Pocket Projector For Sale On Apple Japan Site
November 20, 2008
You produce out a lot about pocket-size projectors, but don’t see a lot of companies selling them or society buying them. Suddenly, however, a projector from Optoma called the Optoma pocket projector PK 101 has arrived and is actually for sale on, of all places, the Apple Store web site for Japan. The projector works with iPods, presumably iPhones and plus a range of other devices. (props to DVICE)[Source] Mike
Found Video: Nokia Goes Viral for Bruce Lee Phone!
November 20, 2008
Nokia has unveiled a limited edition BRUCE LEE NOKIA N96 CAMERA PHONE! The phone is cool, but check out that viral video they produced to market it![Source] Mike
Beware the Netbook Hype Machine
November 20, 2008
Netbook PCs are a triumph partly of Technology, but mostly of SMART PACKAGING.[Source] Mike
Fake Engineer Provides Fake References In Court
November 20, 2008
A man who got caught faking his engineering credentials in order to get a job maintaining Quantas airplanes provided four references in court in order to persuade the judge to give him a lighter sentence. The references? ALSO FAKED.[Source] Mike
Man to Swap Glass Eye with Wireless Camera!
November 20, 2008
A Canadian film-maker named Rob Spence is having his PROSTHETIC EYE REPLACED BY A CAMERA, according to his blog, EYEBORG. Spence is having the wireless, battery-operated eyeball camera specially made, and he claims he’ll be wearing it by Christmas.[Source] Mike
Homework Not Done? Students Blame PC Crashes!
November 20, 2008
A recent survey conducted by a company called Pixmania found that British students increasingly claim that COMPUTER PROBLEMS PREVENTED THEM FROM TURNING IN HOMEWORK. Teachers take in an average of 15 such excuses per week, according to the survey, which makes PCs the top scapegoat. These excuses take the structure of 1) my PC crashed after I finished the homework; 2) I accidentally deleted homework after completing it; 3) the World Wide Web was unavailable, so I couldn’t do research; 4) I finish…
Google Kills ‘Second Life Killer,’ Google Lively
November 20, 2008
Google announced yesterday evening that it would KILL OFF GOOGLE LIVELY, the 3D virtual environment that was supposed to supply a mass-market alternative to environments like Second Life. The company acknowledged that a lot of humans put a lot of work into building their Lively rooms, and offered that helpful tip: “We’d boost all Lively users to capture your hard work by taking videos and screenshots of your rooms.” Uh, OK. Thanks, I guess…[Source] Mike