New software turns any dumbphone into a touch screen smartphone
Do you fancy a sleek new smartphone , but you’re still working off the contract on that old dumbphone you got last year? A technology called acoustic fingerprinting might be just the ticket to make your low-tech phone seem just a bit less dumb. View full post on DVICE
2010 Mitsubishi Outlander GT S-AWC, an AW Drivers Log:
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Stunning animation shows every asteroid discovery since 1980
How many asteroids have been discovered since 1980? A lot of asteroids. This video, by Scott Manley, shows them all as they were discovered over time. You can see new discoveries in white, with their color changing to show where they are in relation to the inner solar system.
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD – Now Available
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD has finally landed on the iPad, and the game is simply amazing! The game allows you to follow the adventures of Huang Lee, the spoiled son of a recently killed Triad boss, on a mission to solve the murder of his father. Throughout the game’s 70+ missions and its myriad of side quests, your job is to earn cash by completing jobs ranging from petty street crime, all the way up to drug dealing and assassination.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD has been delayed multiple times, but it’s easy to see why: the game has been rebuilt from the ground up specifically for the iPad, and features a dramatically improved gameplay, as well as stunning updated graphics, thanks to a new 3D engine able to take advantage of the extra real estate offered by the iPad. Simply put, the iPad version of GTA is the best version we’ve seen so far, and may well be the best iPad game to date.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD was released earlier today, and weighs a whopping 445MB. The game is available in the App Store for $9.99.
DVICE is looking for writers in New York and San Francisco
Just what the headline says: DVICE is looking for writers in both New York and San Francisco. If you live for amazing new gadgets, great design, and big breakthroughs in technology — and have experience writing — you should pay attention. The job is challenging, but worth it. Think you have what it takes? Read on. View full post on DVICE
Timing Your Lights
The idea is pretty direct and in-your-face….we need to conserve our electricity and can’t have you squandering it away. So how do we implement this? By taking tiny innovative steps, like introducing a timer concept for our lights; especially for the ones on the staircase. A device called the Flat Light does just this, the LED Hourglass interface is quite indicative of its intentions. Once the LED grains reach the bottom, time’s up and lights out! Of course you can set the time limits for the whole system, in advance. Question is, are you willing to make the necessary changes to conserve? The Flat Light won a Liteon Award this year! Designer: Jia Wen Chen & Wei-Ting Chen ———- Yanko Design Timeless Designs – Explore wonderful concepts from around the world! Yanko Design Store – We are about more than just concepts. See what’s hot at the YD Store! View full post on Yanko Design
Image of the Day: Aquarium phone booth
Although the cell phone trumps the phone booth for chatting on the go these days, there are some cool things to do with those stately rectangles of yore. For the Lyon Light Festival in France, artists Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino converted a regular phone booth into an aquarium . Complete with exotic fish and plant-life, pedestrians could enjoy a lovely tropical scene amid the chilly Lyon winter. View full post on DVICE
Touchpad in Your Hand
A simple dream, a simple reality. This is the “Gesture” remote control. It’s sort of a ring shape, made to fit in your hand, made to be intuitive to your touch. Using GestIC by IDENT Technology AG, Gesture is one giant trackpad with clicker embedded in. Made for your television, but think of the video game applications! What a magnificent tool this is going to be for those who get creative. Functionality and special abilities are built in to the television itself, such as the ability to search for and play content without a keypad. Activated with a simple circular unlocking, the menu pops up and you’re allowed to do everything fabulous with the ease and simplicity of a computer screen coupled with a trackpad. Watch the video below for more info, and keep your eyes and hands from exploding with excitement if at all possible. The technology for this remote is done by IDENT Technology AG and the interactive elements like the menus and the buttons and such are done by ZINOSIGN® . Design: LUNAR Europe ———- Yanko Design Timeless Designs – Explore wonderful concepts from around the world! Yanko Design Store – We are about more than just concepts. See what’s hot at the YD Store! View full post on Yanko Design
