If you’ve ever suffered the loss of a plant, you know the frustration of investing so much time and energy only to get such a disappointing outcome. It’s heartbreaking. 7sensors automatically grows your plants all year around by providing just the right amount of sunlight, water, temperature and humidity. And instead of using chemically infused water like hydroponics… 7sensors grows your plants in 100% organic soil giving you the healthiest and tastiest produce you’ll ever experience. Check out the pricing on KickStarter.

100% organic

Unfortunately, most folks don’t really know what 100% organic really is or tastes like. You see, US laws allow food that is grown hydroponically (in water mixed with artificial chemicals) to be labeled “organic”. European countries do NOT allow this. So, whenever you buy an “organic” vegetable or fruit in the market thinking it was grown on a sunny field, know instead that it was grown in a lab with chemicals by guys with goggles and beakers. And rest assured, you can taste the results. When you grow something in 7sensors, it will be a taste you won’t forget. You’ll see what we mean when you take your first bite. You won’t want to go back. However, you might be asking yourself, “Why does food from soil taste so much better?”

How To Grow With 7sensors

7sensors can grow almost any kind of plant. To start growing… simply plant a seed into the soil, pick a prescribed recipe from the app, and let 7sensors do the rest.

For our professional grower friends – not to worry – you can customize all the environmental settings yourself including: day and night temperature, soil moisture content, air humidity level, sunrise time, how long the light is on, red light intensity, and blue light intensity. The app can also save any changes you make creating your very own personalized recipe so you can reuse it in the future.

Why 7sensors?

Here are some of the benefits you’ll get when you back 7sensors:

• Fully automated growth. A true hands-free and hassle-free grow box that intelligently monitors and adjusts the climate, sunlight and water so you don’t have to.
• Just add water. The only thing you need to do is simply add water once a month, sometimes less. But don’t worry, the light bar at the bottom and app notification will tell you when.
• Consistent growing conditions maximize the plant’s development speed as well as allow it to bear the maximum amount of fruits. There’s no plant stress when growing in 7sensors as opposed to growing outside where a successful crop is at mercy of mother nature.
• No pests. Pest resistant plant varieties which sacrifice flavor and endanger health, aren’t necessary due to the closed and protected environment.
• Pick fruits at their optimal ripeness (optimal flavor and peak nutrients content). There’s no need to pick fruits early when they’re green and have them ripen during transportation.
• Have a constant supply of your favorite fruit or vegetable year ‘round, independent of the time of season where you live.
• Added oxygen in your house. Multiple boxes can supply your home with fresh air and reduce your overall CO2 footprint.
• Energy efficient. Average power usage is similar to that of a 100W light bulb, costing you about $6 a month. Other units can cost $60 or more in electricity alone.
• Light in the box is tuned to the photosynthetic spectrum of the plant. And because we’re only supplying energy that is utilized by the plant, waste is minimized, unlike HPS or MH lights.

Watering System

Every plant requires a different amount of water. So, it’s frustratingly difficult to find jusssst the right balance between not enough and too much water. And since consistency is key, forgetting to water or leaving town can be detrimental to your plant.

Sunlight System

Building off recent advances in LED technology, 7sensors provides the exact kind of light your plants need — when they need it — using a finely tuned 200W array of LED lights. That means less wasted energy and no overheating.

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Types of Projectors:

There are two mainstream types of projectors available of the commercial market right now, DLP and LCD. LCD is the same technology that has been around for decades and is used by your average flat panel TV now. LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display and is essentially a bunch of electrically controlled pixels that change colors and a lit from behind to produce an image for the viewer on the other side. With an LCD projector, the light is very bright and the LCD is very small (<2 inches). DLP, or Digital Light Processing, is relies on microscopically small mirrors laid out on a semiconductor chip, known as a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD). These mirrors pitch to direct light toward or away from the projection area. Currently DLP technology is very popular because it is cheaper to produce.

Advantages and Disadvantages:

DLP: Since DLP chips direct light away instead of trying to block the light passing through, they are capable of extremely high contrast ratios at a relatively low cost. FYI – Contrast ratio is important if you want vivid colors and crisp, dark blacks; very few LCD projectors can match DLPs at high-brightness contrast. Single chip DLP projectors are also generally cheaper and can be made very small.  DLP projectors are not perfect however, they require the DMD chip and a color wheel which spins at thousands of rotations per minute, all these moving parts equates to many points of failure. The color wheel also creates what is referred to as the rainbow effect, this is where some people observe a splitting of the color white into the three colors that make it up; red, green, and blue. There are some three chip DLP projectors available without a color wheel, but they are more expensive.

