Monday, May 05, 2008

Build Your Own Multitouch Table With The Cubit [Open-Source]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/283446183/build-your-own-multitouch-table-with-the-cubit

Engineers at Eyebeam, a New York arts and technology center, are drastically reducing the cost of ownership for multitouch tables by taking them open-source. Schematics for the Cubit, a multitouch tabletop display, are available online for people who want to make a scaled-down Microsoft Surface for one tenth the Surface's price.

The Cubit is a boxy tabletop with a clear surface. All a potential multitouch table owner needs to get started is a webcam with an infrared filter and a small image projector. Plug in the webcam, install the Cubit software, turn on the projector and start touching.

Eyebeam fellows Addie Wagenknetch and Stefan Hechenberger said they were releasing the Cubit in order to "prove that anyone could build [a multitouch table]." Besides offering the designs and software online, the two are selling DIY kits that include parts and instructions.

The Cubit was on display at the Maker Faire, along with several other open-source multitouch projects. Though open-source has long been focused on software, it looks like DIYers, like Eyebeam andBug Labs, are now taking the philosophy into the realm of hardware as well. [Technology Review]


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Posted by Augustine at 7:02 AM

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 overview and video

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/283272396/

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After giving the new IdeaPad U110 its 15 minutes of fame in front of the camera, we got down to business. The 11.1-inch ultraportable is built like a tank -- a really, really lightweight tank. The uniquely-designed lid and (overly) glossy motif is a welcome change for Lenovo, but after a good bit of use, it's easy to see this one won't appeal to the masses. Click on for the full rundown of impressions and notes (and a video, too).

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Posted by Augustine at 6:59 AM

GreenPix creates massive, self-sustaining LED display in China

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/283600548/

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A company called GreenPix has created an astounding combination of sustainable technology and digital media virtuosity, dubbed the Zero Energy Media Wall. The system features the world's largest (so they claim) color LED display, powered completely by photovoltaic cells which are integrated into the glass curtain. During the day, the wall -- located on the Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing -- harvests solar energy, then expends the charge at night in a display of undulating colors. The system goes on display this month, but if you can't make it to China, you can watch a video of the work in action after the break.

[Via Technabob]

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Posted by Augustine at 6:57 AM

Yoto's M300 PMP plays just about everything, won't gossip about you

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/283766848/

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If you absolutely can't stand life without a widescreen PMP one more moment, Yoto just might have you covered. Sure, the M300 looks like a lot of other "all screen" media players out there, but can those other models handle AVI, DIVX, MPEG4, RM, XVID, RMVB, FLV, MP3, WMA, FLAC, APE, JPEG, GIF, and BMP files? Do they have 400 x 240 WQVGA screens? Are they made by Yoto? If you answered "no" to any of those questions, you're not talking about the Yoto M300 -- and you're hurting our feelings. You might pause at the apparent compatibility issues (Windows 2000 and Windows XP only?), and maybe this doesn't actually have a touchscreen, and sure, it was never really cleared of those murder charges... you know on second thought, maybe this isn't such a good investment.

[Via PMP Today]
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Posted by Augustine at 6:57 AM

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Fax Documents Over the Internet for Free to any Phone number in US

Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/fax-documents-over-internet-free-unlimited/3116/

send fax internetYou may have come across several web based faxing services that let you send faxes over the Internet for free but they all impose certain limitations.

For instance, they may not let you fax more than two pages at once or may add advertisements in the fax cover sheet or may not support rich text documents.

drop.io (pronounced as "drop-ee-o") overcomes all such problems and lets you fax Word documents, PDF files and even Excel a spreadsheet via Internet to any phone number in the United States for free.

You can send unlimited number of faxes without registration, there are no ads attached to the fax sheets and each fax document can have up to 20 pages.

To send a fax, just upload the document (or PDF) to drop.io and click the "Drop It" button. On the next screen, click the ’send as fax’ near your document and enter the 10 digit fax number of the recipient. Hit Send and your fax will be printed on the recipient’s fax machine in few minutes.

The drop.io may useful for content publishers outside US as well if they need to fax DMCA notices (for reporting plagiarism) to a web hosting company that may be based in US.

Related: Send Fax Messages via Skype, pfingo FAX

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Posted by Augustine at 6:36 PM

CSS Text Painting of George W. Bush - No Images, Only HTML

Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/css-text-painting-of-george-w-bush-no-images-only-html/3122/

html-css-paintingThis water-color painting of George Bush may looking nothing special at the first glance but you’ll be surprised to know that it’s not an image.

It is just a combination of alphabets and numeric characters of different sizes and colors arranged using CSS in such a way that they look like a painting.

