The Land Of Giants
Making only minor alterations to well established steel-framed tower design, we have created a series of towers that are powerful, solemn and variable. These iconic pylon-figures will become monuments in the landscape. Seeing the pylon-figures will become an unforgettable experience, elevating the towers to something more than merely a functional design of necessity. Via choishine.com
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THE INCIDENT!
Really, really cool iPhone game that took me way back. The game seems to be making waves and you can buy it for US $1.99 here.
Four Generations of the iPhone
A comparison of several operations on all four iPhone models. Filmed on a Sony HDR-SR12E and finished on Final Cut Pro.
iPone Game Pad
A very interesting concept that is still in prototype mode. I certainly could use a game pad for iphone games. I also looks like it could double as a case.
The Truth About Advertising
Wed, Apr 28 2010 09:41
| Advertising, Video, Humour, Gadget
A video demonstrating the reality of using the Nokia N97, which is what Nokia call their "flagship" device.
Opera For iPhone
After the release of Opera browser for the iPhone on April 13th, it instantly became the number one free downloaded app in every country. It's definitely worth the hype. Get it here.
Chobi Mini Digital Camera
Thu, Apr 15 2010 09:00
| Photography, Gadget
"Ultra compact, multifunctional Pocket sized Chobi Mini Digital Camera is one of the most compact digital camera's ever! Yet it takes incredible digital photos. Chobi Mini Digital Camera can Video at 1280 x 960 pix 30 fps AVI movies and take 2048 x 1536 pix pictures." Via www.geekstuff4u.com
iCade
An awesome piece of accsorie for the iPad to play your favourate archade games. This takes me waaaaay back. Via thinkgeek.com
Golden Food
Now you can stain your tomatoes, chips, and whatever food you crave in gold with the "Esslack Food Spray". Using these fresh spray cans full of edible silver and gold paint, your food is transformed from boring to bling in seconds. Via the Deli Garage.
Jurassic Time
"The Jurassic Tourbillon, whose dial contains fragments of authentic fossilised dinosaur bones, takes us on a journey into the past, around 130 million years ago. Qualified as exceptional by experts, the colour and veining of these precious witnesses to our past underwent a meticulous process of preservation. A veritable initiatory exploration, this first piece of a limited series of 12 watches comes in a time-travelling case: the Time Explorator. This “treasure chest of origins” features an “engine-room” comprising counters, handles, levers, gear-trains and pipes in copper and brass. Made of acajou, the Time Explorator is three metres long and two metres high. Its nine windows, which represent the key dates in the history of man, are an invitation to make unexpected discoveries." Via www.swisstime.ch
Samsung NX10 Review
Sat, Mar 13 2010 07:12
| Photography, Gadget
If you missed my first post on the camera, here is another review and sample shots of it. The camera is great like I said perviously. A great advantage to the traditional DSLR is the compact size, however I have my reservations. The camera seems to have a flickering effect when shooting video, you can see that evident in the video I took indoors with the pancake lens at a local bookstore in Auckland especially when I was approaching store lighting closely. As indicated by the camera's manual the maximum continuos video shooting you can do is 25mins, which is good enough. Thats to allow the sensor to rest and not overheat. Still photography is great and next to none in its class and competes with higher end DSLRs as far as I am concerned. My Nikon D300 had a simmilar quality photos to this camera. A major drawback is the lack of support of Samsung Raw files on the Mac platform. Something professional photographers might frown upon. The camera would probably sell for around the NZ $1000 mark comparatively to the Aus $899 price tag. Overall I'd say this is the best point and shoot camera you'd have except that its a lot more than that. This is the camera you'd carry around with you most of the time, hence produce a lot more photos than those carrying the bulk of the traditional DSLR carnage but still produce similar results. I personally love it, and with few tweaks and further firmware upgrades from Samsung I see this new hybrid format blowing up big. My rating is 3.9/5.
Samsung NX-10 Hands On
Tue, Mar 9 2010 09:55
| Photography, Gadget
I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the new generation cameras the Samsung NX10 before its release date in New Zealand. The camera is intuitive, easy to use and if you are like me is sick and tired of the bulkiness of your "professorial" camera, this makes a great companion that you can take anywhere. It has a nice grip and fits in the hand nicely. Here is my initial photo samples I took on the night of my first encounter. I will hopefully post more samples when I get the time to know the camera a bit more. Enjoy.
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Glow In The Dark
Ever wanted to do your business in the middle of night without waking the whole household up. Now you can with this £4.99 glow in the dark toilet paper. The amount of light it gets will determine how long it glows for. Via iwantoneofthose.com
Robonaut 2
The new R2 is NASA's and GM's love child. The new humanoid robot capable of working side by side with people. Using leading edge control, sensor and vision technologies, future robots could assist astronauts during hazardous space missions and help GM build safer cars and plants. Via robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov
Wacom’s Intuos4 Goes Wireless
The medium sized Intuos4 tablet measures 14.3" x 10.0" x 0.6" (363mm x 253mm x 15 mm) with 40 square inches of working area. The unit weighs 2.2 lb (1kg) with the battery, which is recharged via USB. It is Mac and PC compatible. Wacom plans to begin shipping the Intuos4 Wireless in the US and Canada in late February/early March with a price of US$399. It is scheduled for launch in Mexico and other Latin American countries in subsequent months. Release details for other markets are yet to be announced.