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New tools, fresh features and site improvements
As kids we drew in the air with sparklers. Now you can — with just your hand
Remember sparklers on New Year's Eve? Wave one in the dark and a glowing line hangs in the air for a split second — and as kids we wished it wouldn't fade, that we could just draw in the air, in the sky, with a finger.
Now you can. Turn on your camera, raise your hand — and a neon line follows your fingertip. No stylus, no screen to touch: you draw in the air, with a gesture. Pinch your thumb and index finger and the pen comes down; open them and it lifts. A little ring sits on your fingertip so you always see where you're drawing and whether the pen is down.
Pick a color, change the thickness, rub things out with the eraser. Flip on dark canvas and the camera fades away, so your lines glow as if in the night sky. Save the result as an image.
It's brand new, so it may stutter or misread a gesture here and there. Give it a try and tell us how it went. Draw in the air →
Now you can. Turn on your camera, raise your hand — and a neon line follows your fingertip. No stylus, no screen to touch: you draw in the air, with a gesture. Pinch your thumb and index finger and the pen comes down; open them and it lifts. A little ring sits on your fingertip so you always see where you're drawing and whether the pen is down.
Pick a color, change the thickness, rub things out with the eraser. Flip on dark canvas and the camera fades away, so your lines glow as if in the night sky. Save the result as an image.
It's brand new, so it may stutter or misread a gesture here and there. Give it a try and tell us how it went. Draw in the air →
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Right now a space station with astronauts is flying over you — and you can see it
Look up. This very second, 400 km above you, the ISS — the International Space Station, with real astronauts inside — is racing past. Faster than a bullet, all the way around the Earth in 90 minutes.
And the most amazing part — you can see it with your own eyes. On the right evening, a bright "star" glides silently across the whole sky. It's not a plane (a plane blinks) — it's people passing over your house. It shines because down where you are it's already night, while up there the Sun is still lighting it — like a mirror in the sky.
Our satellite tracker shows hundreds of spacecraft on a live map — for real, not an animation — and tells you exactly which minute to step outside and where to look to catch the station.
Go outside tonight and look up. Open the satellite tracker →
And the most amazing part — you can see it with your own eyes. On the right evening, a bright "star" glides silently across the whole sky. It's not a plane (a plane blinks) — it's people passing over your house. It shines because down where you are it's already night, while up there the Sun is still lighting it — like a mirror in the sky.
Our satellite tracker shows hundreds of spacecraft on a live map — for real, not an animation — and tells you exactly which minute to step outside and where to look to catch the station.
Go outside tonight and look up. Open the satellite tracker →
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Secret Language: write one thing, your friend reads another
We've got a new toy for the in-crowd 😎 Type a secret — out comes innocent-looking text made of ordinary words that you can paste into any chat. Your friend pastes it back into our decoder and sees your message word for word, emoji and typos included. Nobody around will have a clue. 🕵️
There's also a sneakier Phrasebook mode: pick a meaning, get an innocent phrase. "Buy some bread" really means "come get me out of here", and "Lovely weather" means "I'm fine". Those in the know get it instantly; everyone else scrolls past. 😏
No passwords, all in your browser. It's not encryption — just a fun secret language, so you can chat in plain sight!
Try the secret language →
There's also a sneakier Phrasebook mode: pick a meaning, get an innocent phrase. "Buy some bread" really means "come get me out of here", and "Lovely weather" means "I'm fine". Those in the know get it instantly; everyone else scrolls past. 😏
No passwords, all in your browser. It's not encryption — just a fun secret language, so you can chat in plain sight!
Try the secret language →
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Install our app in one tap — and help us test the button
Did you know you can install us as an app? An icon lands on your desktop or phone home screen, and every tool opens in a single tap — no address bar, faster, and even offline.
We've made one install button for everyone — tap it, and if your browser supports it, it'll offer to install right away:
On iPhone (Safari), use the Share button → Add to Home Screen; the button will show you the steps. In Chrome or Edge on desktop, look for the install icon at the right of the address bar.
Help us test it: did it work for you? Tell us in the comments which device and browser — so we can be sure the button works everywhere. Thanks! 🙏
We've made one install button for everyone — tap it, and if your browser supports it, it'll offer to install right away:
On iPhone (Safari), use the Share button → Add to Home Screen; the button will show you the steps. In Chrome or Edge on desktop, look for the install icon at the right of the address bar.
Help us test it: did it work for you? Tell us in the comments which device and browser — so we can be sure the button works everywhere. Thanks! 🙏
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That plane overhead — where's it off to? Ask the new flight tracker ✈️
Ever spotted a plane in the sky and thought "where's that one going?" Now you don't have to wonder — we've launched a live flight tracker, and right now every aircraft in the sky is crawling across the map. 🛫
Poke a little plane and it spills everything: which flight it is, where from and where to (London → Dubai!), how high, how fast, and even a real photo of that exact aircraft. Know a flight number? Type "BA492" or "AF447" and we'll whisk you straight to it — handy for whoever you're picking up at the airport.
