Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a budding amateur looking for a new hobby, knowing how to take great photographs is a skill that will do you no wrong. And with the dizzying array of photography apps available on ever-more-powerful smartphones these days, taking quick snaps at a moment’s notice is becoming second nature. Thankfully, learning the necessary skills for taking and editing great photographs isn’t too difficult — particularly when you have the right learning resources at the ready. With nearly 27 hours of learning content and over 100 photography assets to get you started, this insane Pay What You Want Complete Photography Bundle is the perfect resource to…

If you haven’t seen it, I would highly recommend watching the original animated movie Ghost in the Shell, which will give you an idea of the amount of technical detail prominently featured in the live action adaptation hitting theaters later this month (March 31). To get an even better idea of the detail in question, Tested’s Adam Savage took a trip to Weta Workshop for a behind the scenes look at how the prominent New Zealand special effects/prop company designed the incredible Geisha masks featured in the movie. Before I get into their prop-making process, take a look at the trailer to see the results and the design process and…

The Hangprinter is one of the most unusual 3D printer concepts yet seen, and it actually works. The Hangprinter is a project by Torbjørn Ludvigsen, based in the city of Umeå in the northern end of Sweden. Ludvigsen, who goes by the handle “Tobben”. It’s a RepRap variant designed by Ludvigsen apparently in 2014, but is now something a lot more than just an idea. The Hangprinter’s name isn’t just for fun: this machine indeed has no frame at all, unless you count floors, walls and ceilings as such. It operates by simply hanging by cables from the ceiling and three anchor points on the floor. The central extrusion device…

For $5, the Raspberry Pi Zero has been a remarkably capable computer for all your hardware tinkering needs in a bite-sized package – assuming you haven’t needed Bluetooth or WiFi connectivity. While a number of accessories have been available to provide additional connection options, they greatly sacrificed the small size of the Zero, which was, for many, its biggest selling point. But what if you could have all that connectivity and the same form factor as the Zero? Well, the Raspberry Pi powers that be have been listening attentively. The all-new Pi Zero W, priced at just $10, keeps the same form factor as the original Pi Zero, but adds…

While Nike and Adidas consistently pull out all the stops when it comes to promoting their latest footwear innovations, other footwear manufacturers have taken a much quieter route in promoting their technologies—but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they don’t have them! While it may have been 30 years in the making, this epic mini-documentary from ASICS more than makes up for it. When the company launched their GEL cushioning back in the 1980s, it was completely different from anything that the running shoe market had ever seen. To help celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the GEL cushioning, which has gone through various iterations over the years as running shoe needs…

With sales of vinyl records in 2016 reaching a 25-year high (3.2 million LPs sold), it comes as little surprise that more musical artists want their albums pressed for a growing base of fans that are treasuring physical music formats once again over streaming services. Yet, because of the downfall of vinyl in the age of cassette tapes, compact discs, and the early days of MP3, only a handful of functioning vinyl pressing factories capable of filling these new orders still exist. Thanks to ex-White Stripes frontman Jack White, however, there’s now one more place churning out copies of both vinyl classics and the sounds of tomorrow. With the grand…