Monday, 31 March 2008
Sunday, 30 March 2008
Saturday, 29 March 2008
Friday, 28 March 2008
soooooo badly want this - wow is all there is to say
Full moon by Sotirios Papadopoulos is just out of this world
Designed by Sotirios Papadopoulos for ENNEZERO, the limited edition Full moon sideboard furniture adds celestial touch to any décor with a photo-realistic image of the moon’s surface lavishly printed on one of its sides. Created using a very special luminous and ecological paint (ELI ‘ecolightinside’), the furniture creates special effects in the dark and make you feel like you are basking in unadulterated moonlight on a full-moon night in the country. Only 24 pieces of the furniture have been made and the design will be on display at the SOHO temporary gallery in Milan during the dEMOsign exhibition.
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Fashion at Crab Creative
Friday, 14 March 2008
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Microsoft - Xbox 360
Despite rumours - and the fervent hopes of many console gamers - that Microsoft was planning a Blu-ray equipped Xbox 360, a senior Microsoft executive has popped the bubble.
Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft's Group Marketing Manager, has said in an interview that Microsoft will not be producing any Blu-flavoured Xbox hardware. None. Zip.
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Monday, 10 March 2008
iBBCphone
It is the first time the service has been available on portable devices.
The iPhone and iPod touch are able to stream shows from the iPlayer website over wi-fi networks. The iPhone cannot stream BBC video over the cell network. A BBC developer said that the corporation was currently working on other versions of the iPlayer for "many more" devices.
Anthony Rose, writing on the BBC internet blog, said: "We started with iPhone because it is the device most optimised for high quality video currently available.
"It displays the BBCiPlayer site and BBC programmes nicely."
The software currently comes in two versions - a program which allows users to download programmes to their Windows PC and a streaming version on the web available to all users.
The version for iPhone and iPod touch users will allow streaming over a wi-fi connection. However, the EDGE mobile network used by the iPhone is too slow for streaming video.
The corporation has agreed a deal with wi-fi firm The Cloud to provide all BBC online services for free at its 7,500 hotspots.
A version of iPlayer for Virgin Media customers is expected later this month.
Thursday, 6 March 2008
VRD - Seeing the future
With the development of new high-brightness LEDs, the University of Washington are developing a new breed of VRD - Visual Retinal Display - which draws a high-resolution edge-less display directly onto the retina of the eye.
Ok so the projection apparatus needs to sit somewhere but a pair of ordinary looking glasses are plenty big enough to house all the electronics and hey presto, no more bulky computer screen, or miniscule little portable DVD screens - full field of vision viewing in super high quality!
The display can also be used as an overlay to what you are actually seeing around you, so how about speech notes as you talk, nav directions, building or street layouts as you walk, or even recipes as you cook?
Microvision are currently developing commercial versions of this technology and their website is here:
http://www.microvision.com
They're also looking at business projectors that fit inside your mobile...pretty cool people