Thursday, June 25, 2009

Cycle filming may get me famous

It's funny to see in an article on the Guardian website how someone can make use of a ATC3K action cam to make his trip to work fun on a day the London Tube was on strike.



The article also mentioned that there was a "bike film festival" held in New York earlier this month. Perhaps I should get my ATC camera and my bike out doing some filming this weekend. Maybe I'll be going to Hollywood next month!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Don't make me think - User Interface Design & Smart Living

Advancements in computer technology has led to electronic products today being capable of doing a lot of things in a smart way. Compare your home TV system with the one used a decade ago. How much more complex are the user interfaces (of both the device & remote control)? Do you have several remote controls lying around in the living room? This demonstrates that the more a product can do, the more interaction between the user and the product will be needed, thus making it easy for user interfaces to become over-complicated. Ubiquitous computing is seen to be one of the most important trends of the digital world in the upcoming years - embedding computers into spaces & objects in our everyday lives and making them invisible to users. The spaces can be our living or working environment with intelligent systems that automatically adjust the ambience (e.g. light, temperature, sound) according to the users’ activities in the room. The objects can be anything from furniture to household appliances or even garments that interact intelligently with the users. All these intelligent designs summed up together create a new way of lifestyle that can literally be known as smart living.

Examples:
1. “Kitchen of the Future”: Smart kitchen that gives reminders / warnings to elderly:
http://web.media.mit.edu/~jackylee/kitchen.htm

2. “Performance Gloves / Sports Utility Crossover”: Swany gloves with built in Bluetooth system that enables easy pick up of mobile calls when you are skiing:
http://www.swanyamerica.com/prod.php?p=SWAGX-1

Thursday, June 11, 2009

ATC3K and ACT5K in Action


An excellent video showing some extreme action! Shot with the Oregon Scientific ATC3K and ATC5K.

Monday, June 8, 2009

New Photo-Touch Phone

Isn't it cool to have a digital photo frame with touch-control panel and cordless telephone combineed, allowing you to make a phone call while enjoying photos at the same time? What's more, you can see who is calling before picking up the phone. If you are on the phone, the next caller's photo will pop up as thumbnail on the screen as call waiting. This great product will be launched in Hong Kong later this month. Stay tuned if you are in other countries.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Oregon Scientific at the FA Cup Final.

Football fans, you may have seen one of Oregon Scientifics Weather Stations featured on the TV coverage of the FA Cup Final.


The pitch side temperate reached a sweltering 41 Degrees !!