Crazy Tech News Countdown: best interactive HTML5 video ever, future predictions from 1964 and no iPods!
It’s Saturday and you know what that means: time to count down five more crazy tech stories. This week we have the best HTML5 interactive video ever, the fancies 50-megapixel camera ever, 3D images you can touch and more. And I know you’ve been nagged about the new iPods, so we’re not talking about that. So what else can I say? Let’s count ‘em down!
5- Best Interactive HTML5 video ever – If you have screen real estate and a few minutes to spend, you might not mind giving out your home address just this time. This interactive HTML5 video, thanks to Google Street View technology, will show you a few shots of your home and your neighborhood. You can punch in any address really, like your previous home, and get the memories rolling. If this isn’t good use of Street View, I don’t know what else can be.
4- I have to play outside? Fine! *takes out arcade lounge chair* -Gamers are known to be resilient, and now apparently that isn’t limited to knocking out turrets. You see people going out and having fun and you’re stuck in your home with your pale sweaty skin. Sometimes you do wonder what sunlight might look like, given you get none. No worries: just attach an old console to a lounge chair and finally start breathing some fresh air, without actually having to leave your games inside. Well, assuming all you play is Pac-Man, but it’s still awesome.
3- A camera that can see more than the human eye – No, it’s not a camera that can see through invisibility cloaks, but it’s the second best thing: a camera that can shoot a 360º picture at once. That’s better than the human viewing angle of a mere 120º. This can be good for surveillance purposes or for taking huge panoramic photos without having to crop them and making them look weird.
2- 3D images you can touch? – Japanese scientists are developing a 3D TV that actually allows viewers to touch the images. By attaching clips to your fingers for tactile feedback (yup, now you’ll have to wear glasses AND clips, for now anyway) and tracking your movements thanks to 16 cameras, this TV lets user pinch, stretch and move 3D images. Right now we have a similar technology known as “real life”. Seriously though, if you don’t think this is awesome…
1- The future, according to British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in 1964 – Too bad, we don’t have laser beams yet!
And that’s it for this week guys. I hope you enjoyed this week’s stories, so be sure to let me know what you think by commenting. And until next week, geek out.
