Bell Labs project made into Documentary
I am definitely going to check this out. What a cool idea for a documentary.
From Cool Tools:
This documentary is a wonderful testament to what can happen when bright folks from different disciplines get together to make stuff. In 1966, 30 engineers from Bell Labs collaborated with a number of modern artists in New York to create a series of pieces/experiments. Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg, the first release in a 10-part DVD series on these pieces, captures what is essentially a high-tech indoor tennis match. Two players rallied with racquets wired with FM transmitters that amplified each stroke. As the lights in the room dimmed, the whole event coalesced into a participatory, multi-media “happening.” Since engineers reappropriated infrared lenses — primarily a military tool back then — the artists were able to film and project shots of the crowd.
Too bad there aren’t more of these think tanks that create these crazy ideas!
Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard
ExtremeTech has a review of the Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard. I personally don’t think it’s the most fantastic keyboard ever, but it is pretty cool.
 As a gaming keyboard, the Reclusa comes up a bit short compared with gaming keyboards that preceded it. There’s no rearrangement of keys to cater to certain types of games, as there is on the Timber Wolf and Ideazon MERC keyboards. And if we’re just talking about macros, there seems to be a short supply compared with the G11 and G15. The Reclusa has ten macro keys and two jog dials to play with, which seems like a lot, but macro junkies might demand more. You can surrender one or more keys to switch profiles on-the-fly, but that can get messy and take up too much time.
Not sure if I will bite on this one…
Samsung YP-U3
Samsung has a very neat offering to compete with the iPod shuffle called the YP-U3. I’ll admit, the name is not quite as catchy (seems like the marketing department could use some help).
- Capacity: 1, 2, and 4GB
- 1″ OLED display
- Audio: MP3, WMA, and Ogg
- RDS Tuner
- 15 hours of battery life
- Dimensions: 25.4 x 80 x 11mm
I’m realling digging the screen. It definitely seems like a step forward from the iPod shuffle.
Wii gets it’s first mic
EA is going to be offering a new mic for the Wii being bundled with the game ‘Boogie’.
According to this story at joystiq.com:
“The Wii version comes bundled with a microphone, it’s a USB microphone and it’s probably going to be the first mic for the Wii,” he said in a video interview with IGN. Does this mean we will have to sit in a close proximity of the Wii or will there simply be a wireless dongle that attaches to the back? We’re betting on the latter, as being connected to a console while jumping around like a buffoon is a surefire way to destroy your system.
That sounds pretty cool to me!
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