In Ireland we have to pay for our plastic bags at the grocery stores. It’s not a lot of money but if you need 10 bags it can add up pretty quick. You now see a lot of Irish people bring their own bags but I always forget mine. I end up dumping everything in the trunk of my car and have even placed a box in the trunk to dump all my things into.
This new fancy bag looks like a nice alternative to buying bags or even buying a more permanent bag to use. Since this bag folds up into itself making it very easy to put into a jacket or even a pocket I like it even more. I am not sure if they make a black bag and I would seriously prefer not have to carry around a fruity looking bag.
We wrote about these before here and now they have released a new line of products that look to be a step in the right direction.
Basically they are a replacement for your memory card in your digital camera that allows you to then connect to pretty much any wireless network and actually send the photos to a supported site such as Flickr. You can also send files to your computer without using your cables. The card also has the option of geo-tagging (tagging your photos with GPS information) automatically using a 3rd party service called Skyhook.
It all looks very interesting and the next time I buy a memory card it am sure it will be one of these. What a great idea.
Eye-Fi Explore ($129): Includes one year’s worth of automatic hotspot uploads via Wayport. Also includes Wi-Fi geotagging via Skyhook.
Eye-Fi Share ($99): Same as the current version of the Wi-Fi card; uploads via preprogrammed networks and integrates with Flickr and other services.
Eye-Fi Home ($79): Basic version, includes preprogrammed network uploads but no online integration.
I recently received an email from some friends with a little animated movie from JibJab. I was impressed at first that they had taken the time to make one and send it out but then decided to follow it to the source. We have all seen these before in fact I have a few on this site which I will link below, basically you upload your images and crop the face and they do the rest by animated it for you. This is a little different because it’s not exactly free, they are charging money for credits and each time you send one of these to your friends it’s going to cost you. Now some are very clever and funny to watch but I think they could have found another way to make money and keep it free for us all. I for one don’t mind seeing an ad before the video.
The great folks over at the Techeblog have posted a great article about a potential new sink that is truly inspiring and amazing. As you can see from the images the design is beautiful but it also takes interactivity and controlling the sink to a whole new world. To control the water flow and temperature you use a metal ball that is tracked by electromagnets. It also has LED lights in both red and blue to light up the sink and water depending on whether you choose cold or hot water.
I would love a sink like this in my house but I know my kids would lose the damn ball within minutes. Plus I think this is just a concept at the moment.
I just found this site today thanks to a seminar I went to. The speaker was Conor O’Neil and it was about social networking, SMS and that sort of thing. I was particularly impressed with his presentation of the site Qik. The basically allow you to stream video from your phone live to the web. It’s really an amazing idea and I know my family in America will love watching my kids the next time we go to the beach in real time.
Well I know this is a bit late but It’s been bouncing around in my head and I just thought i’d share.
Being away from America means missing the Super Bowl and all the Super Bowl parties. I know pockets of people who live here and did watch the superbowl but with the time difference it didn’t start until 10:30 pm. We also don’t get one of my favorite parts, the ads. The Super Bowl was on the BBC here but all the ads were replaced with ads the BBC decided to air and not the ones people in the states were watching.
Thanks to the world wide web I am able to see them online and in fact this year thanks to a youtube channel I didn’t have to go searching for them.
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner love is in the air. I can only see snow in the air right now here but you know what I mean. This set of t-shirts actually detects each other and the closer the shirts in proximity the more hearts light up on the shirt. You can see from the images just how it works but basically you wear one shirt and give the other to someone you love and the closer you are to each other the more hearts light up. I don’t think I could get my wife to wear one of these if I paid her but I still like the idea.
Of course you need two shirts and a transmitter pack in order use them and the total package for 2 shirts and a the transmitter pack will cost $62 ($25 per shirt plus $12 for transmitter pack) and this does not include the shipping.
Have you ever wondered what your pet got up to when they go out and about? Even better than knowing is seeing and that’s exactly what this person from Germany wanted to know. They hooked up a digital camera to their cat Fritz and programmed it to take a photo every 15 seconds.
I have a link to his site where you can see all his images and even placed a few of my favorites in a mini slide show for you to see. They also have a video which compares the shot he took to where he was or how he took the shot. I find all this very fascinating.
A friend just sent me links to these two trailers for what looks to be either a sequel or prequel to the film staring Will Smith called “I am legend”.
They are animated and done in a very effective comic book style of animation. With all of today’s animation technology it’s good to see stuff like this that really uses subtle movement to tell the story. So if your into that sort of thing or you really like the film “I Am Legend” you may want to watch these.
