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Posted by on April 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The brainy boffins at MIT have come up with Surround Vision which is a pretty interesting method when it comes to breaking the perception barrier. How does it do so, you ask? Well, Surround Vision will enable a viewer to pan around a specific scene which is located ouside the perspective that is limited by [...]
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Posted by on March 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Described as a “personal mobile device”, we do wonder what ZTE has in mind when they came up with the Amigo. After all, it is currently on parade at CTIA and features Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS navigation support, an integrated FM radio, a built-in compass, social networking support, while running on the UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM frequencies. You get [...]
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Posted by on March 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
You’ve certainly seen mobile phones controlling various devices before, with television sets probably one of the more common devices, but what about the phone autonomously controlling its steed by itself? That’s what a duo of web engineers have done. Dubbed the Truckbot, that setup has a HTC G1 attached the chassis, acting as a brain, [...]
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Posted by on February 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Multitouch? That’s so yesterday, whether MagiTact catches on. that different application relies on your handset’s built-in compass to track changes in the magnetic field around it. The aftereffect of that technological wizardry is the ability to access a range of gesture-based commands including silencing a ringing phone or terminating a shout without needing to lift [...]
Filed under Technology News · Tagged with Aftereffect, Compass, Control, Fellowes, Fingers, Gesture, Hands Free Phone, Handset, Magnetic Field, Magnetic Rings, Paper Shredder, Phone Control, Ringing Phone, Shout, Success Rate, Technological Wizardry, Technology, Zoom
Posted by on February 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It feels like that device has been launched a while ago, thanks to all the leaks in the past few weeks/months. Now the cat is out of the bag. On the hardware side, that is pretty much a Google Nexus One (not poor!) but HTC has customized the user interface with its HTC Sense UI, [...]
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Posted by on February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
[ShowStoppers at MWC] Although augmented reality is currently mostly hype, one has to confess that the demos are pretty cool, even when they are simple. WorkSnug is another example of app that claims to be using augmented reality to help you find your way around here to free WIFI hotspots. whether you don’t like to [...]
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Posted by on February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
TwoNav has revealed its latest handheld GPS device known as Sportiva, where it was co-manufactured with old hand Holux. that device is highly portable, capable of fitting into just about any backpack on your travels by measuring a mere 58mm × 105mm x 23mm, while tipping the scales at 124 grams. It is pretty rigid [...]
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MIT Surround Vision is a blast
Posted by on April 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The brainy boffins at MIT have come up with Surround Vision which is a pretty interesting method when it comes to breaking the perception barrier. How does it do so, you ask? Well, Surround Vision will enable a viewer to pan around a specific scene which is located ouside the perspective that is limited by [...]
Filed under Technology News · Tagged with Blast, Boffins, Comments Section, Compass, Demonstration, Hot, Ipad, Limited, Mit, New Dimension, Orginal, Perception, Perspective, Practical Applications, Sony, Sony Vaio, Surroundings, Two Cents