Coaster-sized origami-optics lens boosts focal length, shrinks photog egos (4)
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Filed under: Digital Cameras Sports photogs aren't compensating for something by swinging gigantic, monopod-mounted lenses; they need the focal length. Focusing and zooming on outfielders usually means glass far from the camera body, but not so when using so-called "origami optics," flat lenses being researched at UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering that use internal reflection to achieve long focal lengths. Only the outer ring actually captures the image, while the others bounce it around before ...
Ginormous robot spider invades Liverpool, England (13)
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Filed under: Robots Nope, we aren't sensationalizing anything -- that creature you see above really has made the streets of Liverpool its home. According to an in-the-know tipster, it's reportedly going to be stalking citizens and making all sorts of ruckus, possibly the kind involving pyrotechnics. So what's with England and these totally random stunts? First a full-sized UFO crashes in Potters Fields Park, now a gigantic spider shows up as part of La Machine. ...
Dogs and cats living together: Sony and PNY set to re-release Ghostbusters on a flash drive (5)
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Filed under: Home Entertainment, StorageIt's not clear what format or resolution it's going to be in, but Sony and PNY have just announced that they're teaming up to release one of the best movies ever, 1984's Ghostbusters, on a flash drive. That's the first full-length studio movie to go out this way, but knowing Sony, we're expecting a crazy proprietary format that only plays in a heavily DRM'd player. Even still, it's definitely a start ...
Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive The political topic that must not be discussed in USA « (28)
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No, not a 17-year-old’s sex life. That’s fair game in today’s media world, it seems. No, not abortion or whether or not a candidate considered such or will legislate against choice to use it. That’s fair game too. No, not gun ownership or support of that. That’s been discussed at length. No, not whether some candidate was a member of the PTA. That is certainly up for discussion. Certainly energy policy is. Along with service ...
Nokia To Debut Mobile Lifestreaming App (17)
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Mobile lifestreaming is an process that isn't as easy as it should be. Although we highlighted some ways you can lifestream from your iPhone, in order to record video, your iPhone needs to be jailbroken - and that's not something everyone wants to do. For the iPhone-less, the options are even worse. Lifestream from your Razr? From your Blackberry? It just doesn't happen. (Unless you're counting Twitter as lifestreaming, which we don't. Lifestreaming is more ...
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Haltse said:
Individual hosting circumvented. MM now that's an interesting trend eh;)
College Alarm Clock Wakes You Up in Time for Class Today [Featured Windows Download] (9)
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Windows only: Desktop application College Alarm Clock wakes you up on time for class (or an irregular work schedule) seven days a week. Set a custom alarm time on a per day basis, Sunday through Saturday, and set the sound to just a plain beep, or choose a song from your computer's digital music library. College Alarm Clock can skip any day of the week, and you can save an alarm schedule to easily switch ...
Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display creates haptic 3D objects you can poke (7)
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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals Sure, you may have your fancy vibrating controllers and liquid-injecting touch screens, but Takayuki Iwamoto wants you to play with the air. Iwamoto and some of his buddies at the University of Tokyo have come up with a way to use focused ultrasound to create manipulable virtual objects in space. Using multiple transducers, the "Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display" creates an acoustic radiation pressure field. Holding your hand in the field allows ...
Navigon's 2200T does free traffic for life, retails for a mere $229 (5)
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Filed under: GPS While many GPS manufacturers seem to be still seeing how much they can milk out of minor feature updates and monthly subscription fees, Navigon is going for the jugular with the new 2200T. The 3.5-inch-screened nav device offers up free real-time traffic updates for life -- a service that usually will run you $10 a month -- in addition to fun stuff like Reality View Pro (3D images and actual road sign ...
Wake-up Light simulates rising sun to wake you up gently (1)
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If you don’t like the idea of shooting your alarm clock, the new version of the Philips Wake-up Light might be for you. Like any other alarm clock, you set the time at which you want to be woken up. 30 minutes before that time arrives, however, the Wake-up Light starts to gently glow. As the minutes pass, the light gets brighter, simulating the rising sun, so that when the designated time arrives you should ...
Google Chrome First Look [Screenshot Tour] (53)
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Google Chrome officially hit the streets just a few minutes ago, and we've rolled up our sleeves and taken a quick look at everything the newest browser on the block has to offer. Keep reading for a detailed screenshot tour of the exciting new Google Chrome browser. The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Similar to Speed Dial in Opera (or the copycat Firefox extension), Google Chrome offers shortcuts for ...
