DIY stereoscopic splitter takes your pictures to the third dimension

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/16/diy-stereoscopic-splitter-takes-your-pictures-to-the-third-dimen/

Don't feel like shelling out the cash for a 3D camera? Instructables user "courtervideo" has put together a little device that harnesses the magical, mysterious power of something called a "mirror" to let you grab stereoscopic 3D images with your regular ol' 2D camera. The method is pretty straight forward: two large mirrors places beside the camera reflect the image you're trying to capture onto two smaller mirrors, which are then photographed. The result can then be viewed through a stereoscope, which will send one half of the picture to each eye, resulting in a 3D image. We like to think of the stereoscope as the Victorian precursor to Chinavasion Video Glasses. Sounds like fun to us! Hit up the source link to get started.

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LaCie Wireless Space takes on Time Capsule, doubles as NAS and WLAN router

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/16/lacie-wireless-space-takes-on-time-capsule-doubles-as-nas-and-w/

And here you were thinking the upcoming Photokina trade show was all about cameras. Not so, vaquero. Granted, LaCie's probably taking advantage of this here event to reveal it's latest and greatest media storage device, but we digress. The newly announced Wireless Space is perhaps the most interested and multifaceted device to emerge from the company in quite some time, and to say it's taking on Apple's Time Capsule would be understating things tremendously. In essence, what we have here is a NAS backup drive and an 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi access point / router, all bundled into one delicious black box. Available in 1TB and 2TB flavors, the Space enables both Mac and PC users both to backup their files wirelessly (or via cabling, should you so choose), and it also acts as a network hard drive for accessing files remotely, a UPnP / DLNA media streamer and a full-on router should you need one. It's fully compatible with Time Machine, and you'll also find a trio of Ethernet sockets and a pair of USB jacks on the rear. It's shipping today for $229.99 and $349.99, respectively, leaving Apple the loser once again in the price department. Is that a war we smell brewin'?

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Could You Ever Switch to Internet Explorer? [Reader Poll]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5639092/could-you-ever-switch-to-internet-explorer

If you can read this, you probably don't like Internet Explorer. Microsoft's browser has ignored web standards, fallen down on security, and lagged the competition for more than a decade. But IE9 seems truly different. Can you comprehend using Windows' default browser?

Internet Explorer gained its once-dominant position by arriving free with every new copy of Windows. After it held a commanding share for some time, power users and advocates for software choice took up the cause of Firefox, Opera, and other free, outsider-friendly, forward-thinking browsers. After the apex of evil that was Internet Explorer 6 (or that's how web developers usually describe it), the browser started to incrementally improve, if not quite catch up. Internet Explorer 9, in Microsoft's words and in beta previews, is a solid leap forward.

With robust HTML5 support, hardware graphics acceleration, a torn-down interface that leaves lots of vertical space, a competitive JavaScript engine, and an interesting take on webapps, Internet Explorer doesn't seem like such a sacrifice, at least for someone not particularly tied to another browser. Then again, it's still only available for Windows, and lacks major add-ons or extension capabilities.

But we thought we'd put it out there: Could you consider switching from your current browser to IE9?

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Beam Your Laptop to Your TV With Veebeam [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5638671/beam-your-desktop-to-your-tv-with-veebeam

Veebeam does not do anything new. There are a variety of ways to get content from your computer to your TV. But the Veebeam does it easily. Web? Games? Movies? Hulu? With a Wireless USB dongle and receiver, you're set.

By plugging the $99 Veebeam's antenna into your computer's USB port, whatever is on your screen is shot over to your TV via composite or HDMI-connected receiver. Simply as that. No cords and no software. The cleverness here is that you don't need to worry about the permission of content providers to watch whatever online content you want on your TV. Hulu? Bring it on. ABC streaming episodes? Sure. If you can play it on your laptop or view it in your browser, it's all gravy.

Wireless USB, which powers the Veebeam, uses Ultra-WideBand technology, which, for our purposes, means those scenes from Mad Men get streamed smoothly (and in HD, if you're willing to pay an extra $40). If you don't feel like waiting around for AirPlay (or don't have any Apple devices to use it with), this might simplify your couch vegetation habits. [Veebeam]

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Worldy Wings iPhone Game Is the Shmup You've Been Waiting For [IPhone Apps]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5638919/worldy-wings-iphone-game-is-the-shmup-youve-been-waiting-for

Traditional shoot'em Ups, shmups, are awkward on the iPhone, because your left thumb covers a quarter of the screen and your right thumb covers another quarter—bad when you need to see every single bullet heading for your ship.

So instead of having to drive your ship with your hand, you drive it by tilting your phone in the direction you want. It's less precise, but you do get to see the entire screen, which is vital for shmups. (You also have the option of using screen press mode, which you'll actually end up doing anyway, for more precision in flying.)

Also gone is the outdated strategy of having to repeatedly press, or hold, a button to shoot. Worldy Wings just has you shooting the entire time, something most players do anyway. You just tap the screen when you want to set off a lightning attack.

With only two difficulty levels, three planes and 5 missions, the game is way too short. But it's $2, and 1942/Raiden fans will love it. [iTunes]

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