Spiral training Android application turns anyone into Peyton Manning... in theory (video)

<P align=center><img alt="" border="1" hspace="4" src="fhttp://img862.imageshack.us/img862/6010/nerfperfectspiral.jpg" vspace="4"></P><br /><P>Ah, ingenuity. We've seen Google's Android platform used for a host of unorthodox applications over the years, but Ben Kokes' concoction deserves a round of golf claps to call its own. The so-called Replay Football system employs a Bluetooth-enabled Nerf football with a 9-axis inertial sensing motion processing module (MPU-6000 by InvenSense), and when linked to a visualization / throw analysis application, you're able to analyze the rotation of a football in real-time as it's thrown. From there, the app breaks down the nuts and bolts of the toss, and while it's not able to blurt out pointers on correcting things just yet, we're seeing endless potential for the next revision. Don't believe us? There's a video just below that'll make a believer out of you, yet.</P><br /><P><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/01/spiral-training-android-application-turns-anyone-into-peyton-man/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">via</A></P>

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TimeCommand dock turns your iPad into a very pricey dimmer switch

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugmrHK3nEqgCXrVmyV_EEAzAl2K6oVzWWobVTxZ5z7mmwA5MbGnc5i2aXCJLXjsAk4klE4-QIsIeX7W63ss_IenEYG_ydqKXNY38f1fVkYPG5VSlXpRSQO4LcQJL3M9Y1cl8ReWQA_gE/s1600/101210-tomecommand-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugmrHK3nEqgCXrVmyV_EEAzAl2K6oVzWWobVTxZ5z7mmwA5MbGnc5i2aXCJLXjsAk4klE4-QIsIeX7W63ss_IenEYG_ydqKXNY38f1fVkYPG5VSlXpRSQO4LcQJL3M9Y1cl8ReWQA_gE/s320/101210-tomecommand-01.jpg" width="256"></a></div><br> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latesttecompu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003L1LPJU&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>XtremeMac has been crankin' out iPod docks for years, and now former CEO Gary Bart has launched Stem Innovation, a company dedicated exclusively to iOS accessories. For its first trick, Bart and company have introduced TimeCommand which (as its name implies) goes beyond the whole dock thing and comes across as a control station for the bedroom.<br> <br>

TimeCommand dock turns your iPad into a very pricey dimmer switch

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Amazon turns movie producer with Amazon Studios

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/amazon-logo-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>Amazon has announced a new web project that looks to bring movie-making kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.</P><br /><P>Called Amazon Studios, the site is calling out for new talent to send in scripts, writer's pitches, or test movies to be with a shot of getting their film sold.</P><br /><P>In return, Amazon get exclusive right to buy the projects for $200,000, which may be extended by $100,00 and the right to develop, show and distribute the movie.</P><br /><P>Essentially, Amazon will own your content for 18 months and if nothing comes from it, then you can go and sell elsewhere.</P><br /><P><STRONG>Show me the money</STRONG></P><br /><P>Amazon Studios will be offering cash prizes every year, which includes $1 million for the best movie and the projects will be shown to Warner Bros, who have first refusal as to whether your script will be made into a Hollywood movie.</P><br /><P>Speaking to the <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/11/amazoncom-going-into-movie-producing-with-new-website-first-look-deal-with-warner-bros.html">Los Angeles Times</A>, Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios, said: "It's much easier now to make movies but it's still as hard as ever to break into Hollywood." </P><br /><P>"We think we can play an interesting role in changing that."</P><br /><P>For more information, go to <a href="http://studios.amazon.com/">Studios.amazon.com</A>.</P>

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Earthquake Turns Train Tracks into Bizarre ZigZag

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4zK5mjY_whzpL8-1RP7i4yJHPnU54hF-d2aRsNf5lzDrszCvAFhPW0cs5uKRIFxIT3W4vMfMsTcpDscVEo_W2_TPhpHMrBIvZJEdZ7Ca0YMPFKxlOZW9eiEL8wIsAnBakvGYhi1Ldyk/s1600/Earthquake+Turns+Train+Tracks+into+Bizarre+ZigZag_1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Earthquake Turns Train Tracks into Bizarre ZigZag" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAN59xvE5AehJPUEvRM9Ksd_OkDQ9AWfK0AzgbIHSx87EkbyhGzf4OVqJXbRfv4YuaUQ93qEUmp3IuuG_FhqlIhYP5ul90Vr6PJCkNFfEuLk3Ozrifa23qT250JTS-uv7RdrLPRAnoZJU/s320/Earthquake%252BTurns%252BTrain%252BTracks%252Binto%252BBizarre%252BZigZag_1.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /> <br /> No, we know you're thinking that this picture has been magically enhance by any editing software out there, but we tell you <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5685475/the-power-of-an-earthquake-turns-train-tracks-to-spaghetti">it isn't</a>. This scene is from Canterbury, New Zealand which is rocked by an earthquake last September and was left behind is this bizarre spaghetti shaped train tracks.<br /> <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3630952467398438450&postID=4531012910300458257" name="more"></a><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFZhj3hHug8Sk3CXgB8rGAQtj_Upa2_d-eTKGaXEaokFByQBWaTcfC5Jlego1SLBxUUYFEc7uP8xwS48bMFLtHFMxPrgb2vym32w9iID8SDwmIECW7QmQX9D4gNy362tI_JEjjLdr1wo/s1600/Earthquake+Turns+Train+Tracks+into+Bizarre+ZigZag_2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Earthquake Turns Train Tracks into Bizarre ZigZag" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7HjCM1S0VHOUCkGJxFCqjN93pGwnEFA74A6pt-54MfMwXd4LzrfhCsBTef-qEOg2fwY0cPotvnhRwuH8nUhfyrC3SvFIoKrDEAdoyGPMyVmvmIJdc_qmzdHpmtFfcGA7sI3aiAySN38/s1600/Earthquake%252BTurns%252BTrain%252BTracks%252Binto%252BBizarre%252BZigZag_2.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /> <br /> According to Dave Petley, writing for American Geophysical Union, they're not sure how this unusual thing happens, accordingly:"The compression on the very strong railway line was accommodated when a weak point was found, leading to a comparatively rapid deformation to form the main buckle on the left. This then concentrated stress on both sides of the buckle, allowing the other (right side) bends to form."Now we know how the natural phenomena can break or make anything, really remarkable.

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