Last weekend, Microsoft’s Kinect controller turned one year old! Happy birthday Kinect! See the future possibilities of Kinect that go beyond the expected, into truly amazing things that people around the world are beginning to imagine. [Microsoft Kinect]
Amazon has confirmed the details of its Kindle “lending library” for Amazon Prime subscribers. It’s a neat feature, though not enough to be the sole reason to subscribe. The library of books available to “borrow” is around 5,000 titles of which more than 100 are either currently on the New York Times Bestsellers list or […]
Time Twister consists of two LEGO Mindstorms bricks communicating via Bluetooth. The master brick keeps track of the time and handles the minute digits. The slave brick handles the hour digits and the second indicator. Each digit is made up of five layers with black and white tiles layed out in different patterns. Each layer […]
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We live in an age when children seem more interested in grown-up gadgetry (my 12-year-old niece is currently unsuccessfully lobbying her parents for a BlackBerry) than traditional toys. But if forecasts are correct, this could be a particularly tech-filled Christmas. The UK’s Toy Retailers’ Association has just published its annual Christmas best-seller prediction list, in […]
Coming in 2012 from ThinkGeek. Seriously. [ThinkGeek]
I guess I’m just feeling nostalgic today. [Via Wimp]
Brian Tong checks out Lytro’s new revolutionary digital camera, which has an infinite focus and a unique design. Holy crap! An 8X optical zoom with a constant f/2 aperture (meaning it needs no flash in most situations) and infinite focus? For $399? I want one. I want one REALLY badly. Lytro’s upcoming light field camera […]
Here’s a “fair” test between the iPhone 4S and the Canon 5D MK II. I made a little rig that allowed me to shoot both cameras at the same time side by side. All scenes are perfectly synced together so you can pause and scrutinize the frames! See photo of the makeshift rig in the […]
It’s like giving a kid an abacus and telling her it’s really a calculator. Technology codes our minds, changes our OS. Apple products have done this extensively. The video shows how magazines are now useless and impossible to understand, for digital natives. It shows real life clip of a 1-year old, growing among touch screens […]