Previously known as “Project Natal”, “Kinect” is Microsoft’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii and gesture-based gaming in general. It doesn’t involve holding a controller, so according to the linked article it’s got Minority Report-like potential – along another neat ability like recognizing another player “jumping in” to the game.
UPDATED June 15:
Coming out towards the end of the year November 4, price rumored to top out around $150.
You might want to download the ESPN FIFA World Cup 2010 app on your iPhone today… ESPN is making a pretty big push into its coverage of the sport this year. FYI – Feedback so far is to NOT bother upgrading to the paid version.
At one point the military had the idea of strapping incendiary bombs to bats and dropping them over Japan. The goal was to have the bats nest in barns attics and in houses and then when the bomb would go off it would start a fire. Check out this article at Wired that exposes that and many other crazy military ideas.
Lego felt tip 110″ printer connected to an Apple Mac. This is not mindstorms, I designed/built/coded it all from scratch including analog motor electronics, sensors and printer driver, the USB interface uses a “wiring” board.
We first showed you our friend Ruedi’s ALPA camera back in April, now the Swiss Camera gods are making news (be it from February) again in the form of a collaboration with Swiss design studio Estragon. Estragon designed a new handle for the ALPA 12 TC, which from their words sounds amazing, “Only when the photographer will forget the camera in his hands will he be able to absolutely focus on his activity: The Photography.”
We love you ALPA, keep being The World’s Best Camera Ever.
Maarten Baas‘s iPhone app based is based on his Real Time project where the artist painted time in real time. Check out the video after the jump to see it in action and understand it a bit more. Then, when you’re ready download it here.
There is a tech war brewing between Apple and Google, this is obvious. The interesting fact that through all of the mud slinging, Google plans to rewrites history. I found this little but true observation at Apple outsider, it makes you take a second and think before you search.
“If we did not act, we faced a draconian future. Where one man, one company, one carrier was the future.”-Google’s VP of Engineering, Vic Gundotra
Lately, I have been using my first gen iPhone as a portable radio/remote at home. The sound quality from the built-in speaker is not so good. Most of the time I put it in a corner to use the wall to create better acoustics. This little speaker from Motz might do the trick and it’s made out of wood and sports an fm radio as well as a usb to recharge the lithium. All for $49.00
You know the drill: Active 3G data use, video and audio playback just kill your mobile device’s battery. The KIWI U-Powered: Solar & USB Portable Charger just might be the extra item I carry in my bag this summer. Kick back and relax to the superb video above.
