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December 23, 2007

NRK Invention Corner pt. 2

Another of NRK’s employees’ “inventions” is the multi-camera server recorder.
Normally when capturing video material you can just capture one camera’s stream to the computer/hard disk at a time. So previously when I wanted to capture two cameras live I had to route each camera to a different computer, and then synchronize with TC (timecode). It [...]

December 23, 2007

NRK Invention Corner pt. 1

According to NRKbeta, the Norwegian Broadcasting Channel NRK has a company-internal award for innovation each year. Personally after studying tv and multimediaproduction I can relate to the need of several of these inventions. I will point out one of the nominated inventions that I found especially interesting based on a recent lecture.

When it comes [...]

October 21, 2007

We Phone, You Phone, iPhone Everybody

There has been a bunch of similar looking phones to Apple’s iPhone since the first pictures of the iPhone were released. Chinese Meizu is the company that made me smile the most. From the pictures I have seen of Meizu M8 at Gizmodo, these phones do replicate so much of Apple’s iPhone User Interface.

The Gizmodo [...]

September 23, 2007

Newsware – Futuristic Journalist Tool

Benjamin Kuhn’s Newsware is an interesting concept that does look interesting. In todays world of citizen journalism, being mobile is one of the most important features. One reporter is supposed to write an article and record both usable video and audio. Therefore the less hassle the equipment is the easier it will be to [...]

September 23, 2007

Programmers Have Too Little To Do?

This commercial I found via TechEBlog. The ad shows WindwardReports purpose with their software; that programmers now will have too little to do at the office.
A rather well made commercial for people who understand the tech-savvy or geek language used, otherwise for the average viewer, I do not know how effective this ad would be.

May 27, 2007

Online DesktopTwo

DesktopTwo is another good online desktop solution, if you are considering cutting down on your stationary desktop use. Personally I have enjoyed using YourMinis (Your Minis Your Online Desktop) for the past five months.
Although YourMinis offers more of a widget type interface for each application, DesktopTwo is a more tradtitional style desktop.

In addition the applications [...]