Tech Drool

Crisp Google Earth

2010-05-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

I have to come out of hiding for this one:
http://www.gelib.com/clean-earth.htm

Oldie but goodie

2010-01-14T09:32:00.001-08:00

Feeling this way recently...

3D Display adjust based on face tracking

2009-12-17T12:47:00.000-08:00

Pretty sweet browser app from MrDoob.
Display adjusts to match the viewer's position, based on just a webcam. Add stereoscopic display and you could have an object remain "stationary" in space.

via comment on c|net covering Apple's patent for similar techniques

Detailed models

2009-12-10T13:13:00.000-08:00

Amazing models... Retired dentist Young Park and his work:

Fast Fingers part II

2009-11-11T13:54:00.000-08:00

Update since part 1...

Watch Pr0n: Panerai Jupiterium

2009-10-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

World Tempus

War of the Worlds... Polycom CX5000

2009-10-04T09:40:00.000-07:00

New conference system at work... Eager to try it out.

Audi e-tron: Perfection

2009-09-19T08:17:00.000-07:00

Audi e-tron

Augemented Reality (yeah, I said it...)

2009-09-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

Yelp Augemented Reality on iPhone is a must see. Very cool proof of concept.

My next car. In this color.

2009-08-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

Pulled Ahead? Scion dealers saying iQ headed for U.S. in 2010

Shredding...

2009-08-05T10:09:00.001-07:00

An oldie but goodie...

Fast Fingers

2009-08-04T10:27:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: Go to 2:39 here

Remember Bishop's knife trick? We're one step closer. via Justin

Wolfram Alpha: Asking the right questions

2009-07-03T01:33:00.000-07:00

Great article on Wolfram Alpha in Tech Review. Compelling quote:
"It would be great if the Semantic Web had happened and we could just go and pick up data and it would all fit beautifully together. It hasn't happened."
Semantic Web

Dead Reckoning Navigation

2009-07-01T07:41:00.000-07:00

Family friend Don is a pioneer in the mapping industry. He recently got an ETAK system up and running again. It used dead reckoning from a car's wheels to map streets!

Welcome Back, Tivo

2009-06-22T13:44:00.001-07:00

Saying goodbye to the Comcast Motorolla DVR, 'cause Tivo is the new hotness. After calling to close my account, they were happy to offer an HD box for $99 and keep my grandfathered rate.
1990 is calling, Comcast, and they want their UI back.

NTBUSWAB: Death Star Conspiracy

2009-06-03T09:20:00.000-07:00

That's quite an ECO to move the Death Star's laser a full 45 degrees....
A Long Day Remembered

Maps: Immersive Fuller Projection

2009-05-18T09:07:00.000-07:00

This is too cool: Fauxmaxion Slippy Map

100 Year Clock

2009-05-13T13:32:00.000-07:00

Elegant design. So simple but effective.
via Boing Boing
100 year clock

3.16 Billion Cycles from che-wei wang on Vimeo.

Watch Pr0n: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk

2009-05-07T15:08:00.000-07:00

Slick complication(s) and crisp presentation.

A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk main site

via Watchismo

Codemaster's F1 2009

2009-04-28T12:59:00.001-07:00

A shame this is being delayed until 2010...
Game info and F1 2009 homepage

Codemaster's FUEL

2009-04-28T12:46:00.001-07:00

Would you say I have a plethora of vehicles? FUEL homepage

Powerpoint Mistakes

2009-04-24T16:36:00.001-07:00

Saw Don McMillan at Autodesk University last year. Hilarious.

Dasher: Writing by Gesture

2009-04-12T17:47:00.000-07:00

I have to say this is one of the most innovative and original, if not potentially groundbreaking, UI paradigms I have seen in some time. Not quite at the level of iPhone multi=touch, but close.

Dasher via Make

Chrome: Twitter Social Collider

2009-04-11T08:08:00.000-07:00

Very cool demo of ChromeExperiemnts. Twitter conversations ala particle collision.
Social Collider

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

2009-04-01T14:33:00.000-07:00

"And I thought they smelled bad... on the outside."

UPDATE: Turns out this was an April Fool's joke from ThinkGeek. However, the response was so overwhelming that they are going to try to make it a real product. Story here.
Backstory here.

via ThinkGeek

Mechanical Stylus Clock

2009-03-31T09:40:00.000-07:00

Elegant. via NY Times

True impact of plug-in vehicles

2009-03-12T15:19:00.001-07:00

Great article from IEEE Spectrum.

