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Friday, August 28, 2009
Before Nikon's S1000pj: The Cine-Twin Was the First Camera/Projector Hybrid [Retromodo]
Wittnauer was actually a famous jeweler of all things, and the expensive Cine-Twin was only sold in jewelry stores. Ultimately, the novelty wasn't enough to overcome practical concerns like price, huge D-cell batteries, and a delicate and expensive glass bulb.
Interesting extra: Even before the Cine-Twin, the Cinématographe film camera/projector/developer was invented by French inventor, Léon Bouly, back in 1892. It wasn't like you could just go and pick one up, though.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, right? [Retro Thing via OhGizmo!]
Before Nikon's S1000pj: The Cine-Twin Was the First Camera/Projector Hybrid [Retromodo]
Wittnauer was actually a famous jeweler of all things, and the expensive Cine-Twin was only sold in jewelry stores. Ultimately, the novelty wasn't enough to overcome practical concerns like price, huge D-cell batteries, and a delicate and expensive glass bulb.
Interesting extra: Even before the Cine-Twin, the Cinématographe film camera/projector/developer was invented by French inventor, Léon Bouly, back in 1892. It wasn't like you could just go and pick one up, though.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, right? [Retro Thing via OhGizmo!]
IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote [Ibm]
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/bnjL7GwFr6M/ibm-files-patent-for-tweeting-tv-remote
A viewer selects a media program to view by use of a remote controller with networking capability.
Upon the viewer wishing to send a blog posting to a blog, the viewer determines whether a tag to be included in the blog posting is to be a pre-existing tag or a custom tag, wherein the blog posting comprises program information about the media program useful to identify the media program. If the tag is to be a pre-existing tag, the viewer selects the pre-existing tag from a plurality of pre-existing tags using the remote controller and if the tag is to be a custom tag, the viewer generates the custom tag using the remote controller.
If a protocol provided by the remote controller to send the blog posting to the blog allows a snapshot of the media program to be included in the blog posting, the remote controller takes the snapshot of the media program and includes it in the blog posting.
So, the device would let you blog or tweet and communicate with your followers about what you are watching via a networked remote control. Again, it's only a patent at this point, but is this remote something you could see yourself using? [Patent via TechCrunch]
Alinea's Chef Grant Achatz Preps Dinner LIVE on Giz: Tonight 9:45PM ET/6:45PM PT [Taste Test]
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