newVideoPlayer("bodyheat_gawker.flv", 475, 376);This is Sensoring, an air joystick that analyzes your body’s electric field to transform it into some kind of Wiimote. In this video, the user waves his hand in the air—without any kind of motion detection markers or cameras— to fly a 3D helicopter on the screen Luke Skywalker-style. The sensor measures the distance and angle of the hand’s electric field in relation to itself, capturing the motion and sending it to the computer. Looks basic now but maybe we are looking at the germ of a future Nintendo, completely touch-less, device-less and almost Zeldabulously magical. [ALPS via Gizmodo Japan] More »
If you picked up a wired version of Apple’s new thin aluminium keyboard you may have noticed that the caps lock function is all but useless. Only a good long press of the key will activate the function, and if you so much as breathe on it, caps lock disengages. So, is Apple spearheading an anti-caps lock campaign? Discuss. [Wired] More »
The Contestants: Five from Gizmodo, five from Kotaku. The Time: Friday, October 12. The Arena: Halo 3. Best of 7. The Prize: Unlimited splices for a day. No shows mean immediate disqualification and that team forfeits the match. More »
It may have taken 14 months to complete, but I think you will agree that the gargantuan effort put forth on this Hulk PC Mod is readily apparent. This is in addition to the fact that it takes a tremendous amount of creative vision to attempt a caseless mod with a 13-inch poseable Hulk figure and a micro ATX motherboard. Plus it gets mad points for theatrics. [Fusion Mods]
The FCC has refused to investigate phone companies who are thought to have turned over millions of records to the NSA, according to a Reuters story. More »
David Pogue is right about the OLPC in his NYTimes column this week. For those of you who haven’t kept up with the changes in the One Laptop Per Child he sums it up nicely, demoing all the engineering miracles in the machine, addressing the low minded complaints of “snarky bloggers” (Where?!), going on to explain why it’s an interesting and important thing for the developing world. The video does a great job, so I’ll recommend you watch the video above. It definitely convinced me: Even more so than water or malaria shots or food, kids in third world countries need this PC. (David, I’m kidding. Nice column this week.) [NYTimes] More »
Nothing screams faith in the Lord like a grossly overpriced USB drive crafted into his signature symbol. Gresso’s 1 GB “Krest” is made out of African Blackwood (or Mahogany) and Diamonds that will cost between $300-$1000. There are also Adam and Eve drives in the shape of an apple, but who cares about them? They were filthy sinners. [Adam & Eve via Gizmag via Coolest Gadgets] More »
Despite the fact that IE7 ships with every copy of Vista and is a free download for every Windows XP user, the browser only has a marketshare of 20-27 percent. Contrast that with Firefox’s 17% share, according to one site, and things are looking dour for Microsoft. So what do they do? No, not improve the browser. They remove the WGA check on the download, which previously required users to have a legit copy of Windows XP before installing. Is this going to dramatically increase usage? We’ll see. [Ars Technica] More »
Joining a long line of modded brethren, this Mercedes truck case mod is one we’d love to take for a spin. Details are thin, but we know it has sweet features such as working headlights, integrated exterior controls and not one but two LCD screens built right into the cab. Hit the gallery below to see pictures of the production process, and by all means take your best guess as to what kind of hot cargo she’s haulin’. [haha.nu via Gearfuse]
