TECHNOGORILLA » Report http://www.technogorilla.com Technology Doesn't Need To Be The 800-Pound Gorilla In The Room Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:23:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Mobile Apps Showdown Returns To CES http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/19/mobile-apps-showdown-returns-to-ces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mobile-apps-showdown-returns-to-ces http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/19/mobile-apps-showdown-returns-to-ces/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:59:39 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/?p=1986

The Mobile Apps Showdown returns to the International CES in 2013 showcasing top applications chosen by a team of mobile experts and the public.

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/19/mobile-apps-showdown-returns-to-ces/feed/ 0 Skylanders Giants Takes Big Steps http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/05/skylanders-giants-takes-big-steps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=skylanders-giants-takes-big-steps http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/05/skylanders-giants-takes-big-steps/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:14:20 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/05/skylanders-giants-takes-big-steps/ Just about a year ago on TECHNOGORILLA we introduced a video game for the major consoles that pushed through the “fourth wall” – Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure used real-world figurines to activate virtual characters by placing them on the “Portal of Power”.  Using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, each individual figurine has it’s own battery-free internal memory [...]

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/05/skylanders-giants-takes-big-steps/feed/ 0 Sandy Gets The Duracell Rapid Responder http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/01/sandy-gets-the-duracell-rapid-responder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sandy-gets-the-duracell-rapid-responder http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/01/sandy-gets-the-duracell-rapid-responder/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:09:19 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/01/sandy-gets-the-duracell-rapid-responder/ The weak link of the smart device life is often the constant need for more power — in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the widespread blackout through the New York tri-state area made this very evident.  The residents of the lower tip of Manhattan (home of the Architechnologist and TECHNOGORILLA) were visited by the Duracell [...]

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/11/01/sandy-gets-the-duracell-rapid-responder/feed/ 0 Language Barrier Shredded By Ortsbo http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/26/language-barrier-shredded-by-ortsbo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=language-barrier-shredded-by-ortsbo http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/26/language-barrier-shredded-by-ortsbo/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:43:18 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/26/language-barrier-shredded-by-ortsbo/ In our globalized age, it can seem bizarre that linguistic differences still pose a barrier to communication.  The United Nations employs 120 interpreters to find out what world leaders are saying and travel agencies make a small fortune by promising tourists a secure enclave of English within a new country. A collection of applications from [...]

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/26/language-barrier-shredded-by-ortsbo/feed/ 0 PredictGaze Into My Eyes http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/16/predictgaze-into-my-eyes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=predictgaze-into-my-eyes http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/16/predictgaze-into-my-eyes/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:02:43 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/16/predictgaze-into-my-eyes/ Microsoft’s Kinect already detects body motions to translate them into gadget control and the Digits system could enhance that ability (discussed in a previous post here), a start-up called PredictGaze uses existing hardware to use eye-movement as a controller.  Using a regular webcam, the PredictGaze system is able to connect visual detectors to a television, [...]

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/16/predictgaze-into-my-eyes/feed/ 0 Here’s My Digits http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/15/heres-my-digits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-my-digits http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/15/heres-my-digits/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:15:37 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/15/heres-my-digits/ Professional illusionists never fail to fascinate with their ability to manipulate the world using simple hand gestures. Examples of the “Digit” system from Microsoft Research’s U.K.-based Cambridge Lab Now, new gadgets presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface and Technology suggest that we will all soon be able to do the same in our [...]

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/15/heres-my-digits/feed/ 0 CloudBase3 Apps Lets The Sun Shine http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/12/cloudbase3-apps-lets-the-sun-shine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cloudbase3-apps-lets-the-sun-shine http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/12/cloudbase3-apps-lets-the-sun-shine/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:37:50 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/12/cloudbase3-apps-lets-the-sun-shine/ The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will again feature exhibit areas covering specific product categories, adding more than 20 over last year’s show. Among the new areas will be CloudBase3 Apps zone, dedicated to the explosive transition to cloud computing. The CloudBase3 Apps TechZone will be a showcase for demonstrations, education and information across [...]

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/12/cloudbase3-apps-lets-the-sun-shine/feed/ 0 I Am Data, Therefore I Am. http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/01/i-am-data-therefore-i-am/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-data-therefore-i-am http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/01/i-am-data-therefore-i-am/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:31:01 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/01/i-am-data-therefore-i-am/ As far as self-obsession is concerned, technology is the ultimate enabler. Thanks to smartphones, tablets, and laptops, I now keep a record of my daily caloric intake and expenditure, quality of sleep, walking speed, personal happiness, internal dialogue and thought stream, and productivity during work. The “Track Your Happiness” app asks how I feel at [...]

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/10/01/i-am-data-therefore-i-am/feed/ 0 Is Foursquare Your New Social Coordinator? http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/09/24/is-foursquare-your-new-social-coordinator/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-foursquare-your-new-social-coordinator http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/09/24/is-foursquare-your-new-social-coordinator/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:17:04 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/09/24/is-foursquare-your-new-social-coordinator/ The future of connected devices was the focus of GigaOM’s Mobilize conference in San Francisco last week.  One particularly insightful session featured Dennis Crowley, co-founder and CEO of foursquare.  Called “When Big Data Meets Local: The Future of Location”, Om Malik and Crowley talked about the evolution of the “check-in” and how location-aware technologies, like [...]

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]]> http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/09/24/is-foursquare-your-new-social-coordinator/feed/ 0 Moveable Makes Location-Based Stories http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/09/16/moveable-makes-location-based-stories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moveable-makes-location-based-stories http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/09/16/moveable-makes-location-based-stories/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:51:28 +0000 Michael Kaufman AIA http://www.technogorilla.com/2012/09/16/moveable-makes-location-based-stories/ Exploration of the rise in location-based technology is coming to the New York Film Festival on September 29th 2012.  In a session titled “Location, Location, Location: The Future of Multimedia Storytelling in a Geo-Tagged World” Steve Schultz, CEO of Moveable Feast Media (developer of a favorite immersive storytelling application), will present examples of content that [...]

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