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Friday, 18 October 2013
Lomography's Experimental Lens Kit spices up snapshots with your current Micro Four Thirds camera (video)
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Student-Made Tech Prevents Cellular Network Overload During Crises
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Dijit collaborates with 11 TV networks to remind you to watch their shows
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Zelda edition Nintendo 3DS XL spotted in GameStop ad with $220 price
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PlayStation Vita review (2013)
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Alleged Creator of Blackhole Exploit Kit Arrested
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Engadget Podcast 365 - 10.17.13
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This week on gdgt: Kindle Paperwhite 2nd-gen, Chromebook 11, and fitness trackers
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Apple iPad Event: The 10 Biggest Rumors
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Google and Abandoned NYC uncover the city's secrets with Field Trip app
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Everyone in Tech Should Read Fiction. Here's Why
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Hands-on with NVIDIA's Gamestream, the evolution of Shield's PC streaming tech (video)
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Lenovo introduces the A10, its first Android-powered convertible laptop
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Oculus Rift's John Carmack says a new Rift dev kit is in the works, sees consumer model running Android (video)
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The Feature in Windows 8.1 That Could Save Microsoft
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Pebble's Migicovsky: we're focused on software, not hardware right now (video)
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NVIDIA reveals the GTX 780 Ti, a new 'high-end enthusiast' GPU
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Aereo TV streaming arrives in Detroit on October 28th
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El curioso caso del caza que aterrizó solo y sin piloto
Durante el 2 de febrero de 1970 el F-106A Delta Dart del mayor Gary Foust entró en una barrera plana durante un vuelo de entrenamiento a unos 40.000 pies de altura.
Tras intentar recuperar el control por todos los medios, incluyendo el de desplegar el paracaÃdas de frenado, el mayor Foust se vio al final obligado a usar el asiento de eyección a unos 3.000 pies de altura.
Justo después el avión, debido al cambio de su centro de gravedad y de su peso, salió por si solo de la barrena, siguió volando unos cuantos kilómetros, y acabó aterrizando sobre su panza en un campo de trigo, sufriendo sólo daños mÃnimos gracias, en parte, a la capa de unos 15 centÃmetros de nieve que lo cubrÃa.
El Cornfield Bomber en el campo en el que aterrizó
El avión fue recuperado, reparado, y vuelto a poner en servicio, y de hecho el mayor Foust volvió a volar en ese mismo avión.
Lo que no se explica aún hoy en dÃa es por qué el avión fue bautizado como «El bombardero del campo de maÃz», Cornfield Bomber , cuando ni es un bombardeo ni el campo era de maÃz.
Hoy en dÃa está expuesto en el Museo Nacional de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos.
(Gracias por la pista, @adriantihero).
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NVIDIA's G-Sync is a module for gaming monitors to alleviate screen tearing
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NVIDIA's GeForce Experience will stream directly to Twitch, Shadowplay coming on October 28th
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NVIDIA reveals 'Gamestream,' a streaming solution using NVIDIA GPUs
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Aereo To Launch In Detroit On October 28
Despite new lawsuits sprouting up, Aereo continues to press on with a national expansion plan, with Detroit next on the list.
The streaming TV service, which offers live television and DVR service across any of your connected devices, is launching in the Detroit area on October 28, according to an official announcement.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Aereo, the service gives you access to 30 TV channels, including NBC, Fox, ABC, and CBS, to watch live TV from any internet-connected device. You can even record content with DVR storage support.
This is made possible through tiny remote antennas that work just like rabbit ears on a TV, but fit on the tip of your finger. Users simply rent these remote antennas out from Aereo to bring in free over-the-air signals to their devices.
The company recently announced that an Android app would be available on October 22, expanding the offering even further. Formerly, Aereo has only been available on iOS and PC.
As it stands now, Aereo is available in New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Dallas. Soon, nine Michigan counties will receive access to the live streaming product from Aereo, including Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Sanilac, Saint Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne.