DLP Rainbow Effect

LCD: LCD technology has been around for a while, which means that it has been tried and tested. LCD does not have any moving parts and relies on fewer mechanical devices to produce the final image, thus it is technically more reliable. Single LCD projectors cannot produce the high contrast ratios seen in DLP technology and are usually only used as high brightness business projectors. Newer 3LCD projectors split up the colors (red, green, and blue) into individual panels and recombine the resulting image, this essentially triples the contrast ratio which results in darker blacks and more vivid colors.

Single LCD vs DLP

We recommend that you try to watch a movie on a DLP projector before considering one, that way you can see if you are one of the few people that can notice the “Rainbow Effect” before you settle on a technology.

Brightness:

Brightness is purpose dependent. If you have a lot of natural light coming in your home and you plan on watching during the day or you want a larger screen, go for more lumens. It is also good to mention that most projectors have two brightness modes: the full brightness (usually the advertised number of lumens) and the “eco” mode (a lower brightness setting designed to extend bulb life). If possible, find a projector that will output the brightness you need in its eco mode as this will extend the life of the bulb and the projector.

• 3000+ lumens: If you plan on going well over 100″ or you have a really bright home. (note: even the brightest projectors are useless in direct sunlight)
• 2200-2800: The sweet spot for brightness – good for low light conditions and not too bright where it will bother you at night.
• <1800 lumen: probably will not work for a 100″ screen, unless it is night time and you have all the lights turned off.

Your Options:

The staff at HypeSheet has had a chance to personally research and even test out a lot of projectors and here are the options we recommend:

For less that $500 these projectors are good options:

Epson 730HD
Key Features: 3000 Lumens, 720p HD, Very Good Contrast

Epson VS335W
Key Features: 2700 Lumens, 720p HD, Very Good Contrast, Cost Effective HD

Optoma H182X
Key Features: 3200 Lumens, 720p HD, Excellent Contrast, 3D ready

The Cream of the Crop:

Epson 5030UB
Key Features: 2400 Lumens, 1080P Full HD, Insane Contrast, 3D ready (includes rechargeable RF glasses), Wireless HD, whisper quiet

If your ready to setup your budget home theater here is what you will need (too keep it under $600 we are not including the cost of tools):

• Projector
• Ceiling Mount
• 2×2 lumber (pine ok)
• 1 Box of Screws
• Wood Glue
• Drywall Anchors
• Blackout Cloth / Projector Screen Material
• Staple gun
• Hammer
• Drill / Driver
• Drill / Driver Bits
• Optional 5.1 surround sound

Figure out your frame:

The size will depend on the purpose and brightness which we talked about earlier. We are assuming you want a 100″ (measured diagonally) screen for this write up. There is a nifty equation that some old math dude came up with called the Pythagorean theorem which says the sum of the square of the two adjacent sides of your screen will equal the square of the diagonal length.

So let D be the diagonal size (e.g., 100 inches), and let L1:L2 be the ratio (e.g., 16:9). Then we can say that the width and height are L1*x and L2*x respectively, where x is some number that we are supposed to find. Using Pythagorean theorem we can see that

then,

Using x you can find width and length as L1*x and L2*x respectively (the answer will be in the same units as you used for diagonal D, inches in our case). If you work out the numbers for 100″ screen you will get x = 100 / sqrt( 256 + 81)  > x = 100 / sqrt (337 ) > x= 100 / 18.358 > x = 5.447 . So then the width of our screen will be 5.447 x 16, 87.1″ and our height will be 5.447 x 9, 49.0″, so about 87 x 49 ” screen.

Do the work:

Cut your frame from 2×2 oak or pine. Measure twice cut once. Glue and screw. Then wrap the screen materal around the back and remember to stetch it. Staple and hang!

There are several options to use the sonar. You may attach it to the fishing line of your pole and cast the device into the water. It will float and return the sonar reading back to your phone. You can also mount Deeper to your boat and receive the live data while sailing to the spot. You can also ice fish with Deeper by placing it into the ice hole.

Deeper has a range of 160 feet and connects to your phone via Bluetooth. The Depth range is from 3 feet to 130 feet. The battery lasts for 4 hours of continuous use and can be recharged through a power adapter.

