Thursday, August 2, 2007
Apple’s Gesture Dictionary, a Fingering Chart for Multi-Touch
11:47PM Seamus Byrne | Apple spent another day at the patent office, locking down this idea: a Multi-Touch Gesture Dictionary that identifies all kinds of finger play you can do on upcoming multi-touch interfaces. It started out with just the expand and contract motions on the iPhone, along with the ability to swipe your finger to get from one picture or graphic to the next. This takes those few gestures into the next dimension. Come on over to the next page, and see a larger version of this multi-touch map, which looks as complicated as the West Coast Offense in the NFL. More »
WebbAlert Debuts, Babe Talks Tech
11:17PM Seamus Byrne | Check out Morgan Webb’s new show, WebbAlert, starting today. Morgan’s the host of the G4 network TV show X-Play , the longest-running and most popular show about videogames on the planet. WebbAlert will be a daily show, Monday through Thursday, and she’ll talk big tech stories, Web 2.0 and other funny, shocking, or weird stuff (sounds like the Giz!). We like. [WebbAlert] More »
Flatpack Boombox MP3 Dock – Hand Not Included
11:04PM Seamus Byrne | Nothing to do with Ikea, this boombox iPod dock is made out of paper and comes in a flatpack. Once assembled, its speakers pump out, with the aid of two AA batteries, all the Kurtis Blow and Sugarhill Gang’ you ever wanted to hear. More »
Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP
10:49PM Seamus Byrne | Hey PC fanboys, now you can use this shot of a Windows XP display at an AT&T store when those smug Mac worshipers tell you about how such-and-such Zune commercial was made on a Mac, and how “all media types and artists” use Macs. Windows runs the world, baby. (Thanks, Paul!) More »
Behind the Wall Couch
9:59PM Seamus Byrne | Behind the Wall is a two-sided couch with a stretchy membrane dividing those on each side. I’m not sure how practical it is, but it sure looks like fun. People sitting on the opposite side form a bulge in the membrane, meaning that people can interact through the furniture. There’s bound to be a lot of fun games you could play with this, like guess the body part. galleryPost('stretchsofa', 4, 'Behind the Wall'); The couch was designed by industrial designer, Jordi Canudas, who seems to specialize in designing attractive, digg-bait furniture. [Jordi Canudas] More »
Three Concept Video Projectors for Gaming More than All White
9:17PM Seamus Byrne | These three objects are all video projectors that go by the name of Trisha, Dane and Trey. They are the fruits of a collaboration between Texas Instruments, Ignition, DLP and a trio of students on a Masters program in video game development at Southern Methodist University. See them after the jump. More »
Find One, Find All – I’m on Your KeyFobz, Making a Noize
8:44PM Seamus Byrne | If, like me, you lose your keys and wallet on an almost daily basis, then you just might be desperate enough for gadgets like this. The Find One, Find All is a little radio receiver that you attach to your commonly lost items. You can then use another one – yes, you have to buy two – to track it down. There are six keys, and additional units can be programmed to different numbers. Lost your keys? Press 1. Lost your wallet? Press 2. More »
Hitachi’s Blu-Ray and HDD/Blu-Ray Cams Stateside in October (Right, Phil?)
7:51PM Seamus Byrne | We already knew this was coming despite the naysayers*: Hitachi has finally launched its Blue-Ray and HDD/Blue-Ray camcorders on the world. Launch dates are 31 August for Japan, and October for the rest of the world, and here’s a gallery and all the gen on what you can expect. galleryPost('hitachibluraycam', 8, 'hitachibluraycam'); More »
Extreme Kayaking: Surfango’s PowerKayaks Haul Aquatic Ass
5:36PM Karson Thompson | If you’ve been avoiding kayaking all your life because the strenuous paddling seemed like too much work, Surfango is your dream come true. Tired of paddling away for a few measly miles per hour, Surfango strapped a four-stroke engine on the back of a kayak and the PowerKayak was born. It may only fit one person, but that person is guaranteed to have a grand old time skipping over the waves at a blistering 25 miles per hour. More »
