Source: http://gizmodo.com/5641012/arab-centers-wall-is-alive-with-30000-mechanical-eyes
The automated wall of the Institute, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, broadens and narrows entirely on its own—just like the human eye—corresponding with the rising and setting sun. The result? Dazzling interior lighting patterns, and a no-fuss way of keeping cool during the day. [Inhabitat]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5641074/entire-facebook-photo-albums-captured-in-single-long-exposure-photographs
The photographs, long exposure shots of a computer screen snapped as Facebook albums were rapidly flipped through, were taken by Phillip Maisel as part of a project called "A More Open Place," a quote by Facebook King Mark Zuckerberg himself.
There's plenty more at Maisel's site. Check them out and keep them in mind the next time you're looking at your friend's insipid vacation album. [Phillip Maisel via Peta Pixel]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5641608/the-unflattering-future-of-fashion-spray-on-clothes
A new liquid mixture will allow people to literally spray clothes onto their body. Once the mixture hits your body, it turns into a thin layer of fabric that can be peeled off, washed, and re-worn. Unfortunately, it's also skintight.
It's sorta crazy to think about your future morning routine: wake up, shake the aerosol can and spray yourself silly to get dressed. Is that even possible? Yes it is. Developed by Imperial College London and a company called Fabrican, the spray-on fabric is made from short, cross linking fibers that are combined with polymers, the fibers then cling together to form the material. Its kept in liquid form through a solvent which evaporates when the spray hits the surface.
So it totally works but why would someone want to make this? Manel Torres, the designer behind the spray on clothes, says:
"When I first began this project I really wanted to make a futuristic, seamless, quick and comfortable material. In my quest to produce this kind of fabric, I ended up returning to the principles of the earliest textiles such as felt, which were also produced by taking fibers and finding a way of binding them together without having to weave or stitch them"
And futuristic it is! One thing though, spray on clothes is a great idea if we all looked like swimsuit models but since we, er, don't, it'd just make for a very unflattering future. Imagine everyone wearing thin, skintight shirts and pants. Not a pretty sight. [Wired]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5641843/after-watching-this-video-its-clear-the-universe-will-end-today
There are plenty of amazing time lapse videos. This is one. But when you see it paired with Hans Zimmer's "Dream is collapsing"—from Inception's soundtrack—it goes from amazing to holy-fuck-the-Universe-is-about-to-collapse-and-we-are-all-gonna-die amazing. Play the HD full screen. Use headphones.
The time lapse segments were taken by Mike Flores and edited to match the rhythm of Zimmer's gloriously unnerving piece. Flores' images are beautiful, but when combined with Zimmer's music, on a big screen, with a big sound system or good headphones, the result is epic.
But then again, you can use Zimmer's music to make Sesame Street look like an epic tale of life and death. Now, if you excuse me, I'm off to try to wake up. Somebody throw me out the window, please. [Vimeo via Likecool]
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/17/ocosmos-unveils-crazy-ocs-9-tablet-with-oak-trail-cpu-stylus-st/
Ocosmos unveils crazy OCS-9 tablet with Oak Trail CPU, stylus stand and removable keyboard (update: close up pics!) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 23:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Digg It's been a long time coming -- now native Google Voice apps have finally returned to the iTunes App Store. This, after a fourteen month hiatus in which we saw an FCC investigation into the matter that culminated in a loosening of App Store restrictions. So far, we're only seeing the $3 GV Connect app in the store with GV Mobile + coming sometime Saturday morning according to its developer, Sean Kovacs. No word on when the official Google Voice iPhone app will make its appearance, but surely it can't be long -- Phil must have had a chance to study the app he personally Google Voice apps returning to iPhone app store (update: they're here!) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://lifehacker.com/5640971/check-if-trim-is-enabled-for-your-solid-state-drive-in-windows-7
While using something like Intel's previously mentioned Toolbox application to TRIM your drive is extremely useful, you need to make sure Windows 7 has enabled it first. And, while Windows is designed to automatically detect most SSDs, sometimes it doesn't work as intended. If you find the performance of your SSD is degrading (or just want to make sure TRIM is properly enabled), run Command Prompt as an administrator and type:
fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify
It will give you one of two results, either a 0 or a 1. A zero indicates that TRIM is enabled correctly, a one means that it is not. If you have a TRIM-compatible SSD, but find that Windows 7 hasn't enabled the command, you can easily do so by running this command:
fsutil behavior set disablenotify 0
Note that TRIM is only supported in Windows 7, so if you have an SSD but are running an older version of Windows, it's probably a good idea to upgrade. Hit the link for other SSD optimization tips, and share your own with us in the comments.