For more fishing tech check out these Electronic Fishing Bite Alarm Indicators:

All in one design bike light
– Bright 120-lumen led array
– 180 degree visibility
– No wires
– lite-weight – Only 26 grams
– Water resistant IPX-4 rating

USB Rechargeable
– Charges via your computer or any device with a USB port.
– Smart charge in 2 hours
– Smart charging ensures longer battery life

6 Lighting modes
– Low/Mid/High/50% Flashing/100% Flashing/Strobe

Mounting options
– Horizontal, Vertical, Helmet

The New Generation Blitzu Cyclops 120T USB Rechargeable Bike Tail Light – 120 Lumen Bicycle Tail Light features 30 micro-LED chips that emit up to 120 Lumens of light, good enough to be seen for blocks. Simple and universal installation makes this light easy to mount as bike rear light anywhere you want; seat post, bike frame, or the back of your helmet.The Cyclops is IPX4 rated which means it is water resistant against splashes and rain, from any direction. This light is drop-tested and built to withstand drops of up to 2 meters.  The has 6 modes with varying run times:

1. Low (6 hours)
2. Medium (2 hours and 15 minutes)
3. High (1 hour and 30 minutes)
4. 50% Flashing (5hrs run time)
5. 100% Flashing (3hrs run time)
6. Strobe (2hrs 30 mins run time)

Now the awesome part… 30 day, 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE – Your satisfaction is our guaranteed by dealer! If you are not happy with the Cyclopes 120T bike rear light for ANY reason within 30 days of purchase, let them know and you get your money back; pretty nice-piece-of-mind. Last, but definitely not least, it is rechargeable! Anywhere you see a USB outlet, just plug it in and charge it up.

The manufacturer claims the product is “Practical, Reliable, and Durable.”

We Agree.

Here we have compiled a detailed article that will provide you the knowledge and tools you need to speed up your PC and sound a little smarter too!

• A little about data storage in your computer:
Your computer has two main storage methods, RAM and Disk Drives. RAM is not where your files are saved when you shut off your computer; so when you get a notification that your are running out of disk space, you are not running out of RAM… so don’t go around telling people that because those in IT will likely think less of you. RAM, or Random Access Memory, is where your operating system stores temporary files while you work on them. After you are done with your files, save them, and shut down your computer, everything in your RAM is deleted. Your harddisk or hard drive is where your data is stored and is probably the bottle neck of your performance.

• Hard Disk Drive (SSD) VS Solid State Drive (HDD)
Traditional disk drives use a disks that spins at speeds of up to 7200 RPM. The disks have data stored on them via magnetic fields and use a wiper arm to read the data. 7200 RPM sounds fast, but think about all those moving parts; to read something you need to move the wiper arm to the correct place and then spin the disk until the data is under the reader head. SSDs on the other hand are much simpler, a ledger says your data is at so and so address, then you send an electrical signal to transfer said data… no moving parts.

• What kind of SSD should I buy?
Currently this guide it being written on a PC equipped with the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB, which has been running great for over two years. Samsung drives are priced similar to other drives, however the EVO version comes with a 5 year warranty (10 years for the PRO!). The Pro versions use more expensive MLC NAND flash (versus TLC) which should technically last longer and offer slightly better performance (5-10%), however if you configure your drive according to our article this wont really matter and you can save some cash with the EVO model.

• How Big of a Drive Should I get? (Very Important)
Lets say you currently have a 240 gig hard drive and your using about 200 gigs of it, buy a 250 GB SSD right? Wrong, read on to find out why. So a long time ago drive manufactures decided to make a gigabyte equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes… well there are actually 1024 bytes in a kilobyte, and 1024 x 1024 (1,048,576) in a Megabyte, and 1024 x 1024 x 1024 (1,073,741,824)in a Gigabyte. So what happens is that they shiest you 73 Megabytes per gig. So a 250GB hard drive is (250 x 1,000,000,000) 250,000,000,000 bytes… which in the computer world is (250,000,000,000 / 1,073,741,824) or 232GB. Next issue if wear leveling (covered later in detail), basically you should keep 10% of your drive free, so now you are down to 209GB of space and your drive is basically full. Rule of thumb: If it is going to be more than 80% full, get the next larger drive.

• Installation – Requirements
So now you have your Samsung 850 EVO 500GB or Samsung 850 EVO 1 Internal SSD (MZ-75E1T0B/AM) and your ready to install. Samsung Magician Software is great, however if your hard drive is formatted in GPT GUID Partition Table as opposed to MBR this may not work. To find out in Windows Use Windows+R to open Run, type diskmgmt.msc in the empty box and tap OK (or you can search for Disk Management). In the Disk Manager, right-click on the area next to your C:/ drive (usually Disk 0) and select properties from the drop down menu (IMAGE). From here, go to the “Volumes” tab and you will see the “Partition Style” there. If it is GPT, you will likely need to reinstall Windows from scratch, if it is MBR, you should be able to clone your drive with relative ease.

