Ebay English Translator goes badly wrong (again).

April 29, 2007

I found this item on Ebay today. “

Voice changing Telephone unexpected help to you IE06

Urrr, the title says it all but who would have thought about some of the amazing uses like “MerryMaling” and “Detering the mobsters”? At only AU$20 this could be a life changer.

Feature:
The Functions of voice changing Telephon
1. deter the mobsters with bad intentions from entering the house by receiving the phone to change the voice of children, old people, who stay alone at home and with low capability to counteraction.
2. effectively prevent nuisance calls by changing your own voice while talkingwyth the opposites.
3. for some calls that you dont want to receive but maybe you should receive,firstly you can change your own voice in order to confirm the opposites identity and then return back to your own voice in case you will feel embarrassed.
4. if you are a brsinessmsn, you can change your voice to talk with the opposites about the quoted price to see if they treat you in the same manner, sl that you can avoid the unnecessary loss.
5. to confirm whether your lover have an affair or not ,you can change your voice (to a female or male voice) to talk with your lover in order to know more information about him\her.
6. if you dont want to make an applogy to someone or talk with somebody face to face you can use this telephone to help you out.
7. you can use this telephone to engage in merrymaling and joing with your relatives and friends.


Adobe may have some competition: Motion 3.

April 27, 2007

http://www.amnesia.com.au/blogimages/apple_motion.jpg

Looks pretty good for motion designers. 3D space in realtime.

You can read more here  and the official site here.


LINKIN PARK - MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

April 27, 2007

Minutes to Midnight… Amnesia is now mid project working with Linkin Park and Warner Music in Australia… Here’s the official blog (produced by us and LP).
It’s very mysterious… with code breaker cypher stuff… Ther could be something pretty cool about to happen.

PLEASE WATCH THIS BLOG :)

http://minutestomidnight.wordpress.com/lptv/


The Wall Street Journey

April 27, 2007

Very simple & nice online campaign…


The Next Gen Rocking The Next Gen

April 27, 2007

Good news! The next generation know how to rock.

I don’t care what anyone says, Guitar Hero II rocks. Particularly on the Xbox 360. The guitar is better, there’s more tracks and you can buy new ones online. I can think of no better way to embarass myself in JB Hifi at Macquarie Centre on a saturday while my young daughter begs me to leave the store without, as she puts it, “rocking”.

Ben agrees with me, I’m sure. He’s eight years old and rocks this game much harder than I can.

Check him out. The smile says it all. \m/


Xbox Live now on PC

April 26, 2007
If you like the news below, you can find some screen shots here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/majornelson/sets/72157600122467043/
clipped from www.majornelson.com
Games for Windows Live (or how I got my first Halo 2 Achievement)

I got my hands on a gold copy of Halo 2 for Windows Vistayesterday (itgoes on sale in a few weeks)and after installing it I did a few things that,while geeky, are worth mentioning. Some are downright cool:

  • After installing H2 for Vista, I was able to sign in to Xbox LIVE from the ‘Guide’ within the game, and see all of my LIVE friends, messages etc. (above and here)
  • I hooked up my Xbox 360 Wireless Controller and my Wireless headset to my PC via the Wireless Gaming Receiver.
  • I was able to send and receive text and voice messages from the guide to other LIVE members who were on their Xbox 360’s. You press the Guide button on your controller and the guide pops up over the game – just like on the Xbox 360.
  • Got my first Halo 2 Achievement (and added another 30 points to my GS)
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    A blog for bewildered new parents..

    April 24, 2007
    A very aptly named site: Parent hacks . I found this blog after reading a story about a guy that hangs a USB drive around his 3 yr olds neck in case he gets lost on lifehacker. As some of the comments point out… this seems like tech overkill - but it worked when he lost his son at Disneyland.
    clipped from www.parenthacks.com
    Parent Hacks
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    Amazing 3D Flash Game

    April 24, 2007

    Created for BMW showcasing a number of their cars, this stylish game is an amazing example of how 3D can now be used in flash.

    You can view the site here: www.bmw-pace.com/pace


    Eye Project by KDDI

    April 24, 2007

    Pretty cool visual integration of uploaded videos and images to form a mosaic video and image. Warning: may cause seizures.

    http://eye.kddi.com/


    Tangler Beta

    April 23, 2007

    Tangler is an (Australian made) Web 2.0 discussion site. It has some innovative features so worth a look. http://www.tangler.com. Sample group below.

    clipped from www.tangler.com

    Tangler

    Featured Group

    Group Image
    Gadget Freaks

     

    Created�07 Sep 06 by�Marty
    20 online of 1370�subscribers�|64�topics

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    Suicide Blades

    April 23, 2007
    Another doomed fad invention to go with last weeks portable boxing machine. This one found at Gizmondo - go there to watch the video.
    clipped from gizmodo.com

    When the day comes, if you don’t have the cojones for seppuku we recommend the Booster Blades for a respectable self-offing.

