Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Augmented Reality pt 2: The T-Shirt

March 16th, 2009 by LG Blog UK
 
Those smart boys over at Squidder are finding some amazing ways of mashing up the real and the virtual.. Not content with creating a barcode T-shirt that projects out the wearer's Twitter feed... PaperTweet3d: Augmented Reality T-shirts from squidder on Vimeo. ...they are now experimenting with a facial recognition-meets-Twitter functionality Facial recognition meets Twitter (kind of) from squidder on Vimeo. Creepy? A little bit. Amazing? Very. The applications for technology like this are vast and exciting, but also intimidating. As Squidder say themselves, ... imagine associating specific faces with twitter (or “face”book… …. sorry) usernames and you’ve suddenly combined the power social networking with video monitoring...
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Augmented Reality

March 14th, 2009 by LG Blog UK
 
My gob. It is well and truly smacked. In the words of ABC, "I've seen the future, I can't afford it, to tell you the truth son, someone just bought it" ...
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You’re projecting again

January 27th, 2009 by LG Blog UK
 
Talking of nice projections, I just saw this video of Etienne de Crecy playing live at the Transmusicales de Rennes music festival Etienne De Crecy Live 2007 Transmusicales de Rennes from Clement bournat on...
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Touch of Class

January 19th, 2009 by LG Blog UK
 
One of my closest friends studied robotics at university, and ever since he told me that one of their most challenging experiments was to get a robot to successfully butter a slice of bread, (an incredibly complex feat of sensitivity, apparently), I have been fascinated by the subject of robot 'touch'. So it was with great interest that I watched a recent video on National Geographic which showed a Japanese humanoid robot with fingers that can pick up small delicate objects, such as straws, nearly as well as people. Watch the video for...
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Music on tap

January 12th, 2009 by LG Blog UK
 
My recent favourite thing has to be Spotify , an application that allows you streaming access to a stunningly vast music library completely free of charge. To generate revenue the application periodically serves you ads while you're listening. This may sound intrusive but the ads are few and far between and, if they still grate on your nerves, you can buy a premium subscription which removes them altogether. Spotify has all sorts of other features like sharable playlists and themed radio stations all of which work really well. The service is still in beta but I'm really hoping this is one...
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2009, already, where’s my Flying Car!?

January 12th, 2009 by LG Blog UK
 
The title is a quote from my other half, who is just mildly disappointed that technology has failed to live up to the promises Hollywood made in previous decades! However, according to the Sunday Times the Flying Car thing may be able to come to fruition! The first flying automobile, equally at home in the sky or on the road, is scheduled to take to the air next month. If it survives its first test flight, the Terrafugia Transition, which can transform itself from a two-seater road car to a plane in 15 seconds, is expected to land in showrooms in about...
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5 TED talks on collaboration and communities

January 2nd, 2009 by LG Blog UK
 
Just a quick link to this collection of 5 TED talks on collaboration and communities from Social Media Trader: What do some of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers think about collaboration and communities? We’ve compiled 5 interesting videos, so grab your popcorn, sit back and enjoy. Some really interesting stuff there including University professor Richard Baraniuk explaining 'Connexions', his open-source education system which allows teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world and Howard Rheingold on Wikipedia as an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group....
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Introducing the LG Mobile Developer Network

December 1st, 2008 by LG Blog UK
 
In October LG launched their Mobile Developer Network site, which provides tools to develop applications for LG mobile phones and provides a range of technical documentation to help you understand the technologies and how to create applications and content for LG mobile phones. The LG Mobile Developer Network provides resources for numerous mobile technologies, as well as downloadable guides, a support system and a community hub where members can ask questions, share information, and learn about mobile application development. Forum experts will also be on hand to provide support and moderate discussions if needed. There is also the 'Go to Market'...
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The Renoir KC910

October 14th, 2008 by LG Blog UK
 
... hits shops around the UK very soon. Here's a video with more information on the phone, which seems to be getting the thumbs up from preview reviewers everywhere! We hope you'll like it...
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Large Hadron Collider turned on, world still here!

September 10th, 2008 by LG Blog UK
 
... which was nice. Unfortunately they also made this: Great way to explain the project or painful attempt at engaging the 'yoof'?  I hated the concept but actually didn't mind it so much when I listened to it. I think I may have unintentionally learnt something too... Sly...
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