• Installation – Data Migration
If your drive old drive is a Western Digital, there is a free version of Acronis True Image which works great, if not then the Samsung Data Migration software should also work well. You will need an external USB 3.0 drive enclosure such as the [USB 3.0 & Tool-free ] Inateck 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 HDD SATA External Hard Drive Disk Enclosure avialable at Amazon for under $15, after you are done replacing your drive just use your old one in this as an external backup drive! In True Image, just select your target drive as the USB drive, your source as your C:/ drive, and the method as “proportional” if the drive sizes are different. If Samsung Migration or Acronis True Image fail you read the next section.

• Installation – Problems
We ran into a few snags during the installation and file migration process so we figured out solutions for them!

“Clone Disk Operation Failed” – Acronis AND Samsung Magician just hangs
You will need to open and admin command prompt and run check disk to fix disk errors.
1) Get to the Windows search by hitting either the key combination (Windows key + s) or go the search box in the Start menu, type in “cmd” (without quotes)
2) Right-click on “cmd.exe”, and select “Run as administrator”.
3) Click yes to the User Account Control prompt and then a black command box should appear.
4) Type the command “chkdsk /r” (without quotes).
5) You will be asked to schedule the volume to be checked on the next restart; type “y” and hit enter.
6) Restart you computer and allow it to fix your disk errors.
7) Attempt the disk cloning process again!

We have gone over the replacement of a notebook SSD in the ASUS Zenbook upgrade, so please check that out for details.

• Optimizing – getting the most out of your drive.
So hopefully you chose a drive that has plenty of space, because we need some. The first this you will want to do is install Samsung SSD Magician software and run it. Check your OS optimization and make sure that Defragmentation and Indexing is disabled, defragmentation can cause unnecessary wear on the drive. Next make sure indexing is disabled, however if you are using Outlook and want search to function you may need to add Outlook to the indexed locations via Windows “Indexing Options”. Finally Over-Provisioning, this is essentially unformatted space on the drive which is used by the SSD controller for wear leveling. We recommend that at least 10% of your drive is unallocated or set as Over-Provisioning space. You can use the Samsung SSD Magician software for this or Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc mentioned above). In the Disk Manager you would simply right-click on the Healthy Volume (C:) and select “Shrink Volume” from the dropdown menu.

• Signs of SSD Failure
SDDs can show signs of failure or can just stop working all together. If the memory is begining to wear or the drive is somewhat full you may experience times where Windows will freeze momentarily. If music is playing you may here the song skip or buzz (freeze on a note). You can solve this problem by deleting some files and increasing both your free disk space and your Over-Provisioning space. If this continues after freeing up at least 5% more in both areas it may be time to look into an RMA with Samsung. We have completed a couple of RMAs on older Samsung drives and were provided with refurbished drives that worked well.

Quick Specs:

• Connectivity: HDMI-2, DisplayPort-1
• Resolution: 2560 x 1080
• Panel Type IPS
• Aspect Ratio 21:9
• Brightness 300 cd/m2
• Color Gamut sRGB over 99%
• Response Time 5ms GTG
• Refresh Rate 60Hz
• Contrast Ratio (DFC) 5,000,000:1

In Depth Review:

The LG Electronics UM67 29UM67 is an cinema format ultra wide 29 inch monitor. With a Wide Full HD (WFHD) resolution of 2560×1080 you get a true 16:9 aspect ratio which means you can watch a widescreen movie with no black bars. The In-Pane Switching (IPS) panel is also a bonus as it provides excellent viewing angles of 170° or more. Color reproduction on this monitor is 99% of sRGB, this makes the UM67 a very good solution for graphic designers, professional photographers, or anyone looking for highly accurate color.

Multitasking is also an interesting feature of this monitor and you don’t have to shuffle back and forth between windows. With a single click you can enable the 4-Screen Split feature which divides the screen into as many as four source segments, allowing you to view four different windows at the same time. Just make sure you have the correct OS to run software for this feature (Windows Vista/7/8 or Mac OS)

You may want to make sure that your video card supports resolutions up to and above 2560×1080 (See the list below for supported graphic cards). If you want the best performance from your new monitor and you’re planing to use your desktop, we recommend upgrading your video card to one that supports AMD FreeSync technology. FreeSync ensures that fixes jerkiness when playing games and eases strain on the eyes by allowing the monitor to run at a higher refresh rate of 75hz (instead of 60hz) at 2560×1080. FreeSync is available on supported AMD Radeon based graphics cards which we list below. We recommend the Gigabyte AMD R7 360 128 Bit GDDR5 2GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP Overclocked Graphics Card GV-R736OC-2GD as this card is a great value given the features (notably support for Dual-Link DVI). Sapphire cards like the Sapphire Radeon R7 360 OC and its compact brother the Sapphire Radeon NITRO R7 360 OC are known for their reliability, however some games may not be supported yet. Finally, if you want support for up to 4 monitors the Sapphire Radeon R9 285 2GB Dual Mini DP has the latest R9 285 chipset which will future-proof your computer for years to come.

