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Have you heard of the Jevons effect? From The New York Times: FINDINGS: When Energy Efficiency Sullies the Environment Some economists say it’s possible that improved energy efficiency can paradoxically lead to more greenhouse emissions. http://nyti.ms/gwCDJ4 Get The New York Times on…
Throughout AR Week on Pocket-lint, we've spoken of and heard about some staggering ideas for augmented reality and just how it could affect out lives now and in the future. As ever though, seeing is believing and if you don't have time…
From the NYTIMES: The Fading Sounds of Analog Technology By DAVID POGUE As digital technology takes over, we’re losing the sounds of analog technologies. And sometimes that’s a real loss. A dial tone can serve a useful purpose, at least on TV.…
David Pogues’s take on Comcast’s latest foray in television programming. Yes, you will be able to watch it on an Ipad http://ideagora.us
From The New York Times: China Tightens Controls on Foreign Press Apparently fearing that unrest could spread to China, the authorities have clamped down on activities by foreigners deemed threatening. “Separately, Beijing officials announced Wednesday that they intended to monitor the movements…
Last month, children's media giant PBS Kids, part of the Public Broadcasting Service, began testing games that use "augmented reality," or computer-generated content that is combined with images from the real world. Using augmented realit...
We've spoken to the top minds in augmented reality throughout AR Week on Pocket-lint and, when we asked them what was holding this exciting technology back from the big time, we noticed a certain pattern to their answers. So, if you've always…
Augmented reality is getting adopted by a growing number of companies which either integrate AR features into their iPhone and Android apps or make layers/channels for the two popular AR browsers – Layar and junaio. That said, we weren't surprise...
If you haven't already had your mind blown as to the future that augmented reality can bring us, then you've got a little catch up reading to do but, don't worry, there's a wealth of articles from us yet to come. For…
by Garnett Lee, Mar 02, 2011 5:00pm PST Sony showed off an impressive augmented reality demo running on its Next Generation Portable (NGP) at GDC 2011. David Coombs, platform research manager for the NGP, introduced the augmented reality demo by ...See...
Augmented reality refers to the results of capturing digital information and overlaying it with physical reality. Smart phone users can use their device as a lens to see the mixture of digital and physical. If you're having trouble watching this vi...
It's AR Week on Pocket-lint which means that we'll be running you through all the latest apps, features and news from the world of augmented reality. Each day we've been giving the AR lowdown in our 6pm Apps of the Day section…
What we're going to take a look at is how augmented reality actually works and, from that, you should get a pretty good idea of why we are where we are with AR applications and what it's going to take to get…
Augmented reality is bringing new layers of information and engagement to av communications? As more and more applications spring up, Adrian Pennington asks is this disruptive technology about to go mainstream? Among the many quotable scenes in David ....
Brands driving augmented reality apps growth http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/20632-brands-driving-augmented/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAvf6z6wRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=d_6lXnfFm5A&usg=AFQjCNFEmmoqgBdU6nZcg6Bu2oU9iXg0cw Siliconrepublic.com *…* Royal Mail, Coca-Cola – are using B2C applications, such as *junaio*, to facilitate AR content,” said the report’s author, Dr Windsor Holden. *…* Augmented reality apps set to achieve 1.4bn downloads by 2015…
Car brand Ford has launched an augmented reality campaign across the nation's shopping centres, featuring its Grand C-MAX car on JCDecaux's six sheet screens. The campaign, by Ogilvy & Mather and digital production company Grand Visual allo...
From The New York Times: “Today, with father and son preparing for a siege of Tripoli, the success of a joint American-British effort to eliminate Libya’s capability to make nuclear and chemical weapons has never, in retrospect, looked more important.” In U.S.-Libya…
Augmented reality is all very well on paper but, if you really want to know what it's about, the best thing to do is see it with your own eyes. Fortunately, some web apps, the odd bit of software, Adobe Flash, your…
A part, and an important one, of the “wise crowds” mystery seems to have been solved. All “smart mobs” need to meet two pre-requisites, which seem to be at odds with each other. While members need to be ignorant of the overall…
I thought you would find this interesting: Did Google’s New Search Algorithm Hurt the Huffington Post’s Google Juice? – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Did-Googles-New-Search-Algorithm-Hurt-the-Huffington-Posts-Google-Juice-7143 Shared from AtlanticWire, an iPhone app made with www.AppMakr.com
Security to Ward Off Crime on Phones By RIVA RICHMOND With smartphones outselling PCs for the first time, the long-predicted crime wave on hand-held devices appears to have arrived. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/technology/personaltech/24basics.html?nl=technology&emc=techupdateema2
Education's first classroom curriculum based on “augmented reality” technology attracted huge crowds at just-completed educational technology conferences in Florida and Texas. Pioneered by Logical Choice Technologies, Letters alive (TM)—a new...
The Company's products, personal display devices that offer users a portable high quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, thermal sighting systems, tactical wearable displays and virtual and augmented reality. ...See all stories...
Further proof that we are on the brink of an evolutionary leap in how we, as intelligent beings, experience our surroundings is provided by an iPhone application from Ogmento, a company dedicated to developing augmented reality games. ...See all storie...
