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Omron's Okao Catch measures the intensity of your smile
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
It was inevitable, really. Not even two months after jolly researchers at Kansai University developed a machine to calculate the
quantity of a person's laughter comes a new method of measuring just
how hard you're cheesing. According to Omron's Yasushi Kawamoto, the Okao Catch technology is able to closely analyze "the curves of the lips, eye movement and other facial characteristics to decide how much a person is smiling." In a recent demonstration, it threw up percentages as people moved in front of a camcorder and began to grin, and while a somber individual did net an astounding score of zero, it doesn't seem that negative numbers are doled out for frowners. Besides being incredibly novel, the creators are hoping that it can be used in the medical field for accurately judging the "emotional state of patients," in robotics for helping androids "decipher human reactions" and in dressing rooms assisting
B-list celebs improve
their charm.
[Via
Tarakash]
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Samsung's Lee Kun-hee carefully considering his options: prompt or prolonged resignation
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Not a lot of people in the US know the name Lee Kun-hee, but he's the chairman and son of the founder of the world's largest gadget company: Samsung. And he's also
at the epicenter of one of the
craziest corruption scandals the industry has seen in years. Kun-hee and his cronies have already
been subject to
government probes, and the disgraced chairman has already
basically admitted his guilt and responsibility for
Samsung's bribery wrongdoings, but now he's made the next ever so gingerly step towards the exit by stating, "I will deeply think about reshuffling the corporate management structure and the management lineup, including myself." Sure, think it over, take all the time you need -- just don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, man.
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Omni-directional treadmill allows individuals to sashay through virtual cities
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Though not the first
omni-directional treadmill we've ever seen, this version crafted for the EU-funded CyberWalk Project is entirely more interesting. The 6- x 6-meter device features an active walking area of 4.5- x 4.5-meters, and later this month, individuals anxious to prance through a virtual city will be able to strap on a head-mounted display, lace up their LA Lights and indulge in escapism. Aside from giving curious persons the ability to walk through a recreated version of ancient Pompeii, the device could also be used to meander through buildings not yet created or give firefighters a way to train without placing them in harm's way. Now, if only there was an option to dissolve into pixels and
teleport to locales you find particularly intriguing, we'd be sold.
[Via
Slashdot]
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LocaModa lets cellphones interact with jukeboxes
Filed under: Cellphones
Trust us, this isn't the first time LocaModa's
dabbled in the cellphone-controlled gadgetry
game, but it's never been more friendly than it's being with the Social Jukebox. The aforesaid company has teamed up with TouchTunes in order to give patrons the ability to interact with flat-panels on TouchTunes jukeboxes. On-screen applications will include information about the song currently playing, elusive "user generated content" and even "patron photos" from their social networking profiles (scary?). For those completely absorbed in this stuff, you can even keep tabs on the interactions via data feeds from your favorite network. Twitter fights over which song ushers the drinking crowd out in a bar 1,500 miles away? What is the world coming to?
[Via
textually, image courtesy of
LocaModa]
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blueLounge's The Sanctuary keeps your gadgets encased, charged
Filed under: Peripherals
We'll be honest -- we weren't exactly feeling blueLounge's grossly overpriced
SpaceStation, but its boldly-named The Sanctuary actually strikes us as quite useful. The gadget organizer allows technophiles to stuff their handhelds into this black or white container for easy carriage / storage, and moreover, it includes a built-in panel of labeled plugs in order to connect all your gizmos to power at once. The unit comes with a dozen connectors for the most popular items around, but since it's universal, your options are bordering on limitless. Heck, there's even a USB port thrown in to charge any oddball device you may have laying around. Yeah, $129.95 is still a touch steep, but for the avid traveler who can never find room for 12 or so AC adapters in that carry-on bag, it's probably well worth the cost.
[Via
iLounge]
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Rock Band wireless guitar for Wii hits the FCC
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals, Wireless
The wireless Rock Band guitar's in the FCC (again), this time supposedly for the Wii. Oddly, the images depict it running on a PS3 (which
we've already seen). Bring it on, Harmonix, it's hella difficult to do power slides when plugged in via USB.
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Sony mylo 2 firmware version 1.100 adds WMV and SHOUTcast support
Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Sony's do-everything-except-for-make-calls
mylo has been updated to firmware version 1.100, and is now available at Sony's support site as a 61MB download. Because you ran out of things to do with your mylo about, say, ten minutes after unboxing it, rejoice -- the update adds WMV file support, SHOUTcast widget support (the widget is a separate download), a "Game" item on the HOME menu for easier access to all those games you downloaded to the COM-2 unit, and, of course, improved "system stability".
[Via
Pocketables]
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Sales cease on Dell 3008WFP 30-incher due to "technical issue"
Filed under: Displays
Looks like Dell's run into some issues with its highest end monitor, the droolworthy DisplayPort-packing 30-inch
3008WFP. We heard it'd mysteriously vanished from the site with nary a trace, so we pinged the folks in Round Rock. This is what they had to say:
"The Dell 3008 monitor has been well received since launch and has been very popular with customers. In February we experienced a small technical issue with the product that has been long resolved. [Um, it's only April? -
Ed.] Currently the monitors are on extended lead times and in order to manage demand, the 3008 is not available on dell.com. We are managing orders on a prioritized basis and hope to have the product available to all customers in the near future."
So there you go, down but not out. Expect 'em back, um,
eventually.
[Thanks, Duane]
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ASUS Eee PC overclocking looks surprisingly easy
Filed under: Laptops
Have an Eee PC? Did
your friend's overclocked OLPC get you thinking about just how much more horsepower you can eke out of that little beast? Say no more -- with a little hackery you too can join the 900MHz+ Eeelite with your ASUS cheaptop. Looks like there are apps for both Windows and Linux to get the job done, just don't come crying to us about melted legs or -- worse still -- a busted computer.
[Via
Liliputing]
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ASUS Eee PC 900 gets unboxed
Filed under: Laptops
Yeah, you already knew what this 9-incher looked like from our time
spent with it over in Germany, but there's just nothing like seeing a spotless machine escape from its factory packaging and delight its new owner for the first time. Hit the read link below for more shots, and do your best to withhold that growing pang of jealously, will ya?
[Via
jkkmobile, thanks
Brad]
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