Category Archive: gadget
Mar
07
iPad HD with Haptic Feedback
So there’s a rumor going around this morning that the iPad HD will have haptic feedback. That means you’ll be able to feel objects on the screen. Sandpaper would feel like sandpaper, for example. Very, very cool if true. And all this time we had the hint (from the invitation picture, above) all this time. …
Mar
06
IPad HD?
Well, the big announcement is tomorrow, and everyone expects it’ll be the the iPad 3. From the rumors, it might even be called the iPad HD. So a couple of questions… How are developers going to deal with the confusion of all the apps for the iPad that have the tag HD? How are iPad …
Aug
30
Inkling by Wacom
This looks very, very cool. The biggest problem with this kind of tech before was that you needed special paper (with small grids, or dots) to have it work with your computer. This doesn’t. It lets you import your drawing as vectors, with layers, using regular paper.
Apr
12
Flip Camera: RIP
Cisco has axed the Flip camera, and is laying off 550 employees.
Dec
03
Oct
27
Universal Robot Gripper – Made with Coffee and a Balloon
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 …
Aug
27
Flexible e-paper in production
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 …
Apr
29
Steve Jobs Talks about Flash
If you’d like to read why Apple is not supporting Flash on iPhone, iPod and iPad, you should read Steve Jobs himself has to say about it. He’s posted a note on Apple’s website, “Thoughts on Flash”.