Monday, August 20, 2007
ICCARUS: Three Dimensional Data Visualization (for music)
The data is fetched via TurboGears and uses the GFX library to create the visual effects.
ICCARUS was launched Wednesday at Webjam Perth and won first place from a field of around 15 demonstrating startups. I spoke with Scouta CEO Richard Giles at the WA Web Awards Friday and he told me that the feedback on ICCARUS had been strong. Scouta plans on further refining ICCARUS with a possibility of providing the service to the public either later this year or early 2008.
The screencast above doesn't do the service full justice, but it's enough to give some idea of what it is capable of.
A Peek At Didja.com: VeryFunnyAds Clone
After an initial bump on launch, VeryFunnyAds’ traffic has since tapered out at about 100,000 uniques per month, according to Comscore. Sixty-three million streams is a lot of traffic for an audience that size, especially since they don’t allow off-site video embeds. Heavy.com, whose network generated about 6 million streams in April has about 5.2 million uniques per month. If the numbers are true, it appears TBS’s site is at most attracting a small cadre of ad fanatics.
Contrary to the “advertainment” meme going around, it doesn’t look like it has legs.
Alaskan luddites are 50th state to get e-prescriptions
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
It's good to know that wherever you may roam in this great union, your doctor can file for your OxyContin electronically. Alaska was the last state to revise regulations that were keeping doctors scribbling illegible notes that presumably denoted medicines in their twisted imaginations. Other late-comers included Georgia, South Carolina and West Virginia. There'll always be a few complainers about how the new e-prescription systems hurt the mom and pop pharmacies, and tether doctors to a crash-prone computer, but the fancy new (hopefully hackable) databases that'll keep track of just how much who is taking of what really make it all worthwhile.
Conceptual UNI enables compartmentalized computing
[Via YankoDesign, thanks Martin]
Researchers using pulses of light to quickly decipher codes
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
While we imagine most Wolverines are focusing their efforts on gathering up the requisite tailgating gear for the onset of fall, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan are busy finding ways to decipher encryption codes "within seconds." The crew has apparently discovered that by "using pulses of light to dramatically accelerate quantum computers," these systems could not only crack "highly encrypted codes" in moments versus years, but it could also "lead to tougher protection of [sensitive] information." Additionally, the findings rely on "quantum dots and readily available, relatively inexpensive optical telecommunications technology to drive quantum computers," which could lead to quicker implementation of quantum level applications. Hackers, meet your dream machine. [Via TGDaily, image courtesy of Technovelgy ]
New search engine "listens" to music to help you find new tunes
from Engadget by Nilay Patel 
[Image from O'Reilly's Digital Media Blog]
Sarotech's latest HD DivX player, portable HD, and photo storage unit
Jabra BT8030 bluetooth headset works as a speaker too
Canon's 21.1 megapixel EOS 1Ds Mark III: thanks, Amazon
Not only did Amazon loose the goods on Canon's EOS 40D, they've also activated the page for Canon's 21.1 megapixel EOS 1Ds Mark III for the pros. That's an 11 megapixel jump from their EOS 1D Mark III (pictured) announced in February... Shazam! Canon's hope is to supplant the medium-format cameras dominating fashion and commercial photo studios with this relatively light-weight, full-frame DSLR. We're talking a 36 x 24-mm self-cleaning CMOS sensor; a pair of DIGIC III image processers operating in parallel; improved 45-point advanced autofocus; 5fps continuous shooting (for bursts of up to 45 Large/Fine JPEGs or 15 RAW images); sRAW image support; 3-inch Live View LCD with 5x or 10x magnification; and CF, SD/SDHC storage options. Of course, it won't come cheap when (and if) it ships on December 10th. In fact, you'll be looking at $8,000 for the body (only) according to Amazon's site. While it's not an official announcement, it's close. Besides, we've been waiting for this thing to get official since we first heard about it in February. So expect one of two things to happen next: either Canon will officially announce in the next few days or Amazon will pull their pages.
Update: Amazon pulled the price and delivery date. No worries, we've got the screengrab after the break.
Update 2: Oops, the whole page is gone now. No probs, we've captured the specs to the gallery below.
[Thanks, Robby B and Manhog]
Continue reading Canon's 21.1 megapixel EOS 1Ds Mark III: thanks, Amazon
Toshiba's REGZA Z3500 series of 120Hz LCDs: 57-inches
Sony's 12.47 megapixel APS-C sensor captures 10.4 fps
Browser-based WiTV video player gets sneak preview
Faking one's death still not enough to escape Verizon contract
It's no secret that some wily individuals will look high and low for loopholes to escape a wireless contract, but staging your own death in order to bypass a $175 early termination fee is admittedly extreme. Nevertheless, a frustrated and determined Verizon customer decided to do just that after the carrier refused to let him out of his contract. Insistent that a host of dropped calls and "string of defective cellphones" were reason enough to ditch The Network, he went so far as to "fashion a fake death certificate" and convinced a friend to fax it in. Unfortunately, Verizon caught on to the scheme and yet again refused to let Mr. Taylor out, so as you can probably guess, the perturbed ex-customer begrudgingly coughed up the dough, trashed his phone, and hoped that he "sent a definite message about how much people hate being strapped to a cellphone that doesn't work."
[Via Pocket-Lint]
Has Building B created an internet video "God box"?
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