Have a look at the video below to see Gary Numan play the 1979 hit “Cars” on a couple of dozen real cars. The setup is quite bizarre where 24 cars are attached to a single car battery as well as a double keyboard. When a key is pushed the corresponding car horn sounds to make the Cars tune. [Read more…]
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Cars Gary Numan Track Played with Real Cars
July 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Sony NEX-VG10 HD Camcorder Announced
July 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Sony has announced a new interchangeable lens HD camcorder that is based around a DSLR style camera. It is called the Sony NEX-VG10 and is capable of capturing video in HD.
The camera can capture at HD 1920 x 1080 in the AVCHD format. Video is captured at 60i (60 interlaced frames per second). Manual controls are found on the camera which include control for the shutter, iris, white balance and gain. Still images can also be captured manually if required.
The camera uses the same CMOS sensor and E-Mount lenses that the NEX-5 and NEX-3 digital SLR cameras use. When the NEX-VG10 ships late 2010 it will come with an 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 zoom lens. [Read more…]
Canon VIXIA HF M32 gets 64GB Flash Memory and Expandable to 2TB
July 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Canon has announced a new VIXIA flash memory based camcorder called the Canon VIXIA HF M32 that comes with 64GB of internal flash memory and supports 32GB to 2TB SDXC memory cards for additional storage.
If maxing out the memory on the Canon HF M32, you get a huge amount of storage, up to 24 hours, that can be used to capture HD video.
The body of the HF M32 is lightweight. The lens on the system is a Genuine Canon HD Video Lens. Inside the camera capturing and processing image is a HD image sensor and a DIGIC DV III image processor. The screen is LCD and is touchscreen allowing you to easily navigate through menus. [Read more…]
Pencil iPad Stand Reloaded
July 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Last week, Geeky Gadgets made an impressive pencil iPad stand that used a handful of pencils and rubber bands to prop up an iPad in landscape or portrait mode.
One of the websites readers decided to make the Pencil iPad Stand Reloaded which uses the same idea of using rubber bands to tie things together, but instead of pencils it uses aluminium rods cut to length that have their ends covered in Plasti Dip coating to protect the iPad getting scratched. [Read more…]
iPhone 4 gets Augmented Reality Football App
July 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Augmented reality has been showing up more often this year. The idea behind it is that the camera on your iPhone or any other phone streams live video from the camera to the screen and the software augments the footage to include information to the user. The system can be used for satnav, driving safety and for fixing car engines to name a few things.
The latest version we have come across is called ARFootball. The ARFootball application is a game that you can play where you hold the phone down towards your feet and kick up a virtual football.
The game is simple in it’s idea and lets you juggle the ball between both feet. The application has different levels of difficulty along with two versions which include a free play mode and an arcade mode. [Read more…]
BMW Support iPod Out on iOS 4
July 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
When Apple [AAPL] announced iOS 4 they said a large number of enhancements had been included. These of course include multitasking as well as many other popular features that have been publicly known. Another one of the new features is called iPod Out which appears to have been overlooked somewhat. Thankfully, BMW has an all seeing eye and spotted the new feature allowing them to create quite a decent interface for their cars.
iPod Out is a function that enables an external screen to display and control music playback. Docking an iPhone running iOS 4 for example, could allow a car to have a screen installed and all the iPod controls appear on screen within the car.
BMW will be doing this with their BMW and Mini entertainment systems. The iPod Out function works on any iOS 4 device which includes the iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4 and iPod touch second and third generation. [Read more…]
DROID ERIS Update Landing July 16 OTA – Not Android 2.2
July 13, 2010 by 4 Comments
HTC DROID ERIS users can expect to start seeing an OTA (over the air) update notice starting July 16. The update will be rolled out over the following week and will bring a few new features to the old ERIS Android smartphone.
The downside here is that it’s not Android 2.2 that is being released. From what we see over on Droid Life, the update just brings a few enhancements to the smartphone which include improved audio, enhanced speed dial, improved text, video and picture messaging as well as some tweaks to some of the features. [Read more…]
Interactive Mars Tour Launched by Microsoft and NASA
July 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Microsoft [MSFT] and NASA have been working together to create an interactive Mars tour. The tour took three years of data crunching on 100 computers to create and is able to show Mars in the highest resolution images available of the planet.
The system uses Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope program and uses images collected from 40 years ago till now. The latter of the images come from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
There are two ways to view the imagery. The first way is to download the Microsoft software and the second is to use the Web client. [Read more…]
iPhone 4 Jailbreak Wont Come From Geohot as He Retires from the Scene
July 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Over the weekend Geohot (George Hotz) write a post titled just “Meh” showing an iPhone 4 jailbreak, ie the iPhone 4 running Cydia. We now see that Geohot has closed his blog off and made it a members only place requiring that those who want access get invited.
George updated the latest post on his blog with the following statement last night…
Sorry, this post was probably a bad idea. Next time I won’t say anything. I miss when this blog was actually about technical things(I’ve been reacting too much to the feedback, which led it to the place it’s in now). I didn’t fully realize most of the current scene don’t care unless they are getting something. Now I do. It’s late tonight, I’ll think about what to do about this in the morning.
The real reason behind no release isn’t technical. It’s just that it will never stop, after blackra1n, people demand unlock, after blacksn0w, people demand untethered. I miss the days when jailbreaking and unlocking were difficult, it attracted a much higher caliber crowd. Also, to the haters, the picture is quite obviously fake.
Deal of the Day: TomTom XL 335TM SatNav – $89.96 Saving
July 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Amazon currently have a good deal going on for the TomTom XL 335TM satnav which knocks the usual price of $219.95 right down to $129.99 giving a savings of $89.96.
The TomTom XL 335TM has a 4.3 inch screen along with lifetime traffic and map updates. Maps pre-installed cover Canada and the US.
The traffic updates allow you to avoid traffic delays whilst on the move. If you plan a route through a traffic slow down the system can be set to let you know a quicker way to travel to your destination. [Read more…]
HTC 1 Concept Shows Minimal Controls
July 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The HTC 1 is a concept Android smartphone designed to have minimal controls.
The concept designer Andrew Kim has designed the HTC 1 to be a premium Android device. It is designed to use machined brass to add strength to the phone. The brass is coated in Silver to give it a sleek finish.
The HTC 1 can stand up it’s self although the kick stand used isn’t added to the back of the device. Instead the end silver part of the phone rotates around when needed and falls back in place when using the phone for calls and texting etc… [Read more…]
SNES for iPad Install Tutorial
July 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you own an iPad it is possible to play SNES games on the device. Lifehacker has created a four-step tutorial that shows you exactly how to get playing SNES games on your iPad along with the steps to pair up a Bluetooth Wii Remote to play the games with. If you don’t have a wiimote and prefer to use an iPhone or iPod touch as a controller then an alternative SNES emulator is available.
The first app looked at in the video is called SNES4iPhone which costs $5.99 and requires you jailbreak the iPad. Jailbreaking an iPad is quite simple thanks to apps like SpiritJB that allow a simple app to run on your Mac or Windows PC and push a button while the iPad is connected.
The full tutorial which can be found here, goes through each of the steps which show you how to jailbreak the iPad, install the SNES for iPhone software and sync up your Wii remote control. Once done, the video then shows you how to add games to your iPad so you can play them. [Read more…]
