Augmented reality is old news in academic circles, but a new application called Layar may well the tipping point, bringing really useful information to the mobile-device-carrying masses.
The app uses a mobile device’s built-in camera, magentometer, GPS, and data connection to determine where the user is at and what they are looking at. Then it gathers relevant geographic information and displays it over the camera image. Just watch the video.
Yet another for the I-wish-they-made-this-when-I-was-a-kid:
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Inventor/Mechanical genius Greg Schroll’s take on an all-terrain robot – put the robot inside of a big ball:
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Just forget about the umbilical for moment and think about how much fun you could have blasting jet skiers with those water jets.
I’ve been away from my DVR and getting my Jimmy Fallon fix via Hulu this week. The only problem is that most computers don’t care that you’re running Hulu (or Vimeo, or Youtube, or … ) at fullscreen and they’ll kick into powersave/screensaver mode. That’s why you should grab Caffeine, a simple app that prevents your Mac from going into powersave/screensaver mode. You can even enable it for a limited time so you don’t run down your battery when you’re done watching your vids and forget to shut it down.
Windows users can disable the screensaver with a little work.
This BBC documentary on industrial designer Marc Newson offers great insight into his creative and production processes. It is available in 5 parts on youTube:
This is real innovation; fitting a need with an opportunity in a novel way. If I had hardwood floors I would have bought a few of these when my baby was crawling.
More on the forthcoming Objectified documentary; this time an interview with the director, Gary Hustwit:
Extended Interview with Gary Hustwit – Dwell Blog – dwell.com
Bill Gates talks about two of his latest philanthropic efforts at the annual TED conference going on this week; conquering malaria and making teachers great.
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