Category Archives: Video

Cowon’s S9 Curve gets toyed with on video, UI thoroughly investigated

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Posted by Darren Murph from Engadget.

It’s one thing to have a look at a new user interface in pictures, but watching someone navigate it on video is just so much more meaningful and soul stirring. Cowon’s S9 Curve isn’t due out in South Korea for another five days or so, but it looks like someone with a video camera and a YouTube account completely missed the memo. For a likely limited time, the video just past the break shows off five minutes of admittedly responsive UI interaction, complete with the ability to alter the equalizer preset from the Now Playing screen (what a concept!). Be warned, though — the first album to pop up is Mamma Mia!.

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Wearable toy piano makes music, looks good doing it


Posted by Darren Murph from Engadget.
Now here’s a concept. A musical shirt with enough transistors to make even the hardest of hardcore nerd blush, and a long-sleeve garment fashionable enough to make even the world-class design student stop and admire. Mashed into one. The Musical toy piano shirt is that very piece, which was constructed to wow onlookers at the Electronic Textile workshop held this month in Switzerland. Packing removable batteries, speakers and circuitry, the shirt enables the wearer to emit eight different notes from Do to Do, and we hear there’s nothing quite as cute as playing a song on yourself. See what we mean in the vid hosted just after the break.

[Via Coolest-Gadgets]

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Digitally Assisted Billiards makes everyone a pool shark


Posted by Darren Murph from Engadget.

There’s cheating, and then there’s out-thinking the room. Georgia Tech’s own Justin Needham and Matthew Straub are clearly headed for great things, as their Digitally Assisted Billiards is reason enough to give these guys a degree in our eyes. Using an array of low-end kit — just an eBox 2300 embedded computer, Logitech webcam, 4- x 3-foot mirror, a VGA projector, pool table and a few extenders — the two were able to concoct a system for visually displaying the expected trajectory of all possible shots based on the location of the balls still on the slate. For a much better idea of what we’re hinting at, check the demonstration video after the break.

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Five Tips for Saving Time Over the Holidays [Time Management]

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Posted by Adam Pash from Lifehacker.

Everyone’s talking about budgeting money in the face of a bleak economic outlook this holiday season, but if there’s one thing we never have enough of during the holidays, it’s time.

Yesterday I was lucky enough to join CNBC On the Money’s Carmen Wong Ulrich to offer a few helpful tips for saving time over the holidays. The segment—embedded here—was cut short for time (I would have loved to have a little more time to talk Lifehacker), which meant that the original list of five holiday timesavers plus some was cut down to a quick three. Keep reading for our full list of the five best holiday timesavers.

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YTPodcaster Creates Podcast Feeds from YouTube Usernames [Podcasts]


Posted by Kevin Purdy from Lifehacker.

Wanting to watch the latest YouTube videos from particular YouTube channels, one Lifehacker Australia reader created a free tool for making RSS feeds from YouTube usernames. Rather than just offering a straight-up feed with enclosures, though, YTPodcaster makes it easy for users of the iPod, Zune, or most any podcast-friendly player to grab MP4s from any YouTube user. So if you’re, for instance, addicted to the Monty Python channel, you can have its latest clips instantly dropped on your mobile device. YTPodcaster can also quickly download video files from any YouTube URL. If you’re looking for a broader feed of videos related to a search term, try Vixy’s podcaster tool.

YTPodcaster [via Lifehacker AU]


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Video: eccentric Peek demonstration highlights the pain of 2-year contracts

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Posted by Darren Murph from Engadget.

Most of the world probably missed this stunt because of how short lived it really was (thanks, NYPD!), but at any rate, we found it wacky enough to pass along. Back in late November, a few Peek faithful donned prisoner uniforms and walked around chained to BlackBerry Storms on the day Verizon launched the touchscreen RIM device. Naturally, Verizon officials were none too pleased, and everyone involved in the protest was asked to leave shortly after they arrived. Thanks to the wonders of YouTube (vid’s after the break), you’ll be able to watch it over, and over, and over again. Death to contracts…

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The hovering Multiple Kill Vehicle is simply a waking nightmare

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Posted by Joshua Topolsky from Engadget.

Are you ready for a vision of your inevitable end at the hands of a hovering murderbot? Feast your eyes, then, on this video of the Missile Defense Agency’s MKV-L — or as we like to call it, the Multiple Kill Vehicle. The device — meant to be used in a bundle of missile interceptors deployed by a larger “carrier” — has apparently just completed its first flight test, so… you’ve been warned, resistance is futile, he’ll be back, and in space no one can hear you scream. [Warning: read link is a PDF]

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Boom Blox Does 8-Bit [Boom Blox]


Posted by Stuart Houghton from Kotaku.

LittleBigPlanet may be the stunt-modder’s level design palette of choice these days, with some truly spectacular creations, but its not the only game in town.

Speilbergian Wii favourite Boom Blox comes with a nifty level editor too, and someone has spent a lot of time waggling that WiiMote to create Boom Bloxified recreations of 8-bit classic including Galaga, Duck Hunt, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.

8 Bit Games Recreated in Boom Blox [GoNintendo]


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Sony’s Pulse Covers The PlayStation Beat [Playstation Network]


Posted by Mike Fahey from Kotaku.

As a part of their effort to provide original video content to PlayStation owners, Sony has launched Pulse, a biweekly video program that covers everything happening in the world of PlayStation.

Hosted by Christina Lee, Pulse is a program available via the PlayStation Network for your PC, PS3, or PSP that looks at upcoming and current releases for the PS3 and possibly the PSP, should they get around to releasing anything new for it soon. You’ll get information on the must-have titles via official list, most-downloaded PSN titles, and upcoming movies available for download to the console. It looks like something that would have been at home on G4 a few years back, to the point where I keep expecting her to mention Pringles at any minute.

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Xbox 360 modder adds 7-inch LCD to chassis for reasons unknown


Posted by Darren Murph from Engadget.

One could argue that adding an LCD monitor into the casing of an Xbox 360 would certainly make it a more viable gaming solution on-the-go, but given just how many cables are still connected here, we’re wondering if it’s not worth the extra effort to lug around a decent sized LCD. ‘Course, we certainly commend the effort here — though it’s not entirely original or anything — and we can’t deny that it took some serious blood, sweat and lost Halo 3 time to fix it up. To that end, we present to you an emphatic golf clap and a recommendation to hit up the read link for a short demonstration vid.

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