Jun 12
Jun 12
When you work in an office, sending emails all day long can be tedious and boring. Sometimes, you just want to rock out and play your guitar. Well, now you can do both thanks to David Neevel’s email guitar.
Emails and memos are boring as hell. Get your typing done while shredding on your axe. Brilliant. The email guitar is a musical keyboard device that takes the boring out of the job and lets you type by hitting notes. Each guitar stroke translates into certain computer keyboard letters.
Of course Neevel had to attach several electronic components – including a MIDI translator, an Arduino, a number of relays and the USB interface from a keyboard – to the guitar to make it work and translate the feeds from the guitar to the computer. Thanks to all of the relays, it even sounds a bit like a mechanical keyboard.
I wonder what Smoke on the Water would type? It’s the only song I know how to play – and it sounds nothing like the song when I do.
[via Trendhunter]
Jun 12
Technicolor’s Color Certified Program ensures consistency across displays (video)
Posted in: Today's Chili
There’s THX certification for TVs, ensuring potential buyers that they’ll get solid home-theater audio, so why shouldn’t there be an equivalent for displays? Technicolor, along with software company Portrait Displays, is stepping up to the plate with a new standard for guaranteeing hue quality across panels. The Technicolor Color Certified Program will award screens that meet its requirements with a seal — or logo, as it were — of approval. What are the qualifications, you ask? Technicolor’s spec is based on software from Portrait Displays, which works with OEMs to fine-tune screens for color accuracy. For the end user, the result should be consistent tones across all certified devices either automatically or when the Technicolor color setting is enabled for specific programs or apps. Head past the break for our eyes-on impressions.
Filed under: Displays
Jun 12
Jun 12
Slickdeals’ best in tech for June 12th: 29-inch Dell UltraSharp and 23-inch ASUS VS238H-P monitors
Posted in: Today's ChiliLooking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this roundup, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long.
If a fresh perspective for that workspace is what you’re after, today’s roundup has a pair of options you may want to consider. A 29-inch Dell UltraSharp display hits the list alongside a 23-inch ASUS monitor. As always, there is a handful of other gadgets to ponder just past the break.
Source: Slickdeals
Jun 12
Jun 12
Hidden behind the new iOS 7, OS X Mavericks, and the new Mac Pro at Apple’s WWDC keynote was the unveiling of a new AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule. The Time Capsule comes with 2TB or 3TB hard drive options and allow users to back up their Mac files, while the AirPort Extreme is
Jun 12
This week former CEO of Palm Jon Rubinstein spoke up on Palm and the software and user interface elements the company created that are now being adopted industry-wide. For those that knew the mobile operating system webOS as created by the former company called Palm, the release of iOS 7 – as well as many
Jun 12
Jun 12
Finally, Jon Rubinstein is ready to re-open the wounds sustained from HP’s bungled acquisition of Palm. When Fierce Wireless asked the former CEO what he’d do differently, he said that selling the company to Hewlett Packard was “a waste,” and that he probably wouldn’t do the same again. He also revealed that the company’s awkward exclusive relationship with Sprint was caused by last-minute withdrawals from Verizon and Vodafone. If you’re curious about Rubinstein’s feelings on how webOS has influenced mobile operating systems and his new roles with Amazon and Qualcomm, head on down to the source link.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile, HP
Source: Fierce Wireless
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