Jun 27, 2010

The MIT has developed an attachment of mobile phones that allows them to perform eye tests. Costing just a couple of dollars to manufacture, this small device clips onto the phone, and then the patient interacts with the phone to get red and green lines to intersect. After just a couple of minutes, the device and software is able to diagnose vision problems, and...

Jun 27, 2010

As does the whole Internet, in fact. ICANN, the people who determine who gets what internet domain name, have finally given their approval to the xxx top level domain.This will mean that many sites containing adult content will be isolated (in a good way) and more easily identified. And for Senator Conroy, more easily filtered. Not that the filter is going to...

Jun 27, 2010

Meanwhile, here in Australia, if you ask your mobile phone provider about them, you’re lucky if you get a “huh?” as your response. We’ve spoken in the past about femtocell technology: devices that act as a small mobile phone cell, perhaps right in your own living room. These devices connect as a part of your local intranet connection, but...

Jun 27, 2010

There are some reports that, in transferring your images from your iDevice to your computer, the down-sampling routines are a little too enthusiastic, causing your images to lose some clarity. This is happening after upgrading your OS to iOS4. I’ve not seen this myself, but then again, I try to take photos with a camera, rather than a phone, whose lens may...

Jun 27, 2010

It’s a sad time in the world of photography, as the final nails in the coffin that once was the Polaroid Corporation are driven home. NPR in the US are reporting that there will be an auction of the Polaroid Collection, an archive of more than a thousand images by many of the world’s greatest photographers, including people like the great Ansel...