Consider this a cautionary tale against trying to fix your iPod or your iPhone yourself.  Recently, a guy over in Sussex (like the European Sussex) tried fixing it.  And he’d checked online, and discovered that the repair process was not what you’d call difficult.  So he started in, and got the first couple of screws out, but discovered that that glass face plate wasn’t exactly the easiest removal in the instruction set.  So he goes at it with a knife.

You can about imagine what happens here, but let’s just say: explosion, glass shards, eye.

You can connect the dots from there.

So he got himself to the hospital and discovered he’d damaged the protective layer covering his eye.  Now he’ll be wearing an eye patch for the next several weeks, and imagine the shock and horror he felt upon coming home and seeing the shattered iPhone, right where he left it.

Consider yourselves warned.

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How do you impress all the folks that have seen their fair share of Microsoft Surface tables?  Simple, you build your own version that is about twice the size and displays the visual representation of the EM Spectrum.  The Ideum MT-50 touchscreen table is available in an 86-inch and 100-inch sizes and is currently on display at the Space Chase Gallery at the Adventure Science Center.

Forget EM Spectrum.  I wanna play a game of R.U.S.E on this.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ideum creates an ultra-wide screen multitouch table exhibit exploring the electromagnetic spectrum

CORRALES, New Mexico (October 29, 2009) Ideum announces the installation of an ultra-wide screen multitouch table based on its commercially available MT-50 multi-touch, multi-user table.

With a 100″ surface and an 86″ viewable area is it among one of the largest contiguous multitouch tables ever developed. The screen has a 16 x 5 ratio aspect and a display resolution of 2304 x 800 pixels.

Developed for the Space Chase Gallery at the Adventure Science Center, it is one of several technology-enhanced exhibits Ideum has deployed at the Nashville, Tennessee-based hands-on science center. The exhibition opens to the public on November 7th.

“We developed a visual representation of the EM Spectrum,” said Jim Spadaccini, Creative Director of Ideum. “Taking advantage of the super-wide screen format, we’ve created a digital representation of the EM Spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays. Visitors can move images across the table in real-time, revealing the images in each waveform and accessing information about what they are seeing.?

The exhibit features a variety of celestial and terrestrial objects images in a multiple wavelengths.  For example, NASA images of the sun can be seen in all wavelengths.  Common and iconic objects were photographed in a variety of wavelengths. For example, a birthday cake with lit candles, a toy robot, an alarm clock, and even a hand holding an iPhone are seen in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray.

The table can support over 50 simultaneous touch points, allowing several people to interact with the table at the same time. Its rugged design makes it perfect for a busy hands-on science center. In addition, the table is only 31″ tall, meeting ADA standards for wheel chair accessibility.

The custom software was developed with Adobe Flash and Ideum’s own GestureWorks framework, which allows Flash developers to easily develop their own custom multi-touch applications. GestureWorks will be available for sale to other developers in early December.

The tracking software was developed by Natural User Interface Technologies AB, a Swedish technology company specializing in multi-touch software. Ideum and NUI Technologies have been partners since 2008.

Ideum was founded in 1999. Its exhibits and Websites have won numerous awards over the years including: the American Association of Museums’ MUSE Awards, the Webby Awards, the Pirelli International Multimedia Awards, the Museums and the Web Conference “Best of the Web,” and other industry awards.

For links to video and high-resolution photographs visit:
http://www.ideum.com/blog

To learn more about Ideum visit: www.ideum.com. To learn more about Adventure Science Center visit: www.adventuresci.com

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If you’ve got any kind of interest in e-readers, then you know they can be a bit pricey.  But the jetBook-Lite from ECTACO is looking to change all that by selling for $149.95.

The jetBook-Lite is officially, as of this writing, the cheapest e-reader device on the market.

Now, when you get a low-cost device like this, naturally you give up a few things.  Tops on the list is 3G wireless connectivity and color secondary screens.

