New Technology

  On 8/22/2012 at 1:05 AM, compson said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGw7qQlQWFM&feature=player_embedded

^ that hovercraft thing is bad ass, i've since watched some other footage of it (thx compson!)

this just popped up in my corner of the internets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcRSKEIucjk&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uTJiEYI1ik&feature=player_embedded

apparently, in a few years my studio is gonna have a garden in it

an organic theremin. thats so cool.

Plant technology rules. I'm beating HL2 with a plant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cimDfEIEiu0

Hands-on stuff (1:30 onwards):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKWRI9RoxN0&feature=g-all-u

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Rather than a single lens element being shifted to compensate for camera shake, Nokia’s OIS system moves the entire optical assembly in perfect synchronisation with the camera movement, or to be more precise, unintended camera shake. The benefit of this approach is that the amount and form of camera movement that can be compensated for is much greater.

 

Many OIS systems may only be able to handle movement frequencies up to a certain level. Based on our lab tests, Nokia’s new OIS system can cater for around 50% more movements per second than conventional OIS systems – up to around 500 movements every second! Besides the high frequency compensation, the system also needs to be able to respond extremely quickly to unintended movement to avoid so called “phase shift” or compensation lag. To help achieve this very fast reaction time, Nokia uses a closed loop system where the position of the lens assembly is monitored in real time, even whilst it’s moving to its calculated position allowing it to be continuously updated regardless of how random the camera movement is. This process of checking operates at a rate of up to 5x more frequently than typical OIS systems, approximately 300 times faster than that of the average human reaction time to an expected event.

nvm, bs marketing

  On 7/11/2012 at 4:36 AM, StephenG said:

I'll wait for the sexy version/mod where you can undress em.

 

Yeah.

 

still really cool though

It'll be pixelated though, so that's ok.

  On 9/6/2012 at 12:41 PM, compson said:

nvm, bs marketing

 

look at him go (the art of holding a camera)

:(

  On 9/6/2012 at 5:39 PM, Frankie5fingers said:

  On 9/6/2012 at 12:41 PM, compson said:

nvm, bs marketing

 

LOL. thats hilarious.

  On 9/6/2012 at 5:39 PM, Frankie5fingers said:

  On 9/6/2012 at 12:41 PM, compson said:

nvm, bs marketing

 

LOL. thats hilarious.

There's a lot of promise for augmented reality applications in phobia treatments and physiotherapy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrB27YPE8nI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FLyDEdQ_vk

i just want some google glasses so i can have a minimap in the top right corner of my field of view. IT'S ALL I EVER WANTED

  On 9/6/2012 at 7:59 PM, Hoodie said:

i just want some google glasses so i can have a minimap in the top right corner of my field of view. IT'S ALL I EVER WANTED

i don't see how that would give me a mini map.

its the closest thing to one. you put little mirrors on the edges of the glasses and you can see things behind you. practically 360^o vision. it can hold you over until technology advances to the point of having radar built into your glasses so you can see if people are behind walls. which at this rate won't be too long.

I don't want that, i want a mini map like in grand theft auto

  On 9/7/2012 at 4:01 AM, Hoodie said:

I don't want that, i want a mini map like in grand theft auto

I am imagining the cat with the kissy mask in your avatar saying all this stuff and it's pretty funny.

  On 9/7/2012 at 4:01 AM, Hoodie said:

I don't want that, i want a mini map like in grand theft auto

and undoubtedly you could make the dots that are cops blink so you know when its time run after plowing over that group of school children with your car.

not the most new, but remember these guys?

they're flying about in swarms now, piquing ET and Babar's interest from far away, boring local children, and ultimately plotting our doom, no doubt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShGl5rQK3ew&feature=player_embedded#

(that's some test footage, not the real "light show", but it's still mildly interesting)

related (jazz?): tacocopter

  On 9/1/2012 at 6:48 PM, luke viia said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcRSKEIucjk&feature=player_embedded

So we've found a new way to hassle the poor old plants.

Still though if you had this embedded underneath hedges and wirelessly relayed to your augmented reality. It could make brushing your hand against an hedge as you walk along a fun and surprising experience.

  On 9/6/2012 at 5:39 PM, Frankie5fingers said:

  On 9/6/2012 at 12:41 PM, compson said:

nvm, bs marketing

 

LOL. thats hilarious.

However

"The video demonstrates the benefits of optical image stabilization only and the video is not shot on a Lumia 920. For a video shot on a Lumia 920 compared to a competitor smartphone see: http://nokia.ly/TlWcXX"

Still though, it's undeniably a bit of a marketing disaster.

I don't know exactly what this will be all about but it seems interesting:

http://yworlds.com/