To confirm, view the HTML source code of the above page or select some area using the mouse. Thanks Román Cortés and Waxy.

Related: ASCII Text Paintings

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Posted by Augustine at 6:36 PM

Twitter Postcard for People Who Spend Far Too Much Time on Twitter

Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/twitter-postcard-for-people-who-spend-far-too-much-time-on-twitter/3126/

"I think we need to take a follow break until you get your twittering under control"

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Twitter postcard from Someecards.com - Thanks Steve.

Related: Twitter Addiction, Useful Twitter Tools

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Posted by Augustine at 6:35 PM

Lenovo IdeaPad U110 unboxing and hands-on

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/282810658/

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Though our pals over at Switched managed to snag some hands-on video with a red pre-production unit, we figured we'd grab hold of the classic black edition of the IdeaPad U110 and give you a closer look. Made available for order just this week, Lenovo's latest ultraportable is high on style (and way high on gloss) and possesses the price tag to prove it. Meander on into the gallery below for a veritable plethora of unboxing and hands-on shots -- and rest assured, impressions are on the way.

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Posted by Augustine at 5:50 PM

HTC Touch Diamond shots and specs: this week's big announcement?

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/282933221/

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We know HTC's got a big announcement coming this Tuesday, and while we can't say for sure it's going to the Touch Diamond, if today's leaked images and specs are at all accurate we think they might have something big on their hands. Check it out:
  • 2.8-inch VGA display
  • WinMo 6.1 Pro
  • WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0
  • eGPS, FM tuner
  • Quad-band HSDPA 7.2
  • 4GB internal flash, microSD slot
  • 528MHz CPU
  • 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
  • 10.7mm (0.47-inches) thick
  • Supposedly also features an orientation sensor / accelerometer
Whether it's got a QWERTY keyboard could still be up for grabs, especially since that configuration might belong to the CDMA-based Raphael. Still, the it makes sense HTC wouldn't want the XPERIA X1 they made for Sony Ericsson to be their best engineered device on the market for long. We'll be watching this one closely.

[Thanks, Kevin]
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Posted by Augustine at 5:50 PM

FROM MR.WOODLEY STEPHEN VALENTINE

FROM MR.WOODLEY STEPHEN VALENTINE
HOLLAND FOUNDATION THE HAGUE.

DEAR SIR/madam,

RE: FUND TO INVEST IN CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN YOUR COUNTRY
TOTALLING FIFTEN MILLION EUROS (15,000,000.00 ONLY)

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peace, my organisation has approved the sum of fifteen million euros only
(EUROS 15,000,000.00) this year as a NON RE-PAYABLE Fund to be given to
you to invest in charitable organisations in your country. Upon the
release of these funds to you, we will send an agent to your country to
monitor the impact made to charitable organisations on a periodic basis.
If you are ready to obtain the funds as stated above, kindly e-mail to
me your telephone and fax numbers. I will inform you of next step on
the process of securing the funds. I await your prompt reply which
should be sent to the following Email:stephenvalentinedept@hotmail.com

BEST REGARDS.
MR.WOODLEY STEPHEN VALENTINE.

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Posted by Augustine at 10:59 AM

Fujitsu lets loose U810, T2010 tablet PCs

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/282335820/

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Fujitsu wasn't all that specific about pricing or release details when it announced its new U810 and T2010 tablet PCs earlier this year, but it looks like both have now finally made their way out the door. In case you missed it, the big addition this time around is the inclusion of a built-in HSPA modem (and rather obvious antenna), which will run you an extra $200 on top of the $999 and $1,499 base prices for the U810 and T2010, respectively. Otherwise, you can expect the same 5.6-inch and 12.1-inch displays as before, along with the usual 800MHz Intel A110 processor on the U810 and a decidedly speedier Core 2 Duo 7600 processor on the T2010, among other specs not too different from the previous models.

[Via Slash Gear]
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Posted by Augustine at 8:43 AM

NOVA 3D LED light display runs at 25fps

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/282366433/

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You know we love the crazy light fixtures, and it doesn't get much crazier than the NOVA, a 3D LED display developed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology for its 150th birthday. Each of the 25,000 suspended lights contains 12 LEDs, and it's capable of pumping out 16M colors at 25fps. It's on display in Zurich until September 2009 (and we hear it might make an appearance at Wired's NEXTFEST), but if you're thinking about nabbing it for yourself, you'd better bring a crew -- it weighs in at over three tons. Hit the read link for way more info.

[Via Digg and Today and Tomorrow]
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Posted by Augustine at 8:43 AM

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