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Snapshot : 08/21/07

old asian woman 

One More Day 

Enter your PIN using only eye movements

Innovation 

Snoopers won’t stand a chance if you enter your PIN using only eye movements.

A system that uses infrared light to track the position of your eyes as you look at numbers and letters displayed on a screen could soon make that possible. "While it is simple to look over someone’s shoulder to tell what keys they are pressing, it’s harder to tell exactly where on the screen the user is looking," says Manu Kumar, who helped create the system, called EyePassword, at Stanford University in California.

EyePassword works by shining an invisible infrared beam on the user’s face. That produces a reflection or "glint" in their eye that stays in the same spot no matter where they look, in contrast to their pupils, which move whenever their gaze shifts. A camera tracks the relative positions of the glint and the person’s pupils and uses this to work out what …

source:  NewScientist (requires membership) more at: engadget.com

Watch It: Fedex-Kinkos Commercial

Snapshot : 08/20/07

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old man smoking a cigar

Voicemail ‘Do-Over’

You just got off the phone and you’re in shock because you left the worst message on someone’s voicemail.  Result: worst first- (or second) impression, ever.  So, what can you do to avoid putting your dignity in jeopardy?

Most voicemail systems let you hit ‘ * ‘ (star), which allows you scrap what little dignity off the floor and start over.

Please note, if it’s not ‘ * ‘ (star) imagine how it will sound with a bunch of mad button pressing at the end of the message.  At that point you might want to just finish off with Marry Had A Little Lamb.

For those of you poor saps that made it this far without watching Swingers, please enjoy the following clip…

Enter the Dancehall : Club 6 : 08/18/07

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DCSS Presents: Enter The Dancehal - 3 Year Anniversary Celebration
Celebrating the born day of Reggae Gold and Give Thankz own DADDY ROLO (happy birthday) aka ROLO 1-3

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Ladder V2

Ladder V2 

There’s always room for improvement.  Or is there?  For more info, visit the Cima website.

source: gizmodo.com

Snapshot : 08/18/07

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Can you remember the last time your reached for something impossibly far away? 

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Snapshot : 08/16/07


Phillie Ocean

Qoöl : 111 Minna : 08/15/07

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1873 Monocycle (replica)


Visit gizmodo.com for more photos of this replica of an 1873 monocycle.

You can watch a video of it here

For Sale - $1.5M Yacht - Great Condition


This is a real photo of a $1.5 Million dollar yacht falling out of it’s hoist.  Notice the guy going down with the ship?

source: gizmodo.com

Snapshot : 08/15/07

 

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Snapshot : 08/14/07


I can’t think of a title for this one.  Any suggestions?