Augmented Reality Down Under [Video]
The Aussies have a bit of fun, kicking around some angry birds and having a dance-off with Timomatic. Powered by Nokia Lumia, if you didn’t catch that. http://youtu.be/Cqaq69Lnsvc
Category Archives: Technology
All You Need is the iPad [Infographic]
What do you guys think? Is the iPad consuming all your digital needs, or is this a rather oversimplification of the complicated needs of geeks these days that will require multiple devices, regardless of the jack-of-all-trades quality of the iPad? [Via Daily Infographic]
The Next iPhone Screen as Big as the Galaxy?
[Photo Credit: Gordon Mei] According to the Korean Maeil Business Newspaper, Apple has started placing orders to suppliers for the bigger 4.6-inch display (compared to the current 3.5-inch display) with the retina display that’s been installed in “The New iPad”. (Side note: what the eff is up with this stupid name for what SHOULD be […]
Use Your iPhone to Control your PC while Gaming
For all you PC-gamers, hardware tweakers and media junkies, there is a new App in development that promises to give you control over your computer through your iPod/iPhone (and soon Android and Windows Phones) and compliment your gaming in new and creative ways. The app is called Power-Grid by German PC Gaming accessory company Roccat. […]
Pay-per-view could get more literal
Want to hit rewind and replay that great sporting moment again? Gonna cost ya. Trying to fast forward through commercials? Pay up buddy. That’s the world we could be living in if a recently-published Microsoft patented technology becomes adopted by cable firms. Entitled “Control-based content pricing”, the heart of the concept is that a “content […]
Microsoft’s New Experimental High Performance Touch Surface [Video]
Modern touch devices allow one to interact with virtual objects. However, there is a substantial delay between when a finger moves and the display responds. Microsoft researchers, Albert Ng and Paul Dietz, have built a laboratory test system that allows us to experience the impact of different latencies on the user experience. The results help […]
Another Giant Leap for 3D Printing
So we can print on the nanoscale. No biggy. But now we can print five metres per second! That’s a world record – 3D printing by this method of “two-photon lithography” used to be measured in millimetres per second! The new printing technique printed 100 layers in four minutes with an accuracy of less than […]
Musical Poster Sounds a Smart Idea
The problem with using posters to promote local bands is that the performers are left relying on a catchy band name or an attractive publicity photo to attract new followers rather than the merits of their music. Until now that is. A British design agency has shown off a prototype of a poster that, despite […]