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News about up and coming technology events
Miscellaneous Gadgets, Tech News
Sign of the Technological Times: Funerals Online
Watch the video here to the left and you will see a sign of the times. This is the pitch video for Funeral Resources, a service that allows you to broadcast the funeral of your loved one online.
I suppose we are getting to the point where we need a service like this, as Chris Hill, the man in the video, says: “there are many valid reasons why one would miss a funeral, such as travel costs and illness”. It would have been better if he would have just said those reasons, and not have the unnecessary captions repeating in text exactly what he is saying. I swear, it’s like watching Larry King Live.
You will notice how Chris talks about how “there are some people that you just don’t want to have there at the funeral”. You want to know what’s sick? He’s right. However, I think it would be cold comfort to give that questionable relative or friend a password so they could watch the funeral online.
CES 2010, PC Gadgets, Projectors, Tech News
Light Touch takes virtual interfaces to a colorful level
Light Touch uses a laser driven, interactive holographic display
Man, it seems like years ago that a small company in Israel introduced us to a light projected keyboard interface. If you remember it, it displayed a red keyboard template and the projector was able to determine what key the user was pressing and translate it to text on a screen. This enabled the user to completely get rid of a physical QWERTY keyboard and provide extra space on the desk (which I could use considering I’m using two keyboards at the moment). But Light Blue Optics is taking it to a whole new level with Light Touch, a complete keyboard and display interface which brings computing to just about any surface.
Audio/Video Gadgets, Miscellaneous Gadgets, Tech News
The Ring Wall is world’s largest touchscreen
I’m going to be visiting Vegas in a little while for CES, and I heard that the Vegas Hard Rock Cafe has a huge touchscreen that I just have to see (and touch, of course).
That particular touchscreen is 18 feet x 4 feet, but the Ring Wall in Nurburg, Germany is 45 meters long and two meters high. It has 15 high definition projectors for up to 34.5 million pixels worth of display. Nice!
So, what can we put on this Ring Wall touchscreen? How about anything we want! Just think, I could probably fit all the icons for every iPhone app! I’ve included a video of the Ring Wall after the jump so you can see it for yourself.
Audio/Video Gadgets, Digital Cameras, Tech News, iPod gadgets
Flip Video to debut Wi-Fi Capable Pocket Camcorders
The next version of the Flip Mino Pocket Camcorder will have wireless capability ...
When Apple announced video capability in the iPod Nano and a video camcorder in the iPhone 3Gs, Cisco saw a dramatic increase in YouTube video uploads. And as such, they saw the handwriting on the wall. Sure, the Flip has the edge with HD, but to have an all in one solution with the iPhone has forced Cisco, the new owners of Flip Video, to get working on a response. And to that end, they’ve announced that the next model of the phenomenally successful Flip Video Pocket Camcorders will come with built in Wi-Fi. But that’s not all.
Tech News
Guardian privacy screens
Are you the type who works on your notebook wherever you are, but hate it when there are busybodies around who tend to pry at your screen without looking too obvious when doing so? These privacy screens from Guardian ought to do the trick then.
The Guardian is aimed to satisfy the need of a more privacy aware society, realizing that the use of confidential information on our handhelds and laptops is increasing and must be guarded. The leading Microlouver privacy technology creates an invisible barrier for people wanting to sneak into your conversation, programs, etc. making The Guardian the perfect product for Executives, frequent flyers or any person exposed to high traffic areas.
The company’s long term vision is “to create an extensive network of distributors around the globe, whose aim is to help individuals as well as companies to secure sensitive information.” Good luck to them, we say – after all, identity theft being extremely common these days would surely benefit from something like this.
Apple News, Tech News
New 27″ iMacs wake up on the wrong side of the CPU
Is your 27\
Ubergizmo has a story about 27″ iMacs which are experiencing buggy hardware issues such as “erratic hard drive behavior,” buggy playback of flash video which cause the CPU to reach 105% of it’s capacity, and issues pertaining to bad operating system installation. Now I know that flash is a memory hog, but that’s ridiculous.
Tech News, Vehicle Gadgets
Disney’s EPCOT Center introduces DIY roller-coaster
Some of you might remember when we reported on the Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit, a now recently opened roller coaster at Universal Orlando that allows the spectators to choose a soundtrack. Disney’s EPCOT Center has now debuted a new ride called Sum of All Thrills, which allows the spectators to design and ride their own roller coaster.
How is this possible? The spectators use computer tablets to design their “dream track”, and then get into a robotic carriage that uses virtual-reality technology for their pre-programmed ride. Users can even program the ride so it can be a bobsled ride or airplane ride.
This ride is very similar to CyberSpace Mountain, a ride that allows spectators to customize their virtual ride with drops, loops, and other stunts. I’m not certain how loops could work if the user selects the bobsled option on the Sum of All Thrills.
Audio/Video Gadgets, Tech News
Study Shows most people can’t tell the difference with HD
Study shows that HDTV quality can be subject to a placebo effect.
According to a recent study, most TV viewers can’t really tell when they’re watching hi-def video and when they aren’t. It further goes on to conclude that so long as they’re expecting HD, they think they’re watching HD.
