Apple – Science, Technology, Society

Structure sensor turns any iPad into a 3d scanner

Posted on December 7, 2013December 26, 2013 by timbatchelder

The 3D Scanner for Your iPad Will Digitize Reality
By Alexander George, popularmechanics.com

Technology

Structure Sensor plugs in to any iPad and makes a detailed 3D image of your surroundings.

First outfit your iPad with this smooth and appropriately futuristic-looking appendage. Then point your tablet in any direction an…

http://flip.it/d6HvI

Structure Sensor. A 3D scanner for your iPad. (modular4kc.com)
Structure Sensor (uncrate.com)
ETH Zurich 3D Scanner App To Transform A Smartphone Into A 3D Scanner (video) (geeky-gadgets.com)

Pencil: the coolest, natural iPad stylus

Posted on November 24, 2013December 25, 2013 by timbatchelder

Meet Pencil: The Best iPad Stylus Yet, From the Makers of ‘Paper’
Kyle VanHemert, wired.com

As Georg Petschnigg, one of FiftyThree’s founders, puts it, a stylus gives you the chance to “think with your hands.”

http://flip.it/3Xc8i

The Company Behind The iPad App Of The Year, Paper, Is Making A Stylus For The iPad (AAPL) (businessinsider.com)
Meet Pencil: The Best iPad Stylus Yet, From the Makers of ‘Paper’ (wired.com)
Introducing Pencil by FiftyThree: A Stylus That’s Been Designed Down to the Last Detail (core77.com)

ReconJet creates Google glass competitor with Apple connections

Posted on September 29, 2013December 24, 2013 by timbatchelder

Google Glass competitor ships 50K units, gets Intel investment, and hints at Apple connection
John Koetsier, venturebeat.com

Google Glass competitor Recon Jet, which bills itself as the Google Glass for athletes and professionals, has secured an investment from Intel Capital.

In perhaps bigger news, the company announced that is has already shipped 50,000…

http://flip.it/x80lA

Google Glass competitor ships 50K units, gets Intel investment, and hints at Apple connection (venturebeat.com)
Competitors of Google Glass.. (virtual3dtravelresearch.wordpress.com)
Video Shows How Hilariously Awful It Could Be To Wear ‘Microsoft Glass’ (businessinsider.com)

The future of biometrics is personalization and experience

Posted on September 20, 2013December 24, 2013 by timbatchelder

The future of biometric data tracking isn’t about devices, it’s about experiences
Ki Mae Heussner, gigaom.com

Everywhere you look these days, there seems to be yet another sensor-enabled device or mobile app that wants to monitor everything from your heart rate and posture to your brain waves and breathing patterns.

Dr. Leslie Saxon is the found…

http://flip.it/nAgHr

Apple Patents Integrated Heart Rate Monitor For Smartphones, Hover Touch Sensors (techcrunch.com)
10 Wearable Devices That Should be On Everyone’s Holiday Wish List (list/holiday) (gadgetreview.com)
Apple Patents Integrated Heart Rate Monitor For Smartphones, Hover Touch Sensors (theloveoftech.wordpress.com)
Apple Patents Integrated Heart Rate Monitor For Smartphones, Hover Touch Sensors (highonscienceandtechnology.wordpress.com)

Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech

Posted on August 27, 2013September 17, 2013 by timbatchelder

Check out this interesting article

Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech | Apple – CNET News.

Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech (cyberparse.co.uk)

Why healthcare needs Apple

Posted on July 26, 2013December 21, 2013 by timbatchelder

Why health care needs Apple
Christina Farr, venturebeat.com

Apple has a huge opportunity to innovate in digital health.

The Silicon Valley technology giant has yet to confirm any new health and fitness gadgets — including its hotly anticipated “iWatch.” If you were hoping yesterday’…

http://flip.it/mxJnO

Is Apple Moving Into Digital Health? (inc.com)
Samsung Smart Watch May Have a Long Way to Go (technologyreview.com)

