With "markerless" augmented reality, just about anything can be turned into an interactive game. Researchers at Cambridge University have developed a cool augmented reality app called Popcode . An update to the app recently made it available for iPhone 4 and Android, and the app is being featured at the University of Cambridge Science festival being held this week and next.
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Shepherds of the web, from execs at Firefox to directors at Internet Explorer , have heralded HTML5 as the future of the Internet. Simply put, HTML5 is the latest revision to HTML, the core coding language of the web and the backbone of the Internet.
Read More »Paramount Movie World Premiere on BitTorrent: PR Stunt or the Future?
The world premiere of Paramount Pictures The Tunnel will happen in a few months, but not in a theater--it's going to be released on BitTorrent, for peer-to-peer distribution. Yup, that's the same tech video pirates utilize. The movie is set in a network of abandoned rail tunnels that really exist underneath Sydney, Australia, and from the teaser trailer the film proceeds as a real-life feeling horror/thriller with a nod to the Blair Witch Project
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Skinny country star says she's not among estimated 10 million Americans to have anorexia or bulimia
Read More »Wait, Who Am I Meeting Now? Noteleaf Won’t Let You Forget
About to get coffee with someone, but can't remember who this "Jake" guy on your calendar is? A new web-based service mines your calendar, email, and LinkedIn contacts to build a quick cheatsheet before your meeting.
Read More »Weir to miss Bay Hill as wrist heals
Former Masters champion Mike Weir has had a cyst on his left wrist drained and will miss the Arnold Palmer Invitational next week at Bay Hill.
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London chef Ian Pengelley uses collagen to infuse his "Make Yourself Beautiful" menu with what he says are skin benefits.
Read More »3 March Madness Innovations We Love
In 2010, CBSSports.com saw 8.3 million visitors check out their online streaming March Madness coverage, proving that technology plays a huge part in user behavior during three of the most popular weeks in sports. This also netted CBS $613.8 million in ad sales revenue
Read More »Video: PackBot aids soldiers in war zone
Tech expert Katie Linendoll showed off hi-tech sports and health gadgets.
Read More »Twitter Joins Facebook in Beefing Up Security, Foiling Hackers
Twitter allows users to lock in use of HTTPS--meaning not just any amateur sitting next to you in a cafe can hack your account. Twitter recently became the latest major site to bow to pressure to make itself more secure. It added the option for users to permanently run the site via HTTPS, a more secure protocol that foils simple hacking strategies that have gained major press of late.
Read More »A New Incubator on the Block
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most imporhttp://sitemanager.inc.com/index.php?section=editarticle&incid=37122tant and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today
Read More »Future Computer Chips Will Make More Mistakes (And That’s a Good Thing)
Scientists have made a curious breakthrough in computer chip technology. They've discovered that if you "prune" a chip's design--chopping off little-used functions and actually allowing it to make errors--it can result in far more power efficient and smaller designs.
Read More »IBM Hopes Robots Will Keep Your Luggage From Getting Lost
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is growing. In the coming years, the airport--the 15th largest in the world--expects to have 70 million bags passing through it any given time (a 40% increase from today)
Read More »Robot Butlers Are Finally a Reality
PAL Robotics has been working on its REEM-x lineup of wheeled humanoid robots for some time. Now it's just revealed its newest edition, simply called REEM, which is its first commercial offering.
Read More »March soreness: Now’s the time for a vasectomy?
Iowa clinic's ad campaign urges sports fans to get the snip - then spend weekend recovering while watching NCAA tourney
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