Adventure-Proof Power from Brunton

Charge multiple devices with these waterproof trail-ready tools

With roots in developing navigation tools going all the way back to 1984, Boulder, CO-based Brunton has applied its sensible and utility-driven approach to design toward creating tools for the modern-day adventurer. Whether seeking solace in the wilderness or setting up the perfect photograph, portable power is a contemporary essential. While urban smartphone addicts have it made, those looking to Instagram and charge up to …

Panoramic Sound Recording with Boom Boom

A new app for the device allows users to replicate exotic or ambient noise

by Laura Feinstein There are many ways to spin a good yarn. At this year’s Future of Storytelling Summit (FoST), a yearly meeting of the cross-disciplinary minds spanning tech, design, experiential and innovation, founder Charlie Melcher (of Melcher Media; Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” and last year’s JJ Abrams interactive project) described it succinctly: “a great story has the ability to transport and transform.” For …

DreamQii’s Plexidrone for Filmmakers

Swarm control, autonomous flight and more from the brand's latest drone

Drones have been a hot topic recently—and rightfully so. Outside of the dialogue surrounding the legality of buzzing around New York City or National Parks, the new generation of affordable and feature-packed quad-copters are enormously powerful tools for filmmakers. We recently used one on the Bonneville Speedway in Utah to grab some great aerial footage that, 10 years ago, would have been cost prohibitive. Today, …