Wednesday, August 15, 2012

The Harry Potter Periodic Table of Wizard Elements

Here's something geeky as well as truly creative: someone (we don't know who) has put together a nice periodic table of wizard elements.

It's organized by categories such as 'Potters', 'Dursleys', 'Muggles', Ministry of Magic', 'Death Eaters' and 'House of Hogwarts'! Under each element's symbol is either a Harry Potter character, spell or term related to the school of witchcraft and wizardry.

Cool and creative stuff - especially for Harry Potter fans. (Even muggles would love it!)
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

"Experiencing" the Touch on Touch Screens

While touch screens may not have been new, Apple's popular devices like the iPhone and iPad have seen these intuitive user input technologies put to wide spread use in everyday lives, the world over. Likewise, the recent popularity of 3-D entertainment has also been enjoyed by many.

But, probably, what's not yet become mainstream (yet?!) is transforming these experiences - the 4-D or more type of experience. Well, here's a preview of how one company is bringing the experience of 'touch sensation' to the digital world.

An interesting technology called REVEL with potential for many areas of application, as demonstrated in this video below.