{"id":8110,"date":"2015-12-21T18:22:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/passkit.com\/blog\/?p=8110"},"modified":"2015-12-21T18:22:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:22:21","slug":"weekend-in-tech-trends-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passkit.com\/blog\/weekend-in-tech-trends-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend In Tech Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tech Trends- Dec 19-20<\/h2>\n<p>Stars Wars breaks records, Netflix gives a helpful DIY, SpaceX delays launch and more in this week\u2019s Weekend in Tech Trends.<\/p>\n<h4>Tech Trends 1) Netflix Socks help with your holiday binge<\/h4>\n<p>Are you planning on binging on Netflix over the holidays? Well Netflix has you covered for when you fall asleep watching your favorite series. Over the weekend, Netflix released a how to guide for how to make Netflix socks.<br \/>\nNetflix socks pause the show you\u2019re currently watching once they sense that you\u2019ve fallen asleep so that you never miss a moment. The socks are powered by an Arduino microcontroller and an accelerometer is used to detect motion. When the accelerometer detects you&#8217;ve stopped moving, an LED light will flash red and send a signal to your TV to tell it to pause the video. Netflix says they are \u201cgood at detecting when you\u2019re just sitting still, raptly watching Netflix, and when you\u2019ve actually fallen asleep.&#8221;<br \/>\nCheck out Netflix\u2019s how to guide <a href=\"http:\/\/makeit.netflix.com\/netflix-socks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and check out the promo video below-<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Netflix | Socks DIY | Netflix\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fi6RLrJrjLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/12\/18\/netflix-socks\/#hG8EVhYOKkq4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashable<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Tech Trends 2) Star wars has a record breaking opening weekend as expected<\/h4>\n<p>Star Wars finally hit theaters on Thursday and hasn\u2019t slowed down since. The J.J. Abrams directed, <em>The Force Awakens<\/em>, set an opening day record by bringing in a total of $120 million. Becoming the first movie to bring in $100 million on opening day. Star Wars is also projected to bring in well over $240 million for the weekend, which crushes the previous record set by Jurassic World in June with $208 million. We\u2019ll be on standby for the official numbers but as of now we can expect it to be setting the record quite high.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8114\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dxjl3qy52c1o9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21055722\/Starwars.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8114 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dxjl3qy52c1o9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21055722\/Starwars.jpg\" alt=\"Tech Trends Moviegoers cheers and wave lightsabers before the first showing of the movie &quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&quot; at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, December 17, 2015. REUTERS\/Mario Anzuoni\" width=\"643\" height=\"429\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tech Trends- Moviegoers cheers and wave lightsabers before the first showing of the movie &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&#8221; at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, December 17, 2015. REUTERS\/Mario Anzuoni<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/envelope\/cotown\/la-et-ct-star-wars-the-force-awakens-weekend-box-office-20151220-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LATimes<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Tech Trends 3) SpaceX delays launch and landing due to weather<\/h4>\n<p>SpaceX has been wanting to land their Falcon 9 rocket for awhile. They were prepared to launch and land the rocket on Sunday but decided to delay the launch due to weather. Musk tweeted saying that the rocket had a 10% higher chance of a successful landing if it were to launch on Monday.<br \/>\nIn the past, SpaceX has landed the first stage of the Falcon 9 on sea. This will be there first attempt of landing it on the ground of Cape Canaveral. Tune in for the event on Monday at 8:33 pm et time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/webcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8115\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dxjl3qy52c1o9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21055737\/spacex_falcon_9_flight_2-4f9ec5c-intro-thumb-640xauto-33549.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dxjl3qy52c1o9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21055737\/spacex_falcon_9_flight_2-4f9ec5c-intro-thumb-640xauto-33549.jpg\" alt=\"Tech Trends- SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to launch today at 8:33.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tech Trends- SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to launch today at 8:33.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/12\/19\/10626798\/spacex-falcon-9-launch-livestream-rocket-landing-december-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheVerge<\/a><br \/>\nTech Trends 4) Transform your Spotify progress bar into a lightsaber<br \/>\nIn the midst of the Star Wars craze, Spotify has planted an easter egg in their song progress bar. There\u2019s two ways to get it. One, you can go to the new Star Wars soundtrack and start playing it, you should then see your progress bar switch and you can click the hilt to switch between styles. If you don\u2019t want to go to the soundtrack, type &#8220;THX1138&#8221; into the search bar. Your progress bar should then switch over. You can also check out which Star Wars character you would be based on your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/us\/news\/audio\/let-the-wookie-sing-spotify-will-find-your-star-wars-music-match-1311223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music listening history<\/a>.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8116\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dxjl3qy52c1o9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21055742\/star-wars-spotify-970-80.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8116 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dxjl3qy52c1o9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21055742\/star-wars-spotify-970-80.jpg\" alt=\"Tech Trends- Turn your Spotify progress bar into a lightsaber by listening to the new Star Wars soundtrack. \" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tech Trends- Turn your Spotify progress bar into a lightsaber by listening to the new Star Wars soundtrack.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/us\/news\/audio\/here-s-how-to-get-a-lightsaber-progress-bar-in-spotify-1311566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TechRadar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech Trends- Dec 19-20 Stars Wars breaks records, Netflix gives a helpful DIY, SpaceX delays launch and more in this week\u2019s Weekend in Tech Trends. Tech Trends 1) Netflix Socks help with your holiday binge Are you planning on binging on Netflix over the holidays? 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