January 2010
442 – Distilled Geography: Europe’s Alcohol Belts →
It matters where we are, for it helps determine who we are. Or, as the quote often attributed to Napoleon states: Geography is destiny. That destiny extends to drink, as demonstrated by…
Handgun Fires Only When In Proximity To Owner’s... →
The Armatix .22 handgun is specially designed to fire only when in proximity to a specially-synced watch worn by the weapon’s owner. This electronic safety could potentially work well in…
Augmented Reality: Heaven or Hell? →
Augmented Reality, technology that places data or images on top of our view of the world around us, is hot. Under development in research labs for decades and in use in industry for years,…
Hexagonal interactive OLED gaming tiles likely to... →
We’ve seen plenty of ways for board games to be revitalized with large touchscreens, but a new concept from the Human Media Lab at Queen’s University in Ontario puts the screens and…
Helvetica Cookie Cutters →
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Augmented Reality Turns Shoes Into Game... →
Augmented reality has made for some uniquely enhanced objects and applications of late, from meta-iPhones to music videos to new experiments in print publishing.
Enter Adidas…
Using SVG For Flexible, Scalable, and Fun... →
Many of us think of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as an also-ran: fine for charts and tables, but not much else. Yet SVG can actually enhance a site’s overall design, and can be made to work in even…
Google Reader Lets You Subscribe to Any Page on... →
RSS technology makes it possible for anyone to keep up with fresh content without having to visit the site in question. Now the same holds for webpages without RSS thanks to a new…
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Week 241 [BERG]
“always put something on the table, no matter how half-formed the concept, and then it’s perfectly okay to critique it and pull it to bits… but only if you can replace it with…
Color Codes For The Color Blind →
Can you imagine a world without color? From health care to transportation, we rely on it to cue us daily.
Miguel Neiva has created a color coding system to improve daily life for the…
Alexandra Cameron →
By photographer Alexandra Cameron.
Sneaker As Controller: adidas Builds An Augmented... →
Adidas will be equipping their newest line of mens’ sneakers with the technology of augmented reality; users will have to hold up the tongues (holding the embedded code) of their sneakers…
Ave atque Vale →
Well now, this is a sort of farewell. An au revoir more than an adieu but a valediction all the same. This morning I switch off most of my connections with the outside world, for I have work to…
Retro Inpsiration #3 | 40 Inspirational Retro... →
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Get Hypnotized By Facebook →
Given the sheer amount of time that individuals spend on Facebook and Twitter, it’s easy to make jokes about the hypnotic nature of social networking. However, real-life…
Orange plans to bring 'HD Voice' calls to UK next... →
We’ve had some indication that Orange planned to expand its “HD Voice” technology beyond the hot testbed of Moldova sometime in the coming year, and it looks like the carrier is now…
Libraries, eBooks, and the Mobile Web: A Long Ways... →
According to a new report from Cambridge University (PDF), students aren’t interested in being able to read eBooks and eJournals on their mobile phones. Instead, users are far more interested…
‘The End’ of Warner Bros. →
‘The End’ of Warner Bros. A collection of ‘The End’ title stills of Warner Bros. movies, from 1925 (Lady Windermere’s fan) to 1967 (Cool hand Luke and Wait until dark). This page is an…
Gorillacam Brings Timers, Burst, and More Extra... →
iPhone only: The iPhone’s built-in camera is capable, but its features (or lack thereof) aren’t exactly electrifying. Gorillacam adds all the tools you wish the default Camera app had and then…