November 20, 2008

3D image technology

3d image of 3d

Gizmodo has a nice article about the various techniques available for allowing us to see 3D images and video.

It works its way from the simple 3D glasses with their red and blue filters to current ideas on 3D screens and plasma holography.

November 18, 2008

Big Ambition

Big Ambition featured person
Big Ambition is a new website aimed at 14-19 year olds to show the "dream" jobs that are available in the tech world.

The site features information about companies, careers and people involved in a host of different areas.

There are also competitions - the current one has the prize of a weeks work experience at ITV and laptop too. (There are several runner-up prizes too.)

Katherine Gleave (shown above) is one of the featured individuals. She is a Multimedia Designer who says that the benefits of her job are :

  • Flexible hours (part-time roles are available if required).
  • Social environment.
  • Big growth industry inline with the online success!
  • Good pay with great career prospects if you can prove you are good at your job and gain a few blue chip / creatively stylish websites under your belt.
Find out what's required if you're going to be able to forge an exciting career in a technology-based environment.

November 14, 2008

Homemade drum synth - MAKE

electronic drum kit

To complete the week we have a link to an article that shows a homemade electronic drum synth and drum-set. The blog has a video where the guy shows the set off and there's a link to another video of him actually playing it.



I really like the 'MAKE' magazine site with all the ideas of things to have a go at making. In addition their blog highlights things that other people have created and I decided to link to three of these this week - it being the end of October as I write this.

November 12, 2008

Making a sword - MAKE

making a sword from scratch

This article shows a guy making a sword - with patterns on the handle and blade - from the original hot block of metal. Fascinating.



I really like the 'MAKE' magazine site with all the ideas of things to have a go at making. In addition their blog highlights things that other people have created and I decided to link to three of these this week - it being the end of October as I write this.

November 10, 2008

Sound pictures - MAKE

a picture from a sound sample

An interesting article that shows how to extract pictures that can be found in a few music tracks. You can even try creating your own if you search out the software they mention.



I really like the 'MAKE' magazine site with all the ideas of things to have a go at making. In addition their blog highlights things that other people have created and I decided to link to three of these this week - it being the end of October as I write this.

November 06, 2008

Android - apps

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In the second post of the week we take a brief look at 'Apps' on the Android system.

You can visit the Android Marketplace here or you can have a look at a T3 article which lists - still in their opinion - the top 10 upcoming Android apps.

Want more? Try this Google search.

November 04, 2008

iPhone 3G - apps

iPhone app picture

Today, to followup the posts made before half-term we take a brief look at 'Apps' on the iPhone.

You can visit the Apple iTunes store here or you can have a look at a T3 article which lists - in their opinion - the 10 best iPhone apps.

Want more? Try this Google search.