The 3DS is going to launch with five augmented reality games preloaded, but we only knew what one was, with the remaining four taunting us. The rest were going to be surprise until a leaker ruined it all. I don't even want…
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By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor Some believe mobile augmented reality, which overlays useful information on real-world views seen through a mobile phone's camera viewfinder, has the potential to transform mobile marketing, online search, tourism, ...
TripAdvisor Adds Virtual Tours Using Augmented Reality to iPad App. by on February 17, 2011. http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnc/20080902/TRIPADVISORLOGO BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile World Congress — TripAdvisor®, ...Web Buy...
PopSci.com readers can experience the augmented reality cover at www.popsci.com/grabit. To enable the March cover, Popular Science utilized software ...See all stories on this topic »VizWorld.com
So-called "augmented reality" is the overlaying of digital information onto the real world, and everyone from games designers to retailers to health-care ...See all stories on this topic »
Produced by Dutch company Layar, Layar Reality Browser is one of hundreds of applications that use a technology known as augmented reality to provide ...See all stories on this topic »
“I wrote about augmented reality in Consumed back in November 2009, but most of the examples that I could find at the time didn't really interest me that ...See all stories on this topic »Wired (blog)
London has played host to many time travelling smartphone apps, from the Museum of London's Street Museum to Time Travel Explorer's retronaut cartography ...See all stories on this topic »PSFK
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Vuzix Corporation are working together to bring “first person” Augmented Reality and ALVAR to the next ...See all stories on this topic »
Its new augmented reality app allows you to point a trusty smartphone camera at your printer and hey presto a tutorial starts running, which shows you ...See all stories on this topic »Internet Ink (press release)
Augmented reality (AR): OMAP technologies strengthen AR applications such as AR browsers, mobile merchandising and mobile social networking, ...See all stories on this topic »
“We're talking about adding social and augmented reality components. Something almost like an extension of the Mardi Gras experience.” There are a handful of apps connected with Carnival, but Zehnder and WWL's app actually provides ...New O...
I saw this story on the BBC News iPad App and thought you should see it. ** Lasting legacy of 500-year-old love ** Love it or hate it, even the most hardened anti-Romeo will be hard pressed to avoid Valentine’s Day this…
From The New York Times: OP-ED COLUMNIST Friedman: They Did It Egypt takes a big first step in the long walk toward democracy. And the fact that is home made counts for a lot.. “Some people worry, though, that the Egyptian Army…
Augmented reality company Layar said today that it has launched a new augmented reality player that can be embedded for free in iPhone applications. ...See all stories on this topic »
AUGMENTED REALITY: As smartphones get more computing power, the race is on to monkey around with their camera images, either to make them more fun or add ...See all stories on this topic »
New York Times ponders on the merging of journalism and search engine optimization Search Engine Optimization to Lure Readers – NYTimes.com The Huffington Post has hired veteran journalists to beef up its news coverage. But a significant chunk of its readers come…
New York Times ponders on the merging of journalism and search engine optimization Search Engine Optimization to Lure Readers – NYTimes.com The Huffington Post has hired veteran journalists to beef up its news coverage. But a significant chunk of its readers come…
New York Times ponders on the merging of journalism and search engine optimization Search Engine Optimization to Lure Readers – NYTimes.com The Huffington Post has hired veteran journalists to beef up its news coverage. But a significant chunk of its readers come…
USA TODAY's Super Bowl coverage will include two Augmented Reality experiences in which newspaper readers can use their smartphone to experience enhanced 3D ...See all stories on this topic »USA Today
9, 2011 8:15 pm Augmented reality is still a foreign concept for most journalists, but The Boston Globe showed last weekend that “AR” can be done quickly ...See all stories on this topic »Poynter.org
Bubbli would seem to be attempting something different--the "next generation" of augmented reality (it teases) that constructs a representation of the real ...See all stories on this topic »Fast Company
The console's most striking aspect is the augmented reality (AR) feature. A drink coaster-sized plastic card with a symbol on it, called an AR card, ...See all stories on this topic »
Is Egypt ready to start the democratic process? WORLD | February 14, 2011 Egypt’s Military Dissolves Parliament; Calls for Vote By KAREEM FAHIM and J. DAVID GOODMAN The Egyptian military, for the first time publicly laying out the terms of its rule,…
New York Times: The Return of Pushing Democracy With the revolution in Egypt, democracy promotion is back in fashion. Was Bush right? Next step: American politicians competing over who pushes harder. http://nyti.ms/h2M5eZ
Businessweek.com identified the 50 most expensive small towns (populations less than 10,000) nationwide where median home values are the highest. We evaluated data on 4,624 cities and census-designated places from November 2010, the most recent available. Some expensive communities, such as Bel…
Chevrolet Volt Image via Wikipedia Despite the enthusiasm the surrounds the newly arrived electric vehicles (EV), such as the Volt or Leaf, on the US market and president Obama’s call for putting 1 million electric cars on the roads in the US…
Since none of the sites discussing this piece of news provided a map, here is one… (Marker indicates location of proposed store location) MSNBC: RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly 150 years after Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant fought in northern Virginia,…