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2009 9 October

Light Peak technology launching in early 2010 ?

Well, that’s what rumours are saying.

What is Light peak ?

It’s a new transfer system that could be a real revolution. Light peak is :

  • Easy plugs, like USB
  • optical fiber technology
  • Transfer rate up to 10GB per second !
  • Same transfer speed in 100m long wires.

A new macbook family using this technology could launch in the fall of 2010.

Want to bet ?

via Engadget


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2009 9 September

High-Tech Design : Camera without screen

No screen, yeah, that’s right.

So every picture depends on your feeling, and not the right angle you took 12 minutes to get.

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No batteries in this camera, just shake it to get the power you need to express your artistic needs.

Click it like you would click a pen to shoot, and let the light measuring and face recognition softwares work for you.

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oneshot

Designer: Tino Klaehne

Via Yanko Design


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2009 2 September

Virtual Gravity – When Art meets Technology

Virtual gravity is a project developped by the student Silke Hilsing.

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Kind of mixture of Design and alien technology, it balances two columns according to word’s weight and popularity.

http://www.vimeo.com/5641809

Yeah that’s right, it’s not usefull at all, but admit it, you want it !

See more  Silke Hilsing’s projects on his website.

If you like this kind of projects, you may like Mark Coleran’s work, as a technology designer for cinema :

http://www.vimeo.com/1563485

Via Geek&Hype


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2009 11 August

Digital camera + video projector = Nikon Coolpix S1000pj

For sure, today’s trend is miniaturization, and  there are some rare cases where it can be a problem. After a night you spent shooting everyone with your brand new digital camera, comes the moment where everyone wants to see you pictures. That’s when it’s getting annoying, the 2 inches screen is really too small.

Fortunately, Nikon thought of you, and combines in one single device, a 12 megapixels digital camera, and a video projector.

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Say goodbye to the usual contortions, and throw your pictures and videos on any adapted surfaces. Nikon promises a 40 inches size, what else should we need ?

Technical features :

  • 12.1 megapixels sensor
  • Optical Zoom x5 | Digital zoom x3
  • ISO Range : 80 ~ 6400
  • Battery life : about 220 shots
  • Dimensions : 99.5 x 62.5 x 23 mm
  • Video mode
  • Storage : SD – SDHC

More informations on Nikon’s officiel website

Real technological enhancement or marketing strategy ? We will find out at the device’s launch, this autumn, for about 700$.

Nikon maybe found the way to take our pictures out of the hard disk drives, but we need to know if the high price really worth it. Personnaly, I don’t see myself throwing my holiday pictures on the first available wall, but the artistic possibilities are interesting.

What about you ?

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2009 21 July

YouTube experiments 3D video

If you found 2D Youtube videos too flat, here some good news for you :

Pete, a Google employee, used his 20% personal dedicated time to create a 3D module for YouTube.

With the famous red and green glasses, you will be able to enjoy 3 dimensions view, while protecting your fragile eyes from the sun. Isn’t it wonderful ?

Some test videos are already available on YouTube, here is the main one :

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On its youtube page, you can access a drop-down menu  with some setting options, I let you figure it out by yourself.

Search for “yt3d:enable=true” to find new features.

Geek-Trend won’t be responsible of any user headaches :p


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