However, what you DO get is support for pretty much any ebook format on the face of the earth, including eReader DRM from Barnes and Noble.  Plus, you also get support for multiple languages and a built-in dictionary, a rotating screen that can handle portrait or landscape mode, and last but not least, and incredible twenty three hours of run time on the strength of four AA batteries.

It’s a pretty good value for a cheap e-reader.

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sI’ve seen products in the past like the game thumb to help cut down video game sores, but this is the first I’m seeing about a pair of glasses that help your eyes blink during times of extended screen viewing or book reading.

When your eyes are focusing on a screen they automatically blink less, causing them more strain and dryness.  The Wink Glasses from Masunaga Optical force your to blink no matter how hard you fight the urge.

If you go 5 or more seconds without blinking, the transparent liquid crystal sensor attached to the frame of the glasses turns the lenses opaque, “naturally” making you blink.  After you do so, the glasses reset and clear.

At a price of $445, I can’t imagine any insurance would that cover this item.

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So remember just yesterday, when I was getting all poingy happy about the half e-reader / half netbook hybrid?  Well, I think I may have just beat that level of awesome but in a totally different direction.  Today I’m talking about the Kohjinsha PA, a combination netbook and tablet PC.

No, seriously–this sucker has a 4.8″ WSVGA touchscreen, 1.33GHz Atom CPU, 512 meg of RAM and a 32 GB SDD.  The battery is slated to run for 7.5 hours, and it even comes with an SD slot and a 1.3 MP webcam, all in a netsurfing portable tablet PC.

I am profoundly impressed by this, even though my chances of ever using such a device are so slim as to approach zero.  I draw like a cat with a pen in its mouth after ingesting large quantities of peyote, so a tablet PC to me is almost less than useless. But still, I’m impressed–and the price is pretty impressive too.

If you want one of these bad boys, you’ll have to shell out a whopping $758 in Japan.  Preorders are going on, and the prices range between $867 and $921.

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Are you still searching for that LCD screen to double as a window in your dungeon of a bedroom?  Search no more.  Samsung today announced an 40-inch LED backlit LCD TV that is just 3.3mm thick (that’s 0.12992126 inches), which is so thin you’ll barely notice it on your wall.  And amazing it produces a full HD picture, a 5000:1 contrast ratio and 120hz refresh rate.  While I’m super confident that it’s ridiculously expensive, Samsung has yet to release that info.

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Today I’m going to introduce you to a truly awesome gadget that you can’t possibly get your hands on before Christmas unless you know somebody or can shell out epic bribes.

We’re talking about the eDGe, and this little beauty is worth the $490 you’d shell out for it for one very good reason: it’s a netbook and an e-reader.  All at once.  That’s right, it’s BOTH.

It’s WiFi enabled and looks vaguely like a Nintendo DS that you hold constantly upright, like an actual book.  It runs on Google’s Android system, joining a growing family of same, and can serve all the functions of both a netbook (send email, instant messages, surf the web, run apps, write notes and so on) and an ereader (it’s got a 9.7 inch E-ink e-paper display on one side and a 10.1 inch LCD screen on the other, just so you know what side gets what)

Their creator, Virginia’s Entourage Systems, has started taking preorders for the devices, so you can sign up for them now.

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Sony kicked out the DPP-F700 today, a new LCD photo frame that has a built-in printer for producing 4×6″ 300×300 dpi glossy photos on the fly.  Front and center is a 7-inch 800×400 LCD with a 16:10 ratio, supported by 1GB of on board memory, a memory card reader and editing system that allows for small picture touch ups.  You can expect the DPP-F700 LCD Photo Frame this coming January for $200.

