July 18, 2012
By: Todd Stabley
YouTube just announced a new tool for face-blurring, now part of the Enhancements option in the Video Manager. YouTube is the first online video platform to support this feature. Unfortunately, at least for starters, it's either an all-or-none proposition, automatically...
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July 11, 2012
By: Michael Faber
T(ether) is a spacially-aware visualization and 3d-manipulation system designed by the Tangible Media Group at MIT's Media Lab. A bit difficult to explain in text, so check the video: http://vimeo.com/user11720996/tether What I think would be really cool to add to...
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July 3, 2012
By: Scott Wells
Look like the future to you? You may have seen a version of this technology in a YouTube video. I'm thinking this deserves a second look. Pretty cool pointing, think "Minority Report." The Most Important New Technology Since the Smart...
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By: Scott Wells
Here's your potential game changer! Imagine spray painting the side of your house and it not only produces power from the sun, but can store the energy for later as well. A novel approach to battery design from Rice University...
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July 2, 2012
By: Stephen Toback
Several of us around Duke have had a few meetings to discuss the challenges brought by migrating to high definition video – in content capture, production, storage, content sharing and publication. We'd like to bring in the entire DDMC to...
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June 19, 2012
By: Scott Wells
Sorry, I couldn't resist. On the surface this seems like a very valuable tool for all editors. I like that fact that it is a standalone app, not a plugin. So, in theory, it should work with several different editing...
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June 4, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Today Microsoft annouced a new technology to use with the Xbox called SmartGlass. "SmartGlass brings AirPlay-style wireless technology to Xbox and Windows 8 by letting you send video from your tablet or phone to your TV. It then turns that second...
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June 1, 2012
By: Michael Faber
In the "Solving Problems we've just learned to live with" department, überconference. First, this (the problem): http://youtu.be/DdqnU5liPBA?hd=1 Then, this (the solution): http://youtu.be/NhJHAK80n38 Looks like a cleaned up version of Google Hangouts (one of the uberconference guys is a former Google...
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May 22, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Ben Kimmel in Duke OIT's Web Services group found this one. Very cool new tool called the Leap that allows you to use your hands to interact with your computer. It connects via USB and is compatible with both Mac...
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May 2, 2012
By: Todd Stabley
We recently came across two interesting and (fairly) inexpensive accessories that may be of interest to those of you involved in or supporting classroom and mobile capture. The first is the Swivl (http://www.swivl.com/), a mount for iPhones, iPod Touches, Go...
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