A 73-year-old man shot and killed five people, including the lawyer who represented his ex-wife in their divorce, in a rampage that rattled the Arizona border city of Yuma.
Researchers hack Kinect for glasses-free 3D teleconferencing (video)
Since the dawn of Kinect hacking, we’ve seen cameras strung together (or rotated) to create 3D, video game-like environments, while others have tweaked it for headtracking. Others, still, have used it for teleconferencing (albeit, the flat, two-dimensional variety). Now, a team of researchers have gone and thrown it all together to achieve 3D video chats, and if we do say so, the result is greater than a sum of its parts. The group, based out of UNC-Chapel Hill, uses 3D mapping (and at least four Kinects) to render the video, and then employs headtracking on the receiving end so that people tuning in will actually see the live video in 3D, even without wearing 3D glasses. The result: a tableau that follows you as you move your head and spin around restlessly in your desk chair waiting for the meeting to end. That’s mighty impressive, but we can’t help but wonder: do you really want to see your colleagues in such lifelike detail? Have a gander at the video and decide for yourself.
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Day 1 sees 4,000 Winnipeg season tickets sold
The owners of Winnipeg’s new NHL team say they have sold more than 4,000 season tickets in just over a day. The as-yet unnamed team wants to sell 13,000 season tickets before the June 21 NHL board of governors meeting where the Atlanta Thrashers move to Winnipeg will be approved.
Android powered i’mWatch knows what time it is
Whoa! This is something so cool, you knew it had to come eventually — an Android powered watch that connects to your smartphone (Android, iPhone 4, future BlackBerry devices) via bluetooth. We've seen similar products, but they were more mundane things, and simply a data pipe back to your phone. The i'mWatch runs its own custom version of Android, and comes bundled with a set of apps that you can run right on the 1.54" TFT display. Not only can you make and receive calls and texts, but you have access to Email, weather info, stock prices and market data, Foursquare, Facebook, Twitter — the list goes on.
All this is running on a Freescale ARM9 IMX233 CPU, with 64 MB of RAM and 4 GB of storage. In other words, it should do everything listed really, really well. Combine that with a 600mAh battery for 2 hours talk time or 48 hours standby time, and you have one of the coolest accessories you're likely to run across. It's not cheap — it checks in at €249 (about $360 US), and that price is only good until June 30, but the good things in life never are. Check out the source link for more details and ordering info.
Source: i’mWatch. Thanks, Baconater!
The Last Space Shuttle Roll Out [Space]
This morning we showed you a breathtaking photo of the Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the ISS for the very last time. Now here’s a beautiful picture of the Space Shuttle Atlantis being rolled out for her last launch. More »
OMFG, Puppy Bouquets! [Cute]
Sorry, Edible Arrangements — you are no longer the desired gift-by-delivery of choice. It's not your fault, though. Nobody can compete with flowers that look like puppies. More »
Apple’s iCloud bags last major record label, will cost $25 / year to sign up?
We’d heard that Universal was the only holdout, and now CNET says the deal is done — Apple has reportedly signed all four major record labels for its upcoming iCloud service. We’ll be bringing you all the confirmed details on June 6th, but while you wait, here’s some food for thought: the Los Angeles Times says that Apple will eventually charge somewhere around $25 a year for a subscription to the cloud. That will help supplement the 58 percent piece of the pie it’s planning to take from the music industry for songs distributed though the network, and possibly some ad revenue as well. 30 percent will reportedly go to the labels, and another 12 percent to publishers, who will apparently be signing their own agreements with Apple tomorrow.
Update: There’s actually an interesting discrepancy between the two sources here: the LA Times reports that Apple’s taking that nice, juicy 58 percent, but CNET says that the labels will take 58 percent while Apple claims its traditional 30 percent instead. We’re investigating.
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Hackers Spill over 1,000,000 Sony Online Accounts [Hackers]
Sony getting its ass handed to it by hackers is becoming about as newsworthy as a netbook release, but this one is particularly brutal: Lulz Security just released a file containing over a million user logins. Home addresses included. More »
Canada Post makes last-minute offer to union
Canada Post said on Thursday it is offering a number of last-minute compromises to avert a postal worker strike set for midnight.
Hackers stole secret Canadian government data
Hackers who attacked two of Canada’s federal departments stole classified information before being discovered last January, CBC News has learned.
