EyeTap Personal Imaging Lab
Some interesting information on wearable computing, mediated reality and more.
Category: Gadgets
Cringely writes about the Ultimate wireless neighborhood (which exists up in Ontario)
PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column
Andrew Greig has setup something amazing, DIY all the way. A big satellite fed Myth TV setup, WiFi, VOIP and Sharp Zaurus thin clients serving his entire neighborhood. Wow…!
Open Source SMS Gateway
Kannel 1.2.1 User’s Guide
A snippet from the Kannel (open source WAP and SMS gateway) User guide:
If you do not have such access, you can still use Kannel as an SMS gateway via phone-as-SMSC feature, by using a GSM phone as a virtual SMS center.
Very nice!
Hack A Day tells us how to add RSS feeds to TiVo
add rss feeds to series 1 and series 2 tivos – hack a day – www.hackaday.com
Now we just need to read the enclosures, download the Torrents and add them to the menu.. Has it been done (on TiVo)?
iPodder 1.0 released
iPodder, the cross-platform Podcast receiver.
So the question is, what is a Podcast?. The answer: An audio bloggers wet dream.
Someone needs to make something like this for the video blogging community. I know, i know, people are working on it but we don’t have a dominant video device with the market share of the iPod yet (and that is a requirement).
Howard writes about how text messaging is changing the face of world politics
TheFeature :: Political Texting: SMS and Elections
From the article:
Texting and electoral politics are the strange bedfellows of the 21st century. The use of SMS for political action is only in its infancy, but has already enabled citizens to topple governments and tip elections from Manila to Madrid. The electoral power of texting could be an early indicator of future social upheaval: whenever people gain the power to organize collective action on new scales, in new places, at new tempos, with groups they had not been able to organize before, societies and civilizations change.
Mobile Phone Dev Nirvana
Benhui.net the harmony of mobile development
Great information on Bluetooth, J2ME, MIDP 2 and more.
Oooh, ahhhh.. An SLR WiFi Camera
Gizmodo : Nikon D2X, 12.4-Megapixel DSLR
If only I could afford it. This is networked photography the way it should be! Throw away that stinky camera phone and join the WiFi revolution (just kidding, really)
Engadget gives some info on Song’s in air Linux system
Microsoft unveils it’s Portable Media Center
Tech Digest: Microsoft’s Portable Media Center on its way
TechDigest gives a nice run down on the positive and negative aspects of this new gadget.
What I would like to hear about it authoring of interactive content for these types of devices. Anyone know?