The Finepix Real 3D W3 is Fujifilm’s second stab at a consumer-friendly point and shoot camera that takes 3D photos. While the first version met with less-than-favorable reviews last year, the W3 has slimmed down a bit and gotten a little easier to use so it should fare better this time around.
It’s still a niche product for a niche …
Oregon seems to be in the news quite a bit lately. You have careless or inept hunters shooting down Google’s aerial fiber links forcing repairmen to cross country ski for three days to repair the damage done in the Dalles. And now there’s video of a TriMet bus driver reading his Kindle while driving on I-5!
40-year-old Lahcen …
This whole Facebook thing might… just… catch… on. Until it does, here are a few simple tips and tricks you can use while you wait for the rest of your friends to join. I’ll show you how to make sure nobody but your actual friends can see what you’re up to, how to block your boss from seeing all your work-related complaints, how to …
J.W. Rinzler’s upcoming The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back book that’s due out on October 12 now has a book trailer chock full of tidbits and goodies about the most beloved film in Lucas’ epic space saga.
Pre-order now, you must.
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Researchers Daniel Mellinger and Vijay Kumar from University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab have been working on an autonomous quadrotor that, well, scares the bejesus out of us. Just watch the videos. No doubt the government has been watching what these fellas are up to.
The video above was released earlier this year and the one below …
We somehow missed this a couple of weeks back but it’s definitely still worth sharing. Props to Norton for getting the right elements involved – Dolph Lundgren and a unicorn. Protect your unicorn!
LEGO Star Wars is back this fall with a brand new 5-minute mini-movie and we have an exclusive teaser trailer to share with you all.
One of the first features touted for point-and-shoot digital cameras is the megapixel count. For most people, though, megapixels don’t matter much. Here’s why, along with some other features to consider instead.
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Google, you’re so clever.
Fire up a new doc in Google Docs and enter the Konami code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, enter) for an epic easter egg.
TED Talks latest installment comes from Rachel Sussman. In a presentation given in July at Oxford, Sussman shares photos of the world’s oldest living organisms; including armillaria death rings in Oregon, which are over 2,400 years old.
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Apple just announced three new iPod models—shuffle, nano, and touch—as well as a totally redesigned and less expensive version of Apple TV. Here’s a look at the products along with some buying advice for each one.
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