GroovyGizmo.com By Jerry J. Davis

Skinput: The Reverse of VR

Jerry — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:07:21 +0000

Forget immersing yourself into a computer generated reality. It looks like in the very near future, computer reality is going to be generated on top of our outer reality. And onto us.

This is the first new interface technology to actually fire my imagination in a long, long time.

151 Million Gigabyte CompactFlash Cards?

Jerry — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:28:40 +0000

The CompactFlash Association has announced their CF5.0 specification, which allows memory cards up to 144 petabytes.

That’s PETAbytes, which translates to 150,994,944 gigabytes.

Unfortunately the new Compact Flash specification only allows transfer speeds up to 32 megabytes per second, which means a full 144PB card would take about 153 years to transfer.

(from Michael Zhang at PetaPixel)

iPad Nano

Jerry — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:18:08 +0000

Heheh. Indeed. (Via EncyclopediaDramatica.com)

MIT’s Food Printer

Jerry — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:27:54 +0000

This is pretty groovy in concept, and I applaud those who actually came up with it, but really … it falls into that category of “just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should.”

This isolates us further away from natural food, which is perfect already. Eat a banana or an apple. You don’t have to print it, or open a can, or anything. JUST EAT IT.

Do that, and your body will thank you for it.

(via Inhabitat.com)

Kindle vs. Tablet Computer? No.

Jerry — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:05:08 +0000

I keep reading articles like this one: Kindle Apps Won’t Beat Tablets

…and I finally am fed up with it.

The Kindle is not competing with the iPad (or whatever Apple is going to call its supposed tablet computer).

The Kindle is not intended to be a computer.

It’s a book. A book. BOOK. Read my lips: BOOOOK.

I didn’t buy a Kindle to read email, play games, mess with Facebook, or do my bank statements. I wanted a simple reliable device with which I use to disappear into novels. I do not want it to do 1000 other things.

Why is this so hard for tech journalists to understand?

I’m sure an Apple iPad (or whatever) is going to be uber cool and do a zillion things. It will also be a device, no doubt, you can use for reading. But if it’s going to cost more than a Kindle 2 and have a battery life of less than a day, it’s not worth it to me. I have a desktop computer, I have a laptop, I have an iPhone. AND I have a Kindle, and I don’t use the Kindle to do anything that the other three does, nor do I ever want to.

It’s the one device I have that removes me from all those other things. The Kindle is my escape. If it does start doing all those other things, it will be ruined.

NASA Low Noise, Electric VTOL Personal Air Vehicle

Jerry — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:45:55 +0000

Real or not, this is definitely one groovy gizmo.

Ion iType for the iPhone

Jerry — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:01:13 +0000

Call me crazy, but I’ve been looking forward to this exact gizmo since I first replaced my last PDA with my first iPhone.

Now all we need is a word processor on the iPhone that has true spell checking, and I’d be able to work on my novels on the go again without having to lug a laptop around.

Rumor has it that Microsoft’s Office for iPhone (if it really exists) is due to make an appearance about the same time this goes to market.

Parrot AR.Drone : Flight Demo

Jerry — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:57:52 +0000

My friend Dede sent this to me, saying, “This is so totally you.”

She’s right. This goes directly on my wish list.

Hearing Aids

Jerry — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:19:28 +0000

I find this Dutch army surveillance device from pre-WW2 so retro-funky that I actually want to put on a pair and try them out.

See this and more images at ButDoesItFloat.com

Virtual iPhone inside an iPhone

Jerry — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:59:14 +0000

This is pure silliness, which is why I like it.