You can also peek at "what's flying over me right now", spot military planes, find the ones crossing the ocean, see the highest and fastest plane on screen — and even ask us to ping you the moment a flight finally takes off. ✈️
All free, right in your browser. Hop in, poke some planes, and tell us in the comments the longest flight you caught! 🌍
Poke a little plane and it spills everything: which flight it is, where from and where to (London → Dubai!), how high, how fast, and even a real photo of that exact aircraft. Know a flight number? Type "BA492" or "AF447" and we'll whisk you straight to it — handy for whoever you're picking up at the airport.
You can also peek at "what's flying over me right now", spot military planes, find the ones crossing the ocean, see the highest and fastest plane on screen — and even ask us to ping you the moment a flight finally takes off. ✈️
All free, right in your browser. Hop in, poke some planes, and tell us in the comments the longest flight you caught! 🌍
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New tool: a 3D Earth globe with live day & night
We've launched a new tool — an interactive 3D Earth globe, and we want it to be the best one on the web. Spin a photoreal planet where the day-and-night line is computed from the current time, so the lit and dark sides match the real world this minute — city lights glow on the night side and the Sun glints off the oceans.
Search any country or city and fly there; turn on borders, clouds, the Moon or a coordinate grid; track the International Space Station live on its real orbit and see when it next passes over you; watch recent earthquakes; measure the great-circle distance between any two points; and scrub time to watch the seasons and the day-night line move. Switch between a realistic Earth and a clean stylized look.
It's brand new — help us make it perfect: try it on your phone and computer and tell us in the comments what you liked, what's missing, and where anything looks off. Thank you!
Search any country or city and fly there; turn on borders, clouds, the Moon or a coordinate grid; track the International Space Station live on its real orbit and see when it next passes over you; watch recent earthquakes; measure the great-circle distance between any two points; and scrub time to watch the seasons and the day-night line move. Switch between a realistic Earth and a clean stylized look.
It's brand new — help us make it perfect: try it on your phone and computer and tell us in the comments what you liked, what's missing, and where anything looks off. Thank you!
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New tool: see the world as animals do
We've launched a new tool — an animal vision simulator: see how a dog, cat, eagle, bee and 11 more animals see the world. Pick an animal and the picture changes — colour, sharpness and night vision are recomputed from real science, not just a «filter». Drag the slider to compare your own eyes with the animal's on the very same image.
Use a built-in scene, upload your own photo or video, or switch on your camera. «Compare all» shows one scene through all 15 animals at once, and the «Road & signs» scene makes it obvious why red and green get confused for colour-blind people and dogs.
The tool is brand new — help us make it perfect: try it on your phone and computer and tell us in the comments what you liked, what felt awkward, and where anything broke. Thank you!
Use a built-in scene, upload your own photo or video, or switch on your camera. «Compare all» shows one scene through all 15 animals at once, and the «Road & signs» scene makes it obvious why red and green get confused for colour-blind people and dogs.
The tool is brand new — help us make it perfect: try it on your phone and computer and tell us in the comments what you liked, what felt awkward, and where anything broke. Thank you!
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New game: Cities — the classic, in your browser
Remember the Cities word game? One player names a city, the next names one that starts with its last letter, and the chain goes on. We built an online Cities game and set out to make it the best of its kind.
Play against the computer — three levels, from a relaxed bot to a Strategist that solves the endgame and corners you onto rare letters — or with a friend online: just share a link. Every move is checked against a real worldwide city dictionary and dropped on a live map, with proper handling of tricky letters. Mistype a name and you get a friendly «did you mean…?» instead of a rejection; skip a hard letter; or switch to a Russia-only mode with thousands of small towns. Can you name more cities than the AI? Give it a try!
Play against the computer — three levels, from a relaxed bot to a Strategist that solves the endgame and corners you onto rare letters — or with a friend online: just share a link. Every move is checked against a real worldwide city dictionary and dropped on a live map, with proper handling of tricky letters. Mistype a name and you get a friendly «did you mean…?» instead of a rejection; skip a hard letter; or switch to a Russia-only mode with thousands of small towns. Can you name more cities than the AI? Give it a try!
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New tool: how many days have you lived?
Ever wondered how many days you've been alive? We built a days-alive calculator that turns your birthday into something to celebrate. Enter your date of birth and watch the number of days you've lived tick up live, second by second.
See your whole life laid out as a grid of weeks, find the date of your next big milestone (your 10,000th day, your billionth second!), and discover playful facts — how many full moons you've seen, how far you've travelled around the Sun. Every day is a small milestone worth noticing. Take a look and celebrate yours!
