Twitter archive downloads start rolling out to select users, lets you relive 2006 tomfoolery
Remember how you used to rave about MySpace or how excited you were to snag a brown Microsoft Zune? Twitter remembers, and it’s ready to let you relive the most awkward thoughts you ever deemed fit to publish on the internet. As promised by CEO Dick Costolo Twitter is letting users download a complete archive of their digital musings. The option hasn’t hit the mainstream Twitterverse just yet, but select users are finding the option hidden in the web client’s settings page under the heading “your Twitter archive.” Compiled archives are pretty, too — wrapped in HTML and organized by month. Ready to relive 2006, 140 characters at a time? Check out your own archive (if you’re lucky enough to have the option) and share your favorite embarrassments with us in the comments after the break.
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Motorola posts Android bootloader unlock page, lets just one device pass muster
Motorola drew fresh respect after it vowed that its Android device customers could unlock their bootloaders, starting with the Photon Q LTE. Nearly everything about that process was kept in the dark, but it’s now been blown wide open: the company has posted a full page dedicated to the process. Getting started will demand the Android SDK, fastboot, new USB drivers and a slightly scary warranty release, but it otherwise goes through a very HTC-like process that provides an unlock key. Verizon subscribers who were hoping for a surprise Droid RAZR MAXX unlock won’t be happy, mind you; the Photon Q LTE is the only device on the list so far that isn’t already unchained as a matter of course. Motorola did characterize the unlock option as a forward-thinking option, which leaves us not so secretly wishing that high-profile future releases expand the list of unlockable devices a bit further.
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Cronus adapter lets you play Xbox 360 with a PS3 controller and vice versa (video)
There’s nothing quite so enlightening as a solution to a problem you didn’t realize you had. RaptorFire’s booth, tucked away in the back corner of the LA Convention Center’s South Hall was offering up just that, in form of Cronus, a little USB stick that the company promises will “change how you look at gaming.” While the little USB adapter’s functionality isn’t quite so grandiose (same goes for the company’s assertion that it’s “the greatest invention in gaming since the controller”), the peripheral offers up an interesting proposition — being able to control your Xbox 360 with a PlayStation 3 controller — and the other way around. Oh, and Wiimotes are in the mix, as well.
The Cronus is a black USB dongle with a small single digit display on the top and a USB input on the rear. Plug it into the console of your choice, sync it up and you should be good to go. We played a round of Battlefield 3, using an Xbox 360 controller on a PS 3 — and things went smoothly. We didn’t get a chance to actually try out the syncing process, but the device’s manufacturer assured us that it’s quite smooth, for what that’s worth.
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NES controller lets you stomp Koopas, save Princess Peach in capacitive fashion (video)
Is your NES controller in another castle? Maybe you’re just pining for your smartphone’s capacitive game controls for some reason. Regardless, here’s a little piece of tech that just might put the fire in your flower: the capacitive touch NES controller. This sucker is milled from a copper board using a device called the MezzoMill, which — besides making turtle-stomping peripherals — also can be used to produce guitar effect pads, virtual keyboards, bicycle rim lights and all sorts of circuits that might tickle your fancy. Unfortunately, the creator isn’t as well-funded as this inkjet-based control circuit project so he’s trying to raise money through Kickstarter to make the mill in a large enough run to lower costs. Given how Kickstarter generated nearly $100 million in funding last year, maybe he’s got a fighting chance. See the buttonless controller work its capacitive magic after the break.
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Leave a commentAdafruit Flora lets you wear your open-source love on your sleeve
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Adafruit Flora lets you wear your open-source love on your sleeve originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Trio of Microsoft projectors lets you get quasi-physical with AR interaction (video)
You have to hand it to the tireless folks toiling away within Microsoft’s Research department. They’re hard at the task of making tommorowland today’s province. Perhaps spurred on by the rapturous response to their HoloDesk, the Cambridge gang’s previewing yet another virtual reality, and this time it’s a handheld trio. The palm-friendly devices, split up into camera, room and SLAM models, incorporate pico projectors, coaxial IR cameras, inertial measurement units (IMUs) and the company’s Kinect (for the latter two only) to project augmented visions onto surrounding surfaces. If you’ve been honing your shadow puppetry game over the years, that oft-used skill’s about to get very useful. The environmentally aware (no, not the Go Green! kind) systems allow for shadow- and touch-based interaction with the CG overlays, offering pinch functionality, icon selection and even painting — don’t worry, it’s definitely removable. This neat tech hat trick could one day soon spare you a trip to IKEA, letting you test out potential decorative pieces from the comfort of your home. Unfortunately, we can’t get handsy with the futuristic projectors just yet, so the video after the break will have to suffice.