    Designed as a cross between a bicycle and inline skates, apparently you pedal more than you skate…and you look like a tool more than you do either.

    Hit the jump for a brief video that displays the concept in its full flash embedded action.

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    Autoportrait

    April 23, 2007

    Autoportrait is an installation that offers human portraits drawn by an industrial robot. The installation set-up consists of a drawing board, a stool for the model, and the industrial robot with a pen placed in the mechanical arm. Once a visitor is seated the robot begins to draw. Camera tracking enables the robot to recognize the characteristics of the human face, but in addition the robot forms a style of its own due to its technical abilities. After the drawing process, the robot wipes out the drawing and callously leaves no remembrance of the person who just a minute ago was present as both drawing and model.

    Autoportrait is created by Matthias Gommel, Martina Haitz, and Jan Zappe of Robotlab. The installation has been exhibited periodically from 2002-2007. The next exhibition being at the Múcsarnok Kunsthalle in Budapest, Hungary from March 24 to May 28, 2007. More pictures. (Extract taken from Digital Experience).

    Robot draws Robot draws


    Clipmarks: A brilliant way to blog…

    April 23, 2007
    You may have noticed the last few blog posts on the AmnesiaBlog have ‘clipmarks’ icons sprayed in them. Put simply, Clipmarks is one of the best way to blog content I have seen, allowing you to blog the parts of the page you are really interested in. You can grab Video, Text, Images simply by clicking on the parts of the page you want, then it’s one click to stick it inside your blog (or save on the Clickmarks site).

    Recommended install!

    clipped from www.youtube.com
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    Xbox Spring Update May 07

    April 23, 2007
    The Spring update on May 7 looks great! The new controller (below) is REAL (not a photoshop fake as some of us first thought).

    - Your contact list will now integrate Windows Live Messenger, and show joinable session status
    - Messenger contacts can see what game you’re playing, and your gamertag
    - Users will now get inline achievement updates (i.e. see what achievement you just unlocked and how much it’s worth).
    - You can text chat messenger six friends playing games watching movies
    - Multiple tweaks on the user interface
    - Marketplace will now have its own blade, which will be skinned independent of your theme


    Google announces web history tool.

    April 22, 2007
    OK, so now Google is offering to remember everything you ever did… if you like the thought of that. Third party review by Jeremy Reimer below.
    clipped from arstechnica.com


    Google’s latest project is called Web History, and it offers registered Google Account users a chance to peruse not just their account history with Google, but one’s surfing history. “Imagine being able to search over the full text of pages you’ve visited online and finding that one particular quote you remember reading somewhere months ago,” explains Google’s Payam Shodjai, product manager for Personalization. “Imagine always knowing exactly where you saw something online, like that priceless YouTube video of your friend attempting to perform dance moves from a bygone age. Better yet, imagine having this wealth of information work for you to make searching for new information easier and faster.”

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    Map of the blogosphere

    April 22, 2007
    Very interesting view of everyone blogging. Number 1 is DailyKos, 2 BoingBoing.
    clipped from discovermagazine.com

    The blogosphere is the most explosive social network you’ll never see. Recent studies suggest that nearly 60 million blogs exist online, and about 175,000 more crop up daily (that’s about 2 every second). Even though the vast majority of blogs are either abandoned or isolated, many bloggers like to link to other Web sites. These links allow analysts to track trends in blogs and identify the most popular topics of data exchange. Social media expert Matthew Hurst recently collected link data for six weeks and produced this plot of the most active and interconnected parts of the blogosphere.

    blogo_sm.jpg

    Map: Welcome to the Blogosphere

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    Skakira viral. Watch it.

    April 20, 2007

    LOL.


    Microsoft Comes Up With Their Own Barcodes

    April 20, 2007

    Via Kotaku

    First we had barcodes, then QR codes and now Microsoft have developed their own coloured barcode system. Called the High Capacity Color Barcode (HCCB), Microsoft claims it can hold up to 3,500 alphabetical characters within its grid of coloured triangles and that users will be able to interact with them using webcams and cameraphones.

    Check out the Kotaku story here and the BBC story here.


    Is investing in a stupid invention stupid??

    April 19, 2007

    You be the judge…but this man on You Tube WANTS YOUR MONEY to make YOU RICH
    Just think people everywhere could be wearing this portable punchbag round town next year (Speedbag) and you could make SQUILLIONS!!!

    DIY business at it’s finest and funniest.(Video Below)


    Million Dollar Axe Homepage

    April 19, 2007

    It had to be done, just a shame it wasn’t by us. Anyone speak/read spanish?
    Million axe homepage

    link