Archive for January, 2008
Friday, January 18th, 2008
I recently came across this site called Export To World which offers a method of taking virtual objects created in Second Life and creating a physical paper model of it in First Life.
In effect making physical objects from virtual ones.
Novel concept you say, but so what?
Well, think of the situation ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
AlarMe is a very unique watch that has the ability to alert those who cannot hear an audible alarm by vibration. Multidirectional microphones that can register a drastic change in ambient sound level, or pick up specially asigned frequencies alert the user. The LED lights and face alert the user ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Recently I was made aware of a program called Pointui while scanning Frank Arrigo's blog (hi Frank). I thought it sounded interesting if for no other reason than the screenshot looked to provide bigger buttons. So I visited the Pointui site.
Pointui is a interface layer for Windows Mobile based devices. ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Dangerous Things Kids should do
photo by Leo Reynolds
1. play with fire
2. own a pocket knife
3. throw a spear
4. de-construct appliances
5. break the DMCA (digital millennium copyright act)
[5.5 drive a car]
Confused? Then watch this video from TED. You may just be able to impart some real life educational value into ...
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