Archive for March 2011
Researchers Developing Software That Matches Mug Shots with Police Sketches, Can’t Help Witnesses with Bad Memory
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A group of Michigan State University researchers led by Computer Science and Engineering professor Anil Jain and doctoral student Brendan Klare are working on a program that can match mug shots of known criminals to police sketches. Since sketches are not always reliable, instead of striving to match images pixel-by-pixel,… |
March 14th, 2011
World’s Smallest Video Camera Can Fit In Your Nose
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This is the world’s tiniest camera and it’s been designed to shoot video inside your body. It’s supposed to replace the fiber optic endoscope despite the fact that I saw it used in the last episode of House, it’s not science fiction. |
March 14th, 2011
Grove iPad 2 Cases: Wood is Good
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If you loved that iPhone case by Grove and MapleXO, but just couldn’t get it because of the limited availability or price, then check out these wooden cases for the iPad 2. They join the other handcrafted bamboo iPhone 4 cases that Grove has got available.… |
March 14th, 2011
iTwin Lets You Share Your Data Dropbox-Style
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There are lots of ways of accessing your files remotely, the easiest of which in my opinion would be to use Dropbox. But if you need more storage, or are just too stubborn to learn how to set-up your own Dropbox account, then you might want to check out iTwin.… |
March 14th, 2011
PlayStation Business Card Case: The Original PlayStation Portable
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A while back, I came across some fun business card holders that looked like classic gaming systems. But for some reason, they didn’t include the original PlayStation in the mix. Fans of the retro PlayStation will be happy to know that they too can hand out their business cards out… |
March 14th, 2011
Darth Vader Piñata Filled With Candy, Streamers, Evil
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It seems only natural to me that you’d want to beat the crap out of Darth Vader with a baseball bat, right? That’s why you need to go grab one of these Darth Vader piñatas before your next party.… |
March 13th, 2011
UN01 iPhone Photography Case Makes iPhone 4 Look Like a Regular Camera
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While many have complained of the poor image quality of photos from the iPad 2, the iPhone 4′s 5-megapixel rear camera and LED flash is actually pretty decent. So if you are gonna use your iPhone 4 for capturing photos, why not have it look the part?… |
March 13th, 2011
Minecraft Pac-Man: Blocka Blocka Blocka
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Minecraft’s blocks can easily substitute for pixels. Add colored blocks in the mix and players can imitate the look of early video games. Here’s one such example, Minecrafta2z’s Pac-Man… remake: |
March 13th, 2011
Chevy Orlando Play-Doh Edition: Weighs As Much As the Real Thing
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I haven’t played with Play-Doh in years, but that didn’t stop Chevy from promoting their new Orlando MPV on the streets of London this week by making a 1:1 scale model out of the popular modeling clay.… |
March 13th, 2011
LEGO Minifig USB Flash Drives Get Official
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After all of the different hacked LEGO USB minifig flash drives out there, LEGO has released official USB minifigs, and they look pretty good. They can only store up to 2GB, but the flash drive is hidden inside the minifig.… |
March 13th, 2011
