Ce coussin en forme d’un (d’une ?) Game Boy réalisé par Soft Machine vous rappellera les bons souvenirs que vous avez avec la petite console de Nintendo, mais pour l’avoir il faudra tout de même débourser 99 euros ! Lire la suite..

Andy Johnson writes in: I'm a guy that sews. No, I'm not afraid to say it, I think it is one of the best skills my Mother taught me, besides cooking. I sewed this magazine protector to keep my latest copy of MAKE looking newsstand fresh. I carry MAKE in my backpack, and I carry my backpack everywhere. With all the junk I carry banging around in there, it can get my stuff pretty hammered. I took my favorite T-Shirt, that unfortunately has worn out, and cut out a rectangle 1/2 inch larger than my copy of MAKE on both sides, and doubling the length so it can be folded over. I created a flap on the top and sewed velcro to both the flap and the reverse of the protector. Surging the seams would be the best, but I only have access to a regular sewing machine. If you have extra t-shirt, you can use it to make ipod sleeves, calculator protectors, whatever you like. It's upcycling month at CRAFT, so head on over for some more great recycling projects with our UpCraft! series. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Crafts | Digg this!

Alors que la Gold Edition de Resident Evil 5 s'apprête en sortir en magasin, Capcom nous informe que tout le contenu proposé dans cette version collector sera regroupé dans un seul et unique DLC. Disponible dès aujourd'hui sur le Xbox Live contre 960(...)

Le W008 de HiPhone est un téléphone GPRS qui ressemble à un iPod nano sauf qu’il est équipé d’un clavier en slide ! Il offre un écran de 2,2″ (QVGA 240×320 pixels), une mémoire de 1Go extensible via un port microSD, un tuner FM, le Bluetooth, une double caméra (face et dos) et une compatibilité MP3 / WAV / AMR / AWB / 3GP / MPEG4 (AVI) / TXT. Disponible en Asie, comptez 130$ . via pmptoday

By Tim Conneally , Betanews Different modes of travel often require different routes to be taken. If you're walking somewhere, for example, you're not likely to take a highway to get there, and you have the distinct advantage of being able to go through certain structures that cars cannot. The same goes for biking. When someone is planning to get somewhere by bike, they're going to demand different routes. This is why the Google Maps team today announced that it has added bicycling directions to Google Maps. Shannon Guymon, product manager for Google Maps said, "We wanted to include as much bike trail data as possible, provide efficient routes, allow riders to customize their trip, make use of bike lanes, calculate rider-friendly routes that avoid big hills and customize the look of the map for cycling to encourage folks to hop on their bikes. So that's exactly what we've done." Google has taken more than 12,000 miles of bike trail data from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's TrailLink.com database. The Washington, DC nonprofit has been collecting trail data since 2000, and has maps, pictures, descriptions, and listings for more than 30,000 miles of bike trails. "The demand for trail maps and information has never been higher, especially as more people recognize biking as a viable, inexpensive and healthy alternative to driving," said Rails-to-Trails President Keith Laughlin today. But simply having the data on hand is completely a different matter from the whole business of machine-suggested routes. Google had to incorporate trail data into its routing algorithm, include metropolitan areas with designated bike lanes, and include roads that have been recommended by other cyclists, all the while taking into consideration the business about certain roads. All that is just to determine the most biker-accommodating paths according to safety. There's also the whole issue of hills. "Our biking directions are based on a physical model of the amount of power your body has to exert given the slope of the road you're biking on," said Google software engineer John Leen. "Assuming typical values for mass and for wind resistance, we compute the effort you'll require and the speed you'll achieve while going uphill. We take this speed into account when determining the time estimate for your journey, and we also try hard to avoid routes that will require an unreasonable degree of exertion." Likewise, the algorithm avoids routes that have too much downhill travel as well so the ride is balanced. Today's launch of Google Maps for bikes is sort of the opposite of a development from last year, an Android app called My Tracks which targeted runners, hikers, and cyclists. Instead of suggesting routes, My Tracks collected live GPS statistics from the user's smartphone and mapped out total/moving time, (average) speed, distance, and elevation profile on Google Maps as the trips were being made. Google Maps for bicycles is live right now. Copyright Betanews, Inc. 2010

Le prix Turing, la plus prestigieuse des récompenses en nouvelles technologies, a été décerné hier à Charles P. Thacker, chercheur chez Microsoft. Thacker l'a obtenu pour sa participation majeure dans [...]

On le sait depuis longtemps, les développements sur new-gen coûtent cher, très cher. De fait, les prises de risque, surtout en cette période de crise, restent minimes, les éditeurs/développeurs préférant miser sur les valeurs sûres quitte à sortir un(...)

On connaissait la mode des calendriers où il était d’usage de poser légèrement vêtu, mais pas les modèles à effeuillage automatique. Pourtant il existe un modèle qui propose cette fonction. La preuve en vidéo: Ce n’est pas forcément exactement ce que vous attendiez, mais voici à quoi ressemble le calendrier à effeuillage automatique: Mais pourquoi? Parce qu’en automne, les feuilles tombent, voilà pourquoi. Et parce que ce calendrier a été commandé comme objet promotionnel par le fabricant Stihl, qui se trouve vendre, entre autres, des souffleuses à feuilles mortes. Un mécanisme intégré détache donc les feuilles jour après jour lorsque vient l’automne. [ Direct Daily ]

ONDA vient de sortir en Asie son Vi20 , un PMP HD équipé d’un écran équipé d’un écran tactile de 5″ (800 x 480), d’un tuner FM, d’une capacité de 8Go, d’un port microSD, d’un port USB host, d’une sortie TV HD et d’une compatibilité RM/RMVB, AVI, MKV (h.264), MOV, FLV, MPG, VOB, MP3, WMA , APE, FLAC. Pas de prix annoncé. Lire la suite..

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