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A pair of lycra gloves–with 20 irregularly shaped patches in ten different colors–held in front of a webcam can generate a unique pattern with every wave of the hand or flex of the finger. That can be matched against a database of gestures and translated into commands for the computer. The gloves can cost just [...]
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Will “the raid on Gizmodo blogger Jason Chen’s house” wind up setting legal precedent concerning protection of online journalists and their sources? Read more: Search Warrant Used to Raid Gizmodo Blogger’s Home Reveals Apple’s Involvement | Fast Company
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Ben Millen, an industrial designer and engineer from Canada, has constructed an interesting diagram of the ecosystem that supports Apple’s iPhone: These are not maps in any conventional sense, but rather diagramatic representations of the interconnected space of technology, capital, instrumental value, exchange value, social and environmental impact that surround the device… via Ben Millen [...]
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Those who think the USA (and its allies) needs a fighter like the F-22, blame Obama for killing it, but he is merely carrying a political football that Bush carried to just inches from the goal line… The Bush Administration justified its pro-JSF/anti-F-22 campaign using two items of pure fiction. The first item of fiction [...]
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Here’s a refresher on why rebuilding the World Trade Center is going so slowly: Freedom Tower – News – Times Topics – The New York Times If you want an unvarnished (yet slightly cynical) summary, I highly recommend this episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: Showtime: Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Season 4 Episode 8: Watch [...]
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I’ve seen photos of wildlife caught with stationary remote cameras for years now–even rigs that work nocturnally with a light-beam trigger and a flash–but this is an idea whose time has come: RC DSLR BeetleCam Goes On Ground-Level Photo Safari – Beetlecam – Gizmodo
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According to the AP, soon-to-be-heroic technicians have uncovered 22 million email messages from the George W. Bush administration—far more than the Bush White House said they’d lost in the first place. “Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Iraq”: 22 Million Lost Bush White House Emails Recovered – whitehouse – Gizmodo.
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The concept design for a DSLR understands that human faces aren’t flat. It’s takes ergonomics to your face! Ryan David Francis – San Francisco, California – Sony a352 Digital Single-Lens Reflex Camera
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Wow, a British accent even makes a video game journalist sound brilliant! I kid!! Mr. Ingham handles himself perfectly, deflecting the tired (and un-scientific) correlation of video games with causing children to be violent. He’s like Adam Sessler, but with no stutter. (I kid!): Thankfully, CVG editor Tim Ingham acquits himself very well in the [...]
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DLC for video games is a booming sector of the industry, but are developers using shady tactics to squeeze money out of players? Some companies release anemic game discs that are later augmented by downloadable extra levels. Sometimes those levels are free, sometimes they aren’t. IGN.com reports on how that tactic enters shady territory: Namco [...]
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