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Clamcase Pro offers a much-improved take on the iPad as a laptop (hands-on) By Nathan Ingraham, theverge.com The original Clamcase was one of the most flawed iPad keyboards we tried in our roundup — since then, the company has gone back to the drawing board and is now debuting a much-improved new model called the…
America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’ By Laura June, theverge.com Bexar County, Texas says that it will open the first 100 percent digital public library system in the country, unveiling plans for its first location this past week. The plan has been in the works for a while, headed up…
Spotmaps translates every second of a film into a block of color By Amar Toor, theverge.com What can a film’s color scheme say about its narrative? According to Spotmaps, quite a lot. Created by Andy Willis, Spotmaps is a Python-based project that conceptualizes classic movies not in words or storyboards, but highly-detailed… RT @verge: Spotmaps…
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popphoto.com Samsung’s newest venture into the world of high-end compacts is the EX2F, which packs one of the widest apertures to be seen in a compact camera. The EX2F has a 12.4MP 1/1.7-inch CMOS sensor, an articulated 3-inch swivel VGA-resolution… http://flip.it/ApdXs New Gear: Samsung EX2F With f/1.4 lens, WiFi Related articles Panasonic launches $500…
IBM Predicts: Cognitive Computers That Feel And Smell, Within The Next Five Years By Clay Dillow, popsci.com The computing giant’s annual list of technology predictions for the next five years foresee computers that can taste, see, smell, hear, and touch. At the end of each year, IBM releases its “5 in 5”—five technology predictions that…
Daniel Cooper, engadget.com When it comes to launching a groundbreaking flagship video camera at CES, JVC’s got previous experience. The company has outed the Procision GC-PX100, a 1,920 x 1,080 camcorder that shoots at 36Mbps, a bit-rate that the company cla… http://flip.it/xWV3a F 1.2 lens on mid range model JVC launches Procision slow-mo HD camcorder,…
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