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Gadgets
Gruve Motion Sensor Reminds You To Stop Being Fat and Lazy
9:20AM Sean Fallon | Designed by Dr. Jim Levine of the Mayo clinic, the Gruve is a wearable device that measures calories burned throughout the day. If you have been sedentary too long, it lets you know it. More »
Music
Cube-Shaped MP3 Player Lets You Roll It Around to Control Playback
1:30PM Adrian Covert | The neat thing about this minuscule, G4-looking MP3 player is it uses motion controls, like turning it on one of its side or tapping a corner, to turn on/off, skip forward/backward, etc. More »
Peripherals
Smartfish Pro:Motion Keyboard Has Motors To Stop Carpal Tunnel
6:20AM Jason Chen | The Pro:Motion Keyboard goes one step beyond regular ergonomic keyboards by incorporating motors that shift both angle and separation between keys throughout the day in order to prevent you from getting carpal tunnel syndrome. More »
Games
Sixense Truemotion 3D Controller Makes Wiimote Look Like A Toy
12:30AM Kit Eaton | While the Wiimote control came as a fabulous gaming surprise, it has its sensitivity drawbacks, something that the Truemotion 3D system really overcomes. Check out the demo video—it’s amazing. Sixense designed this thing to use magnetic field detection so it can track both your hands on the controller position in full 3D real-time, with an accurate 10 millisecond refresh rate. Since it gives a far more realistic input system for playing with stuff, it’s basically the way future game controllers’ll work. And since people like Activision and EA are interested it may actually make its way into a real product. [Sixense via Engadget] More »
Gadgets
Apple Patents Head-Tracking Auditorium-Effect Wearable Display
12:45AM Kit Eaton | Apple’s patents are nothing if not copious, and occasionally confusing: this new one is in the latter category. It’s for a goggle-like display system with an in-built head tracking system that changes the display from a somewhat boring “normal” static one into a dynamic view that recreates the feeling of being in an auditorium, baseball park or movie theatre. It could even track the viewer’s eye movements to calculate their intended gaze and overlay fake audiences in front of the “screen” with accompanying audio effects. You know, crumpling sweet packets and the like. Lovely. [Electronista] More »
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