Es ist gleich 19:00 Uhr. Die Apple Stores sind Down, Zeit für Apples Medien Event….
Live Ticker:
bei Engadget und in Deutsch bei iPhone-Ticker
oder LIVE im Stream von der Apple Seite:
(Bei doppeltem Ton einfach den Ton des Streams unten rechts ausschalten, einer bleibt dann übrig…)
You can’t deny, it’s pretty metaphysically silly to be playing a board game your parents bought at a yard sale for $2 on a $500+ iPad, in conjunction with two or more $200+ iPhones. Mix in service plans, accessories, the price of the app ($10), and the bribes you’ll have to pay your friends to join in on something so embarrassing, and you’re really pushing the limits of common sense with Scrabble for the iPad. But we will say this: it is pretty cool. We just paired up a couple iPhones (running the free Tile Rack app) and joined in with the iPad over Bluetooth or WiFi (the app makes it unclear as to which particular wireless tech is doing the honors at the moment, but both work) and in moments we were swiping tiles up to the iPad with the best of them.
Surprisingly, it makes a game of scrabble go much faster, since the computer does all those difficult maths for you, but the experience isn’t without its shortcomings. If you exit the Scrabble app to the home screen, or accidentally brush the “Menu” button on the iPad app, your game is completely gone. There isn’t even a helpful warning like “are you sure you want to end this game you just invested an hour of your life into without even saving or something?” There not even an option to save a game and resume at later date. The app is more forgiving if you drop a connection with your iPhone, or lock the screen on the iPad for a moment, but we’d really appreciate it if EA rounded off some of these rough edges before we chuck the iPad across the room in a Scrabble-induced rage. Check out video playthrough after the break.
Der Artikel ist von Engadget, da könnt ihr auch weiterlesen: Continue reading Scrabble for the iPad: stir in some iPhones and it’s the best $1,000 you ever spent on a board game
“The Pinball” ist ein kleines “Technik Mecca”, und deswegen bekommt es seinen eigenen Artikel.
Der bekannte Flipper kann ab kostenlos für den Mac runtergeladen werden. Zusätzlich dazu bekommt man eine ebenfalls kostenfreie iPhone App, mit der man über Wlan das Spiel mit seinem iPhone oder iPod Screen in NintendoDS Manier steuern kann…
Als wenn die liebevolle Grafik nicht genug wäre, kann man einen 3D Effekt für die drei üblichen “2 Farben Stereoskop Brillen” aktivieren, die ingame Vibration anschalten, und ein ziemlich cooles “Camera Tilt” bei dem man den Betrachtungswinkel des Flippertisches durch das bewegen des iPhones beeinflussen und den Tisch “Schütteln” kann
Der Tisch WildWest ist dabei, weitere können per inApp purchase dazu gekauft werden.
Wenn man jetzt noch sein Display um 90 Grad dreht (in “Echt”, und unter Systemeinstellungen/Monitor), das ganze vielleicht noch schräg vor sich auf den Tisch legt, bei bedarf die Kameraeinstellungen auf kompletter Tisch stellt, die 3D Brille anzieht und sein iPhone zum Flipperspielen startet – hat man sich einen ziemlich coolen digitalen Flippertisch gebaut, oder bekommt mindestens eine recht schicke Techdemo unserer aktuellen Gadgets.
TIpps:
Im “the Pinball” auf euerm Mac: ” CMD + , ” drücken um in die Einstellungen zu kommen. Dort gibt es ausser Grafiksettings auch “Fullscreen on Startup” ausschalten. Das macht sinn bei Multimonitoren usw.
(Fullscreen toggel mit cmd+F, geht aber meist nur auf dem Hauptdisplay, zur not muss man es wechseln indem man unter “Systemeinstellungen/Monitore/Monitore anordnen” die kleine Menübar aus dem blauen Hauptdisplay in das andere zieht.)