SONY INTRODUCES UNIQUE DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME WITH BUILT-IN PRINTER
Combination Device Makes It Easy to View and Share Images

News Facts

Sony Electronics is launching a stylish multitasking S-Frame® digital photo frame with printer (model DPP-F700).
The sleek, all-in-one device allows photo viewing and printing for picture lovers who enjoy displaying and sharing copies of their special memories.
Showcasing your favorite photos in vibrant color and crisp detail, the DPP-F700 features a 7-inch (measured diagonally) (16:10) LCD display with WVGA (800 x 480) resolution.
The device prints 4 x 6-inch professional quality 300 x 300 dpi photos instantly in just 45 seconds.
Allowing you to edit images before printing, the device’s options include enlarge, reduce, crop, date stamp on/off, border/borderless (for single prints), and brightness, contrast, hue, and sharpness adjustment.
In Creative Print mode, you can make a calendar with pictures (more than 30 templates), print an ID photo, and create a “layout print” with multiple images on one sheet.
Using Screen Capture, you can print exactly what is displayed on the screen during a slideshow.
The frame-printer device features about one gigabyte of internal storage capacity with an auto-resizing adjustment that downsizes photos to let you store up to 2,000 photos.
Image transfer is a snap with direct USB input from your PC, as well as support for most memory cards, including Memory Stick PRO™, Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Secure Digital (SD), SDHC, Multi-Media Card (MMC), Compact Flash®, and xD-Picture Card™ media.
Whether the device is set vertically or horizontally, the Auto Orientation sensor automatically rotates your photos into portrait or landscape format according to the placement.
A wide range of view and print modes and many other functions can be managed from the included remote control.
Multiple playback options offer flexibility to display photos as single images, as thumbnails for easy searching, or as a slideshow with ten built-in transitions.
The new S-Frame model supports JPEG, TIFF, and BMP image file formats.
Supplied accessories include a paper tray, AC adaptor, CD-ROM (print driver, PMB), operation manual, cleaning kit, and stand.
Optional print packs include compatible SVM-F series: SVM-F40P (40 sheets of photo paper and cartridge), and SVM-F120P (120 sheets of photo paper and cartridges).
The DPP-F700 digital photo frame-printer will be available for about $200 in January and can be purchased online at http://www.sonystyle.com, at Sony Style® retail stores and at authorized dealers nationwide.

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We’ve talked about the Argus II once before back in March, so this will be an update.  Seems that a test group of thirty two blind folks got implanted with Argus IIs, got their cameras and set out to see if they could actually see anything.  The early results are actually very promising, with many of the recipients now able to see shapes and lights.

One recipient, an optical scientist turned lawyer named , who had been sightless for thirty years prior to his receiving an Argus II system, went from thirty years sightless to being able to make out a door in front of him.  Sure, the whole system is pretty low-resolution right now, but that’s how these things start out.  Got to have a cathode tube system before you can get the 1080p plasma, you know.

The company that makes them, Second Sight Medical Products, is trying to get approval to market the devices, which are slated to cost $100,000 each.  Here’s the interesting question: will any insurance plan cover this?

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Barnes and Noble came clean about their e-reader device today, and yes, it’s called the Nook.  And like the leak said the device sports a 6″ e-ink screen for actually reading the books (or magazines) as well as a 3.5″ color touchscreen for perusing Barnes’ ebook store.  If you’re game, you can preorder the device today for $259 (the same price as Amazon’s 6″ offering) and it should ship as early as 11/30, which is a bit late for the whole bum rush of holiday sales.

As for wireless delivery of books you can jack into any available WiFi connection, or suck them down over AT&T’s 3G connection.  Built-in storage caps out at 2GB, which is good for about 1,500 books, but you can expand that to a whopping 16GB via microSD card slot.  Taking a cue from Apple, it looks like the battery is non-removable and will achieve up to 10 days of page turning action before you need a recharge, which takes about 3.5 hours.

Size wise were looking at a .5″ thin, 4.9″ wide and 7.7″ long, which makes it a bit fatter than any of Amazon’s Kindles and a bit shorter and narrower than their 6″ versions.