In the United States, the three cleanest states—at well below 200 grams of CO2 per kWh—are Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, due to their extremely high percentage of hydroelectric generation.

Electric driving’s carbon dioxide output (grams/km)

The state of US Education

2009-03-10T09:46:00.000-07:00

There are so many things wrong with this call. It's a scary testament to today's lack of attention and understanding.

So much for ANY possibility of the US going metric in our lifetimes...

25 Things I Hate about Facebook

2009-03-04T18:41:00.001-08:00

Dude! Do you want to be in my group?!?
Dude! Do you want to be in my group?!?
Dude! Do you want to be in my group?!?

Star Wars vs. Saul Bass

2009-02-20T10:29:00.001-08:00

NTBUSWAB

Casting a Ferrari V12

2009-02-18T13:04:00.000-08:00

Makes the price seem worth it.

digital sundial? Srsly?

2009-02-16T14:49:00.000-08:00

Google Books: Search only Magazines

2009-02-14T10:13:00.000-08:00

Minor but useful tip. Google Books recently introduced magazines, and often I want to search for something strictly within periodicals. They allow a Content restriction in their Advanced Search. Here is a link to set this limit automatically:
http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search?as_pt=MAGAZINES

4-wheelin' like Mario

2009-02-12T13:44:00.001-08:00

The video is worth 10,000 words.
Ripper

via redferret

Soundboard Monday

2009-02-09T09:36:00.001-08:00

Diamond Dave
Obama reading his own words..
Office Space

Volcano Projections in 3D

2009-02-08T10:15:00.001-08:00

Nice use of Google Earth and "sprites" to show projected plumes from major volcanoes around the world. Here is Mt. Redoubt up in Alaska, making news of late.

Original GE Post

Google Latitude

2009-02-04T09:36:00.001-08:00

I am here. Big brother is watching.

Wordie on Tech Drool

2009-01-27T13:23:00.000-08:00

Just for fun...

Feed Housecleaning

2009-01-22T17:16:00.000-08:00

Time to get out the mop and do some housecleaning. I'm amazed at how many feeds have gone stale in the last year.
Fortunately Google Reader has an "Inactive" feature for trends.

A380 - Engine Destruction test

2009-01-21T10:08:00.000-08:00

Good to know they test these things...
4:28 - the thing looks like a bomb.

Photosynth of Inauguration

2009-01-20T18:15:00.000-08:00

Nice photosynth of the Inauguration.

New Year Wishlist part 2 of many...

2009-01-16T08:55:00.001-08:00

Last year I wrote a post with 10 holiday wishes. Let's recap, and add some more for 2009:

1. PC to Phone. Free. Via the web, all the better.

2009: Almost there, but as far as I can tell, to call a normal phone line, you still need to shell out some cash to Skype, etc.

2. Cell phone to house land line. Get a call on your cell? House phones ring.

Haven't seen this yet.

3. Localized services on phones. And I don't mean ads. How about "Locate coffee near me." No GPS; just cell tower triangulation. Could have had this in 1998.

Done!

4. Line-in on all car radios.

Every rental car I've had in the last year has had this. Done!

5. USB jacks everywhere. Free. Such as airplane seats.

Logan has this at some cafe seats, and AirCanada has two ports at every coach seat. Done!

6. Automated image naming on cameras. "It has been more than a day since you turned on your camera; are you in a new location?"

C'mon!!!!! This should be so easy... At least my Nikon D40 has on-the-fly folders.

7. Automated time zone updates [for computers, cameras, etc]. "This network connection is in {latitude}. Would you like to change to {timezone}?"

Nope, nadda.

8. Expiring emails. (Bonus; Outlook provides this. Kinda)

Done.

9. MS Office "Personalized menus" banished from all existence.

The ribbon's been a nice change for Offfice. But Vista still wants to think for me...

10. Users who choose to accept personalized menus banished from all existence.

No comment.

New for 2009:

11. Blackberry Storm which works. Better than iPhone.

12. Complete digitization of all periodicals. We're close.

13. Electric vehicle under $30k and fun to own. The Prius is 10 years old. C'mon cough-Audi-cough! Get that A1 out and make it a plugin.

14. Death of Twitter. Yeah, I said it.

XBOX XNA: World Revolution

2009-01-15T14:15:00.000-08:00

Remember Missle Command? Same thing, only in 3D. Brilliant.