We tested out the Sapphire Radeon R9 285 2GB Dual Mini DP and were able to get the LG Electronics UM67 29UM67 to run and it looked pretty damn good. We did run into an issue with the AMD Crimson driver install, but that was actually because of our Anti-Virus software (AVG); once we disabled that installation was a breeze.

Graphic Cards that Support 2560 x 1080 resolution:

• Intel HD 3000 or higher (Including Iris and 500 series found in laptops usually)
• AMD HD54xx/64xx/77xx or higher
• GeForce 300 or higher

FreeSync Video Cards:

• AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
• AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
• AMD Radeon R7 360
• AMD Radeon R9 295X2
• AMD Radeon R9 290X
• AMD Radeon R9 290
• AMD Radeon R9 285
• AMD Radeon R7 260X
• AMD Radeon R7 260

More info on FreeSync:
http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/software-technologies/technologies-gaming/freesync

The newest integrated feature of Windows 10 is Microsoft OneDrive. OneDrive allows you to get to your files from anywhere, on any device, and share and work together with anyone in your work and life. This is great if you want it, if not Windows 10 makes it very difficult to uninstall through traditional methods like through “Programs and Features”, “Windows Features”, or “Windows Update”.

Thankfully the team at HypeSheet have found a solution that removes the persistent program and its link under the explorer favorites menu. Just open up a text file, add the code below, rename the text file to OneDriveRemover.bat, then run it (may need to run it as administrator)!

@echo off

cls

set x86=”%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe”
set x64=”%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe”

echo Closing OneDrive process.
echo.
taskkill /f /im OneDrive.exe > NUL 2>&1
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 5 > NUL 2>&1

echo Uninstalling OneDrive.
echo.
if exist %x64% (
%x64% /uninstall
) else (
%x86% /uninstall
)
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10 > NUL 2>&1

echo Removing OneDrive leftovers.
echo.
rd “%USERPROFILE%\OneDrive” /Q /S > NUL 2>&1
rd “C:\OneDriveTemp” /Q /S > NUL 2>&1
rd “%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\OneDrive” /Q /S > NUL 2>&1
rd “%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft OneDrive” /Q /S > NUL 2>&1

echo Removing OneDrive from the Explorer Side Panel.
echo.
REG DELETE “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}” /f > NUL 2>&1
REG DELETE “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}” /f > NUL 2>&1

echo If explorer menu has the “onedrive” option still, you need to set the value of “IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree” to 0. This is in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}
echo.

pause

Musical instruments are evolving all the time, and in order to keep people amused we need to closely follow new ways of generating sounds. Jamstik+ not only will allow you to learn the guitar quickly, but also to generate new string sounds within your musical software. It is the first guitar that can wirelessly connect to your iPhone, iPad or Mac, teach yourself how to play the guitar and use it as a string synthesizer to produce new sounds.

Jamstik+ would sense the placement of your fingers and display the position on the screen real-time, highlight the mistakes and give you information on how to do it right. You really don’t need any background in music to start having fun with this great tech. Running the included software will allow you to enjoy  Guitar Hero or Rock Band in a different way, and using Jamstik+ will actually teach you how to play your favorite songs.

And there is more:

Are you a wine connoisseur or just have an expensive bottle that you would like to enjoy over time? The Coravin wine preservation and serving system is an amazing invention that will revolutionize the industry of wine drinking. We can finally stop worrying about opening our best bottle of wine and have to finish it in one evening. With this system you can gain access to your wine without pulling the cork, allowing you to sample you wine throughout the ageing process.

Now you can enjoy your bottle of Opus One or Georges de Latour by the glass, whenever you like, and feel confident that your wine will remain fresh until you are ready for the next glass. Now you can share and enjoy the same bottle, or bottles on multiple occasions, over weeks, months, or even longer – without wasting a drop.

It is a simple but ingenious design; the Coravin System uses a hollow needle that is injected through the cork to extract the wine. The bottle is then filled with argon which is an inert gas that is in the air we breathe. Once the bottle is pressurized the wine flows through the needle into your glass. Once your done pouring wine the needle is removed and the cork reseals itself.

The Coravin System work best with natural cork found usually found in most premium wines, including closures made of agglomerated or multi-piece natural cork. It is not intended for use on synthetic corks since they are unlikely to re-seal completely which may allow some oxidation.