IOS – 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…

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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)

Live scribe 3 is best tool for field based research note capture

Posted on November 3, 2013December 25, 2013 by timbatchelder

Livescribe 3 sends handwritten notes straight to your iPhone or iPad
by Rick Broida, cnet.com

This pen is definitely mightier than the stylus, as it gives you real-world note-taking coupled with mobile device world syncing.

The Livescribe 3 is a wireless ink pen that automatically syncs your handwritten notes with your iPhone or…

http://flip.it/A0lDq

Livescribe 3 Smart Pen Review (gottabemobile.com)
Livescribe 3 merges pen and iPad (zdnet.com)
A Digital Pen Combines Writing and Recording (nytimes.com)

9 mobile app KPIs

Posted on September 8, 2013December 22, 2013 by timbatchelder

9 Mobile App KPIs to Know
Lauren Drell, mashable.com

Carl asks,What metrics are most important to my mobile app business?Great question, Carl — this is both an easy and difficult question to answer. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all set of key performance indicators (KPIs), but what follows is a prime…

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Take Your Business Analytics Mobile. Yes, There’s an App for That (tibco.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)

Kreyos smart watch

Posted on July 28, 2013December 21, 2013 by timbatchelder

Kreyos Meteor smartwatch – Cell phone and smart phone accessories
cnet.com

CNET Editors’ Take

July 25, 2013 11:51 AM PDT

What does it take to make a great smartwatch? The Kreyos Meteor is an effort to at least outdo the Pebble. Based on features, I’m inclined to agree it does…but is that enough?

I got a chanc…

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Kreyos Meteor Smartwatch (werd.com)
Kreyos Meteor smartwatch brings Star Trek tech to life (gizmag.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,…

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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)

Flickr now comes with 1 TB of data free

Posted on May 21, 2013June 11, 2013 by timbatchelder

Flickr gets revamp — with 1 TB of photo storage free — and Yahoo gets new NYC office
Laura Hazard Owen, gigaom.com

Yahoo’s already had a busy Monday, what with that little $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition, but the company had a few more announcements to make at a press conference Monday afternoon in New York. It’s revamping its photo-sharing serv…

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Flickr gets revamp – with 1 TB of photo storage free – and Yahoo gets new NYC office (gigaom.com)
Flickr Gets A Huge Revamp With Hi-Res Image-Filled UI, New Android App, And 1TB Of Free Storage (techcrunch.com)
Yahoo offers Flickr revamp with 1TB of ‘free storage’ (arunbabyveranakunnel.wordpress.com)

Context app for presentations

Posted on March 17, 2013June 18, 2013 by timbatchelder

From An Apple Alum, An App That Makes Design Presentations A Cinch
By Shonquis Moreno, fastcodesign.com

Called Context, the software allows designers to mock up backgrounds and settings, without resorting to photoshop or outside photography.

Context, a new app created by a designer for designers, is poised to make it vastly easier and fast…

From An Apple Alum, An App That Makes Design Presentations A Cinch http://flip.it/KWRZ7 http://flip.it/ms6qY

Apple’s Designers Weren’t In Charge Of iOS 7 Icons, Overall Design Still “A Work In Progress” (cultofmac.com)
How Google Surpassed Apple in Design — and How Apple’s Coming Back (fool.com)
How web designers and marketers made the ‘breakthrough’ in iOS 7 (diarraeg.wordpress.com)
Apple Spent A Lot Of Time Making Fun Of The iPhone Software Design Steve Jobs Loved (AAPL) (businessinsider.com)
A thousand nos for every yes – the essence of design (acidlabs.org)
Good reading on iOS 7 (robottuxedo.net)

The human body is the next interface

Posted on March 8, 2013June 17, 2013 by timbatchelder

Why The Human Body Will Be The Next Computer Interface
By Fjord, fastcodesign.com

Fjord charts the major innovations of the past, and predicts a future of totally intuitive “micro gestures and expressions” that will control our devices.

By now you’ve probably heard a lot about wearables, living services, the Internet of…

Why The Human Body Will Be The Next Computer Interface http://flip.it/vjGKv http://flip.it/p3PyX

Fmr. Frog Design Strategist: What We Need For Wearable Computing To Work (fastcolabs.com)

Record and observe 1 second of your life every day

Posted on February 22, 2013June 14, 2013 by timbatchelder

(via Cesar Kuriyama: One second every day | Video on TED.com)

One Second Every Day (swiss-miss.com)
Filming one second every day: Cesar Kuriyama at TED2012 (ted.com)
14 people who’ve time-lapsed their lives, filming one second a day (ted.com)
App helps you remember every day of life (wxyz.com)
Shanghai. One second video a day. 168 days. (nicksjourneys.wordpress.com)

How trapped are your digital movies and TV shows?

Posted on January 31, 2013February 12, 2013 by timbatchelder

How trapped are your digital movies and TV shows?
by Danny Sullivan, cnet.com

Buying films or TV episodes from a digital media outlet may be great if you watch though one particular device. But what happens if you change from iOS to Android? From a PC to a Mac? From a Roku to Apple TV? We chart it out.

Have you decided t…

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How trapped are your digital movies and TV shows? (timbatchelder.wordpress.com)
FBI Employees Download Pirated Movies and TV-Shows (theintelhub.com)
Tesco Launches a Free TV and Movie Streaming Service to Take on Netflix, LoveFilm and Now TV (gizmodo.co.uk)
Apple TV vs. Roku LT: Which streaming box should you buy? (reviews.cnet.com)
Apple TV vs. Roku: Which streaming box should you buy? (reviews.cnet.com)
TorGuard Launches VPN Router and HDTV Box Online Store (prweb.com)

Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter

Posted on January 22, 2013February 13, 2013 by timbatchelder

Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter
Will Shanklin, gizmag.com

If someone asked you what you can do with an iPhone, you could say playing games, listening to music, watching videos and even making phone calls. One thing that you probably wouldn’t mention is checking your blood oxygen saturation. But you can n…

Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter http://flip.it/eZnR6 http://flip.it/oxmbp

Masimo Releases iPhone/iPad Pulse Oximeter, Aims to Satisfy Quantified Selves (medgadget.com)
Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter (gizmag.com)
Stig “The Ultimate Super- human” demos the Masimo pulse oximeter (video) (pcworld.com)
Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone, iPad (ces.cnet.com)
Masimo iSpO2 hands-on: track your pulse and blood oxygen with your iPhone (engadget.com)
A Closer Look at The Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter for iPhones/iPads (VIDEO) (medgadget.com)
Masimo’s iPhone oximeter puts vital health information at the tip of your finger (hands-on) (theverge.com)
Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (intechnology.co.uk)
Stig ‘The Ultimate Super- human’ demos the Masimo pulse oximeter (pcadvisor.co.uk)
Masimo Launches iSpO2™ — Commercially Available Pulse Oximeter for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch (prnewswire.com)

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