Blind Camera takes other people’s photos

This is the “Blind Camera”. I realize that this sounds like an oxymoron, until you realize what it does.

This camera doesn’t allow you to take a picture, but it will show you other people’s pictures. How it works is this: you push a button, and the Blind Camera shows you other pictures take at your location.

I don’t know how it can pluck all photos from the Internet and produce a few taken at the user’s exact spot, but I would imagine that a GPS is involved in some way. It doesn’t have any lens, sensor, or optics.

The Blind Camera is not meant to be the next model from Nikon, Canon, or Kodak. It is part of a “Blinks and Buttons” art exhibit by designer Sascha Pohfleep. The vision behind this project is that photos are a memory in of itself, and then making that memory public on sites such as Flickr is now part of the photo-taking process.

Considering that most cameras or smartphones are connected to the Internet, is there any way we could somehow make a Blind Camera App? Actually, Google Googles on Android does something similar as the user can take a picture and have it search for something visual online.

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Zero1.tv announces VooMote One

Heard of Zero1.tv before? Just in case you haven’t, Zero1.tv is actually the leading provider of user interfaces where home entertainment solutions are concerned. Well, the company is pleased to announce their latest release known as VooMote One. The VooMote One will need to be paired to a compatible app (which will be free, of course), where it will then convert your iPhone and/or iPod touch into an universal remote control without breaking a sweat. Of course, the good news does not stop there as the VooMote One is capable of much more than just creating a remote control.

The VooMote One will slide nicely into your iPhone as though they were meant for one another. Despite that, your iPhone’s functionality will not be gimped in any way, since you will still retain full control of the iPhone. When connected with a loaded app, your hand will hold a fully functional universal remote that commands instant attention from your TVs, DVD players, stereo systems, and a myriad of consumer electronic devices.

I see that you’re yawning, and wondering just what else does Zero1.tv have up their sleeves to color you impressed. Well, the VooMote One will let you utilize the “One View” feature that enables you to create personalized and multiple device remote control layouts. To put it in a nutshell, you can always lower the volume on the stereo while pressing play within seconds. The “One Touch” feature also lets a single click kick off a whole chain of commands.

Who would have thought that just pressing one button is good enough for you to gain control of the whole Brady Bunch in your living room? It is also relatively easy to use, since the VooMote One setup wizard requires just a few quick steps. When you are done with the setup, you can further organize your universal remote with the “Room Control” feature. Basically, this will divide your electronic devices by location, so you can have personalized control in the living room, kitchen, and bedroom, for example.

A “Teach-In” feature also lets the VooMote One be a pupil so that it can be the master later on, “learning” some of the less acquainted devices around the home. All you need to do is point it at the original remote control and watch the magic unfold. The VooMote One is able to automatically capture over 30,000 infrared codes and thousands of electronic devices.

Out this August 5th for $99, are you willing to give the VooMote One a go?

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This Mithril Jacket is made from Kevlar, not the other way around

Some of you might be familiar with Kevlar, the material used to make bulletproof vests. This Mithril jacket is made from it.

I’m sure some of you might be familiar with Mithril, the fictional armor from The Lord of the Rings which can apparently protect a hobbit, even if he gets impaled from a spear from a cave-troll. This Kevlar Mithril jacket is not made to be that hard, since it is softshell.

So this Mithril might not be able to withstand an attack by a gun or a knife, but it can withstand wind, water, and ripping. So I guess we are looking at some material that can last a lifetime.

It also looks like its durable design can withstand a lot of cold, and the material adds about 50 percent more weight to this jacket. I suppose that if you are an outdoorsman, this can withstand the most extreme situations.

This costs about $518, but if you think of it as a clothing investment for a lifetime, that is only about $5 a year if you live to be one hundred. I’m not certain where you can get this, and I’m wondering if it comes in different sizes. I can’t imagine this is a product at a clothing store and you can just try it on.

 

 

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Silverlit I/R Spy Camera Helicopter

Are you a good pilot? If you want to hone your skills as one, then you would definitely need to obtain a license, but prior to that, attend lessons and be proficient at it. Of course, there are others among us who fly helicopters without a license – simply because we’re using remote controlled helicopters that are “commanded” using I/R (infrared) beams from a controller some distance away.

What’s so special about the £69.99 Silverlit I/R Spy Camera Helicopter, you ask? Well, this chopper will let you have an eagle’s eye view of the proceedings below, thanks to a 1.3-megapixel camera that has been integrated into the lightweight body. All you need to do is launch the chopper and watch it’s camera get to work right away the moment you press the corresponding button on the remote controller. The Silverlit I/R Spy Camera Helicopter will come with a bunch of internal gyroscopes to ensure it remains incredibly stable in the air, so that your amateur attempts at being a papparrazzi will be decent at the very least.

