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HP’s accelerometer is 1,000 times more sensitive than those on current mass-produced devices

Paul Fang, Feb 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

HP Labs does some incredible research and development work now and then, and this time, they haven’t disappointed at all. They’ve managed to create an inertial accelerometer so sensitive that that it is approximately 1,000 times more sensitive than “today’s mass-produced devices”. Read The Full Story

The Gesture Cube, wave your hand to activate [Video]

Paul Fang, Feb 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

To use the Gesture Cube, you’re not supposed to touch it. Instead, you wave your hand to “access music, web, your family and friends”. Based on IDENT’s GestIC electric field sensing technology, the Gesture Cube is an interface system in the form factor of a six-sided cube. Read The Full Story

Immersive next-gen gaming system merges virtual and real world

Paul Fang, Dec 23rd 2009 Discuss [1]

For those of you out there who’ve gotten tired of Wii-style gameplay, not to mention mice and keyboards, this new-fangled immersive multiplayer gaming system created by a team of game designers of the National University of Singapore will be bound to shock your world, virtual, real, or augmented. Read The Full Story

OmniVision Takes a Step Toward High Definition Web and Mobile Phone Cameras

Evan Selleck, Aug 25th 2009 Discuss [0]

Today marks the day that OmniVision announced a sensor that could potentially make 1080p video capture a very real possibility in mobile devices. And not in ten years. The sensor is called the OV2710, and it can record the HD resolution at 30 frames per second, and it utilizes a 2-megapixel camera that matches the format. Keeping the megapixels low adds quite a few benefits, like lower expenses and getting better image quality in low lighting situations. Read The Full Story