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Air Guitar
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.â€
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.
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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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