Andere Tische: in der iPhone App im Hautpmenü über das Tischlogo in der Mitte wischen, oder 3 Fingerwischen mit dem Trackpad nach Links oder Rechts oder wenn das Spiel im Fenster läuft in die Menüleiste auf Tables
Tischansicht umstellen (Fulltable / dynamic Camera): die ” C ” Taste auf der Tastatur drücken…
Steuern kann man die Tische auch ohne iPhone. Enter zum Start, Shift links und rechts für die Pins, Leertaste zum Tilt und um die Kugel ins Spiel zu schubsen die Pfeiltaste nach unten.
LINKS:
iDisplay:
Mit der iPad und iPhone App “iDisplay” ist Heute ein Tool für 3,99€ erschienen, um die beiden Geräte als zweiten Monitor am Mac (PC bald) zu betreiben und zusätzlich noch als Toucscreen zu verwenden.
Man installiert sich ein komplett deinstallierbares Programm (wahrscheinlich ein auf VNC basierter Client) auf dem Rechner, und die beiden Geräte per Wlan zu verbinden.
Leider ist das ganze noch nicht so schnell und beendet zusätzlich den Dienst des öfteren wegen Programmfehlern… (kann aber sofort neu gestartet werden)
Am besten nutzt man nur die schnelle Touchfunktion um das Display zu bedienen, denn die Maus kann ab und an verzögern oder ruckeln… Sortieren und verschieben kann man die Fenster (solange man nicht 3 Displays nutzt) am besten per “Spaces Übersicht”…
(Nach der Installation + reboot müsst ihr eure ScreenAuflösung wieder definieren. Dazu geht ihr auf den Apfel in der Menüleiste, Systemsteinstellungen, Monitor, Anordnen, und schaltet “Bildschirme synchronisieren” aus. Danach könnt ihr eure Displays nach euren wünschen Anordnen und einstellen…
Drei und mehr Displays:
Mit Hilfe der Tools könnt ihr auch drei der mehr Displays verbinden. Oben sehr ihr testweise die Anordnung in den Systemeinstellungen: mein iPhone per Wlan, mein MacBook Pro und mein 2.Monitor per DVI Kabel (den ich gern mal hochkant stelle…)
ScreenRecycler:
ScreenResycler geht nach dem selben Prinzip vor, nutzt aber ein Display das an einen anderen Computer angeschlossen ist. Dabei ist es egal ob ihr einen iMac, euren alten G4 Mini oder einen PC nutzt.
Ausserdem: Dualscreen GameCombi aus Mac und iPhone
Neu ist das kostenlose Spiel “The Pinball” für den Mac, es kann in NintendoDS manier mit dem iPhone gesteuert werden… Der Tisch WildWest ist dabei, weitere können per inApp purchase dazu gekauft werden.
LINKS:
Gratis Download: the Pinball + Remote App
ScreenResycler Testversion
“iDisplay” im Appstore
Robot Touchscreen Analysis from MOTO Development Group on Vimeo.
Jeder im Internet kennt den Versuch, bei dem mit dem Finger die Genauigkeit einiger aktueller Smartphone diplays durch das Zeichnen eines Rasters getestet wurde.
Natürlich gewinnt das iPhone auch dort um längen, aber darum geht es mir diesmal gar nicht. Dieses Video, bei dem ein Roboterfinger den selben Test durchführt ist einfach schön anzusehen (für Nerds) …
Earlier we were hearing that Apple might get involved in location-based ad-hoc social networking, and now it looks like Plastikman might beat them to the punch. That’s the DJ, not the superhero — (Richie Hawtin btw.) he’s released an iPhone app that’s designed to be used at his concerts this summer, giving you some personal involvement on your iPhone while the music and video of the show goes on around you.
It’s a free download, and while at a concert on a free Plastikman Wi-Fi network, the app will receive real-time information about the music and video during the show, and even give access to some of the samples being used. Features include the ability to interact with the live samples being used; a video stream giving “an internal perspective of the performance”; and synchronising the stage LED wall with the iPhone screen…. Outside of shows, the app says it will work as an “atmospheric location shifter,” using the iPhone’s microphone and headphones to wrap users “in a Plastikman environment.” Whatever that means.
