Panasonic's Radio Tube Car Stereo Retro Tech Dept: Blending the ancient beauty of the radio tube with the high tech look of an analog/digital button-pushing dial-turning mad scientist console, Panasonic's car stereo is definitely not your run of the mill car CD player. But you have to admit, it certainly keeps your attention.
Camera Phones As Barcode Scanners We thought camera phones had peaked, but here is an interesting use for the technology. This month Semacode will release a system that will let camera phones turn bar codes into web addresses.
Does anyone remember the failed CueCat?
Apparently the author of Semacode does. Simon Woodside in an interview in Wired News reported that there are many uses for his technology. "Businesspeople could put Semacodes on their business cards to link to constantly updated contact information. Museums could tag exhibits with Semacodes to provide information in multiple languages. And yes, Woodside said, stores could mark their merchandise with Semacodes."
Light, Silent Scooters Of The Future Silent electric scooters are heading our way sooner than you may think. The "Metal Art Commuter" from Yamaha can be folded and then pushed along in the folded position. A switch activates the folding mechanism, and the whole thing is easy to pick up and go whenever you need to get out of Dodge. Many great shots and scooter abound here.
National Do Not Call Registry Works We always feared the "Do Not Call Registry", thinking it was a front for identity theft, or at the least a quick way to hand over your number to telemarketers (Ok so we are a tad on the paranoid side), but it really does work. If you can't take another annoying late night telemarket call, get your numbers on the list.
Scottish developer Malcom Hall has developed WiFiFoFum - an 802.11 network sniffers for Pocket PC handhelds.
We love the idea, but once again are on a Blackberry and therefore out of luck.
If you use a Pocket PC-based PDA, this must be your lucky season. First SKYPE (the greatest free download in the world, period) released a Pocket PC version, and now WiFiFoFum. Where does it end?
Wolfenstein 3D for your Cellphone We always felt that cell phone games were the next big thing, but it's interesting to watch them enter the early 90's era of 3D gaming. Relive the classics, including Wolfenstein 3D.
As id software put it "Maybe it was the fact that people got to blow away Nazis. Maybe it was the sheer challenge of it all. For whatever reason, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny, pioneered the first-person shooter genre and brought its legendary creators, id Software, worldwide notoriety and numerous awards. In fact, The Computer Gaming World Hall of Fame recognized Wolfenstein 3D as helping to shape the overall direction of the computer gaming industry." # Permalink
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Retro Tech Dept: Blending the ancient beauty of the radio tube with the high tech look of an analog/digital button-pushing dial-turning mad scientist console, Panasonic's car stereo is definitely not your run of the mill car CD player. But you have to admit, it certainly keeps your attention.
We thought camera phones had peaked, but here is an interesting use for the technology. This month Semacode will release a system that will let camera phones turn bar codes into web addresses.
Silent electric scooters are heading our way sooner than you may think. The "Metal Art Commuter" from Yamaha can be folded and then pushed along in the folded position. A switch activates the folding mechanism, and the whole thing is easy to pick up and go whenever you need to get out of Dodge. Many great shots and scooter abound 
We always feared the "Do Not Call Registry", thinking it was a front for identity theft, or at the least a quick way to hand over your number to telemarketers (Ok so we are a tad on the paranoid side), but it really does work. If you can't take another annoying late night telemarket call, get your numbers on the list.
We always felt that cell phone games were the next big thing, but it's interesting to watch them enter the early 90's era of 3D gaming. Relive the classics, including Wolfenstein 3D.