Tuesday, May 19, 2009

19-May-2009 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Gigapan uses technology that looks like Google Maps to zoom in on small objects at astoundingly high magnification:
http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com/

The Palm Pre looks like it might launch on the 5th of June in the US:
http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2009/05/10/sprint-launch-lunch-on-5th/

A stretchable display built from LEDs joined using printable elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes:
http://technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2301

Nintendo to release a new precision gyroscope unit for more sensitive motion-tracking on wiimotes under the name MotionPlus:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10573201

DJ Danger Mouse is unable to release his album due to copyright issues with EMI, so he's selling a blank CD-R plus artwork:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090515/1154504899.shtml

And finally. The new musical craze: Cat Yodelling. An engineer's instructional video on painlessly extracting melodies from felines:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/05/18/funny-pictures-video-cat-yodeling/

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