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ipod cluster media: multiple ipod touches get in sync to form giant display

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This interactive work of art uses 20 individual iPod Touches, tied together to produce synchronized visuals across all of the displays.

Created by Japan’s PROTOTYPE design team, iPod Cluster Media is an early proof-of-concept that stitches multiple independent iPod Touches into a hive-mind display wall. Each iPod Touch knows what the other one is up…

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November 7th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: interactive media players technology video

facial recognition tech helps tvs save power

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This new technology from Hitachi automatically detects when you’re actually watching your television, then shuts the display off whenever you’re not looking.

By using advanced facial recognition technology, the monitor can tell when your eyes are on the TV screen, and keeps it turned on only when you’re actually watching. Jump to the 45 second…

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October 25th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech technology

mitsubishi’s giant 155-inch oled display can expand to any size

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The television display size war is officially over. Mitsubishi showed off a 155-inch OLED display at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) 2009 in Japan. If you’re going “155-inches! ZOMG” right now, then you’ll probably die of excitement when I tell you that the display is infinitely expandable. As in you could create a…

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October 8th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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apple sneaks in anti-glare option for 15-inch macbook pro

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Yep, people who buy the 15-inch Macbook Pro now have the option to ditch the glossy display for one with an anti-glare coating. As with the 17-inch Macbook Pro, the anti-glare coating costs an extra $50 (USD). Glad to know that the angry commenting mob still has something to bitch about.

It’s funny how the…

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August 12th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing technology

16943 concept tv displays standard and widescreen on one screen. and it’s a sculpture too.

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An asymmetrical slice of awesome, Studio FRST’s 16943 concept TV accommodates media in the standard 4:3 aspect ratio as well as in the 16:9 widescreen format, hence the name.

Studio FRST also exalts its creation as “A technological sculpture in levitation. Between opacity and transparency.” So it’s a flying colloid?

The TV’s built-in player only…

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July 29th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets home entertainment media players technology video

phosphor e-ink watches: kind of like a kindle that you wear on your wrist and doesn’t read books

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These modern digital watches don’t use LED or LCD screens. Instead, they use E-Ink screens to tell the time.

Phosphor’s E-Ink watches have a bold modern design, and feature highly readable electrostatic displays.

The Phosphor DH01, DH02 and DH03 all feature a display that combines a dramatic modern numeric display for minutes, along with a…

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June 17th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design technology timepieces

logitech g19 lcd gaming keyboard available for pre-order

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Got $200 bucks to spend on a really cool keyboard? You could pick up one of those Luxeed rainbow LED keyboards, but that’s would be so 2008 of you. If you really want to be the cool kid on the block, you need one of these new Logitech G19 keyboards, which features a built-in color…

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February 23rd, 2009 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing technology video games

philips cinema 21:9 ultra widescreen perfect for movie snobs

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So now that you’ve got your brand new super-deluxe widescreen flat screen television, isn’t it time for an upgrade? If you’re like me, you know the minute you buy anything that runs on electricity, you’re cursed with its immediate obsolescence. So it is with great pleasure that I present the latest in drool-worthy future tech,…

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January 19th, 2009 comments (20) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech home entertainment technology video

united keys offers oled keyboards on the cheap

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If you’ve been craving the light up keys of Art Lebedev’s OLED Optimus Maxiumus Keyboard, but don’t want to take out a second mortgage on your house to buy one, now you can get yourself a taste of programmable OLED goodness without breaking the bank.

United Keys OLED keyboard keep their prices on planet Earth…

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December 27th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gadgets technology

nanovision mimo 7-inch mini monitor hands-on review

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A few weeks back, I came across these cool looking Nanovision Mimo mini computer displays. At the time, there was no way to buy these minuscule monitors outside of Korea. Now, for the first time, you can buy these displays in North America. And thanks to the guys over at The Gadgeteers, I’ve now had…

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December 1st, 2008 comments (33) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging gadgets technology video

mimo 7-inch lcd monitor perfect for extra menus

Ever need just a little more real estate on your computer screen? I certainly could. I spend an inordinate amount of time using programs like Photoshop and Flash, and could always use an extra place to put all those little palettes and menus.

These new MIMO displays from Korea’s Nanovision let you add a tiny…

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October 16th, 2008 comments (18) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gadgets video

esquire e-ink display proves nearly indestructible

While the October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine got lots of buzz in the marketplace with its E-Ink cover, I have to say I was pretty underwhelmed by the less than exciting visual produced by the blinking display. That said, the real magic of the electronic ink display tech could be its sheer durability.

In…

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September 23rd, 2008 comments (12) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging hacks + mods technology

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