Word Revolution

Grudge Match: John McClane vs. Death Star

2009-01-09T17:57:00.000-08:00

Dug this up from the archives... Grudge Match

TR2N / TRON 2

2009-01-06T15:17:00.001-08:00

This was perhaps the single most influencial film of my childhood. And it has Jeff Bridges returning!

Air Traffice Control Simulator

2009-01-05T13:44:00.001-08:00

ATC-SIM
via RedFerret

Analag Digital Clock

2009-01-01T17:49:00.001-08:00

Via Slippery Brick
Antrepo Design Industry

NTBUSWAB Origami Millennium Falcon

2008-12-31T17:29:00.000-08:00

Those magazine subscription cards work well for this. via Wired

Braille Watch

2008-12-18T17:41:00.001-08:00

Elegant.
via Tuvie

Google Earth - Portland Downtown Buildings

2008-12-18T11:06:00.001-08:00

Looks like Google has been busy. Not just Manhattan, but Portland too!

Driving in Portland

2008-12-17T09:39:00.001-08:00

Too funny not to post

Flipbook

2008-12-15T15:27:00.000-08:00

Just saw this at Oblation; really nice design.
Flipbook

An Engineer's Holiday

2008-12-15T11:04:00.001-08:00

Is it wrong I enjoy this kind of thing?

Storm Chasing - Blackberry FAIL

2008-12-10T09:35:00.000-08:00

Finally got around to trying out a BB Storm at a Verizon store. Hardware: A. OS: B. Usability: C-. C'mon, guys, you had every reason to blow away Apple.
See Engadget's review

Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris

2008-11-28T17:09:00.000-08:00

Turkey coma...

Can Chuck Norris get wet? No, the water gets Chuck Norris.

Electric Drag Racing

2008-11-17T09:16:00.001-08:00

White Zombie Drag Racing
11.466 quarter mile @ 114.08 mph

Mars Lander twitters

2008-11-11T10:29:00.000-08:00

As much as I hate Twitter, this is quite comical.
Mars Lander twitter feed

Election - Cartogram by Population

2008-11-09T11:24:00.001-08:00

Election Catograms

Also see: Grid

Vista FAIL

2008-11-07T09:03:00.000-08:00

Got this flyer from Dell today:

Artificial Photosynthesis = Free Energy?

2008-11-06T10:38:00.001-08:00

Hopefully this can scale to useful sizes. via MIT Tech Review

Interesting notes from the article:
- Galsoline, by weight, has about 40 times the energy capacity over today's batteries
- Hydrogen, by weight, has 3 times the energy capacity of gasoline!

High Torque CVT

2008-11-06T10:35:00.001-08:00

Interesting concept from Ikona, via PTE
Patent 5505668
Animation

Cube of Rotating Gears

2008-11-05T11:28:00.001-08:00

Brilliant. via Boing Boing

Who kneads speling anywai?

2008-10-27T17:18:00.000-07:00

Props to my good friend David Wolman and his new book Righting the Mother Tongue
Go get it at the mothership Powell's

The Num3rati

2008-10-27T17:12:00.000-07:00

Just picked this up. Hope it remains relevant after 3 internet weeks.
The Num3rati by Stephen Baker.

Amazon

Portal - Still Alive

2008-10-17T14:11:00.001-07:00

So much for getting anything done next week
via IGN

Keycounter - Usage Trends

2008-09-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

This is a great app. I've had it running for a week. It lets me see when I've been productive, and when I'm trolling digg in a mid-day slump.
via Red Ferret

SpaceX: Falcon 1 Successful

2008-09-29T15:13:00.001-07:00

Atari Modern Classics

2008-09-26T10:00:00.001-07:00

Portal as an Atari 2600 game.

GPS Guided Aerial Camera

2008-09-25T12:15:00.001-07:00

Ferrari Motorcyle

2008-09-24T16:19:00.001-07:00

via Yanko Design

Myth Busters: Mona Lisa by Paint Gun

2008-09-24T10:03:00.000-07:00

A bit old by 'net standards, but man is this brilliant.

