Archive for July 2009
Captcha Business Cards Ask: Are You Human?
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You know those annoying (but necessary) anti-robo-spam CAPTCHA boxes you have to deal with when filling out forms on the web? Here’s a clever idea for some eye-catching business cards based on CAPTCHA technology. Berlin-based artist Aram Bartholl created these cards by uploading the individual images to MOO Cards, who… |
July 8th, 2009
Creative’S Zii Pmp Snitched by Fcc, May have Built-in HD Camera: Ziis is Gonna be Awesome
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Forget rumors and *gasp* blogs: if you want to get your hands on legit cutting-edge gadget news, the FCC is the place to be. Take these diagrams, taken from the FCC’s website, of what are supposed to be Creative’s contender for the touchscreen-crazy PMP market, the Zii. That by the… |
July 8th, 2009
Pqi Cool Drive U360: Data Theft – I Mean Transfer – Made Easy
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve certainly done my fair share of plugging in a flash drive to and fro between computers to copy files, which is why I can’t believe I haven’t heard of PQI’s Cool Drive U360. It’s a flash drive that can also act as a… |
July 8th, 2009
Wearable Vision: Mit Researchers Develop Fabric That Acts as Camera
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MIT researchers have come up with a camera that uses light-sensitive fibers in place of a lens. When woven together, the fibers form a fabric that can “measure light intensity distribution at different wavelengths across a large area.” The information that the fabric gathers is then fed into a computer… |
July 8th, 2009
Sony Patents Their Part of the Motion-Controlled Future
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Move over, Project Natal and Wii-mote: here comes Sony, trying to break into the let’s-make-it-real movement with a new patent for image-scanning with their EyeToy camera. Oh, did you think I meant their oddly-shaped wand controller from E3? No, friends, this is altogether different. The new patent expands on the… |
July 8th, 2009
Flava Flav, Meet Crafty Craft: Perler Bead Chic
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What do you buy for the geek who has everything? A giant blingy necklace… made from perler beads. That is pretty huge right there… and you can get it bigger if you want, though this necklace, from the MagnetGames Etsy storefront, already weighs in at a hefty $32. If you… |
July 8th, 2009
Ripple Look Compact Pc Hangs Out Just About Anywhere
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Looking for a PC that won’t take up much space on your desktop? The new Ripple LOOK PC is definitely one of the nicer looking small form factor computers I’ve seen. The Korean-built compact Ripple LOOK PC measures in at just 215mm x 235mm x 69mm (appx. 8.46″ x 9.25″… |
July 7th, 2009
Salk Sound Ht4 Giant Bamboo Speakers: Bamboom
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Salk Sound‘s latest speakers, unofficially called the HT 4 to indicate it’s supremacy over the current HT 3 line, weighs in at a whopping 155 lbs , stands about 42″ high and are said to be capable of delivering “a very accurate recreation of what you would hear in a… |
July 7th, 2009
Megaman Vs. Metroid: Please Make This Official Nintendo!
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If I was asked what video game head-to-head I’d like to see, I’d probably say Sam Fisher against Solid Snake. Or all of the characters in Final Fantasy, villains included, against all the Suikoden characters. Mmmmm want. But I didn’t think of this …match-up, one that certainly makes sense, |
July 7th, 2009
Why Cry Baby Analyzer Will Give You an Idea as to Why the Hell You’Re Up at 3am
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Benjamin Franklin – widely acknowledged as “that chubby dude in the 100-dollar bill” – once said that there is nothing certain in life except death and crying babies. Larry King may have already disproved half of Franklin’s quote, but until scientists isolate and exterminate the Crying Baby gene in our… |
July 7th, 2009
