Impressions of the iPad Pro

We gave Apple's new, large tablet a couple weeks of daily testing and kind of fell in love

We’ve been using the iPad Pro for a couple weeks now and are thoroughly impressed. The screen is phenomenal, speakers are booming and every app runs super-fast. While our intention was to focus on how the larger screen tablet fits in to a professional photographer’s workflow, we quickly also fell in love with the many uses of the Apple Pencil. The stylus is far more …

“Tech Tats” Turn Tattoos Into Body-Monitoring Devices

Chaotic Moon—an Austin-based software design firm—is giving body art more than just aesthetic appeal. Their latest project, called “Tech Tats,” is a set of temporary tattoos made from electromagnetic paint and an ATiny85 micro-controller that can provide real-time health stats—like temperature, sweat conductance, heart rate and hydration level. Though the technology is still in the prototyping phase, Chaotic Moon believes that these tiny, circuit-like tattoos …

First Reusable Rocket to Land Back on Earth

With its New Shepard rocket, Blue Origin—founded by Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos—has become the first company to successfully launch a reusable rocket into space and land it safely back on Earth. Blue Origin previously attempted the landing in April, but ultimately failed due to hydraulic issues. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has also been working on a similar maneuver, but has yet to succeed. Until now, rockets …