See your whole life laid out as a grid of weeks, find the date of your next big milestone (your 10,000th day, your billionth second!), and discover playful facts — how many full moons you've seen, how far you've travelled around the Sun. Every day is a small milestone worth noticing. Take a look and celebrate yours!
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New tool: a logic trainer for kids
We launched a logic trainer for kids — playful thinking puzzles for ages 5–12. Eight kinds of tasks: patterns, odd-one-out, sorting, analogies, spatial reasoning, deduction, quantity and memory. Puzzles are generated endlessly, so there's almost no repetition.
Start with a short diagnostic — it builds a skill map, shows strengths and what to work on, and picks the right difficulty. There's a parent report, achievement badges, separate profiles for several kids, and printable worksheets. Narration turns on with the 🔊 button — handy for kids who can't read yet. It runs in your browser, needs no signup, and works in 9 languages. Try it with the whole family!
Start with a short diagnostic — it builds a skill map, shows strengths and what to work on, and picks the right difficulty. There's a parent report, achievement badges, separate profiles for several kids, and printable worksheets. Narration turns on with the 🔊 button — handy for kids who can't read yet. It runs in your browser, needs no signup, and works in 9 languages. Try it with the whole family!
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New tool: a Russian vocabulary & literacy test
A user on the feminitives page asked for «the same kind of dictionary, but to test yourself» — on synonyms, literacy and so on. We did more: a Russian vocabulary & literacy test.
Mark the words you know with «I know / I don't» — it takes a couple of minutes. Some words are invented to catch guessing, so the score stays honest, like in scientific vocabulary tests. At the end you'll see roughly how many Russian words you know, your level, and how you compare — and you can share the result as an image.
There's also an ЕГЭ-style literacy round: word stress and paronyms (надеть vs одеть). The words come from a frequency dictionary and Wiktionary; the checklists are the official exam ones. Test your knowledge!
Mark the words you know with «I know / I don't» — it takes a couple of minutes. Some words are invented to catch guessing, so the score stays honest, like in scientific vocabulary tests. At the end you'll see roughly how many Russian words you know, your level, and how you compare — and you can share the result as an image.
There's also an ЕГЭ-style literacy round: word stress and paronyms (надеть vs одеть). The words come from a frequency dictionary and Wiktionary; the checklists are the official exam ones. Test your knowledge!
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New tool: a Russian feminitives dictionary
We launched a Russian feminitives dictionary — a reference for feminine forms of Russian profession names with honest register tags: normative, colloquial, bookish, neologism. The topic spiked around 2018 with debates over neologisms like «авторка» and «директорка».
The niche had only a mechanical generator with no register tags. We built a side-by-side variant grid with 188 hand-curated top professions and reverse lookup («авторка» → «автор» card). The data picker also covers German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic — useful for learners and translators. A reference, not advocacy — the choice is yours.
The niche had only a mechanical generator with no register tags. We built a side-by-side variant grid with 188 hand-curated top professions and reverse lookup («авторка» → «автор» card). The data picker also covers German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic — useful for learners and translators. A reference, not advocacy — the choice is yours.
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New tool: write a book together
We launched a collaborative book tool — write a story together, one page at a time. Anyone with a verified email or Pro can start a book with a premise and an opening page; everyone else adds the next page. It's append-only: no one can delete what you wrote, and you can edit your own page for 24 hours. A book finishes when it hits its page limit or when its author closes it — then anyone can download it as a text file. Books can be any genre: comedy, sci-fi, fantasy, detective, fairy tale. We started the first one — a comedy, «The Space Crew»: six strangers from six countries win a free seat to orbit in an internet poll, and have no idea what they're doing. Read it and add the next page. Reading is open to everyone.
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New tool: a Schengen 90/180 calculator
We built a Schengen 90/180 calculator — a companion to our visa-free checker. Add your past and planned trips and it shows how many of your 90 days you've used in the rolling 180-day window, how many remain, and the exact date you'd have to leave. It also checks whether a planned trip fits — down to the day it would tip into an overstay — and finds the earliest date you could re-enter for a stay of a given length. A timeline draws your trips on the 180-day window so you can see it at a glance. It counts the entry and exit day the way border control does, runs in your browser, saves your trips on your device, and works in 9 languages. It's a planning aid — border officers always have the final say.
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New tool: a career test for teens
A user asked us for career-orientation tests for teenagers — so we built a career test for teens. Rate 60 everyday activities (about 10 minutes) and it maps your interests on the RIASEC / Holland model, then suggests careers that fit you. Each one is shown with its typical pay, projected job growth and how exposed it is to AI — with a link to explore that career's automation outlook. It's free, needs no signup, runs in your browser and works in 9 languages. It's for exploration, not a verdict — interests grow, especially in your teens. We're sharing it now, as the school year ends — a calm moment to think about what comes next. Thanks for the idea; send yours via "Request a tool".
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