Monster Inspiration

The Monster Inspiration is a pair of over ear headphones, that are highly customizable. They come with a case multiple aux cords, extra headbands because the headbands are interchangeable, and they have active noise cancelation. the headphones themselves come in black, silver, or white but you can purchase headbands to put on them, they come with 4 i believe. The headphones take 2 triple a batteries which go under one of the cushions. these headphones are excellent and will run you around $300 but are worth the money if you love music.

Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop Express is a mobile version of Adobe Photoshop, and it is completely free. It allows you to fix up or edit a picture you took on your mobile device with out having to transfer it to a computer. You can then upload it straight to your favorite social media platform. This is an awesome app and I highly recommend it and the best part is that its completely free.

Website

http://www.photoshop.com/products/photoshopexpress

3D Printed Shelby Cobra

Oak Ridge National Laboratory 3d printed a replica of a 1965 Shelby Cobra to be shown at the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. This could be something big for the car industry making it easier and faster to produce cars. If they are going to adopt this technology they will have to do extensive testing to make sure it's safe for the public. But this is cool because the Shelby Cobra is not produced anymore and the only way to get one is to buy it from someone who already has one.

 

Audacity

Audacity is an audio editing/recording program for mac, windows, and linux. it provides a very wide set of tools to make your audio sound awesome. You can layer sounds on top of each other, cut up sounds, and you can change the volume to make it louder or softer. The best thing about Audacity is that it's free!

Audacity Interface

Audacity website
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

The Yeti

The Blue Yeti is a microphone made by Blue, and I purchased one a while ago. In short it is awesome, It is one of the best mics i have used. It hooks up with usb and comes with a small stand but can be screwed onto other ones. It has 4 recording modes; Stereo mode, Cardioid mode, omnidirectional mode, and bidirectional mode. this makes it an extremely versatile microphone and is very good for musicians and radio.

Blues website
http://www.bluemic.com/yeti/

PS Vita

I recently got a PS Vita and it is amazing. The Vita is one of the most powerful handheld gaming consoles on the market today. It has Bluetooth, can connect to WiFi, has gps, can have 3G, has a front and rear camera, and touch screens on the front and back. It doesn't just play games made for the system, it can play PSP and PS1 games. The PS Vita game cartridges appear to be modified SD cards, so in theory you could make your own games and reformat an SD card and play on it. it also has the capability to hook up to the PS3 and PS4 and control them like a controller.

Sulon Cortex

The Cortex is a gaming device made by Sulon that combines augmented reality and virtual reality technologies to create a unique gaming experience. The system is a headset that you wear and has sensors on it to scan your current environment and overlays the game on it. It uses an android or apple device as the screen, and you use your body as the controller. It is supposed to come out later this year and i cannot wait for it to come out.

DSLR vs. Point and Shoot

Wheter you should buy a DSLR camera or a Point and Shoot camera is an age old question. The answer is buy whatever fits your needs. DSLR cameras are generally bigger, higher quality, andd alot more expensive. DSLR are cameras that are used by professional photographers and people that love taking pictures. Point and Shoot cameras are small, compact, lower quality, and alot cheaper than DSLR cameras are are good if you dont have alot of money or just want to take a picture every once in a while.



DSLR                                                                                         Point and Shoot

                                   

Story Boarding

Story boarding is an important process in film making. It is when the director of the movie draws all of his/her ideas for scenes and shots and writes captions for them. This process is important because the director would probably forget his shots without the story board. They are made for everything from music videos to feature length films and usually film directors have artists draws the boards for them.

Example Story Board