years back when it placed mobile phone charging stations along the country's manmade Cheonggyecheon River. What was special was these stations used the force of the river to turn turbines and generate electricity. Enomad has been able to shrink that concept to fit it into a backpack. The company demonstrated it at SXSW and its also called Enomad. The bullet-shaped device is as large as a thermos and comes with a white translucent cover that hides four propellers you can place into flowing water to charge it up. You can also have it be towed by your kayak or other water vessels. You just need to get the propellers to spin and turn the internal turbine that'll charge the 5,200mAh battery. It supposedly takes about two hours to charge the device in a normally flowing stream.  

When you're finished charging you can take out the rotor section to get to the USB charging ports. It can supposedly charge an iPhone 6 roughly twice. The other use for it is you can put the cover back on and press a button to turn it into a lantern, making it the perfect companion for your outdoor adventures. Enomad plans to launch a Kickstarter project for this in early July with an expected retail price of $180 USD (around $230 CAD). 

Source: Gizmag 

Robots take center stage at World Future Sports Games 2017

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There will be a World Future Sports Games in our future. It'll be happening in 2017 in Dubai. This tech-focused sports event will feature things like drone races and "robotic swimming, running, wrestling, and car racing." It's basically the Olympics for 'droids. If this becomes a success, the games are expected to happen every two years. The goal with the World Future Sports Games is to improve robotic sports tech. We're not sure if there's a market for that but we are intrigued. Dubai is currently hosting the World Drone Prix. 

Source: Engadget 

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