Saturday, February 6, 2010

Touch Screen Guitar

For guitar and gadget lovers, this touchscreen guitar is so cool1 Misa Digital Guitar is essentially an innovative MIDI controller with a large multi-touch touchscreen display that controls the sound. There are no strings on this futuristic instrument; it is powered by the Linux operating system, has 24 frets, MIDI out, and an Ethernet port.




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For more information visit the Misa Digital Guitar website.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Cool Xbox 360 Consoles

A collection of cool modded Xbox 360 consoles.


What do you get when you combine a laptop with an Xbox? Erm, an X-top? Or perhaps a Lap-box? Whatever you want to call it, these guys have made it


I'll have some LEDs with that, please. Very funky.



Going for the decorative approach, here. Nice.



Scaly. And a little creepy, too.



Half-Life 2 is awesome. This custom Xbox is awesomer
(and I don't care if that's not a real word).


Traveling? Can't bear to be without your Xbox? No probs, just
insert an LCD screen and you can play on the go. If you've got some batteries, that is. Lots of them.


I love table tennis. Perhaps that's not too cool. This custom Xbox, on the other hand, is very cool


Women are great. Gaming is great. Combining the two? Perfect.


A pretty awesome Gears of War stylee. Sweet.


And our no.1 - an Xbox 360 car mod. Oh yes, this is so cool!


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Monday, September 7, 2009

Spotify App - Now available on iPhone

The Spotify App is finally available on the iPhone! Phones using Google's mobile operating system Android, and iPhone users, can access the firms four million tracks. The application will also allow users to save more than 3,000 songs to play while offline.

However, unlike the free streaming service for computers, mobile users will have to pay a subscription charge to download and save music. The iPhone application service was approved at the end of August, after submitting it to Apple in July. Although the application will be free to download, it will require the user to have a premium Spotify subscription, which costs £10.

Spotify iPhone Review Video



The Swedish music streaming service is looked on as a rival to Apple's iTunes store because of its comprehensive, free library of millions of songs. Apple currently dominates the digital music market, which led many to speculate that the app may not be approved.

Credibility

However, many in the music also industry regard Spotfiy as an alternative, and a credible business model for an industry which has had difficulty adapting to the online world. It is thought that one of the reasons Spotify was so keen to break into the mobile market was the requirement that users pay a subscription charge.

Only about 1 person in 50 currently currently pays a subscription, with the rest using the firm's free streaming services. Spotify, which launched in 2008, now has more than two million users in the UK, and more than six million across Europe. It has not yet launched in the United States, but says it intends to do so by the end of the year.

Sourced from BBC. Video video here
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Monday, August 31, 2009

gScreen Spacebook - Cool Dual Screen laptop

gScreen spacebook will be the world's first truly dual-screen laptop allowing computer users to multi-task while on the move. It's due to go on sale by the end of the 2009.


Spacebook, is the brainchild of Alaska-based technology firm gScreen. While growing numbers of office workers – especially in the financial industries – use several desktop monitors to track many programmes and information sources at the same time, no manufacturer has yet released a portable equivalent.

The gScreen Spacebook will boast two 15.4 in screens which can slide away to fill the space of a single screen when the laptop is being stored or transported.

The first photos of the pioneering gadget have been obtained by Gizmodo, the US technology website.

Gordon Stewart, the founder of gScreen, told the website that the first Spacebooks should be available on Amazon by December this year, once final modifications are complete.

"We designed this knowing that many may not need the extra screen at all times," he said.

The dual-screen laptop is aimed at professional video editors, photographers and designers who need to flick between different applications to carry out their work.

But anyone willing to meet the expected $3,000 (£1,835) price tag should be warned that the double screen is likely to push the weight of the Spacebook significantly above standard laptops. The energy demands of running two monitors will also prove a drain on the computer's batteries.

Other technology firms have produced laptops with smaller bolt-on second screens, but this is believed to be the first model with twin monitors of equal size.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

iPhone software allows you to run a bath !

The Bath-o-matic software for iPhone is available free from Apple's popular App Store, but users must also pay £4,000 for the technology at home. They will then be able to select the temperature, depth and fragrance of the water and even how many bubbles in the bath. The software means the phone can send instructions to a set of high-tech taps on a bath tub that can control the temperature, pressure and draining of the water so that the bath will be ready when arriving home.



The software means the phone can send instructions to a set of high-tech taps on a bath tub that can control the temperature, pressure and draining of the water Photo: NEWS INTERNATIONA

Unique Automation, the London-based company behind the device, showed off its wares at a trade show this week. A spokesman said: "At the touch of a button, Bath-o-matic fills the bath to perfection - even adding bubbles and perfumes.

"Bringing full automation to the bathroom at last, this technological breakthrough offers energy and water savings plus flooding and scalding prevention."

Sharon Munday, a 27 year-old secretary, viewed the Bath-o-matic demonstration at the CEDIA Expo 2009 at the ExCeL centre in London. "It really shows off just how the iPhone is becoming the ultimate remote control for everything in the home," she said.

"If I had £4,000 spare I'd get one. It would be perfect for me as I have a 20 minute drive home from the office and could set it to run as I leave and hop in as soon as I got home. That would be absolute bliss."

A shower version of the software is coming soon.
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Cool PS3 Controller

Here's a cool video of Sony demonstrating its amazing PS3 motion controller with Playstation Eye at E3.

This is just a prototype at the moment and is due to be released spring 2010. This new controller is just what PS3 owners were all waiting for. We were blown away with what this can controller will do, how precise movements are and what it will bring to the PS3 in terms of Wii type games. Just imagine playing Star Wars games with light sabers or games like Time Crisis, Call of Duty with guns etc....check it out!



Sony has released a few more PS3 Motion Controller details to developers and confirmed that staging its motion sensing assault “across all genres” with support from first-party and third-party content providers. It also revealed that the PS3 Motion Controller will have force feedback, something that rival Project Natal can’t achieve for obvious reasons.

The final design and even the name of the PS3 Motion Controller are both still up in the air. The quirky looking device shown off on stage at E3 was by no means the finished article.

Sony also stated that you’ll be able to play with up to four of them at the same time. Four is not an unusual number for a console, but it is interesting given that part of the E3 demo showed a pair of Motion Controllers being used together. Therefore it seems that the more complex games could be limited to two players only.

However, Sony also reveals that it’s “looking into the possibility” of combining the Motion Controller with the standard Sixaxis / DualShock 3 controllers to be used in tandem. The example given was of using the Motion Controller as a sword while the standard controller acted as a shield.

Still no word on prices or a fixed release date yet.

With this controller, PS3 owners have a PS3 and Wii in one console. Look forward to reporting more on this is the coming months. Check out http://www.ps3now.net for cool PS3 stuff.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

DJ Hero

From the makers of Guitar Hero, Activision is going to release DJ Hero this Fall. Will this finally inspire me to dust off my Technics and start mixing some phat beats? Probably not but that's ok! This game is gonna be cool! Music genres include "hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance," and the game will allow turntablists to create "original mixes" of songs.

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