Standards

Entertainment

Manufacturers Are Finally Standardising 3D Glasses… Together

4:40AM August 9, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Big news from Panasonic, Samsung and Sony: they’re teaming-up to put a stop to this silly trend of being forced into buying expensive 3D glasses that only work with one manufacturer’s 3DTV, and will use Xpand’s glasses from next year. More »


Computing

Why We Can’t All Just Settle On One Stupid Standard

12:00AM July 21, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Standards, formats, protocols. There are thousands of them! Probably! I’ve never counted, I’ve always been too buys slamming my head against a wall. But you know what? Even the road to gadget compatibility hell is paved with good intentions. Right before it’s repaved with terrible, pigheaded greed. [xkcd]


Entertainment

M-3DI: Panasonic’s Idea For Universal 3D Eyewear Standard

6:01AM March 29, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Panasonic wants 3D eyewear and displays to be compatible regardless of what product brands you choose. Their newly conceived standard for active-shutter eyewear, M-3DI, is their plan to make that happen. More »


Entertainment

CEA Calls For Standardisation Of Active Shutter 3D Glasses

9:00PM March 10, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

The same association that puts on the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas each year has called for manufacturers to get their acts together and support a new standards process for 3D active shutter glasses. More »


Online

The Future Of The Internet Has A (Kickass) Logo

9:00AM January 19, 2011 | Brian Barrett

To help prod along our slow, inexorable march towards the HTML5 web standard, and because everything today needs branding, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has unveiled a snazzy new HTML5 logo. The biggest surprise? It’s pretty controversial! More »


Software

Google Chrome Drops H.264 Support, Even Though It Still Loves Flash

8:53AM January 12, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

Oh wow. Google’s dropping support for h.264 video in Chrome, because, they say, they’re only going to support “open codec technologies”: More »


iPads And iPhones To Get MIDI Support With IOS 4.2

6:50AM November 5, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/t6Pwa3SbFFE&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); What a pleasant surprise! The fellows over at Create Digital Music have discovered that iOS 4.2 will allow iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches to support MIDI devices over both USB (via camera connection kit) and Wi-Fi. More »


Apple Foregoing USB 3.0 For Light Peak In Early 2011?

4:18AM November 5, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

CNET reports that Intel’s Light Peak, a high-speed connection standard capable of transferring data at 10 gigabits per second, will be arriving sooner than expected: sometime in the first half of 2011. And Apple’s poised to be an early adopter. More »


Researchers Claim They’ve Created The Perfect 3D Human Ear Model

2:00AM October 18, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Researchers at the National Physics Laboratory in the U.K. have modeled what they believe to be the perfect human ear. It will replace the “flawed” one created by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 1990. Perfect headphones for everyone! More »


Gadgets

It’s Time To Make Standardised Ratings For Gadgets

8:00AM August 31, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Earlier today, the Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed off stickers that would give car buyers in the US standardised info on a particular model’s fuel economy and environmental impact. Gadgets should have standardised ratings, too. More »