Archive for April, 2008

TED - Wii Remote Hacks

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A demo of amazing Wii Remote hacks, which transform the $40 game piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. This was a multi-ovation demo from TED2008 and to top it off he does it all for the most noble of causes. For more of Johnny Chung’s Wii remote hacks check out his website.

I would also like to point out for anyone not familiar with Carnegie Mellon and the work that comes out of this amazing school. If you don’t already keep a close eye on the technology coming out of this world class facility you might want to start.

Burke Shartsis

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Buffalo Debuts Palm-Sized Terabyte Network Attached Storage

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

The list of features on the new Buffalo LinkStation Mini is amazing.

  • 1 TB of data
  • Raid 1
  • Buffalo’s proprietary Web Access feature
  • Remote Power on
  • DLNA server (Media streaming support)

I could careless about the size but couple this with a 3G phone and you have your data anywhere. Now all I need is that 3G iPhone I have been waiting for. Legit!read more | digg story

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Pro-Tibet Protesters Climb Golden Gate Bridge

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Three people climbed the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge Monday morning in a protest against China’s treatment of Tibet. The video interview with the climber while he was on the bridge is definitely the best part.
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The fact that they put an advertisement in when I embedded that video is bullshit btw. At least put it at the end of the video.