iCustom from Russia have done various modifications to the iPhone and iPods in the past. From what we can gather through its website, these include artwork, case colouring and ‘crystalising’ – Swarovski style. But none as radical as this, though the amount of information I was able to find with the help of Google translation was limited, you can clearly see from the picture that once you have this clear case replacement, there is no turning back.
Sevenmac Magazin got themselves (or do they actually have it?) some screenshots of Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X update, the much anticipated Snow Leopard. What’s interesting is that it looks like apps with 32-bit modules will need to run in 32-bit mode even if they are 64-bit.
Do you ever find yourself lost in technology and by that I don’t mean not knowing how to use the computer or a particular gadget. I mean, do you ever find yourself not as updated with technology as you would like? Lost in how quickly technology is advancing on a daily basis? It’s incredible how everything is moving before our eyes, this video showcases some cool technology that we already have at present, some you may not even know about, but the more important thing is what about the future? Will they be dominating us and our everyday lives? This is a question that’s been asked by so many, actually technology is already taking a major role in all of us, we just don’t realise it!
Your smart car will shift shapes, you will fax three dimensional objects and intelligent machines will run your life if you let them. Technology is pushing from every direction. Getting faster with each passing second. Prepare yourself, the future is closer then you think — Next World – Future Intelligence
While we were lazying our way through the Christmas break, it seems the U.S. Patent Office were doing quite the opposite. They revealed this interesting new patent application from Apple called Swipe Gestures for Touch Screen Keyboards. Apple suggests the use of swipe gestures to be used on top of the iPhone’s on screen keyboard in order to provide the user with quick access to common keys.
Here’s a quoted example of how this new patent will be used practically…
For example, erasing and basic punctuation insertion, directional swipes (also referred to herein as “swipe gestures”) over the alphabetic keys can be used as an alternative to striking certain keys. Because the Space and Backspace keys are quite frequently used, they are logical candidates for the rightward and leftward swipes, respectively. Leftward and rightward swipes intuitively match the cursor travel caused by these symbols. Following this cursor movement analogy, the Enter/Return may be invoked by a downward swipe, and a Shift/Caps may be invoked by an upward swipe. Alternatively, as the Enter and Shift functions may be less frequently invoked, these may be substituted for other functions as well. One alternative mapping for the upward swipe, for example, could be to activate an alternative numeric and punctuation keypad or a particular punctuation symbol like an apostrophe or period.
While no actual realistic product has actually come up, you will probably be able to imagine that it’s much like Apple’s latest multi touch enabled MacBooks but I would say it sounds more suited for the advanced users and also those who will appreciate quick access shortcuts. Let’s face it, you’re not going to find an old granny that will remember precisely which combination of strokes to go for to launch certain application.
Here’s a gallery to start off the Monday morning. Japanese tuning experts, Ings have designed a fantastic body kit for the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10. It includes a considerable amount of modification least to say new canards, brake ducts, and intercooler shrouds, the bumpers come in either fiberglass or hybrid aero or a combination of urethane and fiberglass. They certainly have done a great job in bringing out a further wow factor for the Lancer!
[via Ings]
Are you one of those people who have got a few lava lamps lying around at home pointlessly just because they look abit strange and fun to stare at? The New York City based company Gotham Wave Games has recently launched an application for the iPhone that turns the device into the groovy 1960s tabletop icon lava lamp. iLava will let you interact with the virtual blobs of hot wax by allowing you to push the lava around using iPhone’s touchscreen, you can also push the blobs together and merge them or pull them apart – but like the real lava lamps, that’s about all it does! So if you’ve got an extra $0.99 to spare, then there you go!
This is a converted vintage PlayStation created by Max Maruszewski. It’s fully functional and complete with controller ports. Though Lego is our favourit-est thing in the world, the things that it enables us to create sometimes seems abit too delicate. You can click on the below gallery to have a complete view at the different angles. Overall, I would say it was put together extremely well, an excellent way to show your friends that you don’t have to have the latest console to be cool!
