Antilogic covered these cool new gadgets which should be released end November, early December. Anime USB Drives! The first two which are launched are Lupin the Third and Gundam.
Obviously they’ll come with a premium, but how cool are these. I’m sure all teh g33k Anime Culture Junkies are gonna go wild for these. They hold up to 4GB of storage which is decent for a USB flash drive.
Check out the first-ever music video to debut courtesy of Google and also the first to be shot without cameras. Only lasers and scanners were used in the production and, which is why Thom Yorke looks kind of like a sonogram.
So… “interact” with the video on Google. There’s also a making-of video that talks about Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR, the technology used to capture all the imagery in 3D.
The video is directed by James Frost of Zoo Films.
Link
: Radiohead, House of Cards, Music Video, No cameras, Google
We’ve all seen the citizen watches and others which are powered by movement and sunlight, etc. Orange, the mobile carrier, have developed a phone charger powered by “dance energy”.
Adrants points out that they got help from with development of the charger from GotWind, whose unfortunate name refers to renewable energy research, not the thing that happens when you pull Uncle’s finger. The charger works with a system of weights and magnets which creates an electrical current every time you move.
From the Press Release…
“The Orange Dance Charge is the result of months of research into alternate, sustainable energy sources to power mobile phones during summer music festivals…”
The Charger was tested at the Glastonbury Festival.
: Orange, Mobile, Cellphones, Charger, Dance, Movement
Now this is want in my Office…
The Surf Chair Workstation brings some ingenious ideas to the table. First, the monitor is suspended smartly in front of the user’s eyes, at a perfect distance. This design also helps you maintain a healthy back and a comfy position while spending hours and hours in front of your computer.
This cool design is called the Surf Chair Workstation and is designed for ergonomic support for your back at the same time being very comfortable as well as suspending the screen at a suitable distance so you don’t get what Masseuse’s call “computer neck” or fry your eyes. So now you can spend hours and hours in front of the computer, comfortably :)
: Design, Ergonomics, Chair, Technology
Yes, you have standalone GPS devices; yes, you have phones that support GPS. But tell me, how many third-party applications have you used on either? Not many, I reckon, because the platforms weren’t very tempting for developers, and the screens and GUIs of most devices other than the iPhone simply aren’t good enough. Standalone GPS devices, on the other hand, were closed affairs; what the manufacturer put in, that’s what you got.
GPS can do so much more. In its most basic sense, adds another dimension to your life: it knows where you are. It knows where everyone is. Geotagging your photos? That’s just the surface being scratched. Think social networking; in fact, we already have that, and it’s called Loopt. It’s an application that alerts you when your friends are nearby and allows you to share your location and photos with them. Yes, we’ve had such applications before, but now the location is going to be very precise – you’ll be able to know which club, street, or coffee shop they’re in.
It’s not only about social networking. Everything: event recommendations and reviews, weather, traffic and flight info, gaming – all of it will have a “location” component from now on.
Whoever is listening… I want one! I want the new iPhone. I’m so excited about it I’m gonna go hysterical! wow.
: iPhone, GPS, Tehcnology, New, Cool, Location
In some positive news from South Africa, a battery-powered car is being developed and will be unveiled next year (no, it’s not a toy). This announcement was made by the Deputy Science and Technology Minister, Derek Hanekom. Given the effect on the country with the recent oil price increases and lack of investor confidence with the xenophobia crisis, a new alternative which would help people save money and provide a viable alternative is very welcome.
Read the full story here.
: Battery-Powered Car, South Africa, Technology
Amaze GPS has launched their new Version 4.2 which includes a free download for Java enabled phones so you can get GPS Navigation without spending one heck of a load of cash on GPS specific phones!
It is free to download and use and it contains wide coverage of maps including aerial photo in Europe, North America, Australia and parts of Asia and Africa.
You can start downloading Here…
Thanks Riy!
Technorati Tags: Amaze GPS, Mobile, Technology, Free GPS, Java, Download
Unilever, at current has more than 10,000 domain names attributed to it, when just 10 years ago they had less than a 100. 50% of the 10,000 were registered in the last 2 years and most of the sites are unused or direct traffic to out of date sites.
Unilever, recently crowned Digital Marketer of the Year, had registered so many domains so that it could promote it’s various brands and promotions. Obviously the registration of these domains had occurred via the brand teams within Unilever with no real thought as to the bigger picture or follow-up of what the domains would be doing after they had been used.
Unilever is now moving to cull at least 30-40% of its domain name portfolio after carrying out a trademark audit on each of the domains (that’ll take some time…)
For domain name squatters, those guys who register domain names in anticipation that some big corporate entity would want it later and dish out the dough to get it. Unilever actually has a policy around dealing with anyone who practices domain name front-running, cyber-squatting and domain name speculation and are not afraid to sue. In fact they are also involved in creating legislation around the very issue.
This is interesting stuff too keep in mind, especially when we look into the legalities of cyberspace and how these laws cross boundaries and get implemented.
Technorati Tags: Unilever, Marketing, Brands, Domain Names, cyber-squatting
Youtube has launched a Citizen News Channel in order to highlight some of the best news content on the web.
Technorati Tags: Youtube, Citizen News Channel, Media, New
Android phones, using a Linux-based open source operating system, will allow users to tweak and customise their own user interface, differing from traditional Windows or Symbian based handsets.
2) Worldwide Launch of iPhone 2.0 on June 9th, including South Africa!
Technorati Tags: Mobile, HTC, Technology, iPhone, Android, Google
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