You could, of course, use some of the built-in widgets for the music app, but widgets take up precious space and memory. Remoter was originally designed for the scrollable, easy-access dock of previously mentioned LauncherPro, but it works with any launcher. It's essentially a set of small apps, each of which performs some function—like play/pause or next track—so you can put them right on your home screen, launcher dock, or anywhere else you can attach shortcuts.
The app is still in development, and not yet available in the Market, but you can head over to the XDA-Developers forums and grab a copy of the app as-is right now. It works great; there are currently play/pause, next and previous track buttons, and a helpful fellow on the thread has created some icons to make them look a bit nicer.
To install it, just download the zip file to your SD card. You'll need a file manager like previously mentioned Astro to access them, and you can just install each package separately by tapping it (you'll need to make sure you have "Unknown sources" checked in Settings > Applications, though). Then, you can add them to your home screen or launcher as you would add any other app. Hit the link to check it out.
Remoter is a free download for Android devices. It only works with the default Android music player at the moment, and you'll need an account at the XDA-Developers forums to download the file. It only takes a moment and I highly recommend getting one anyways—there's a lot of great Android stuff to be found on that forum.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5640586/apples-27+inch-led-cinema-display-is-now-available
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5640793/google-video-chat-goes-high+res-for-double-chins-n-all
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5640825/and-the-most-ridiculous-photochopping-award-goes-to
The photo was taken by Pablo Martinez Monsivais of the Associated Press, during last Wednesday peace talks in Washington, D.C. The Middle Eastern leaders—Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah of Jordan—were being
guided to the East Room of the White House by President Obama.
In Egypt, however, Mubarak was guiding all of them, which is what happens in a country where they have a state-run newspaper and the President is President since 1981. The editors of 1-million-reader Al-Ahram could have put him leveled with King Abdullah II of Jordan—on the right of the image—but no, they wanted their beloved leader to be ahead of Obama himself. [Copydesk]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5640833/pi-calculated-to-five+trillionth-number-by-yahoo-employee
Last time we heard of the Pi record being broken, a Japanese man calculated the five trillionth digit as being "2," using a custom-built computer (pictured).
The 2,000,000,000,000,000th (two quadrillionth) digit? It's a "0," according to Nicholas Sze, at Yahoo!. [BBC]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5640907/hdcp-master-key-is-real-but-it-wont-do-you-much-good
CNET talked to all types of security folk to get the scoop on the implications of the leaked key, and while Cryptography Research president Paul Kocher says it'll let you "play god for this protocol,"—designed to protect content as it's beamed from set top boxes and Blu-ray players to HDTVs over HDMI—what the key really means is that a few years down the line there could be some hardware boxes that'll be able to create perfect bit for bit digital copies of HDCP-protected movies and broadcasts.
HDCP, short for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, is built directly into the chips in TVs and Blu-ray players, an Intel spokesperson explained, and to reap the benefits of the key you'd have to "implement them in silicon...a difficult and costly thing to do." Of course, Intel's still pushing ahead with the technology, which they license to all sorts of hardware manufacturers, so it's in their best interest to downplay the significance of the key making it into the wild.
But for those up to speed in the cryptology world, the appearance of the key is of little surprise. In 2001, researchers at Carnegie Mellon determined that only 39 HDCP-equipped devices would be required to reverse engineer the master key. So it's been something of an inevitability that someone would figure out the "master key"—the idea of a "master key" in any context is pretty enticing—but for now there will still be far easier ways for media pirates to do their pirating. [CNET]
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/16/samsung-galaxy-tab-loses-voice-capabilities-in-the-us/
Samsung Galaxy Tab loses voice capabilities in the US originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading Toshiba slims down its LED lit HDTVs with UL605, SL400 series
Toshiba slims down its LED lit HDTVs with UL605, SL400 series originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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