Interested potential users in Detroit can pre-register for early access.
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PSA: Amazon's seven-inch Kindle Fire HDX now shipping
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Social Translation App Linqapp Connects You With Native Speakers For Speedy, Accurate Answers
A lot of great startups are revolutionizing the way we learn languages. There are plenty of situations you encounter while traveling or studying, however, that really just need a quick answer from a native speaker. For example, what if you are standing in line at a theater and suddenly realize that you have no idea how to say “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2″ in Chinese? That’s where social translation app Linqapp, described as a “human-powered Google Translate” by its creators, comes in.
Ask a question on Linqapp via text, photo or audio recording and a push notification goes out to all users who are fluent in your target language. A points-based reward system encourages people to provide quick and accurate answers. Linqapp works very well, especially for the most popular languages on the platform, which are currently English, Chinese, Spanish and Japanese. I asked “how do you say stevia?” and within four minutes, a user had not only given me the Chinese characters for both the plant and the sweetener, but also recorded himself saying both phrases in Mandarin.
Linqapp is currently available for Android, with an iOS version coming in early 2013 (though most developers still release iPhone apps first, LinqApp’s makers wanted to leverage Android’s position as the top platform to grow its user base). Since its launch two weeks ago, the app has already signed up 10,000 users.
Developers Sebastian Ang and David Vega, whom we first met when they ran around Taiwan, began conceptualizing Linqapp when they were studying Chinese. While adjusting to life in Taipei City with minimum language skills, the two constantly encountered problems that no app or Web site could help them solve, such as handwritten food menus that flummoxed even the most sophisticated optical-character recognition (OCR) program or confusing public transit maps.
“The limits of computer-based translation are reached easily,” says Ang. “Bus schedules in Taipei are completely unreadable for foreigners. It’s a perfect example of how something like Google Translate can’t help you. It was a situation where I thought if I had just one native speaker to ask, that would be perfect. I could just take a picture of the schedule and ask ‘does this go there or there?’”
Ang sees social translation platform Verbalize It as Linqapp’s most direct competitor, though his app seeks to differentiate by being free (Verbalize It’s personal translation services start at $5.99) and serving as a social discovery platform. Linqapp fills the gap left by popular language apps such as Duolingo and Waygo by serving as a worldwide language exchange program and helping you understand questions that are as much about culture as language.
For example, recent questions targeted to Linqapp’s Mandarin speakers included “What is QQ?” (it can be a reference to Tencent’s messaging platform or slang for “chewy”) and “What is the Chinese title for ‘Machete Kills’?” The app currently monetizes by selling points packages. Ang says that he hopes Linqapp will eventually serve as a translation platform where users can offer language services for a fee. Use cases could include questions that are more complicated than the average Linqapp query, but too small to require a traditional translation agency or service (for example, translating an instruction sheet).
To use Linqapp, you can sign up with a Facebook account or email. Once you log onto the app, you are prompted to select your native language, the languages you are fluent in and the ones you are seeking answers about. Text questions can be asked for free, while queries with photos or audio recordings require Linqapp points (each user starts with free bonus points, and more can acquired by answering other people’s questions). Once you post your question, a push notification is sent to fluent speakers and a timer is set for 15-minutes so people who respond within the timeframe are eligible for points. You decide which answers are helpful and how many points you want to reward to the user. Each person has the option of filling out a profile and contacting other users (for example, I can envision using the app to eventually find other people in Taipei who enjoy U.S. cult films or “Breaking Bad,” based on the questions they ask and answer). Ang says Linqapp’s community is the most important aspect of the app and will help it compete as more crowd-sourced language platforms appear:
“Each new question is a way to start a conversation with people you didn’t know before. It’s more interesting than a social network. We hope to establish new friendships across frontiers and help make new ties between people who usually don’t have a chance to communicate with each other.”
