Category Archive: cool

May
11

Portal 2 Lecture

Game Center Lecture Series- Erik Wolpaw from NYU Game Center on Vimeo.

Feb
22

Watch out Netflix: Amazon Prime Unlimited Video

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Watch out Netflix. It’s been rumored for a while that Amazon Prime Customers will be getting access to “Amazon.com Instant Video” for Free. Well, it happened. Amazon Unlimited Videos for Amazon Prime Customers

Dec
17

Dropbox 1.0 is out

If you’re a Dropbox user, go grab 1.0. They just released it.

Dec
03

Metropolis 2

Oct
28

Amazing Japanese Robot

Oct
27

Universal Robot Gripper – Made with Coffee and a Balloon

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Sometimes the simplest things work the best. Researchers at Cornell, University of Chicago and iRobot (the Roomba folks) have created a robot gripper that is made with ground coffee and a latex balloon. Basically, they vacuum air out of the coffee filled balloon and the structure inside becomes rigid. Let air in, and the structure …

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Aug
27

Flexible e-paper in production

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LG is putting 9.7-inch color and 19-inch flexible e-paper displays into production. Could this be what the future of digital books really is? It seems a little odd to me that it would be in a multi-page format, rather than a single page that changes. I thought at first it might be interesting to have …

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Jun
24

Shape Shifting Interfaces

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Apple has gotten a patent on a technology where the device itself changes its physical interface, depending on the situation. Using it like an iPod? You get a wheel. Using it like a remote control, you get the buttons for that. Need a physical keyboard? It would be able to do that too. This is …

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Jun
07

Best Apple WWDC Keynote Coverage

Ars Technica is doing a GREAT job with their Live WWDC Keynote coverage. Jacqui Cheng and Aurich are doing a better job than anyone else who’s covering the event.

May
14

Man Gets Job Using Google Ads

A guy used Google Ads to get a job. He bought ads for people who were hiring in his field, so if they searched for their names, his message would come up. Via Neatorama

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