Gadgets
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More on Surface Computing
We reported a few months back about Microsoft’s Surface Computer. Popular Mechanics features a good video news item/discussion about surface computing in general, and specifically about Microsoft’s Surface product. The […]
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Microsoft Announces “Community Arcade”
In more Microsoft news, they’ve announced a new “community arcade“. The idea is pretty simple – end users and budding game developers can now “launch” their titles on Xbox Live […]
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Gadgets, general, Human Geography, Navigation
Can Cell Phones Predict Traffic?
That’s the question Nokia set out to find the answer to yesterday. They equipped 100 students with GPS and software equipped Nokia phones and had them drive a 10 mile […]
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How would you use a nuvifone?
You may be wondering why you would want Garmin’s recently-announced foray into the world of smartphones, the nuvifone, and a couple of new marketing videos over on YouTube are trying […]
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Garmin’s New York nuvifone announcement
Wednesday evening Garmin apparently surprised a press event with their announcement of the nuvifone, the company’s first foray into the mobile phone market. The Garmin Blog has an amusing post […]
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Rovio lets you know what’s going on when you’re not home
If you’ve always wondered what your house looks like when you’re not there, or fret about what your pets are doing to get themselves into trouble, then Rovio may be […]
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Gadgets, general, Hardware, Navigation, Physical Geography, space (not spatial)
Solar Headaches to Come
National Geographic is reporting that we can expect a season of intense solar flares for the next few weeks and months. This is all part of a normal 11 year […]
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Get an Interactive WhiteBoard for $39.99
Johny’s Lee at CMU has some really cool projects using the Wii remote. One of the is using some software he wrote along with a standard Wii remote to create […]
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The Whereabouts Clock
Microsoft Research Cambridge has come up with a new device that is reminiscent of the Weasley’s family’s clock in the Harry Potter books – dubbed the Whereabouts Clock – which […]
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