Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category
Gadgets: Sunshine wallsticker
Great wallsticker from snoebi. Size varies up to 2 meter.
Available from German Online Shop a-better-tomorrow for about EUR 30.
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Photography: Tokyo Reality – Canon EOS 5D MarkII
Interesting what you can do with the latest top-of-the-line digital SLR cameras. Tokyo Reality is a 6 minute movie shot with the new Canon EOS 5D MarkII that comes with full High Definition video capability.
In Live View Mode, this digital master piece from Canon allows to shoot uninterrupted at full HD, 1080 resolution with 30fps. The movie was created within 3 days from 74GB of rushes (after processing).
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Gadget: TeddyTaurus
If you liked to play with Teddies when you were younger and believe been seen with one at your age might not be such a great idea – here a two options:
A fried of us a while ago – always in the evening – was having a small white teddy bear looking out from one of the pockets of his jacket. Believe it or not – great success with the girls. Maybe it was the type of the bear.
The other option is more for home use: The TeddyTaurus.
Made by the great German toy company Steiff, the TeddyTaurus is most likely the first…
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Computer Interfaces: Interactive Mirror
This is a patent pending touch capable mirror features proximity sensors, gesturing, and both near-field and far-field infrared. Conceptualized by Alpay Kasal of Lit Studios and Sam Ewen of Interference Inc. Designed/constructed by Alpay Kasal.
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Fun: A Calculator built with LBP
A video of a small 8bit calculator build within the LittleBigPlanet world creation platform for the PlayStation 3. This is the emulation of an electronic calculator with 610 switches, 500 wires, 430 pistons, 70 emitters and more implemented in the beta version of the creator.
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Sci-Fi: Starship dimensions
If you like Science Fiction movies have a look at Jeff Russell’s Starship Dimensions pages. It provides pixel exact drawings of 218 starships and if you’re using IE you can compare the drawings directly on screen by dragging them around.
The in-scale drawings include starships from Sci-Fi movies such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Babylon 5, ID4, Macross/Robotech, Lexx, Freespace, and Battlestar Galactica. Zoom ranges include…
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