Robo.to, is a mobile service that allows visual status updates with 4-second videos and multi-platform integration.
Read more...September 29, 2009
September 24, 2009
Lessons from the Netflix Prize
Netflix recently awarded their $1 million prize to a seven person group of statisticians and computer scientists for improving the accuracy of customer movie recommendations by ten percent.
Read more...September 23, 2009
(Video) Technology and Convergence Facts
We recently covered what the internet is killing and this video we came across shows through various statistics how the internet is changing our lives.
Read more...Laser Assisted Microphone Makes Next Leap in Sound Technology
David Schwartz, a digital audio pioneer, will soon be unveiling a new design for a microphone that is aided by lasers to isolate “pure sound.”
Read more...‘Best Camera’ iPhone App by Chase Jarvis
Chase Jarvis, a world-renowned commercial photographer, recently launched an iPhone application, book and online photo community to convince everyone that the best camera is the one that’s with you and absolutely anyone can snap a remarkable image.
Read more...September 21, 2009
Tristin Lowe’s Inflatable Fabric Whale
Tristin Lowe, an artist based in Philadelphia, unveiled a massive project earlier this summer that pushes the limits of its room in the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
Read more...The Portraits of Stefan Hobmaier
Stefan Hobmaier, a photographer from Germany, has a new series of photos called Dorfjugend that covers young people growing up in small towns.
Read more...City Rendered in 3D Using Photosynth, Flickr
A group of computer scientists from the University of Washington’s Graphics and Imaging Laboratory have created an algorithm that improves the technology behind Microsoft’s Photosynth to render massive environments in 3D.
Read more...September 18, 2009
Retro Cameras from the Streets of Tokyo
Old cameras are becoming a stylish accessory, and in Japan the youth eagerly show off their retro cameras to the Tokyo Camera Style blog.
Read more...September 16, 2009
(List) What the Internet is Killing
The Telegraph recently featured a list of fifty things that are being destroyed by the internet. The article is hardly surprising given the massive shifts the internet brings to society, but it does raise a debate about what will be missed from a bygone era and what will be rightly forgotten.
Read more...Hyperlocal Peer-to-Peer Piracy
The Pirate Kiosk is a local and public backup of the Pirate Bay’s torrent catalog broadcast from a WiFi router, allowing peer-to-peer file sharing without the need for the internet.
Read more...August 28, 2009
Tangle-Proof Ear Bud Design
Image credit: Getty Images, Dan Banda Lee/Flickr
Lee Washington, a product design student currently studying in London at Central Saint Martins, recently posted a video describing an ingeniously simple concept design for headphones that will not get tangled. Essentially, the idea is to apply the same technology of a Ziploc bag to the two separate wires, allowing users to seal them together before putting them away.
Hopefully it will make it’s way to production, and we can all stop fumbling with tangled ear buds, or even bother with learning the best way store headphones. It’s one of those great inventions [...]
The Bicycle Photography of San Francisco
Mash SF, a hardcore group of cyclists, have produced a particularly stunning collection of images from around the world of their tightly-knit community. The mostly black and white photographs portray their culture and obsession with all things bicycle. Massan, a prolific photographer of their crew, has amassed a great collection of images on his personal site, including the photographs displayed below in the gallery. The vibrant society of bike messengers and other worshipers of fixed gear or even brake-less bicycles have bred some incredible media and it’s a pleasure to see the content produced. The rider and assumed photographer Massan [...]
Read more...Manage Your Online Media with thisMoment
Most social networks or media sharing sites thrive on their unique offerings or exclusivity, but a new site called thisMoment hopes to bring together their disparate functions into a single portal. thisMoment offers traditional ways of uploading photos or video to the site, but can also pull in material from other sites like Flickr, Facebook or YouTube. The interface for thisMoment resembles a Flickr slide show with more options and the comment system is arranged to share emotions under an entry starting with “This moment made me feel…” as well as the usual space for snarky Internet one-line comments. The [...]
Read more...August 27, 2009
Chipotle’s iPhone App Returns
Chipotle, the immensely popular Mexican grill, redesigned and relaunched their iPhone application for mobile food ordering. Back in January the app was pulled just days after launch due to unknown glitches and design issues. We didn’t grab it fast enough to review last time, but this new version is certainly smooth.
The app tracks down the closest Chipotle and then you go about building your dream burrito, bowl, taco or salad, throwing in more ingredients than would be polite to ask for in the restaurant itself, even letting you include special instructions. The menu is quick and intuitive, even allowing for [...]




