June 18, 2007
It is a big universe
Pictures like this are so sweet. It hints at how totally fricken huge this universe is:
Click on it for the full version.
More amazing Hubble shots can be seen here: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/the_universe_collection/
June 13, 2007
Font Smoothing - Apple vs. Microsoft
A friend told me today that the Fonts on a Mac were blurry compared to Windows. I had no idea why this would be the case until I found this nifty article:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html
10th Dimension
Ever stay awake at night trying to visualize the 4th dimension? Yeah, me too. It's a bitch. Here is a site that not only helps... it helps you to visualize the 10th dimension! Halp, brane hurts!
http://www.tenthdimension.com/
September 18, 2005
Magic Brush!
The BBC is running
a very interesting article about a device created by Kimiko Ryokai, a researcher at the MIT Media Lab.
The brush can scan any external image or surface and use that to "paint" that texture onto a digital painting.
Ms Ryokai wanted to know what would happen if you could literally suck the ink from the environment.
Space Elevator inching closer to reality
The concept of the space elevator is one step closer to reality. The LiftPort Group, a company planning on building a space elevator, received FAA clearance (a waiver) to use airspace to start testing models of the elevator using a robotic device to climb a free hanging ribbon attached to a balloon initially as much as a mile high.
http://www.techzonez.com/comments.php?shownews=14880
September 11, 2005
Willy Wonka for Geeks
My last entry about the Babble device led me on a thread of links that wound up at a Wired article about the company that produces it.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67951,00.html?tw=wn_story_top5
| "It's as if Willy Wonka's chocolate factory just yawned wide to welcome us. Only here, all the candy plugs in." |
Cone of Silence
Ever wanted a real cone of silence? This company has something that is pretty close: http://www.sonaretechnologies.com/babble.html
It rebroadcasts snippets of your real voice, causing the effect of scrambling what you say so that others cannot understand. It sounds a lot like a room full of people. Very interesting gadget!
September 10, 2005
Das Keyboard
A keyboard for the Uber Geek. This is a totally black computer keyboard with nothing at all on the keys. The keys are all blank! The whole thing looks like some stealth ninja keyboard.
Apparently not having the keys labeled makes one even faster and more accurate with typing after the initial training period.
September 07, 2005
New iPod
There is a sexy new iPod just hitting the streets : http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/
It comes in a 2GB and 4 GB version and looks very sweet. I think I may have to get myself a birthday present here soon...