Your digital footprint

Posted on May 22, 2013June 10, 2013 by timbatchelder

5 Places to Look for Your Digital Footprint
TechNewsDaily, mashable.com

Recently, many iPhone and iPad users were incensed to learn that Siri — the personal digital assistant for iOS devices — has an eerily long memory. Unbeknownst to Apple customers, Siri sends all your queries directly to Apple’s company’s servers,…

http://flip.it/hKkfD

5 Places To Look For Your Digital Footprint (presurfer.blogspot.com)
Apple’s ‘ iOS in the Car ‘ Lets Drivers Access Their iPhone Via The Dashboard … – Forbes (forbes.com)
Apple unveils ‘biggest change ever’ to mobile software (itv.com)
5 Places to Look for Your Digital Footprint (mashable.com)
Five More Ways To Master Siri On Your iPhone And iPad [Feature] (cultofmac.com)
Three new iOS 7 features you’re going to love (pocketnow.com)

The rise of artisanal publishing

Posted on May 18, 2013July 2, 2013 by timbatchelder

Call It “Artisanal,” And 5 Other Ways To Crush Self-Publishing
By: Sam Harrison, fastcompany.com

When former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki submitted what he believed was a perfect manuscript to a professional copyeditor, the editor found 1,500 errors. So he knows a thing or two (or 1,500) about how to self-publish the right way. Read on for h…

Call It “Artisanal,” And 5 Other Ways To Crush Self-Publishing http://flip.it/3Pa0G http://flip.it/leion

Call It “Artisanal,” And 5 Other Ways To Crush Self-Publishing (fastcompany.com)
iUniverse Publishing: How To Be Your Own Copyeditor (iuniversepublishing.wordpress.com)
Guy Kawasaki’s Best Tips for Publishing Your Own Book (entrepreneur.com)
Artisanal (cultofajracewood.wordpress.com)
Why Quality Editing is Crucial When You Self-Publish (Part Three – Copyediting) (projecteve.com)
Guy Kawasaki’s Best Tips for Publishing Your Own Book (newspodge.wordpress.com)

Steve Jobs, Pablo Picasso, Nate Silver: why the most creative people are generalists

Posted on May 18, 2013July 2, 2013 by timbatchelder

Steve Jobs, Nate Silver, And Pablo Picasso: Why The Most Creative People Are Generalists
By: Drake Baer, fastcompany.com

The compelling case for why a breadth of knowledge and a depth of expertise spur innovation.

In the summer of 1982 a 27-year-old Steve Jobs accepted an award at the Academy of Achievement. During his brief speech, he hit what would become…

http://flip.it/skiOK

Kanye Got Mice Autographed By Steve Jobs And Woz For Father’s Day (gizmodo.com.au)
Let’s go for a walk (empwaynek.wordpress.com)
A Video Compilation of ‘Steve Jobs’s Funniest Keynote Moments’ (macobserver.com)
Build A Company That Attracts The Next Steve Jobs (techcrunch.com)
A Thought-Provoking Quote From Steve Jobs (renardmoreau.wordpress.com)
Steve Jobs Biopic Puts the Ashton Kutcher in Steve Jobs (animalnewyork.com)

Postach.io converts your Evernotes to a content management system

Posted on May 18, 2013July 1, 2013 by timbatchelder

Postach.io Turns An Evernote Notebook Into A Blog
Sarah Perez, techcrunch.com

One of the more interesting projects to emerge from Evernote’s 2013 Devcup hackathon is called Postach.io, a new blogging platform that turns your Evernote notebook into a content management system. Input Logic, the Vancouver-based…

Postach.io Turns An Evernote Notebook Into A Blog http://flip.it/vOkRS http://flip.it/IV8va

Postach.io Turns An Evernote Notebook Into A Blog (techcrunch.com)
Evernote, IFTTT, Automatic Posts, and the Link Blog (trishussey.com)
Six digital publishing startups to watch (paidcontent.org)

iBeetle: Apple meets Volkswagen

Posted on April 29, 2013June 25, 2013 by timbatchelder

Volkswagen and Apple come together in the iBeetle
David Szondy, gizmag.com

With the burgeoning Chinese car market seeing a large percentage of cars being snapped up by younger people, it’s no surprise Volkswagen chose the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show as the location for the world première of its iBeetle – a marriage of…

Volkswagen and Apple come together in the iBeetle http://flip.it/JjdoZ http://flip.it/MeQa5

Volkswagen and Apple Presented The iBeetle (extravaganzi.com)
Volkswagen Beetle Pickup Rendering Is Deeply Troubling (autoevolution.com)
Volkswagen Beetle (globetrotterscribbles.wordpress.com)

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related articles

Rate this:

Share this:

Like this: