PS4 VS XBone at E3 (The Abridged Versions)

So by now I'm sure everyone has made their mind up as to which console they'll be getting (cough PS4), but just in case you haven't, here are 2 brilliant videos by VideoGamerTV to help you choose.

Applying Modern Film Editing to 1900's Footage

What happens when you apply modern editing to film footage from the 1900's? By correcting the frame rate, stabilising the motion and enhancing the images to HD, suddenly the past doesn't look so old.

Adidas X Google Talking Shoe

As part of Art Copy Code, Google have joined forces with Adidas to create The Talking Shoe. Using an accelerometer, a gyroscope, Bluetooth and some other off the shelf technologies, the Talking Shoe translates the wearer’s movements into funny, motivating and timely commentary. Check out the video below.

Raspberry Pi Custom Lego Casing

The Raspberry Pi is seriously cool. If you don't know what it is, it's basically a $35 credit-card sized computer! Check out RaspberryPi.org and get inspired!
The computer itself has no casing which is a dream for customisers. This one in Lego by Brian Gillespie is really cool.

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Mapping The Internet

Check out these cool maps by Nicholas Rapp showing how the interwebs connect underwater around the world and across a city. If you read Fortune magazine, you can get hold of them in the latest issue. Click the images to enlarge.

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Ultimate Star Wars Geekery

iQuit

Graphic Violence - A sweet video!

Using just a building, a green screen, After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Rayfire / 3DS Max, these guys have a made a kick ass video.

And check out the making of....

Kinect 3D Sex Games

This isn't hardly surprising news, but it is my duty to report on tech revelations, but I'm sure you saw this one coming years ago...

Austrian company, ThriXXX is pushing the way forward in utilising the X-Box's Kinect motion tech hardware. It may look primitive now, but give it a few more years lads!


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ESPVisuals iGoogle Gadget

For all you iGoogle users, ESPVisuals now has its own gadget!

Get all the latest posts delivered straight to your homepage by clicking HERE

Demoscene.tv

Thanks to a friend for these Amazing videos which are actually completely coded by programmers and then when viewed they are executed on a computer in real-time using an e.g. an .exe file.

This first video uses a programming/mathematical technique known as recursion which is also used to code fractals.




More stuff from demoscene.tv

iPad Car Modification

Invasion Of The Giant Pliers

On Street View, something weird is going down at the corner of Compton Rd and Whitehall Rd in West Bromwich, UK.
Giant pliers from space are invading earth!!

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Norwegians Don't Like Street View

When Google's Street view came to the streets of Bergen, Norway, some locals gave it a traditional viking welcome.

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Nick Gentry Floppy Disc Art

"Throughout history, information has always been recorded on physical objects. Important documents, favourite songs, videos and more were stored on mountains of tapes, polaroids, cassettes and disks. As media is rapidly absorbed into the World Wide Web the rich variety of formats of the past are becoming obsolete."

This represents a big shift away from physical, real world objects, driving towards a human existence that is ultimately governed by billions of intangible data files. This release of information from the physical form allows personal data and identities to now be revealed and infinitely shared online. At the same time many of us consider individuality and privacy to be more precious than ever. Will humans be forever compatible with our own technology?

Each floppy disk used in the paintings has a history and story of its own. It represents the increasing pace of the modern life cycle, where objects are created, used and disposed of quicker than ever.

To challenge this notion, as these personal artefacts of life are cast aside, the obsolete are now given new life and a renewed purpose by using them as a medium for art." - Text from his website...

See more of Nick's disc art HERE.

The iPad Is Here!

Apple's long-awaited tablet is here which has now officially been named the iPad.
It is to be a mobile video-watching, book-reading, game-playing, photo-perusing, music-listening, web-surfing, and email-emailing device. It looks like an oversized iPhone, and behaves like one; working in both portrait and landscape modes

Pricing begins at $499 - that'll get you a non-3G iPad with 16GB of storage. A 32GB version costs $599, and a 64GB version, $699. Want 3G? That'll be $130 more.

Specs:
Weight: 1.5Lb
Screen size: 9.7"
16GB of working memory
32GB or 64GB of storage space
802.11n WiFi
Bluetooth.

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USB Alien With Illuminated Tongue

A perfect Xmas gift for an Aliens geek!

It's cool and creepy at the same time! The inner mouth pops out randomly and lights up in red. It's not cheap at US$67, but hey, Xmas is around the corner. Get it HERE.
Size: 138 x 85 x 240 mm
Cable: 1 metre

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FlashHarp USB Harmonica

Just when you thought the USB had every sort of combo thrown at it, along comes the FlashHarp USB Harmonica. At 3.75 inches, it's small but fully functional. At around US$50 it's not cheap, but if you ever wanted to save some stuff and then play the blues, this is for you.

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Andy Gilmore

Andy Gilmore makes psychedelic-ish, retro-futuristic art that seems to be all the rage today. (Especially with folk/electronica/indie/bass music labels nowadays)

"Born, raised and based in Rochester, New York, Gilmore applies the understanding of one practice with the other - applying the proportions of harmony to form and colour - colours as chords - and scales as tonal gradations, in order to create these geometric works of art."


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UK Internet Ranks 25th - 'Not Fit For The Future'

Research sponsored by Cisco has ranked the world’s broadband networks, with the UK performing poorly in 25th place.

The research was based on 24 million speed tests performed in 66 countries. The ratings focused on both download and upload speeds, as well as latency, combined with broadband penetration to create an overall index of quality.

Sitting atop the table was South Korea then Japan, whose super-fast broadband was already judged to be fit for future applications such as streaming High Definition video.
At 25th, the UK came behind Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia to name a few. In fact both Bulgaria and Latvia had “ready for tomorrow” rated networks.
We’ll still be lagging just a tad behind South Korea, a country which is talking about having widespread 1Gbps by 2012. Yes – 1000Mbps. Makes you want to cry into your router…

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