So It Looks Cold on Camera? Try Operating One
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On Sunday, the conference championship games will be played in frigid, if not severe conditions. But no scheduling changes are likely to take place.
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If you were nice rather than naughty this year, maybe Santa left you a digital camera. But even if you didn't get to unwrap a megapixel marvel this holiday season, there's a good chance you've already got one, possibly as part of your cell phone.
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Blog: When the iPhone freezes it's not the blue screen of death, but instead the black screen of death
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As manufacturers roll out cameras with more features, analysts question whether consumers will use them.
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I don't have an office, and I'm not running a conference, so I hope to hook up with someone, hopefully in the Bay Area, with either of these, to try some experimentation with FlickrFan. First a little background... My first glimpse of how wonderful news photography and screen savers are together was when I visited Andy Rhinehart at the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on 2/15/05. He had to go to a meeting, and left me in his office to check email, update my blog using my laptop. HIs PC of course went into screen saver mode, and started showing pictures of various political leaders in meetings around the world and sporting events, people digging out of snow storms. It didn't take long before my eyes were fixed on his screen.  Later I found out that everyone at AP does this too.  If you have a folder of new pictures on your LAN it makes a fantastic source of distraction. But it's different from video because it's silent. You can have a conversation about what's on the screen without interfering with it, or try to have a conversation about something else entirely.  This is something we noticed about podcasting too, that sometimes less is more. Because there is no video you can: 1. Use your eyes for something else, like driving, walking, doing housework. 2. Use your imagination in ways you can't with video, imagine what the speakers look like, where they are, who else is there. Once your imagination is activated in one direction it goes off in others.  So photocasting or picturecatching, whatever it ends up being called, has a similar "less is more" dimension.  So then I tried an experiment, I put an early version of FlickrFan on a 46-inch screen in my den, and when people would come over to visit I'd leave it running and we'd talk about whatever we were going to talk about, and I wasn't surprised to see the attention drift over to the TV. It's captivating. So I'd like to try it in two new venues to see what happens. 1. In a reception area in an office. Imagine one of the buildings at Microsoft. Or a doctors office, or the lobby of a VC firm. Install a big flatscreen TV on the wall, with a Mac Mini behind it, with a net connection, and let it run. See if people don't gravitate to it. See if people don't want to have meetings in the lobby. (I think some might.) 2. At a conference, like Demo or Davos, scatter four screens around the main lobby (not the meeting room), with one Mac driving them all or each with its own Mac Mini. Again see how it affects the dynamic. You might want to show pictures taken at the conference for a unique recursive effect. Or just use the AP news photo feed. Either would be sufficient to learn how it works. I bet we would learn a lot. Let me know if you decide to give it a try, and by all means please blog about your experiences, share what you learn with the rest of us.
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New technology supercharges dog-sled racing. This is the real polar express. By Aria Pearson from Wired magazine.
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Sony's Q&A people get bored the day after Thanksgiving and offer to replace Cybershot cameras whose LCD screens malfunction in warm and humid places. Could be a cool million cameras affected. In Gear Factor.
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I had just tucked into one of my favorite Star Trek episodes recently when William Shatner's face, his lips pursed, froze on the screen. Pixel by pixel, the picture crumbled before my eyes.
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By Stephanie Hoo, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 8--Picture this: A palm-sized video camera that you don't have to be a genius to operate. Or, a gizmo that slings your TV signal to any computer, anywhere.
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Single-lens reflex digital cameras are enjoying rising popularity among consumers looking to take better-quality photographs. The functions of new models introduced since autumn are improving, while their prices are falling.
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Ultracapacitors will prevent the need for jump starts in chilly weather. In Autopia.
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Winterize your home for big energy savings
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Tapeless camcorders have arrived, but be aware of price, capacity and picture quality.
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A camera that displays pictures of a  patient's veins could ease the pain and discomfort of  injections or intravenous drips by helping medical staff find  the right spot.
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If you've ever wondered whether the neighbors are taking a dip in your pool while you're at work or how the baby sitter is really treating your kids, the LukWerks Spy Camera might be for you.
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Summer heat turns gadget makers' minds  to winter's chilly days, when shoppers buy millions of iPods  and sleek TVs, but consumers may be lukewarm to this year's  newest crop of gizmos.
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A new folding telephoto lens uses multiple mirrors to enhance image quality. Could be just what your phone's camera ordered. In Gadget Lab.