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Posts Tagged ‘ cool products ’

Recognizr: social facial recognition

A next logical step in the ensuing construction of the semantic web, Recognizer is a (currently) Android only app that , upon pointing your (android device of choice’s) camera at another persons face, informs you just exactly who they are. Now here’s the cool part – as soon as this happens, a series of augmented reality spinning icons appear in midair around the subject’s face -  each one a link to a social networking service that they’ve signed up for – and simply pressing one of them immediately takes you to their profile page (security settings notwithstanding). As of right now, it’s only working with people who’ve signed up with the Recognizr application, but it’s easy to imagine a future where adding contacts to all your social media sites is as simple as pointing and clicking.

Posted May 25, 2010 2:45 pm by Oliver 0 Comments

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Wake N’ Bacon

If like this blogger you’re sick of being woken up by an alarm clock that reminds you of a malfunctioning robot from a 70s era episode of Dr. Who, these enterprising young chaps could have the answer. Their Wake N’ Bacon eases you into the land of the conscious using only the power of sizzling pork. A frozen piece of bacon is placed in the device the night before use. Then, 10 minutes before you’re due to wake up, 2 halogen lamps kick in to slow cook the bacon right in time. Genius.

Posted September 7, 2007 1:49 pm by Alex Horner 0 Comments

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Forget Nike, Puma + did it way back

These Puma running shoes were affixed with pedometer computers that could be reset and would count up time and distance that could be then downloaded to the game port on

Posted August 3, 2007 8:21 am by David Brown 0 Comments

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