The iPad itself may not have a camera attachment just yet but photographers could find the iPad quite handy as a shoot-connect-and-view device with Apple's $29 camera connection kit. The kit consists of two adapters, one with a USB cable and one with an SD card slot. These adapters can be hooked up to any camera that support the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) or mass storage class protocol and other Apple devices like the iPhone, iPhone 3Gs, iPod Nano,...
The saying ‘what goes around, comes around’ can hold true even for technology. What once was gives way to newer and better tech but there’s still a part of us that will look back in fondness clouded with nostalgic sentiment and wish we could go back to those days when simple technology like a Polaroid camera was new and exciting. Well it looks like you just might get that chance. The Polaroid 300, is going to be released in...
A couple of weeks ago Samsung had issued a warning notice for their 3D TV owners saying that too much exposure to that technology could have certain side effects. Very nice of them to do so. The latest from the Korean technology giant is an explanation, of sorts, as to why they issued such a stern warning which almost sounded like a deterrent from buying the TVs in the first place. One notice even went to the effect of...
The marriage between mobile phone technology and in-car systems is a happy one that has been steadily multiplying in the last couple of years. The very latest was showcased at WES 2010 where RIM showed off new BlackBerry handsets and their latest version of their mobile OS i.e. v6.0. Other than just the handsets and new OS visitors at the event were also privy to RIMs demo of how a BlackBerry and Beemer were made for each other. Demoed...
Bungie the guys who brought us Halo have long since been tied up with Microsoft and that’s about to change. The company just announced that they’re going to go publishing with Activision which is great for the PS3 gamers. You’ve been a fan of the company but not of the Xbox you’ll be happy to know that Bungie plans on making multiple platforms games now which pretty much means that they’ve decided to show their love to the Playstation...
Samsung Electronics and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology’s (KIST) Cognitive Robotics Center in Seoul have designed what can only be construed as a robot mimic. His real name is Mahru though. Mahru uses motion-capture technology and can actively imitate what a person is doing to a great extent. He’s a bipedal robot and has been designed to imitate human movements in real time and not after a program has been applied. The human that Mahru will imitate...
Pentax have unleashed the Optio M90 that comes along with a cool 5x zoom range. The compact camera offers a zooming capability that is equivalent to 28mm to 140mm. Also packed is a better face recognition system, soft-feel rubber finish on the body that is actually made of aluminum. Other features of the camera include a cool 2.7 inch color LCD monitor, high-sensitivity anti-shake mode, 30 fps video capture, multi-burst shooting feature and Arcsoft MediaImpression 2.0....
The Germans are known for many things letting 10-year olds kids drive Porches is not really one of them. But to each his own as the Wörle family who owns a prominent Porsche dealership allows his tow very helpful sons, compete at local auto club events with two 911 GT3 RS testers. The boys Steppi and Schorschi who are 10 and 14 years respectively seem quite in control of these 911’s. Zipping and screeching down the track these lucky...
Nokia have gone ahead and revealed the X2 which happens to be one of their newer breed of phones, both in terms of nomenclature as well as style. Surely this one is a slightly smaller version as compare to the X3, X5 and the X6. About the features, there’s a cool 2.2 inch QVGA screen, dual speakers, music keys, FM, Bluetooth 2.1, 3.5mm jack, USB 2.0 support and microSD expansion till 16 GB....
If you ever had a doubt about the Canon 50D having a bit of a shortcoming then here’s something that will wash all the contempt out of your mind. Behold the very awesome Canon EOS 60D camera. This one’s selling point sure is the more awesome 18 megapixel sensor that will most likely capture images, the size of posters. There’s also this new feature that Canon claim they do no have on any other existing camera of theirs....
There are a few traces of a person’s emotion and mood hidden in the way they speak to a particular person at a particular time. However, seeing a smile on a person’s face amplifies the intensity of the emotions and let’s you know what they’re doing at that particular moment. This was denied to the blind, or it was, until this thesis project at Umeå University in Sweden shocked the world with an amazing probability of creating a setup...
Pioneer wants to make a lot more than uninteresting iPod docks that come as a little more than consolation products that do not have even a bit of novelty in them besides a few curves here and there in design. The line of docks includes the HTD Series that comes with a DVD/CD player, FM, USB connectivity for storage, CD-to-MP3 ripping, and "scaling of DVD video to 1080p near HD resolution" with HDMI. A slightly modest version is the...
No! We really didn’t wake up on a sloppy Friday morning to hear about the Microsoft Courier being called a ‘new technology to foster productivity and creativity’. Well this is a total ‘hmph’ moment for all of us who looked forward to the awesome dual-screen wonder coming along and giving us something to sneer at our Apple counterparts. Yes, let’s lay those blue lilies on the space we emptied in our overcrowded gadget bags as a mark of respect...
Massage chairs have been giving us some fantastic illusions as far as comfort and of course, massages are concerned. But then when you want a good butt massage the last thing you'd like to do is jostle for some annoying controls placed in some unreachable corner of the chair. Hence we have this awesome Human Touch HT-Connect application that helps you control your massage chair from the confines of you iPhone. So you can well change your massage program...
When it comes to popping that big question, people have done all kinds of off-beat things. I’m actually being gentle in some cases with the term ‘off beat’ to describe the level of crazy notions that crop into a guy’s head to impress his lady love and ensure that the outcome to the question is a resounding ‘Yes’. In a gamers case, how better to propose than with a video game. Recently a graphic designer named Anders Howard, who...