The point here is that this is an app actually built for a specific location, adding in specific funcationality when you’re on a certain Wi-Fi network. That’s a very cool idea. Even if you don’t have Plastikman tickets (looks like he’s only playing Coachella and one show in Detroit here in the US), the idea of location-specific software is one we’ll probably see come up again in the future.TUAWPlastikman releases SYNK, an app for his tour originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
How many scientists does it take to properly install a lightbulb? When that lightbulb is an implant that stimulates retinal photoreceptors to restore one’s sight, quite a few — even if they disagree whether said implant should be placed on top of the retina (requiring glasses to supply power and video feed) or underneath, using photocells to channel natural sunlight. Now, a German firm dubbed Retina Implant has scored a big win for the subretinal solution with a three-millimeter, 1,500 pixel microchip that gives patients a 12 degree field of view. Conducting human trials with 11 patients suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, the company successfully performed operations on seven, with one even managing to distinguish between similar objects (knife, fork, spoon) and perform very basic reading. Though usual disclaimers apply — the tech is still a long way off, it only works on folks who’ve slowly lost their vision, etc. — this seems like a step in the right direction, and at least one man now knows which direction that is.
Subretinal implant successfully tested on humans, makes blind narrowly see originally appeared on Engadget
Von Engadget reposted: Tired of the limited legroom, bad food, and worse movies you have to put up with during a flight? Well, it’s time to bust out your company credit card and get yourself a Martin Jetpack, which has just become the first commercially available jetpack. Driven by a pair of washing machine-sized fans strapped to your back, this personal transporter will give you a pretty cool 30 minutes of flight time and comes with a bunch of redundancy systems to ensure any mistakes don’t turn fatal. The rotors are built out of a carbon / Kevlar composite and are powered by a two-liter V4 two-stroke engine capable of delivering 200hp (or 150kW). Good old gasoline is the fuel of choice here and private individuals are expected to be offered the chance to fulfill every geek and geekette’s dream later this year. Just make sure you have $86,000 lying around to fund it.
Martin Jetpack priced at $86,000, mere mortals will soon be able to buy one too originally appeared on Engadget
Artist Caleb Larsen has created an art sculpture which, when connected to the Internet, perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay.
Combining Robert Morris’ Box With the Sound of Its Own Making with Baudrillard’s writing on the art auction this sculpture exists in eternal transactional flux. It is a physical sculpture that is perpetually attempting to auction itself on eBay.
Every ten minutes the black box pings a server on the internet via the ethernet connection to check if it is for sale on the eBay. If its auction has ended or it has sold, it automatically creates a new auction of itself.
If a person buys it on eBay, the current owner is required to send it to the new owner. The new owner must then plug it into ethernet, and the cycle repeats itself.
The sculpture, entitled “A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter“, recently sold on eBay for $6,350.00 and is now being shipped to its next “owner”.
Writer Andrew Sargus Klein offers some additional context for the sculpture in this excellent post at SpliceToday, in which he references both Baudrillard and Hirst, and explores contemporary concepts of ownership and worth:
“A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter” is tangibly linked, via Ethernet, to the intangible world of taste, aesthetics and worth. It doesn’t matter if the work becomes astronomically valuable—you’re legally required to keep putting it up on eBay once a week until someone else buys it. The argument is you can’t own anything conceptual, neither in copyright or theoretical terms, and the artwork’s logistics ensure that no third party—the highly ridiculous art market—can change that.
