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  • Virtual Mirror: augmented reality without glasses

    Virtual Mirror: augmented reality without glasses

    The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute -- the same Fraunhofer that holds many of the patents on MP3 -- have a booth at CEATEC exhibiting some of their research efforts, shopping them around for potential licensees. Their Virtual Mirror display is, I think, a great example of augmented reality done right. It uses a camera, a display, and their special software to dynamically alter the image projected back to the viewer. Video inside!

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  • How excited are you about District 9?

    How excited are you about District 9?

    District 9 sounds like it’s going to be great. We’ve gotten lots of sleepers in the past few years - think Taken and Children of Men - and this sounds like another amazing action/sci-fi film with lots of brains. The reviews are great and the movie, based on the short film you see here, has a [...]

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  • Zero Punctuation on Red Faction: Guerilla

    Zero Punctuation on Red Faction: Guerilla

    If you’re new around here, you might not know that we have a bit of a mancrush on Yahtzee, the brains and vocal talent behind the Zero Punctuation review series. British accent? Check. Nigh impossible speaking cadence? Check! If we were ultra geeky 17 year old girls, we’d have Yahtzee posters plastered all over our [...]

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  • Nokia Mako becomes Nokia Surge, launches on AT&T next week

    Nokia Mako becomes Nokia Surge, launches on AT&T next week

    Here's the Nokia timeline so far:
    • 1987: Nokia releases the Mobira Cityman 900, one of the world's first handheld cell phones
    • 1994: Nokia releases the 2100 series, which is the first to feature their signature ringtone. The song is forever burned into our brains.
    • 2003: Nokia releases the Nokia 1100 and sells 200 million units, making it one of the best selling handsets of all time.
    • 2009: Nokia releases the Surge, a cheapo crappy QWERTY slider.
    • Yeah, yeah - that's not exactly a fair portrayal. Nokia released an expensive crappy QWERTY slider this year, too.

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  • Video: iPhone time lapse video

    Video: iPhone time lapse video

    By using the Timelapse iPhone App, a Tyrolean photographer took a time-lapse video of the Wattens near Innsbruck.

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  • Ericsson and TeliaSonera reveals world’s first commercial LTE site in Stockholm

    Ericsson and TeliaSonera reveals world’s first commercial LTE site in Stockholm


    Mmm, the sweet smell of mobile data burning up the pipes in the morning. Gets us every time. Evidently, the same aroma does something to the brains of Ericsson and TeliaSonera, who have taken their January agreement to the next level by introducing the planet's first commercial Long-Term Evolution (LTE) site in Stockholm, Sweden. Mind you, we've seen lots of trial runs over the past year and change, but this one's no test. Rather, this site will become part of a commercial network scheduled to go live in 2010, bringing wicked fast mobile transfers to Stockholmers everywhere. Now, let's hope these American carriers get jealous, and fast.

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