Brendan Mitchell blog

Category: Tech Stuff

  • The Barnes and Noble RootColor

    That didn’t take long I jokingly surmised a few weeks ago that the NookColor could become the Android hack platform of choice, after all it is a very affordable 7″ LCD touch screen Android device for only $250, well it looks like the Dev community at NookDevs now have root access to the device! If…

  • The 50 Best Inventions of 2010

    http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2029497,00.html

  • CNN Augmented Reality & iPads

    Noticed this on the Engadget website… CNN using Augmented Reality to present statistics of the recent midterm elections… it’s a little information overload, but it’s interesting to see the compare using an iPad to pull up data on screen as he speaks. Video on engadget other posts about Augmented Reality AR in Magazines AR Business…

  • The New iPhone 42 (that’s 42 inches!)

    I’ve seen some DIY iPhone tables before, but this is the best yet! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbSwOgNzZg] http://tableconnect.co.cc

  • David Hockney iPad Sketches Exhibition

    David Hockney has been a fan of the iPhone and iPad for sometime, having replaced his paper sketch pad with them. Over the past year Hockney has produced over 300 sketches, some of which will be on display at his Flesh Flowers exhibition in Paris. “The great thing about it, is the distribution of the…

  • NookColor will it become the Netbook of eReaders

    The rumours were correct Barnes and Noble just unveiled the NookColor, a 7′ 1024×600 coloured LCD touchscreen, Wifi (no 3G)… I won’t go into the full specs, there’s plenty of websites that have that covered. So how successful will it be? only time will tell, but with the addition of their Nook Kids platform, which…

  • DVD Zero, Downloads One

    Apple today showed off their latest bit of techno-lust, the MacBook Air and I must say it’s rather gorgeous. It’s lighter, slimmer and more powerful than ever, and it even costs less! Also worth noting is that they no longer give you the option replacing the harddrive with a flash drive, as flash drives now…

  • glif iPhone 4 Tripod Mount and Stand

    I’ve mentioned iPhone lens kits and tripod mounts before, but this is so simple and such a great idea! plus it’s an amazing case study for Kickstarter The glif needed $10K to get started, they launched on kickstarter Oct 3rd, they’re currently at $66K and they’ve still 27 days to go! [vimeo 15493382] More info at…

  • Air Guitar Meets Air Drumming Meets iPhone!

    The video says it all… available this month more info at AirJ [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34WLYXLCV8w]

  • The App Genome Project

    At the Black Hat Security Conference, Lookout unveiled the App Genome Project, which is the largest mobile application dataset ever created. In an ongoing effort to map and study mobile applications, the App Genome Project was created to identify security threats in the wild and provide insight into how applications are accessing personal data, as…