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August 6th, 2008

Obscura Digtal’s VisionAire: Useful?

Ok, check out the video below of Obscura Digital’s VisionAire technology, which allows real-time manipulation of holograms:

But wait, wasn’t Minority Report’s slick 3D interface (which the above is very reminiscent of) listed as one of the Top 10 Movie Usability bloopers by expert Jakob Nielsen? His point was that “it’s very tiring to keep your […]

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August 3rd, 2008

Last Week’s Top Posts

You voted with your pageviews, dear readers, and let’s make sure no one misses out on the fun! Here are the top 5 posts of the previous week:

Californian Judge Rules Early Termination Fees Illegal
Palm Centro Supposedly Hits 2 Million: Recovery in Sight?
Does Exposure to Mobiles Affect a Child’s Behavior?
Femisapien is One Giant Leap for Mankind
A […]

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July 16th, 2008

Could Touch Interfaces Lead to New Business?

The Unwired View had an “interesting” angle on LG Electronics’ touch interface patent waayyyy back:
To make the phone more fun to use, it can have a set of predefined actions associated with concrete events, like reception of new message, calendar alarm or low battery indication. E.g. when you receive new SMS, the fish shaped icon […]

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July 14th, 2008

Intel’s Andy Grove: Going Electric Equals Genuine Energy Independence

Looks like Andy Grove, the former chairman of Intel, has been pretty busy. It probably took him quite some time to write Our Electric Future. The article makes a strong case for concentrating on “electrical” independence—the same wonderful juice that powers our gadgets—rather than “energy independence”. Here’s the kicker summary:
Electricity is the ‘stickiest’ form of […]

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July 1st, 2008

Intel Hates Vista, and So Do I (Mostly)

You can be sure that a lot of people will be writing about how Intel “backstabbed” Microsoft by refusing to upgrade its workstations to Vista, but here’s my take on this development.
Imagine using a pretty powerful XPS M1330, only to find that, thanks to Vista, thing are still slow. I’d understand if it takes forever […]

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June 29th, 2008

What is This SPORN?

You can always count technology to turn apparently upstanding citizens into dirty perverts. Ever heard of Spore? Wil Wright fans are near orgasm anticpating the evolutionary game, which is due out by September 5 this year in Europe. Before you continue reading though, take note: NSFW.
Tags: Spore, Spore Character Creator, SPORNShare This

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