The Vera Electric Kettle by Casa Bugatti. These snazzy looking kettles from the future feature a screen on its arm that shows you the temperature (between 113 and 212°F) of the desired liquid, a clock, and a timer. Look for it on shelves later this month with a price of $300. It is Bugatti, afterall. See one extra shot of it in the gallery below.
What is this term ‘bokeh?’ What does the bokeh filter do, exactly? According to the product’s website:
One of the fastest growing fads in modern photography is bokeh shapes. Bokeh shapes are shapes of light in the blurred background of photos. These shapes are achieved by using a bokeh filter over the camera lens. Bokeh is a photography term derived from the Japanese word for blurred. Bokeh refers to the unfocused background in a photo. The Bokeh Filter is a simple filter that clips onto the end of your lens. This filter blocks out pieces of light that cause the bokeh (blur) in your images to take the shape of the filter. The Bokeh Filter has a clip-on design that allows you to quickly apply the filter to your photos.
Cool, huh? Check out additional images below of the bokeh filter in use.
[Via Gizmodo; TheBokehFilter]
Get downloading, iPhone users! For detailed information about this update see my previous post.
The big screen experience is forever but it’s the 3D wave that is fascinating everyone from gamers to cinephiles. T.O.O.B. brings the iMax experience into your home with its omni-directional digital screen that allows a person a full range of visual experiences, without compromising on media formats. Animator and inventor Alexander Marten McDonnell turned his fascination into reality with this new generation inflatable dome projection screen that virtually takes the viewer from real to reel life. Attach a home projector from the outside of the half dome, and a mirror in the middle reflects movies and games to encompass the inside of the screen for an immersive experience. Continue reading Half dome screen really puts you in the game
Check out the Nokia Maemo 5 Internet Tablet.
According to Engadget: “The specs include a 3.5-inch 800×480 pixel (resistive) touchscreen, sliding QWERTY, 32GB of on-board storage expandable to 48GB via microSD, GPS/A-GPS, FM transmitter, TV-out, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, 1320mAh battery, and 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash…ARM Cortex-A8, up to 1GB of application memory, and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration…Nokia promises [it] will be a “PC-like experience on a handset-sized device.” It also brings a Mozilla-based Maemo browser with Adobe Flash 9.4 support.”
Looks cool. Maybe Maemo can salvage what’s left of my interest in Nokia from the dark abyss that is the Symbian OS.
[Via Engadget]
Microsoft is ready to go head-to-head with their arch-rival Sony in the video games business. The Xbox 360 Elite console will match the PS3 Slim costing $299.99 (from $399.99) this Friday. The Xbox 360 Pro console (now $249.99) will phase out after inventory gets flushed, making the Elite and Arcade ($199.99) the only Xbox 360 SKUs on the market. In somewhat related news, Microsoft has stated that the upcoming Project Natal accessory “will work with every Xbox 360 sold today and tomorrow.” Neat-0.
[Via Engadget]
[Via Engadget]
If you have seen the trailer (or the movie itself) for District 9, you will notice it says “Presentend by Peter Jackson, Directed by Neill Blomkamp.” This short film “Alive in Joberg” is what Peter Jackson stumbled upon and got him interested in picking up the concept for D9 and putting Blomkamp at the helm. This six and a half minute short shows off Blomkamp’s raw talent of mixing CGI with live action. With what was surely a low budget and a light crew, Blomkamp took a great idea and displayed his talents in just the right way that led him to making a higher budget masterpiece that is District 9. (Fun fact: D9 star Sharlto Copely appears in and a producer of this short.)
“Developed by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, the theatrical robots Thomas and Janet rehearse their kiss scene, part of a performance of Phantom of the Opera.”
If you are freaking out right now with a slight look of disgust on your face asking yourself “why…” this is normal.
[Via Engadget]
Sony is known for making such crazy and strange commericals for their Playstation products. Who can forget one of the original PS3 commercials that featured the scary crying baby doll? Now the marketing team has done it again for the new PS3 slim. Check it out above.
[Via Engadget]
After receiving the most votes at NASA’s website, actor Stephen Colbert won the contest to put his last name on the next ISS module to launch into space. After deeming the situation inappropriate, NASA decided to name the module “Tranquility” and gave Colbert a consolation prize. After all, he did give the International Space Station a boost in popularity on his show “The Colbert Report.” His prize? NASA came up with this acronym: C.O.L.B.E.R.T. is the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill. Better than nothing, I guess. Check out his response video above.
[Via Gizmodo]
Patrick Runte is a super talented photographer. He incorporates technology (video games), music, sports, and more into his images. Check out the gallery below. Really good stuff.
[Via KanyeBlog; Patrick Runte Fotografie]