For all you Android fans out there you’ll be glad to here the Nook has joined the ranks, the first e-reader to sport the OS.  To get another leg over Amazon they’re letting users lend e-books for up to 14 days to other Nook users and their store currently boast over 1 million titles that start at $9.99.

While my vote is still out on the Nook until I get a hands on, the color touchscreen is a huge draw, but might prove more gimmick than anything else.  Kindle does have a physical QWERTY keyboard, but since I’ve never tested one I can’t speak to its actually usability.

Video walk through after the ‘leap’

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The WSJ is reporting that Barnes and Noble will officially announce their e-reader device as early as tomorrow.  Word is that the e-book reader will be called the “Nook”, let users share books with friends and cost $259.  The news comes by way of a leaked full page ad, which one has to assume isn’t going to be placed in the Wall Street Journal, at least not any more without a significant discount.

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Sony’s had their struggles with R&D, as evidenced by the failed Mini Disc and UMD formats.  Now it looks the behemoth has plans to release a prototype spherical like display that could achieve massive fanfare or be lost in the annals of obscurity.

While I’m not sure what the practical applications could be – I suppose a digital photo frame that could be viewed from 360 degrees would work – the idea of being able to view an image from any angle (yes porn), no matter where you stand is pretty captivating…and without any special glasses.

Specs include a 13×27-cm device with 24-bit color image measuring just 96×128 pixels.  Small yes, but remember that this is a prototype and supposedly they’ve got plans to show it off at the Tokyo Digital Content EXP0 2009 this coming Thursday.  I just wonder if the tech can ever be cheap enough to end up in my home’s living room (or bedrooms).

[via Engadget]

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Today we’re talking about the new gotta-have-it watch, a watch that has all the performance of an MP3 player, but also a cool blue, almost holographic, face that screams “gadget buff”.

The Tick Tack Music Watch is like a wearable MP3, complete with a headphone jack and a set of tiny earbuds included.  It’s still in the concept stages right now, so you can call this a bit of a leak, and so there’s also not a lot of details about storage capacity or battery life or even price data just yet.

While I like the thought of an MP3 player in a wristwatch, I really have to wonder if this will go over that big when put alongside the likes of an iPod.  IPods really aren’t that much bigger than a wristwatch, and they probably hold more songs and deliver better quality audio, too.  But time will tell, as it so often does, so stay tuned.

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Pictured above is supposedly Barnes and Noble’s e-reader.  While specs and a wireless carrier have yet to be announced, or leaked in this case, rumor has it that it has an e-ink display on the top 3/4 of the device for reading magazines and books, while the lower quarter is a color LCD screen that will not only be good for perusing book covers but will double as a touchscreen keyboard or mutlitouch surface. 

Perhaps a 3G carrier isn’t in the works and that’s why they now offer free WiFi at all their locations.

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Sometimes, you wish you could get access to shaky, variable quality information about just about any topic.  it’s times like these that we usually turn to the internet–but what if we’re away from the wireless internet or what have you?

That’s where the WikiReader device comes in.  It’s powered by two AAA batteries that are estimated to last a full year in this device, and comes with a monochrome touchscreen so you can scroll and track things.

I admit, it’s probably pretty cool to have access to three million articles worth of Wikipedia, especially wherever you happen to be at the time.  Updates are delivered on a quarterly basis, and you can also get a microSD card option added to your WikiReader for just an extra $29 a year.  It will probably do horrible things to barroom trivia contests–NTN is probably freaking out and wetting itself as we speak–but the idea is still plenty cool.

The base unit itself costs $99, and will be available on Amazon on the order of Real Soon Now.

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HP is dropping mutitouch displays like it’s hot.  The biggest of the 4 announced today is the LD4200tm, which measures 42-inches and produces a full HD picture at 1920×1080.  To keep costs down on this massive touch display, they opted for a combination of infrared and imaging sensors, forgoing the costly capacitive technology.  To make all this magic happen, though, you’ll need to plug it into a computer via USB, while the screen’s imagery will be displayed by HDMI.  Other specs include a 9ms response time, 3000:1 contrast ratio and 500 cd/m2 brightness.

