Trax

The world's smallest real-time GPS tracker brings relief to parents and pet owners

With the recent release of its teeny yet powerful Trax realtime GPS solution, start-up Wonder Technology Solutions joins a growing list of Swedish wearables-focused companies with roots in the crowdfunding system. The successfully Kickstarted Trax is the sort of product that parents of high-spirited kids or owners of directionally-challenged pets have long been pleading for. The concept is simple: slip the tracker (the size of …

Google and Saatchi Gallery Motion Photography Prize

A GIF-making competition for works animated with Google+

Now accepting submissions through 1 April 2014, social media (and more) service Google+ renews their Saatchi Gallery partnership with a competition embracing moving photography. Google+ just unveiled Motion, a free tool that enables users to animate their still photographs automatically—an incredibly handy tool in a GIF-obsessed world. Global entrants—from professional photographers to everyday clickers who have at least five photos—are now invited to use the …

Ototo by Dentaku

Create a multivariable digital musical instrument with virtually anything from bananas to bicycles

We’ve all found ourselves banging out a rhythm with some produce or tapping the keys to an imaginary keyboard on a pile of books—right? Now music creativity has reached ingenious new heights with the Ototo, an all-in-one musical instrument invention kit from London-based studio Dentaku. There’s no need for expert synth skills or a degree in electrical engineering to create inventive instruments with the device. …