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Bing Sports and Weather apps for WP8 add notifications for more sports, weather
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Este coche de Ford puede controlar el volante para esquivar obstáculos. Aun está por ver que sea buena idea
El sistema escanea hasta 200 metros de distancia delante del vehÃculo utilizando radares, ultrasonidos y cámaras y en caso de que se detecte algún obstáculo primero emitirá un aviso de colisión y si es necesario el sistema «tomará el control» frenando y girando el volante.
El efecto demo está bien, pero hacer un desplazamiento lateral brusco no es garantÃa de que nadie vaya a salir herido. A 100 km/h esos 200 metros de anticipación no son tantos —se recorren en cuestión de segundos— y menos aun si aparece un coche de frente, o en el mismo sentido y que en ese momento se ponga al lado. Pero si al menos el sistema vigila los retrovisores entonces sà será una avance respecto a muchos conductores-humanos, eso sÃ.
Habrá que esperar aún unos meses para ver cómo es y cómo funciona el sistema completo.
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Sony's Driveclub becomes second PS4 launch title to be delayed in a week
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Meet Raspberry Pi NoIR, an infrared camera board for low light photography
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Elon Musk wants to put a Tesla engine inside James Bond's submersible Lotus
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Future Sony smartphones could could recharge wirelessly in just an hour
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BitLock Lets You Unlock Your Bike With a Smartphone
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Wishberg Raises $150K To Help Users Achieve Their Goals
Wishberg, a startup that lets users share a “bucket list” of their goals, announced that it has raised $150,000 in seed funding from India Quotient, a venture capital fund that focuses on early stage companies. The round also includes participation from angel investors including Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director of mobile Internet company One97 Communications, and Uday Sodhi, CEO of job portal HeadHonchos.
Based in Mumbai, Wishberg gives users a platform to share wishes ranging from material desires (“Buy an iPad Mini”) to loftier goals (“Climb Mount Everest”). There are similar online communities such as Web sites BucketList.org and Drimmit, and a lot of people also use Pinterest to make lists of things they want to buy or save motivational articles and art. Wishberg wants to differentiate itself by focusing on features that help users manage and achieve goals. For example, the site lets people share their progress on a goal, create a timeline of when they want it to be fulfilled or post their experiences once they complete something. Trending wishes give a look into the Wishberg community’s most popular goals.
Founder Pravin Jadhav says future monetization possibilities include partnering with companies and retailers to offer the things–gadgets, cars, books, clothing or travel tickets–that people wish for (if it pursues that vertical, the site would compete most directly with Amazon’s universal Wish List and Pinterest as it adds more Promoted Pins). Wishberg’s team is currently focused on growth and engagement. Last week, it launched community pages where users with the same goals can connect with one another or ask for advice from people who have already achieved that particular wish. One example of Wishberg’s community pages, which Jadhav describes as “Quora for wishes,” is this one for travelers who want to explore all seven continents.
Though Wishberg may eventually compete with e-commerce sites like Amazon, Jadhav hopes the site will continue to set itself apart by encouraging people to make thoughtful, long-term goals. While Pinterest and Facebook encourage people to impulsively pin or like items, a site like Wishberg is meant to be more personal, he says.
Wishberg currently has nine employees, including founders Jadhav, who was previously Product Head (in e-commerce and mobile) at Rediff.com India Limited and Product and Marketing Head at advertising technology venture Ohana Media, and Kulin Shah, a former Senior Investment Manager at Reliance Venture Asset Management, the venture capital arm of Reliance ADAG.
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Pencil on Paper: meet the stylus for FiftyThree's popular iPad sketching app
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J.D. Power: Verizon is best carrier for iPhone users, worst for everyone else
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Aviones teledirigidos + pistolas de paintball + gafas inmersivas = combates aéreos a lo loco
Airsoft Gunship, The Kraken combates aéreos entre alas delta teledirigidas y provistos de cañones de aire comprimido que disparan bolas de pintura o provistos con rotuladores para marcar al adversario.
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