Posted by jason@kottke.org on under envirment, accelerometer, iphone, iphe, sgs, kottke, sg, real time, hell | 
Here's how to use the RJDJ iPhone app. You install the app, plug your headphones in, launch it, and press "Now Playing". A song plays, the app starts to sample the sounds in your environment, and those sounds are remixed in real time and played back to you. It might be the coolest thing ever. Check out this video and this other video for a quick look at how RJDJ works. The first video shows some songs that use the iPhone's accelerometer to modify and scratch the beat. (via waxy)
PS. It might only be the coolest app in theory...it's also flaky as hell. It was working fine for me and then crapped out...there's no music now, only sound sampling and it's really quiet. Maybe you need to use the Apple headphones with the mic?
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Tagi: envirment, accelerometer, iphone, iphe, sgs, kottke, sg, real time, hell
Posted by on under test tube, youtube, new features, ace, real time, audience, developers |
Today, Comments Search moves into Test Tube, the place where our engineers and developers test out new features and gather data and feedback before pushing them out to a wider audience. This feature allows you to search the comments people are making on YouTube in real time. The full comment will appear on a continuously updated results page, ..
Tagi: test tube, youtube, new features, ace, real time, audience, developers
Posted by on under wide image, retinas, retina, frt, centimeter, goggles, prototype, subtitles, nec, real time, brother |
Engadget is one of many reporting that Brother and NEC both seem to have retina display technology in the works for release next year. Brother, at least, seems to have a fully functional prototype, while so far NEC is mostly talk. "Naturally, there are a few considerable limitations compared to more traditional displays, but the company's as yet unnamed goggles do promise to beam an 800 x 600 image directly into your retina that'll appear as a 10-centimeter wide image floating about one meter in front of them -- which is certainly no small feat, even if it may not be the most practical one. Slightly less specific, but also working on a retina display of its own is NEC, which apparently hopes to incorporate a microphone into their display and use it as a real-time translation device that would quite literally display subtitles as you talk to someone."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Tagi: wide image, retinas, retina, frt, centimeter, goggles, prototype, subtitles, nec, real time, brother
Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under iq points, energy grid, smart energy, energy savings, ugs, real time |
What do Smart Homes running off a Smart Energy Grid need to be complete? Why, Smart Plugs, of course! The energy conservationists at Zerofootprint are adding IQ points to each outlet in the home with their new carbon emission-reducing socket supplements, called "TalkingPlugs®." Designed to fit right on top of an existing outlet, each TalkingPlug® comes equipped with technology that enables control of a plugged-in appliance across a network as well as real-time measuring of energy ...
Tagi: iq points, energy grid, smart energy, energy savings, ugs, real time
Posted by Jason Kottke on under character tags, twitter, john hughes, narrative, cy, real time, fly |
Follow the McCallister clan on Twitter as they fly to Paris and discover that they left their son Kevin at home, alone.
An attempt to tell the narrative of John Hughes' classic Chistmas movie through the medium of Twitter as if its happening in real time.
This is pretty crazy/elaborate...they're updating 22 separate Twitter accounts, one for each main character.
Tags: Home Alone movies Twitter
Tagi: character tags, twitter, john hughes, narrative, cy, real time, fly