This is a blog post from Laughing Squid
Micro SIMs can probably be fashioned from shaved down traditional SIMs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Mit dem Tool Sikuli kann man alle Programme die einen GUI (Grafische Oberfläche) besitzen in allen wichtigen Betriebssystemen ganz leicht automatisieren.Man dokumentiert einfach alle Schritte der zu automatisierenden Aufgabe mit Screenshots, den Rest übernimmt das Programm Sikuli.Es ist eine MIT Entwicklung, deswegen frei zum Download, und für Win, Mac und Linux erhältlich… Den Rest erklärt das Video oder folgender Text in Englisch:
btw, DOWNLOAD: SIKULI
via Lifehacker:
Windows/Mac/Linux: Ever wanted to write a script for some repetitive task, but don’t know how to code? Sikuli makes it possible for pretty much anyone to automate tasks, by telling it what to do with just some screenshots and simple commands. If it has a GUI, you can probably use it with Sikuli. Sikuli is an open source scripting app that uses a combination of very simple commands like click, type, and wait, and screenshots to tell Sikuli what to manipulate. There’s no internal API support, it just searches the screen for the image in the screenshot—meaning you can use it with pretty much anything. Seriously, the world is your oyster. If any of that sounds at all confusing, watch the video—and if you think it’s just too good to be true, try it out. They have tons of tutorials and examples of useful scripts in their documentation, as well, to get your imagination rolling. Although you’ve probably already thought of at least one thing you want to use this for. Sikuli is a free download for all platforms
DOWNLOAD: SIKULI
Zusammenfassung aller Fakten und Hintergrundinfos: http://www.tuaw.com/2010
Offizielle Seite: http://www.apple.com/ipad/
“Bad Apple!!” is a magical piece of stop-motion animation made from 6,566 still photos of printed bitmaps.
+ VideoThe creator, Nico Nico Douga user “うｐ主,” says he made the video without using photo-editing software. The images were captured with a webcam, and the effects were achieved by changing the camera position and adjusting the focus, brightness, zoom, exposure and gain.
The original stills and music come from this video for the song “Bad Apple!!” (arranged by Masayoshi Minoshima, featuring vocals by nomico) from the Touhou Project game series…
While the news of Apple’s iPad having 3G wasn’t exactly a surprise, the move to a new format for the SIM certainly was. The SIM — that tiny card that holds your contact info and account information that you find in your GSM handset — is a 15 x 25mm plastic card whereas the new Micro SIM (also known as a 3FF SIM) is a diminutive 12 x 15mm, about 52% smaller. Needless to say, it’s not physically compatible with your current phone. This card was developed by the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) to offer things like more storage space on-chip for provider applications, increased control and security functions — over what, we don’t know — and the new smaller form factor allows it to fit in tiny devices. Frankly, we wouldn’t call the iPad “tiny” and we have absolutely no clue what justification Apple had to switch to it other than a desire to be different — this is the company that pioneered Mini DisplayPort, after all — but the long and the short of it is that you’re going to have a hard time finding a carrier offering Micro SIMs in the short term since the GSMA doesn’t appear to be actively spearheading a mass conversion. In fact, from AT&T’s perspective, this is better than a software lock in some ways — you’re not going to be able to download a hack that gets you on another network, so you’re totally at the mercy of your carrier at choice for providing a compatible card. Intentionally evil? Perhaps not — all standards have to start somewhere — but it’s an awful pain in the ass.
Update: T-Mobile (in a partnership with Lok8u GPS devices) announced they were bringing the 3FF SIM to US shores back on January 6th of this year. See the source link for more info.[Thanks, Brian]
Apple iPad’s ‘Micro SIM’ explained originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Egads, you see that? 42.78Mbps over a wireless data card! Not just any card, mind you, it’s presumably the new Samsung 4G card running on TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway, the world’s first commercial LTE network launched on Monday. TeliaSonera bundles the 4G service with 30GB of data for just 599kr (85$) per month. That 5.3Mbps upload and 37ms ping aren’t too shabby either. Not exactly the theoretical 100Mbps down / 50Mbps up provided by the LTE spec, but not AT&T either.
originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:00 EST.
Verrückt… Alle wollen unbedingt in die Welle…. Ich auch übrigens… dringend…
(update: bin drinn… habe aber “noch” keine nominations zum vergeben..)
Für die ganz gierigen gibt es zum Beispiel die Nomination per eBay, dort gibt es aber auch instant invitations die dann aber keine nominations an andere beinhalten…
First Look des Google Wave Service
Wave als Rollenpiel Umgebung, und Pulp Fiction als Wave irgendwo bei Youtube…
Tipps zum reinkommen solltet ihr googlen…
