Augmented Reality is where you take a camera and overlay digital images on the picture. These pictures are then anchored to certain items, so when you’re looking at an object, you can see the digital addition, but if you move the camera, the digital addition stays with the object. ARToolKit is a system to build Read more about Augmented Reality[…]
EA is going full blown for the Steam distribution. There is allegedly no third party DRM on any of the games distributed this way (no SecuROM). They will apparently even be sending out patches allowing people to free up installation slots.
Two hacks are described here: 1) make a laserprinted copy of a license plate of your ‘enemy’, stick it on the back of your car and go zooming past speed cameras 2) cruise the neighbourhood for a similar car to yours, duplicate the license plate and drive around worry free.
Well, a iphone Safari plugin that allows you to watch flv films. Which is pretty good 🙂
ml_ipod: is a winamp plugin which allows you to copy your music, photo’s, etc, to your ipod through winamp. It doesn’t yet support write to ipod touch and iphone yet, but they’re hoping to get there. In the meantime it does support read from them…
Sharepod is an itunes alternative, if you’re just bothered about the music aspect of itunes. It’s very small and lightweight. Very nice!
The UK is going nuts! Now no tin rattling – they’re afraid it might intimidate some precious morons or something…
Phoenix Labs » PeerGuardian 2 is an IP blocker that has most of the people in there that you don’t want accessing your IP, such as the RIAA and other fanatics with a history of randomly suing people with an internet connection.
Assemble your own 100 part car engine for $29.95
50 parts to assembe and then watch your own first jet go! Only $20.97
VLC Remote allows you to open media files using your iphone as a remote.
This funky dock speaker system changes colours on command or automatically on a cycle. Groovy!
I’ve raised this issue a few times before: Park attendants being told to question people in parks (especially men) if they have no children or men in the US refusing to get near children in need due their being afraid of being branded a child molestor whilst in the UK everyone is banned from coming Read more about Are we too afraid of touch?[…]
Those totally humourless Australians have branded a man a child pornographer for having cartoons of the Simpsons engaging in sex. That stretches is a bit for me!
The European Human Rights court in Strassbourg has decided that the UK DNA Database, which keeps the DNA data of people in it regardless of whether or not they have committed a crime and won’t let you out once you’re in, is in contravention of the basic right to privacy. Too right! You can’t just Read more about UK DNA database deemed unlawful[…]
In Canada, they decided they didn’t want to go the same way as the Americans did, so a large outcry went against it. This contains a good analysis of why the Canadian consumers decided to say no and what the driving forces behind the publicity were.
The UN Security Council has passed a resolution permitting member countries to enter the territorial waters of Somalia to fight piracy.
This is because free radicals don’t age you. This also means that most beauty products that are supposed to stop you from ageing, don’t work.
Uses Wireless triangulation to pinpoint where your device is and show it on a map. Never lose it again!
This experiment took the top science students of this year and gave them 1965 exams. They all failed miserably, showing the dumbing down of education quite graphically. An interesting side effect was that the girls did worse than the boys did, even though other research puts girls ahead in current exams. This clearly shows something Read more about Schools: more sexist and more stupid[…]
This thing is USB powered and fed, so you don’t need to add a graphics card. It runs at 800×600, so it has a good pixel density for a screen that size.
SMS Touch: Send Free Text Messages Through Email
This article links to five in the appstore. They work by writing a message and then opening the email app and pasting the input into a new mail: Wide Email Lettera Sideways Touchtype Compose Firemail If you’re jailbroken you can type SMS messages in landscape mode using biteSMS or iRealSMS from Cydia.
Yes, these fantastic guys in the UK keep on building huge centralised databases: The NHS has had data of around 10,000 patients compromised in around 135 seperate incidents – last year alone! In the Netherlands, they’ll be starting a system like this in 2009. Fortunately you can opt out here If you live in NL, Read more about NHS loses patient data[…]
This is a good guide how to do it easily and reap the benifits of proper colour. All you need is a THX certified DVD and a pair of $4,- goofy glasses.