Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Vintage Cars: Automodule
Retro Futurism: Automodule by Jean-Pierre Ponthieu
First came the "Pussycar" and then came the "Automodule" - a car for the future.
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Technology: Yes, me too...
I'm generally not very interested in technology and I'm never first to buy new stuff. This time is no exception but now I've finally succumbed to the iPhone craze and got myself one. (I felt I should get a new cell phone and there was a massive campaign in Sweden with reasonable prices, I guess)
So I'm an iPhone newbie and I thought I'd just ask you what your favorite applications and uses for the phone are. Tell me, please, I'd like to know.
PS. I like free stuff ;)
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UPDATE 1:
Bishop says: "Stanza (for downloading/reading public domain stuff), NPR (stream whatever station you want anywhere in the world), Sheep Launcher (for sheer silliness), Echofon (for twitter), Classics2Go (56 public domain goodies and counting - nicer interface than Stanza, but limited selection. Good, but limited).
Welcome to the KoolAid!"
The Subtle Rudder said: "I love what I get from the iphone camera, especially when I use Camerabag to make shots to look like they were taken with old toy cameras or on polaroid film. "Helga" is my favorite filter--it's the Camerabag version of the Holga style. This is my absolute favorite app. You can also download photoshop to crop your pix in-camera.
I use the Amazon app way too often, but my god, how satisfying (and dangerous) to research products, then make your purchase right there on your phone. There's also an ebay app, but I am no longer allowed to use that.
You can access all your social media: echofon for twitter, FB, Flickit to upload pix to Flickr.
I love wordle and the NYTimes xword puzzle app.
I downloaded Huffington Post and AP News, just to have something to read in lines, but HuffPo is a little unserious and all over the place, and AP just means I'm reading the same headlines across many sources. I now prefer McSweeney's for time-killing content.
Enjoy your iCrack! And learn from my sorry example and try not to get a rep as someone who takes his iphone into the bathroom with him, because he can't be away from its delights for even that long. ;)"
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Vintage Comics: Scopitone!
I'm Learning To Share!: Scopitones in Archie comics, 1965
In the article you'll find some great Scopitone links too!
Vintage Technology: Underwater Gallery
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Underwater Gallery for Aquarium from Modern Mechanix
Say what?!
"Alexander the Great"?!
"in a submarine observatory"?!
Say what?
Vintage submarine links: one, two, three, four.
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Technology: 7 Unusual Propeller-driven vehicles
7 Unusual Propeller-driven vehicles
- here is the list. What did they look like? Were they any good?
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Humanoid Robotics
"The HR-2 robot was constructed during a period of three months at Chalmers University in Sweden. It has 22 degrees of freedom which enables it to easily move around imitating human motions. The robot is also equipped with stereovision giving it possibilities to perform hand-eye coordination. For that task an artificial neural network is evolved. Furthermore, the artificial brain is capable of tracking faces as well as recognising them. The HR-2 is also able to speak."
This is a nerdy but very charming little thing. You will find a movie presentation of the robot (35.5 Mb) which I found well worth downloading. Maybe you do too.
Humanoid Robotics, Almir Heralic
Sorry, don't remember where I found it. But thanks.
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