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Headbangers start writting your letters to Santa Claus,

Researchers from CSIRO have developed a wearable gadget called WIS (Wearable instrument shirt), it works by recognising and interpreting arm movements and relaying this wirelessly to a computer for audio generation.

Textiles and Fibre Technology engineer of CSIRO, Dr Richard Helmer explains the device: “It’s an easy-to-use, virtual instrument that allows real-time music making – even by players without significant musical or computing skills. It allows you to jump around and the sound generated is just like an original mp3.”

Sketch Furniture

We know our life is so convenient by new technology. One of reason is that technology reduces a lot of complcated process until getting a result. Here is a project, called sketch furniture, which consider this idea.

"The four FRONT members have developed a method to materialise free hand sketches. They make it possible by using a unique method where two advanced techniques are combined.

How we navigate in(to) the future

It is known to be a very common problem in humankind: Navigation. I believe, the way we put ourselves into local context will change profoundly in the future.

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Security Alert: How To Reveal All Usernames and Passwords in Firefox

You should always set a master password in Firefox. For the sake of convenience though, nobody does. This leads into a major security threat: Go to the Firefox "Preferences" click on "Privacy" and then on the "Passwords" tab. You will see something like:

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Roadcasting is collaborative, mobile radio

Roadcasting is collaborative, mobile radio.

It is a system, currently in prototype state, that allows anyone to have their own radio station, broadcasted among wirelessly capable devices, some in cars, in an ad-hoc wireless network. The system can become aware of individual preferences and is able to choose songs and podcasts that people want to hear, on

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