Ricoh exhibits GXR modules at CP+
CP+ 2010: Ricoh has exhibited prototypes of its A12 28mm equiv. prime and P10 28-300mm equiv. lens modules for the GXR system at the CP+ photographic trade show. The show report by Japanese website DC Watch includes camera writer Fumio Nakamura’s mock-ups showing the potential of the system including remote modules and modules with conventional [...]
Apple Tablet Prototypes Possibly Identified By Web Analytics, Running iPhone-Like OS 3.2 [Apple Tablet]
Up to 50 different “Apple Tablet” type devices were “detected” by Flurry Analytics testing various types of apps that may make its way to the upcoming machine. Flurry was able to geographically locate the devices to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino.
In short, there were about 200 different apps being tested on the devices, most of which [...]
iTablet Rumor du Jour: Steve’s Finally Happy With the Giant iPod touch
Where there’s this many iTablet rumors, there just has to be an actual product Steve Jobs is finally happy with and will be unveiling to the world at a special Apple event in early 2010, right?
That’s what Apple Insider is reporting. The gist is as follows:
10″, 3G networked device similar to “a jumbo iPod touch”
Guided [...]
Shenzhen Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype – Foxconn Investigating, Apple Comments
As has been widely covered on the net, Foxconn worker Sun Danyong of Shenzhen, responsible for 16 fourth-generation iPhone prototypes, committed suicide on July 16, after reporting one of the prototypes missing three days earlier.
Foxconn is the Taiwanese company that has long manufactured Apple iPods and the iPhone. Colleagues informed the Chinese media that Sun [...]
Foto-Mosaik-Edda Creates Stunning Photo Mosaics [Downloads]
Windows only: If you’re going to create a photo mosaic, you might as well invest the time to do it well. Foto-Mosaik-Edda is a powerful tool for creating impressive, detailed, finely-tuned photo mosaics.
To use Foto-Mosaik-Edda you need a pool of source images—the bigger the better, as they recommend 2000 or more—and the actual image you [...]
From Tokyo: Demo of “almost finalized” augmented reality tagging app Sekai Camera (videos)
I attended the inaugural event of the AR Commons in Tokyo today, a new initiative that’s supposed to help set “standards of augmented reality as a public environment”. In other words, the symposium is an attempt to understand what augmented reality, the mixing of the real world with computer data, really is and what consequences [...]
