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It’s been less than a year since we first entered Panasonic’s demo trailer, the main difference at CEDIA this year was the addition of a trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar. We were lucky enough to get an early look at the footage shown, while it shared much with the trailer released a few weeks ago, you haven’t seen the Terminator and Titanic director’s latest effort unless you’ve seen it in 3D. Check after the break for the rest of our thoughts on the 3D demo, and what the future has to hold for this display tech in the home.

Continue reading Panasonic Full HD 3D experience eyes-on

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Panasonic Full HD 3D experience eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The just-announced Nikon Coolpix S1000pj digicam / pico projector has been blowin’ up the Interwebs this morning, and we have the video to prove it. First of all, there is a hands-on provided by What Digital Camera over in the UK, and aside from the projector they’ve uncovered a pretty straight forward digital shooter: 12 megapixel, 5x optical zoom, pretty standard dimensions, and a 2.7-inch LCD. However, the projector itself seems to do the job quite admirably. Sure, it’s not an extensive demo, but the image looks clear and crisp. The reviewer deems it “a very, very clever party trick.” And if the straight ahead tech demo doesn’t get you in the mood to snap pictures and project them onto something, advertisers have offered us two visions of the future: take your pick from a spirited get together choc full o’ photogenic American actors, or a somewhat subdued, more elegant affair in the presence of photogenic French actors. All that fun (and more) is to be had after the break.

Continue reading Video: Nikon Coolpix S1000pj projector-cam gets hands on, ads galore

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Video: Nikon Coolpix S1000pj projector-cam gets hands on, ads galore originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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San Francisco based MOTO Development Group has helped design some interesting gadgets including the LiveScribe Smart Pen and Flip camera.  Now the company’s labs are showing a demo of a large multi-touch screen that can potentially scale up to 50-inches.

The prototype display from MOTO Labs has the thickness of an LCD display. It does not use cameras or bulky projection technology,  explain the Labs in this video.

“When this technology is available at the right price it will shift the paradigm for computer use away from individual interaction towards multiple users working on multi-touch surfaces together,” says Daniell Hebert, MOTO Development Group CEO in statement. “It will be all over the workplace.”

Though MOTO Labs claims its touchscreen tech is such that “no other system currently delivers” that may be a bit of a stretch. Israeli company N-Trig says it can make multi-touch displays in almost any size that users want. N-Trig has also launched a touchscreen digitizer kit to make it easy for software developers to create multi-touch based applications.

See also:
Touchscreen Kit May Spur More Multi-Touch Apps

Video: MOTO Labs

Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Given that venture capitalists generally are not as excited about young companies that sell atoms as opposed to bits, companies innovating in hardware are a rare species at DEMO, the long-running technology startup parade. At this year’s spring conference, two companies introduced new devices. The plainly named Always Innovating introduced the Touch Book, a new entrant in the netbook category while the vowel diversity-challenged Avaak introduced the Vue personal video system designed for remote surveillance of a home. Both products cater to an increasingly mobile society that demands digital access on the go and share some similar characteristics, but the states of the market they address could make a major difference for them.

Always Innovating’s Touch Book is a lightweight touchscreen computing device that will sell for $299. It’s two signature features are a detachable keyboard – enabling the netbook to transform from a traditional clamshell to a “pure” tablet – and exceptional battery life of 10 to 15 hours on a single charge. The versatility of the hardware make the design one of the most appealing consumer tablet computing devices to date although the need to put the battery and processing guts behind the screen results in a thicker top half than one would find on most notebooks of similar size.

Still, one can use the device to casually surf the Web on the couch using the new mobile version of Firefox, show photos as a digital picture frame, or even attach it to a refrigerator using the magnetic backing that the company has put on the tablet. It’s a fine collection of atoms, but there’s one Atom you won’t find inside the Touch Book.

Continue reading Switched On: Connecting mobile, mantle and metal objects (Part 1)

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Switched On: Connecting mobile, mantle and metal objects (Part 1) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ZiiLABS — that same company that blew up the hype machine with its StemCell Computing initiative at CES — is making good on its promise to demonstrate Android in HD on its ZMS-05 media-rich processor / development platform. There’s not much here that can’t be better explained via video than words, so hop on past the break for a look at the (admittedly silky smooth) demonstration.

[Thanks, Ruben]

Continue reading Video: ZiiLABS demos Android in HD on ZMS-05 processor

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Video: ZiiLABS demos Android in HD on ZMS-05 processor originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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