Giving Google Chrome A Spin. This Thing Moves Fast. (43)
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Google announced Chrome yesterday and the company has already offered Windows XP and Vista owners the opportunity to try it out. And although I’ve only been able to use it for just a little while, Google Chrome is not only one of the fastest browsers I’ve ever used, it’s easily one of the best. The Google Chrome install was quick and easy. In a matter of seconds (literally), I downloaded the application from the company’s ...
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Adam said:
The first reviews are looking good!
Picasa Web Albums Get Face Recognition (11)
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According to a report on CNet, the next version of Google's Picasa Web Albums will go live at noon PST today. The central new feature of this version will be automated face recognition and tagging. In tandem with this update, Google will also launch a new version of Picasa, its desktop photo management software, which will also get a number of new features, including a movie maker mode, a retouch brush, and online synchronization with ...
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Harper said:
i am thinking of giving this a try
ATP PhotoFinder mini geotagger doesn't require software - Engadget (4)
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Filed under: Digital Cameras, GPS Most of the geotaggers we've seen have written location data to your photos using some fancy software on your machine after you've pulled images off your camera, but ATP's PhotoFinder mini moves the tagging step backwards in the process, writing geodata directly to images on your memory card. Like similar devices, the PhotoFinder mini records timelogged GPS data from a SiRF Star III chip while you shoot -- but when ...
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Brian said:
Synchronized geotagging via the timestamp between the GPS and pics on memory card. Brilliant!
First Drive: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V (2)
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Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Cadillac, First DriveClick above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Cadillac CTS-VAfter decades of decay, Cadillac began a transformation in the waning years of the last century that would allow the brand to compete against modern luxury brands. Decrepit beasts like the late Eldorado and Seville were euthanized and, while the decision to switch mostly to alpha-numeric naming was dubious, Cadillac finally started creating cars that could compete directly with the ...
Airfonix integrates Dolby into new wireless transmitter (1)
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Today Airfonix announced their AFX-19DD051 wireless transmitter for delivering wireless audio to the home theater. The two-channel transmitter with built-in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and Dolby Pro-Logic II decoding delivers uncompressed, 24-bit wireless digital audio at 48-MHz transmission rate to active and passive speakers. It features two S/PDIF coaxial/optical inputs and stereo RCA Line-in connectivity. It has three built-in 100W RMS digital amplifiers for powering front left, center and right channel speakers and a ...
Ford, Toyota adopt Netflix technology for bill paying (4)
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Filed under: Car Buying, Ford, ToyotaThe long-time comeback for inquiring creditors has always been the once fail-safe "The check is in the mail." That oldie but goodie won't work anymore if you've purchased a new vehicle from Ford or Toyota's credit arm. The two automakers have adopted bar code scan technology that tells each company whether or not your check actually is in the mail. The same technology is used by Netflix to determine when ...
Picasa Refresh Brings Facial Recognition (53)
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In the anticipated release of Google’s new and improved Picasa, the company will offer facial recognition technology to help you identify friends and family in your pictures without requiring you to tag them by-hand each time you see them. Launching at noon PDT today, Picasa’s facial recognition technology will ask you to identify people in your pictures that you haven’t tagged yet. Once you do and start uploading more pictures, Picasa starts suggesting tags for ...
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DarK FlameS said:
Picasa agora com reconhecimento facial...
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Jrod said:
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Google to Offer its Own Browser: Chrome - ReadWriteWeb (92)
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Google watchdog Phillip Lessen has scanned and posted a printed comic he says he received in the mail from Google today describing the company's forthcoming open source browser Chrome. The link to Chrome is currently a 404. Long rumored to be in the works, this appears to be the first formal acknowledgment that Google really is working on its own browser - and it looks very cool. Will you drop Firefox and use Chrome instead? ...
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Forrest said:
Great development - and how interesting is it that we're still competing so heavily over browsers, all these years after microsoft / netscape? As I've said before, it would take something HUGE for me to switch from firefox. But innovations like these are great for competition, and will push the industry forward.
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aak said:
I use so much Google stuff, I'd almost be afraid to download the Google browser. I'd feel like a Google freak if I did. But...
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Ryan S said:
Go read the comic if you are at all interested in this, it's worth it.
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Dedalus said:
There's already Prism (all plats.) and Fluid (Mac), but this one is built on WebKit.