Expect the LD4200tm to show up in public environments and cost about $2,800.

HP press release regarding the HP Pavilion dv3 with TouchSmart, HP TouchSmart600 PC with 23-inch full HD 16:9 display and HP TouchSmart300 PC with 20-inch 16:9 display after the ‘leap’

Three New HP TouchSmart Products Give Consumers an Engaging Computing Experience

LONDON, UK, October 13, 2009 – Providing consumers with an engaging and interactive computing experience, HP today expanded its TouchSmart portfolio with three new products. They are:

• the HP Pavilion dv3 with TouchSmart – the industry’s first multi-touch clamshell laptop PC,

• the HP TouchSmart600 PC with 23-inch full HD 16:9 display,

• the HP TouchSmart300 PC with 20-inch 16:9 display.

Additionally, HP announced technology updates to the HP TouchSmart tx2, the industry’s first and only multi-touch consumer tablet PC.

All four products feature HP TouchSmart 3.0 software – HP’s latest touch suite that includes new applications – -TouchSmart Canvas for organising and editing photos with touch gestures and TouchSmart Live TV for not only watching television broadcasts but recording and pausing live TV and getting detailed information on programs using the electronic guide.

This new software complements enhanced TouchSmart applications – - Calendar, Clock, Music, Notes, Weather, TouchSmart Browser, TouchSmart DVD, TouchSmart Blu-ray DVD, TouchSmart RSS and TouchSmart Webcam.

Customers will find it easy to express their personal style with the customisable tile title bar and backgrounds. Additionally, new colours and transparency have been added for a fresh look.

“Touch makes the PC experience more engaging, fun and personal,” said Matthew Rogers, HP PSG Consumer Category Manager. “HP is on its third version of its renowned TouchSmart software and hardware while most other vendors are still conceiving what we have been shipping.”

HP TouchSmart 3.0 software

Boasting new visuals and personalisation, new interaction and improved applications, HP TouchSmart 3.0 software further delivers touch capabilities and an intuitive interactive experience to customers. Customers with previous TouchSmart PC models will soon be able to receive a software download with some of these new exclusive touch applications.

• New visuals: wide frames (16:9) to support new hardware and new colours

• Personalisation: a selection of tile colours and backgrounds to chose from

• Interactive tiles: quick access to all touch content and direct interaction with all applications

• Enhanced core applications: multi-touch capabilities and usability improvements

• New applications: TouchSmart Canvas and TouchSmart Live TV

HP Pavilion dv3 with TouchSmart

Available in a fresh new navy blue HP Imprint finish, Modern Vintage, the dv3 is the perfect size for touch interactions and designed for mobility.

Key features include:

• 13.3-inch diagonal widescreen LED touchscreen display

• Range of Intel processors

• NVIDIA GeForce G105M graphics with 512MB dedicated video memory

• Microsoft Windows® 7

• Internal optical disk drive

• Matching slip case

HP TouchSmart PC

HP TouchSmart PCs fits elegantly within the home – whether placed on a table or mounted on a wall, the sleek piano black finish with silver panels and slim casing add an element of style to any interior. The swivel base, tilt webcam and wall mount capability provide customers with the flexibility to use and collaborate with this product in a wide range of locations in the home.

HP TouchSmart600 key features include:

• 23-inch 16:9 1080p full HD widescreen display

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor

• NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics processor

• Up to 4GB memory and up to 1TB HDD

• Microsoft Windows® 7

• TV tuner, remote and Blu-ray drive on select models

• Game console connectivity (PlayStation, Wii, Xbox ) on select models

• Wi-fi and Bluetooth

• Wireless keyboard and mouse

HP TouchSmart300 key features include:

• 20-inch 16:9 720p widescreen display

• AMD Athlon™ dual- or triple-core processors

• ATI Radeon™ HD graphics

• Up to 4GB memory and up to 500GB HDD

• Microsoft Windows® 7

• Wi-fi

HP TouchSmart tx2

With the TouchSmart tx2’s unique dual-mode service, users can select all their files with either the tip of their finger or a digital pen. The convertible screen opens for classic use, twists for showing presentations and folds flat into a slate for watching movies.

