13OCT2024

Happy Sunday, everyone! This week, I’ve been brushing up on my HTML skills with the delightfully designed HTML for People website/ebook, trying to convince my friends to get into yo-yoing with this awesome starter kit from Doctor Popular, geeking out on Jared Owen’s latest video on how 3D printers work, and experimenting with more X-Pan format photography using the simple but fun 65x24 iOS app.

On to the good stuff!

• 🚁 DJI Neo - The Neo is DJI’s latest micro drone. It’s unique because it costs just $199, requires no controller or FAA license, and can go from your pocket to airborne in about 3 seconds. While its basic function is as a “selfie drone” that takes high-res photos and 4K videos with AI-powered subject tracking, it can also be hooked up to a remote controller or an FPV headset for immersive flight. I got mine last week, and I’ve been having a blast—more impressions to come in a future Hiro Lab™ write-up. (Amazon Affiliate Link to support the site.)
  
• 🕶️ SAPIENS glasses - In a fun counterpoint to the race for advanced smart glasses, this Spain-based company makes eyeglass and sunglass frames modeled after the eye sockets of different pre-Homo Sapiens hominid ancestors. They’re funky, cool, and the aspiring paleontologist in me loves the backstory. I need to figure out how to get a pair (though many of their designs seem to be in-store exclusives in Europe). Shoutout to The Colophon design inspo newsletter for surfacing these this week.
  
• ⏰ Nintendo Alarmo - Doubling down on their commitment to weird, fun tech, Nintendo released the Alarmo this week. It’s an alarm clock featuring animations of iconic Nintendo characters and music from their games to wake you up. In classic Nintendo fashion, it has a motion sensor that reacts to your movement—if you go back to bed, it’ll reactivate the alarm! I grabbed one as a Christmas present for my eldest—it’s going to be hard to keep it hidden for two months!
  
• 🍲 FoodNoms for iOS - FoodNoms is my favorite macronutrient tracker. It’s clean, minimalist, and makes tracking everything from calories to protein, fiber, and caffeine a breeze. Whether you’re cutting pounds, packing on muscle, or just want a sense of your daily intake, this app has you covered. The developer, Ryan Ashcraft, just dropped a killer update that lets you import recipes or take a picture of your food for an AI-powered nutrient breakdown.
  
• 📱 WidgetPaper for iOS - WidgetPaper is a clever new app that launched this week, designed to create transparent widgets on your home screen, letting you hide other stacked widgets when you don’t want them cluttering up your carefully curated screen. Here’s a demo from the app’s creator on Threads.

That’s it for this week! Have a great one, everyone.

P.S. Find anything cool or new in this issue? The whole point of The Hiro Report is sharing fun stuff with people. I’d be honored if you’d consider forwarding it to a friend or just telling them to sign up for future issues. Thank you! 🙏