Hands-On With The enTourage eDGe Dualbook: If You Want A Tablet AND eReader, This Is For You [Ereader]
Hands-On With The enTourage eDGe Dualbook: If You Want A Tablet AND eReader, This Is For You [Ereader] So many gadgets around, so little cash with which to buy them. That’s where convergence comes into play—and the enTourage eDGe dualbook is a great example. I’d get one myself, if only they weren’t so damn big
Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] CES has us full-blown-crazy and today’s deals reflects our madness. Marvel at the HP Blu-ray packin’ laptops and check out the 1.5TB Western Digital External HDD because for $79 you can finally up the cap on your porn storage. Top Deals: • 15.6″ HP dv6t Core i7 Blu-ray Laptop for $914.99 plus free shipping (normally $1,415 – use coupon code NBTW34871 )
Andy Holtin , Assistant Professor of Sculpture at American University, in Washington DC, just posted an in-progress video of an installation project he’s working on called Glance. He writes: I’m using the audio line from the DVD to sync eye movement with the Arduino (used the Pro Mini this time and loved it) through an opto-coupler as input.
While Princeton University’s National Spherical Torus Experiment was shut down for improvements over the winter break, scientists and engineers availed themselves of the opportunity to recalibrate the reactor’s neutron sensors. To do so, they assembled a circular toy train track around the torus and ran a toy locomotive carrying a chunk of neutron-emitting californium-252 along it for three days.
In this week’s CRAFT Video , come with me to the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There I met with e-textiles pioneer Leah Buechley and students from her research group called ” High-Low Tech ,” which Leah describes as “blends” of technology with traditional crafts to make new toolkits for creativity and learning
Planning to build a host of robot minions, but don’t have time to plug them in when their battery goes low? Well, then you need to enable them to feed themselves by finding their own power, and Brian Mayton might have just the solution for you. His electric field sensing robot , featured above, uses a series of electromagnetic sensors to hone into the 60 Hz signal produced by an electric outlet, and then plug itself it
Toddler Sucks On a USB Cable, Ends Up in the Hospital [Tragedy]
Toddler Sucks On a USB Cable, Ends Up in the Hospital [Tragedy] Here’s a sad reminder that USB cables belong plugged into peripherals, not children. Toddler Trinity Anderson was playing with a USB cable plugged into a laptop and put it in her mouth, which shocked her and knocked her out. Trinity remains at Children’s Hospital with third-degree burns on her tongue, palate and lips
No, we are not simply talking about being able to Tweet while on the road; we have long been able to do that with our smart phones. Come spring, you no longer need to have a phone to Tweet – or listen to the Internet radio, check movie schedules or get free turn-by-turn Web maps – if you fall in line for a Ford car
Looptastic for the iPhone Is a Hybrid DJ/Music Maker App [IphoneApps]
Looptastic for the iPhone Is a Hybrid DJ/Music Maker App [IphoneApps] When I have nothing better to do, I love killing a few minutes with music maker apps such as Melodica or Band on my iPod touch. From the looks of it, I might have to add Looptastic to the arsenal. Looptastic is a weird app that takes parts of DJ apps such as Ableton or Traktor, parts of production apps such as Reason, and throws a Korg Kaoss pad in for good measure
Lexmark’s Platinum Pro905 Inkjet All-In-One printer picked up a CES Innovations Award under the Computer Peripherals category – but that will not be the best come-on that will attract consumers to purchase the device. The top-of-the line multifunction printer will set a buyer back by a rather hefty $399 – but its cartridge cost will certainly be attractive. While most manufacturers still choose to come up with expensive replacement ink cartridges, replacing ink cartridges on the Platinum Pro905 will only cost $4.99 for black ink and $9.99 for each of three color cartridges.
This seems perfect for presenters who want full control over their Powerpoint presentation, even as the computer lies across the board room. The EFO Bluetooth handheld keyboard features a QWERTY thumb board and a small touch screen; what you type comes out on a connected computer, and you can slide your finger on the display to aim the mouse pointer and click on stuff. Even better, EFO’s gadget comes with a free Bluetooth Dongle, so those with computers that need to play catch up don’t need to spend extra.
For old style FPS gaming, a cellphone vibrator gives a kick to your clicks. Thanks go to Greg Lipscomb for the original article in MAKE, Volume 06. To download The Rumble Mouse video click here and subscribe in iTunes.
Old habits die hard, and for the true Polaroid fan, there is perhaps an air of nostalgia that accompanies the now iconic instant photos with the staple white border. At CES 2010 in Las Vegas, it seems that Polaroid has chosen to give in to the clamor of die-hard Polaroid junkies by announcing the return of the classic Polaroid instant film, along with a more modern model of the OneStep instant film camera. This return to the classic is coupled with the launch of more technology forward devices – ZINK digital products.
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Tech author Jim Kelly (who’s written a stack of books on Lego Mindstorms) has decided to do all of the 35 experiments in Make: Electronics and to document the entire process. This is likely to be immensely helpful to others who are using the book as a self-taught course in electronics
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Alt.CES: RC heli with streaming video & iPhone control
The recently announced AR.Drone from Parrot may be the coolest toy I’ve ever seen. The AR.Drone quadricopter is controlled by iPhone & iPod Touch via wifi and provides a live video stream from the unit’s ‘cockpit’. It uses a second onboard cam facing downward to measure speed and compensate for turbulence, and in case of signal loss an autopilot control kicks in to handle landing.
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