The World of 100
There is no doubting the skill of designer Toby Ng. His designs have won him numerous accolades including the Red Dots Awards, International Design Awards, and the Hong Kong International Poster Triennial Awards among others. One of his projects, called World of 100 answers the question: If the world were a village of 100 people, what would its composition be? The answer consists of twenty brilliantly designed posters based on statistics about the population around the world under different classifications. The stats are more powerful because of Ng’s illustrations. He uses vibrant, bold colors combined with crisp, clean lines.
“Look,” says Ng, “this is the world we are living in.”
Apple iCloud logo revealed… it’s a cloud
Apple itself has already confirmed the name, and now Apple Insider has snapped some early pictures at the Moscone Center that reveal the iCloud logo / icon. Shockingly, it’s a cloud.
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Seeding in Sask. 70% done
Seventy per cent of the this year’s crop is now in the ground, Saskatchewan Agriculture says.
FAQ: 8 things to know about the postal strike
Canada Post workers are set to walk off the job at 11:59 p.m. ET. The rolling strike will begin in Winnipeg, lasting 24 hours there, before moving on to another site. Here are 8 things you need to know about the job action.
Leslie Nielsen — One Final Fart Joke
Filed under: Leslie Nielsen, R.I.P.
Here lies the late, great Leslie Nielsen in Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale, FL … where the “Airplane” star was immortalized on his gravestone with the exact fart-inspired epitaph he requested years before his death.
RIP.
Thanks to our friends at Sun-Sentinel.com for the pic.
Winnipeg’s NHL name to follow ticket drive
The name of Winnipeg’s new NHL team won’t be unveiled until the season ticket drive is done, CBC News has learned.
Toshiba Thrive tablet with Android 3.1 ships in July, starts at $429
That Toshiba Thrive tablet that surfaced on J&R's site last month? Turns out, someone got a little excited — the company just confirmed the listing went up prematurely and that the price was wrong. But, we just got word that the Thrive will indeed debut as Toshiba’s first tablet for the US market, with pre-orders beginning June 13th at Best Buy, along with the usual “office superstores” and “e-commerce players,” and a mid-July ship date (we’re hearing the 10th). The 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) tablet runs Android 3.1, and comes in three sizes: 8GB ($429), 16GB ($479), and 32GB ($579). Not bad, when you consider the 16GB model undercuts the Galaxy Tab 10.1 by $20.
If you’ve been following along, you already know it’s powered by Tegra 2 and has WiFi, Bluetooth, full-sized USB and HDMI ports, an SD slot, a 2 MP front-facing camera, and a 5MP rear one. But the company also just unleashed a slew of other details. Head on past the break for a run-down, won’t you?
Gallery: Toshiba Thrive
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The Revolutionary 100% Effective Birth Control For Men
The RISUG injection lasts for ten years, is completely reversible and has no side effects.
Unofficial Chrome Extension Shows You How Many Google +1’s a Site Has [Downloads]
Chrome: If you’ve been looking for ways to put Google’s new +1 service to use, or just trying to get more into it, then this Chrome extension could be your ticket. The very unofficial “+1 Plus One” extension adds a button to your browser’s toolbar that, when clicked, will show you the number of +1’s that a site’s received. It also allows you to add your own +1 on the fly, which is actually the more useful feature, since the only way to do it at the moment is through search results or buttons added to sites by their owners. More »
Photosynth Creates Effortless Panoramic Photos
Creating and stitching together panoramic photos can be really tricky business. Photosynth makes the process so simple you don’t even need a tripod (or even a steady hand).
Photosynth stands a part from most other panoramic tools thanks to a super simple interface and a set of algorithms that seamlessly match up your photos even if you didn’t put the camera on a smooth panning tripod head. Photosynth does all the hard work of lining up, layering, and smoothing your images to create as big or as little of a panoramic as you want (some users create a basic 180 degree bank but you can do a complete 360 panorama if you have enough photos).
Photosynth is available as a Windows-based application or as an iOS application for on-the-go panorama creation. Hit up the link below to explore panoramas created by existing users and to grab a copy of the software. If you’re interested in using the iOS version, check out the MakeUseOf via link for an in depth look at it.
Photosynth [via MakeUseOf]
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