The Tablet Computer of the Future

This is cool. The video below was produced in 1994. You will see a group of people dreaming up what a Tablet Newspaper would look like. The idea back then was that somewhere around the year 2000 people would be using such tablet computers to consume news. Once you realise that these people were dreaming all of this up just as the internet was coming to the fore and at a time where things like embedding YouTube videos wasn't even conceivable, it's pretty interesting. Listen to how the concept of hyperlinks is described and you realise how far we have come in a very short time. In any case, as we now know, it would take about 10 years more, until the advent of the iPad, for the tablet computer trend to really take off.

Sometimes it just doesn't work

A while back we wrote about a Kickstarter project that looked kind of cool. As it happens this particular project did not get sufficient support and has therefore been shelved. Hey, happens, what can you do.

Now a new story emerges about a group of designers trying to combine the beauty of a Leica camera and the functionality of the iPhone4. Check out the designs shown on their site. Could be quite a product if it ever actually sees the light of day.

iPad 3D...here and now

Using the front-facing camera of the iPad 2 to track the head of the user, a couple of French guys at the Engineering Human-Computer Interaction Research group have created this little wonder: glasses-free monocular 3D display on an iPad2. For now they have achieved this without using the accelerometers. Just imagine the applications we might see if these guys go commercial with this tech.

Moving Music

I have been enjoying my JAMBOX by JAWBONE for a few days now. Really cool little piece of gear. But today I realised that the little rascal was actually having a good time all on his own. While I wasn't looking the little guy decided to get his groove on and dance to the beat. I discreetly caught the action on my iPhone and here it is in all its glory. Look ma, no hands.

Moving Music Jambox from Jehuda Saar on Vimeo.

How to monitor your weight when you're a geek

So is this how I will finally do it: get my weight in check ? Cool video says it all.