Category Archives: Tech

Citroën Karin

The Citroën Karin was a concept car from the 1980 Paris Motor Show. If it had an extra-large exhaust, I would have mistaken it for a F-Zero model replica.

Posted on October 6, 2009 Also posted in Design · , , · Comments closed

Augmented Reality iPhone applications

Augmented Reality is “live direct or indirect view of a real-world environment whose elements are supplemented with-, or augmented by computer-generated imagery. The augmentation is conventionally in real-time and in meaningful context with environmental elements. The term is believed to have been coined in 1990 by Thomas Caudell, an employee of Boeing at the time.”

Posted on August 28, 2009 in Tech · , , , · Comments closed

Square iPhone payment system

“Square” is a credit card checkout system for the iPhone currently in early alpha stage testing. It’s currently being used at Self Edge NY.

Via Cool Hunting.

Posted on July 31, 2009 in Tech · , , , · Comments closed

Tokyo cyber drifters

How very Gibson-esque of the times. All you’ll need is a cubicle, a wireless connection, and away you go into the ether of cyberspace.

Via Kottke.

Posted on April 8, 2009 in Tech · , , , , · Comments closed

Flutter

Posted on April 6, 2009 in Tech · , , , · Comments closed

iPod shuffle vs. iPod flea

I’m sure you’ve all heard about the new iPod shuffle. It’s absolutely gorgeous. The only thing is, didn’t we joke around about the iPod shuffle being engineered until it was too small to do anything? I then remembered: the iPod flea.

We’re almost there.

Posted on March 13, 2009 in Tech · , , · Comments closed

Diggnation on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

My favorite show on the Internet, Diggnation, got (even) huge(r) on national television last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Check out this Twitter experiment. @bryanbrinkman now has 23,000+ followers.

Posted on March 12, 2009 Also posted in Television · , , , · Comments closed

TED presentation on Twitter

Posted on March 2, 2009 in Tech · , · Comments closed

The King Kong defense

A newly coined term has been minted by Carl Lindström’s attorney: the King Kong defense.

“According to legal procedure, the accusations must be against an individual and there must be a close tie between the perpetrators of a crime and those who are assisting. This tie has not been shown. The prosecutor must show that Carl Lundström personally has interacted with the user King Kong, who may very well be found in the jungles of Cambodia,” the lawyer added.

While it’s obvious what is going on with torrent sites all over the Internet, megacorporations have just fallen behind with technology plain and simple. It’s only day three of the trial, and the Pirate Bay’s defense seems bulletproof. If they were to book them on charges, they’ll have to connect them to a direct criminal act of infringement, as the RIAA, MPAA, etc. are trying to do. What never ceases to amaze me is Peter Sunde, one third of the Pirate Bay facilitators, and his piss-in-the-wind attitude in the face of scary conglomerates.

Peter said that after today’s proceedings they all went for some pizza, where they met the whole opposing side. He asked if they could pick up the check. “They refused,” he said.

Via TorrentFreak.

Posted on February 18, 2009 Also posted in Internet · , , · Comments closed

Inamo – restaurant with touchscreen tables

Inamo is a new London-based restaurant that uses touchscreen tables to entertain guests and take care of their food orders. Seems a bit impractical but it’s nice to see those touchscreen tables implemented in a somewhat everyday setting.

Posted on February 13, 2009 Also posted in Food · · Comments closed

Quad Camera

Quad Camera, a new iPhone application by Art & Mobile, lets you take photographs four frames at a time. It’s very Lomo-esque like their Supersampler.

Via Daring Fireball.

Posted on February 12, 2009 in Tech · , · Comments closed