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Number of Connected TV Adverts Up 5X, Videology Reports
The amount of video ads on connected TVs is five times greater so far this year than for all of 2011, according to Videology, an online video technology service, which hosted a media day at the IAB Ad Lab this week. Videology’s General Manager Mark McKee says in an interview with Beet.TV at the event [...]
Northeastern University students develop eye controlled robotic arm that’s happy to feed you
As an alternative to receiving brain implants for robotic arm dominance assistance, check out this surprisingly cheap eye-tracking solution developed by six electrical engineering students at Northeastern University. Labeled iCRAFT, for eye Controlled Robotic Arm Feeding Technology, the award-winning senior project drew its inspiration from one team member's difficulty syncing spoonfuls with the eating pace [...]
Visualized: ThreadWatch tracks daily workflow on a Mac, turns the data into eye candy
Sure, time tracking comes in handy when trying to make your workflow as efficient as possible. Perhaps you’re looking for a more visual indication of how your time is spent on that MacBook Pro. That’s where ThreadWatch comes in handy. Thanks to developer Alex Milde, you can visually analyze your daily task habits on a [...]
Google Says It Removes 1 Million Infringing Links Monthly
Each month, Google removes more than 1 million links to infringing content such as movies, video games, music and software — with about half of those requests last month coming from Microsoft. The search and advertising giant revealed the data Thursday as it released sortable analytics on the massive number of copyright takedown requests it [...]
X Prize adopts NASA guidelines for protecting lunar heritage sites, Buzz Aldrin punch averted
NASA hopes that one small step by Google’s Lunar X Prize will eventually lead to a giant leap in protecting historical sites on the moon. The X Prize Foundation announced that it will adopt guidelines released by the space agency last year to help preserve lunar heritage sites. The move comes at a crucial time [...]
ProxMate Unblocks Region Specific YouTube, Grooveshark, and Hulu Content [Downloads]
Chrome/Firefox: Ever run into a video that’s blocked because you aren’t in a supported region? It’s annoying, but ProxMate is a simple extension for Chrome and Firefox that unblocks region-specific content from YouTube, Hulu, and Grooveshark. ProxMate will route your traffic through a supported proxy server regardless of what country you’re in. Currently it only [...]
CloudFlare To Launch Service For Sites Dealing With Tortuous EU Cookie Law
The European “Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications” that regulates the ways websites can track users, is coming to sites which serve European users, which covers plenty out there. The Directive requires that sites disclose the use of cookies on their site and allows visitors to opt-in to their use. It could be an immediate [...]
Spillman Farmer Architects Transform Bethlehem Steel Factory into a Vibrant Art Center
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How Rooster Teeth Won the Internet With Red vs. Blue
A film-school dropout, Michael Burns doesn’t have a degree in anything, but over the course of the last 10 years he’s built a multimedia empire, adapting with the internet as it shifted and changed shape. The company produces one of the longest-running sci-fi shows ever, dominates YouTube (they were the eighth most popular non-music channel [...]
Scientists Create Laser-Controlled Micro-Robot from a Bubble
We’d like to think that here at Inhabitat, we are rather clued in to the latest in robotics, however a new development has blown our minds. A group of scientists at the University of Hawaii have created a unique non-mechanical micro-robot from one of the most fragile and delicate objects around—a bubble. And not limited to that, [...]