Hospice Clock

2008-09-22T18:21:00.001-07:00

Some very elegant clockworks. Hospice Clock

CAD on the iPhone

2008-09-22T10:34:00.001-07:00

via SolidSmack

5-axis interpolated machining.. say that 5 times

2008-09-16T09:07:00.001-07:00

Need this for the shop
T9000

One Terabyte in One Second

2008-09-16T09:00:00.001-07:00

This is perhaps the best out of box experience I have yet had with computer equipment. 1. Opened box. 2. Plugged in power cable. 3. Plugged in USB. Done. A full terabyte ready to go immediately. And at $210, I can't complain. Of course in another 4 years, I'll need 5 Tb.
Western Digital One Book

Stephen Hawkins' Corpus Clock

2008-09-15T09:35:00.001-07:00

Elegant way to tell time.
via Telegraph
Update: Make Magazine w/ a video

Amazon "On Demand" Video

2008-09-07T08:14:00.000-07:00

Old news, perhaps. But looks like a good addition to NetFlix streaming.
Amazon On Demand video.
Oh, and here's the cancel page

Billboarded hours in a watch

2008-09-05T23:48:00.001-07:00

via Watchismo

Netflix Patent #6966484

2008-09-05T23:21:00.001-07:00

So simple but so effective.
Netflix Patent

Race version of Audi R8

2008-09-05T13:02:00.001-07:00

It's Friday, time for some car porn.
via Fourtitude

NTBUSWAB: Chocolate Carbonite

2008-08-31T08:25:00.001-07:00

What better way to be reminded of Han's best line...
via Instructables

Software Informer

2008-08-29T13:57:00.001-07:00

Like c|net's old update tool for keeping track of software revisions:
Software Informer

Demonic Tots and other Vintage Artwork

2008-08-29T13:38:00.001-07:00

Some real gems in here: Plan59

A Coke is a Coke

2008-08-26T18:34:00.000-07:00

Map of soft drink names, by county.

So what's up with St.Louis? Whatever they're doing, let's get it going in the rest of this blue "pop" part of the states. Argh it hurts just to type that word. Yes I'm from Boston, and it's a Coke, damnit.

Photosynth - Point Clouds

2008-08-21T08:45:00.001-07:00

Notice the point clouds build by Photosynth. Here is the Temple of Heaven in Beijing

PhotoSynth plus Google Street View

2008-08-20T23:06:00.000-07:00

Well, if PhotoSynth has gone live, I might as well start building Google Street View sets....
Portland PhotoSynth
Here is a nice one of Times Square
and the Rose Garden
Mmmmmm beer

Imperial Fleet Week (NTBUSWAB)

2008-08-19T14:44:00.000-07:00

That's no moon. It's a space station.

Blue Screen of Death in Olympics

2008-08-19T10:11:00.001-07:00

Honestly. It's 2008 and we're still having these issues...
Opening Ceremonies

Peak 2 Peak Gondola Cables Arrive

2008-08-02T12:02:00.000-07:00

Can't wait to ride this.
Webcam, 3D model, News

levelHead: Interative Game

2008-07-29T10:29:00.000-07:00

Impressive. levelHead
via OgleEarth

More from Delft: Walking with Vermeer

2008-07-28T13:24:00.000-07:00

ID Studio Lab at TU Delft

Artificial dragonfly, with remote video?!?!?

2008-07-25T08:38:00.001-07:00

Unbelieveable. via Don via Delfly.nl

Celebrity photos... faked?

2008-07-24T15:48:00.001-07:00

Saw this in the bookstore recently... Not gadget worthy, but hilarious.
Alison Jackson

Live Video Projected in 3D World

2008-07-24T15:23:00.001-07:00

Live video projected onto a 3D world.
via OgleEarth

Live Streetcar map

2008-07-13T19:17:00.001-07:00

Old news, perhaps, but I had not looked up Nextbus in some time. I wish this stuff was ported to a blackberry better than just a live text page.
NextBus

The Power of "Free"

2008-07-13T11:14:00.001-07:00

This one was worth posting. Recently, I was scrambling for over an hour just to max an Amazon order to $25 fo the free shipping. Is that hour worth the $3.54?
via Guy Kawasaki

Garmin Oregon announced

2008-07-10T12:10:00.001-07:00

via gpscity.com
Garmin Mini Site

Unique Watches

2008-07-07T09:00:00.001-07:00

A set of Unique Watches

Hockey Puck Clock

2008-07-02T21:53:00.001-07:00

Simple and elegant. Shame it's $50. via
gizmodo

VW Plug-in

2008-06-27T10:48:00.001-07:00

via engadget