Gadgets

• March 12, 2009Cool Stuff, general

  Why we often have ‘spare’ time

  I found this great comic over at Eviljaymz (though it is an homage to xkcd stylistically) and immediately thought of Frank…and the rest of the geospatial community. Many of these […]

• February 23, 2009Gadgets, general

  Gesture-based input for 3D

  Engadget has a post on iPoint 3D brings gesture-based inputs to 3D displays with an example pic straight of an Autodesk demo. The pic aside I expect the technology they […]

• February 21, 2009Cool Stuff, general, Hardware, VirtualEnvironments

  Media Vehicle – Virtual Reality Mecha Style

  For those of you who have always wanted to pilot your own giant mecha battle robot, Japanese researchers have taken another step toward the dream with the development of the […]

• February 19, 2009Cool Stuff, general, VirtualEnvironments

  Checking out ARSights for Google Earth models

  Many of you may have already seen the press releases and various posts about ARSights, an augmented reality app that lets you look at Google Earth models on your desktop. […]

• February 7, 2009Cool Stuff, Education, general

  Rockin’ with Geography – Teacher and the Rockbots

  Rock n’ roll lovers everywhere – now you can help remember your geography skills by rocking out with Teacher and the Rockbots, as they sing classics like “Continents,” “How to […]

• February 5, 2009Gadgets, general

  Location and touch in your next GIS

  Around the tubes rumors have surfaced regarding the inclusion of CoreLocation and Touch SDKs in the next desktop version of the MacOS X, AKA Snow Leopard. As a Mac fan […]

• January 28, 2009Cool Stuff, general

  The London Underground map gets a silver and gold treatment

  For those of you in the UK (the company doesn’t do international shipping), modetwentyone has a very cool decorative mirror with the London Underground map laser etched onto its surface. […]

• January 23, 2009Cool Stuff, general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  More VR CAVE demos – our XNA virtual landscape application

  I have really slacked off on the postings on the blog while I work on my research stuff, but I’ve finally got some pictures of my XNA virtual world application […]

• January 22, 2009Cool Stuff, general, Remote Sensing

  UK Satellite company talks low cost

  The BBC has an interesting article on plans by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) to launch a $70million satellite that will be able to capture 60cm pixel images. SSTL believes […]

• January 9, 2009Gadgets, general

  CES ‘09 Location Tech – Friday

  Friday brings us a few more location Tech announcements from CES. Mio launches four new Moov navigators at CES – via Engadget TomTom intros GO 740 LIVE connected GPS – […]