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Trio of Microsoft projectors lets you get quasi-physical with AR interaction (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Leave a commentKodak’s Waterproof Playfull records your pool parties in 720p, lets you relive that belly flop
Do you like to play rough? Good, then this Kodak’s for you. Up for pre-order on the imaging company’s website, is an update to the Playfull we got eyes-on with at CES earlier this year — except this handheld camera’s waterproof, as well as dustproof and drop-proof (although, only “onto plywood”). The slim 720p shooter weighs in at about 85 grams and sports a 2-inch LCD display, HDMI out, pop-out USB 2.0 and an SD card slot expandable up to 32GB. Kodak’s offering this pocket and pool-friendly portable in mid to late October with a premium $120 price tag set for the black version, and the white at a lesser $100. If your high-end smartphone’s just not cutting the HD-recording mustard, go ahead and hit up that source link below.
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Elegant Touchscreen Device Lets You See What You Print [Video]
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SWYP: See What You Print is a revolutionary printer that allows you to modify photos at a 1:1 scale. This means no more surprises, as the modifications you make on your photo are being processed on the spot and you can see the results right away, exactly how they will appear on printed paper. The simple, witty and fun solution was created by the people at Artefact Group who noticed that “the issue with printers is not that we lack the necessary technology, but rather that the core design and usability issues have not been fully addressed. Traditional OEMs are making incremental improvements end up over-complicating what should be a simple process and producing over-bloated boxes that sit in our shelves“. This is why their design is based on “radically simple editing and printing. When you print only what you intend, you eliminate the frustration and waste of unwanted prints”. Check out the video below for a fun preview of how the device works.
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Quantum Phantom prototype lets you control your computer screen with a webcam (video)
A guy named Ben Wu sent us this video recently and it sort of blew our minds. Wu, an engineer and self-described dreamer, has spent the past year developing a program he calls Quantum Phantom — an Iron Man-inspired system that allows users to control a computer’s cursor using only an ordinary webcam. With his Windows software onboard, Wu can draw, write and move onscreen icons or widgets, simply by waving his camera in front of a set of dual monitors. The prototype is even sophisticated enough to recognize his own webcam-produced handwriting and automatically convert it to rich text. In most cases, the sensor relies upon an ordinary cursor to navigate a screen, but Wu has also developed a pointer-free solution, as demonstrated toward the end of the above, three-part video. Be sure to check it out for yourself and get lost in the magic.
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Don’t call it a GIF: Lightt is an app that lets you upload silent, looping clips for your friends to comment on
Technically speaking, it would be incorrect to call Lightt the Instagram for GIFs, but really, it’s tough to explain it any other way. In short, it’s a new app for iOS which captures short, soundless clips that play back in an endless loop. (See? Looks like a GIF and is mesmerizing like a GIF, except it’s actually a proprietary file format.) Once you record a clip, or “Highlight,” you can upload as many as you want, and then share them to either Twitter or Facebook. (Careful: the default privacy setting is public.) Then, once you offload those segments onto the company’s servers, people can like them or leave comments. Similarly, too, anyone with a browser can see your feed, though you also have the option of viewing people’s images from within the app itself. The Insta-comparisons end there, though: with Lightt, you can’t run your clips through any sort of artsy filters.
As with other social networks, you can follow users you find intriguing. There’s also a “Featured” list, curated by Lightt, but you can’t currently search for things based on tags, which is how you might discover cool stuff on other sites, like Tumblr or Pinterest. There’s an element of randomness, then, when it comes to unearthing new things, though you can at least find friends on the site by importing your contacts from other services. Interestingly, too, all your images live online: even when you view your feed on your phone, the app is simply pulling it in from the web. Still, if you really like something, you can save a still frame to your device. The app is available now for free in the App Store (no word on if it’ll ever come to other platforms), and we’ve also got a gallery of screenshots at the ready below.
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