Key features include:

• 12.1” diagonal BrightView touchscreen display

• AMD Turion™ X2 dual core processors

• ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Graphics

• Microsoft Windows® 7

• HP Imprint design – a smooth titanium high-gloss finish and a circular, cloud-like inlaid pattern

• Matching slip case

• Secondary battery provided

Pricing and availability(1)

The HP Pavilion dv3 with TouchSmart will be available from 22nd October, 2009 at a recommended street price of £799.

The HP TouchSmart600 PC will be available from 22nd October, 2009 from a recommended street price £1199.99.

The HP TouchSmart300 PC will be available from 16th November, 2009 from a recommended street price of £899.99.

The HP TouchSmart tx2 will be available from 22nd October, 2009 at a recommended street price of £799.

(1) Recommended street pricing pending country and product specifications.

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For sometime now FLO TV has been partnering up with device makers to deliver streaming TV any where you travel in the US.  But now they’re ready to take on the hardware market and yesterday they introduced the FLO TV Personal Television.  Steve just posted an article this AM about the announcement and this afternoon I got a hands on with the device.

I’m not floored or jaw dropped and I’ll come right out and say that it’s too expensive for what they’re offering.  But with that said the device isn’t all that bad or all that great.  The screen is far from reactive but the UI is simple and straight forward.  You can swipe up and down on the screen while viewing live TV to switch channels – it brings up a menu bar displaying the program and you tap on it to switch to that channel.  You can also hit the menu button to see all the 15 channels and upcoming content.  If you click on a future show it will provide you with the option of scheduling a reminder, which comes in the form of a vibration and/or tone – you can also setup season notifications.  And of course there are volume buttons as well as a mute button and headphone port.  Since the screen only measure 3.5-inches it’s not a vast improvement or leap over most smartphones today, but streams are relatively instantaneous and the battery life is 5 hours when viewing live TV.

You can preorder the device at Amazon for $249.99, and it looks like you can pay monthly, yearly or every 3 years – each increase in time results in a monthly discount.

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Remember how the digital TV switch left most portable TVs useless?

Well, the folks at Flo TV have developed a portable television device that laughs at the digital divide, the Flo TV  Personal Television.

No waiting.  No buffering.  No nothing–just start watching and use your fingertip on the touchscreen to move the image back and forth.  Even better, the Flo TV gets fifteen channels, including Comedy Central, MTV, MSNBC and NBC News.

Of course, this doesn’t come free–you’ll have to shell out a whopping $8.99 a month with a three year commitment, and the device itself will run you an extra $249.99.

Pricey, but if you’ve ever wanted to easily carry cable content around with you, this is exactly the device you want.

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So 3M, those great innovators, have come up with a way to get you to watch 3-D on your mobile device of choice, but without the glasses entirely.  Check THIS out:  they’ve developed this optical film (that you can apply to any gadget’s backlight system) that uses two alternating rows of LED to project left and right images one after the other to the viewers’ eyes.  This in turn allows for a stereoscopic 3-D image but without the need for glasses.

The film works on any device with a viewing size of nine inches or smaller, and to watch video in 3-D via this method requires the video be displayed at 120hZ.

I find myself a bit skeptical to the value of this, but admit from a conceptual level this is blisteringly cool–after all, turning any mobile gadget into a 3-D player with only a strip of plastic?  That’s MacGyver-grade gadgetry right there.

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The International Kindle will ship October 19th, but they’re taking preorders starting today.

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