With 128MB of internal memory, it ought to have enough storage space to capture footage of your choice, although we do wish it came with a memory card slot for expansion purposes. Seems like a nice way to spy on your neighbors…

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Musical Keyboard Tie

Are you already the livewire at your own and other peoples’ parties? Well, you might want to spruce things up even more with the Musical Keyboard Tie, don’t you think so? The name of this particular techie piece of accessory says it all – and it would make the perfect gift for the musically inclined. This unique necktie will feature touch sensitive keys that is capable of playing 8 different notes. It fastens around your neck with a rather comfortable cord to boot, and just in case you do not want to “surprise” the office by dozing off with it as a pillow, setting off a cacaphony of notes by accident, there is always the On/Off switch that you can manipulate.

The Musical Keyboard Tie is going to cost you $13.98, but no promises that you won’t be the laugh (instead of life) of the party this coming Halloween. Are you game enough to wear something this wacky to the office?

 

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Keret House in Warsaw is ultra-thin

Keret House in Warsaw is ultra-thin - A little of you might remember the Tokyo operate who built a to your house in the sphere of a place made in favor of parking. This operate, Etgar Keret, is vacant to build a farmhouse in the sphere of the Wola quarter in the sphere of Warsaw Poland, and this hefty watery triangle is designed to fit in the sphere of concerning two buildings.
Its narrowest indicate is 28.3 inches, and it has a living space, bedroom, and even a little sort of crawlspace/attic. I like how it has the retractable stairway by the side of the front exit. Without a doubt, this Etgar Keret, an Israeli writer, ought to be present a little serious claustrophile. I’m not a selection of whether or else not I may well live at this point, the same as the three-feet living area might acquire to me.

However, if we poverty to a way to live concerning the narrowing spaces of two buildings, this is the way to reach. This farmhouse has a three-dimensional steel frame, and it is covered with plywood and padding panels with material cloth.
I’m not a selection of why the architects chose a triangle as a substitute of a settle or else rectangle in favor of its opening form. Even though the triangle typical has a lesser amount of hole, I’m guessing its form workings well to support the bulk of the foundation in the sphere of the corner. You would probably need a little other support if you were to reach four-sided with this make up.

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Griffin StompBox foot controller

Griffin StompBox - Griffin has in the past few minutes announced their up-to-the-minute musical innovation well-known for example the StompBox – for example this device is a programmable multi-functional bottom controller which enables virtual guitar sound effects. In the past few minutes what did you say? Is the StompBox gifted of? On behalf of starters, it was specifically designed to function with in the past few minutes all but at all 0.25? Jack plus the guitar, deep guitar, stimulating violin and baby grand. Not merely to facilitate, StompBox hope against hope be flippant finicky (pun not intended) with limit Design’s iShred LIVE app.

While you come together the StompBox and iShred LIVE, you won’t grasp Captain Planet, but more exactly, musicians with this unique combo hope against hope transpire able to switch sound effects with their feet – from this time freeing up their hands to create still supplementary melody using other instruments. To know supplementary all but the StompBox, why not read on and hit upon away from home

The StompBox hope against hope show your face packaged with the Griffin GuitarConnect cable, making surely you are able to attach to instruments, headphones and an iOS device – all together, of curriculum. With the iShred LIVE app, single bottom switches are tasked to control unlike sound effects contained by the app, transforming your device into a stage-worthy sound effects rig.

Among the features and functions of the StompBox are :

• 4 button foot controller – brings professional quality foot-switch functionality to iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
• Assignable foot-activated switches – easily assign StompBox’s switches for instrumental performance or for presentations
• 1/4-inch jack – accommodates variable input pedals like volume or wah-wah
• 1 meter heavy-duty dock connector cable – easily link StompBox to iPad, iPhone or iPod touch
• GuitarConnect cable – three-connector cable for simultaneous connection to iOS device, instrument, and headphones, PA or amp
• StompBox is not just for musicians. Its programmable controls also work with Qscript, Griffin’s teleprompter app for iPad.
• Using StompBox with Qscript you can control text scrolling and other presentation functions with one foot.

A short time ago how much sort out you think Griffin is asking intended for this musical device? We are looking by the side of a $99.99 fee line of reasoning at any rate of whether you grip it from Apple Retail supplies otherwise online.

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