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  • Rethinking the camera

    CCA students reconsider the digital camera “Matty Martin’s Punch is a camera that prints photos by punching a halftone pattern into paper, offering an alternative to the digital printers or polaroids that require film or ink cartridges. “Meant...
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  • Generational differences

    I Hate Young People “I Hate Young People is a website that encourages people to “rant, rave and vent” over what they dislike most about young people (and vice versa). Site visitors can create their own video explanations and post it to the IHYP...
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  • Optical data connections

    Light Peak: One connector to rule them all? “Light Peak moves data at 10Gbps over cables up to 100m , which leapfrogs USB 3.0, which manages about 4.8Gbps over shorter distances than the current USB 2.0 connection. To put this in a little context...
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  • Digital book subscriptions

    Disney to Introduce Children’s E-Book Site “In what it bills as an industry-defining moment — though rivals are sure to be skeptical about that — Disney Publishing plans to introduce a new subscription-based Web site. For $79.95 a year, families...
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  • Power-free nanosensors

    Nanosensing Transistors Powered by Stress “Nanoscale sensors have many potential applications, from detecting disease molecules in blood to sensing sound within an artificial ear. But nanosensors typically have to be integrated with bulky power...
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  • Analyzing materials

    Laser sight: NYU’s real-life tricorder “The setup is simple: a laser, a microscope, a digital video camera, and a PC. Take the laser and fire it through the microscope “backward” – from behind the object you are looking through the lens. The image...
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  • Personal web crawling

    A Web Spider for Everyone “As the quantity of information on the Internet continues to grow, so does the question of how to process it all and make it useful. A startup called 80legs, based in Houston, TX, is hoping that an inexpensive, distributed...
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  • Testing size

    U.S. Post Office Virtual Box Simulator “As with many AR applications, it works by reading a special icon which triggers a virtual box to appear on screen. The different types of Postal Service boxes can then be “tried on” to see which one best suits...
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  • 3D augmented reality

    Layar Enhances Augmented Reality Browser Platform With 3D Capabilities “The first demonstration of the Layar 3D experience will be at creativity festival Picnic in Amsterdam from September 23-25. The event’s attendees looking for “Picnic” in the...
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  • Public projection

    Urballoon Creates a “Digital Bonfire” in NYC Tonight “The Urballoon is a large helium balloon with a video projector and a wireless laptop that projects user-generated content onto public spaces. It floats above in parks or plazas and displays the...
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  • Electronic magazine

    Visionaire 57: A Plug-In, Electric Magazine “The fashion and art publication Visionaire has continuously used a variety of unique formats to present its content. For the 57th issue, the publication draws inspiration from the two-seater Smart Fortwo...
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  • Second sight

    Miruko: Wearable eyeball robot interface “Miruko,” a wearable eyeball-shaped robot with a built-in camera and wi-fi capabilities, is designed to augment human perception by sensing and reacting to objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye. In this...
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  • Personal mobility

    OAP unicycle unveiled in Japan “The 10kg vehicle also uses what the firm claims to be the “world’s first omni-directional driving wheel system”, which enables it to move in all directions. The “Hot-Drive” system uses...
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  • Headset navigation

    Wicked, hands-free iPhone bicycle navigation system “One of the cooler physical computing projects we’ve seen of late is the iPhone Arider bicycle navigation system, from Tokyo-based Ubiquitous Entertainment. In short, the iPhone attaches...
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  • Headphone control

    Sony’s new motion-controlled headphones “Sony Ericsson’s ingenious new MH907 headphones are motion-activated, so when you yank one, your music player stops playing. Pop it back in, and play resumes. And they work the same when hooked...
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