Computer-Assisted Vision

Liat Negrin, an employee at OrCam who has limited sight, demonstrates the Orcam device, which helps her cross streets, read menus and shop at the supermarket. Impressive. Very impressive. As Tim put it: This is the future of wearables. Meanwhile, Google Glass is trying to figure out how to make the life of rich people …

The geography of Tweets

Give every Twitter user a brush and they will paint you the world — if they geotag their Tweets. Plot all geotagged tweets on a white canvas and you get back a view of the world according to Twitter’s users. Note how on the map above maritime traffic also is shown. The geography of Tweets …

Text-align: Justify and RWD

Check out this Pen! Did you know that one of the most powerful tools for fluid and responsive layout has been a native feature for every browser since HTML4? A tad ugly due to those hardcoded placeholders, but sometimes you have to break a few rules to get an easy to work with result. Text-align: …

Become a Javascript Console Power-User

Level up on the Javascript console in the Chrome DevTools. Look at XHR requests, learn console helper functions to monitor events or explore objects better. Paul Irish from the Chrome team gives you a rundown. We all know console.x, but there’s some more stuff to do in the console … sure that $0 shorthand will …

re:publica ’13 Visitor Flow Analysis Using the Conference Wifi

How did the visitors of re:publica 2013 move from one session to the other? By mapping the wireless connections onto the floor plan we can visualize the visitor flow. (Translated the above from German. Lovely word, that Besucherstromanalyse … which translates to visitor flow analysis) re:log – Besucherstromanalyse per re:publica W-LAN →

1Keyboard

1Keyboard is a virtual bluetooth keyboard application for OS X. Turn your Mac into a Bluetooth keyboard that works with all of your devices, comfortably type on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or game console. Recommended for anyone with a multitude of iDevices. Works like a charm! 1Keyboard → Note: Make sure your AppleTV is …

Ejecta – Open Source JavaScript, Canvas & Audio Implementation for iOS

Ejecta is like a Browser without the Browser. It’s specially crafted for Games and Animations. It has no DIVs, no Tables, no Forms – only Canvas and Audio elements. This focus makes it fast. Neat! And by the looks of it blazingly fast too! Ejecta →

Chrome Experiment – Google “Roll It”

Roll It links your devices through Chrome: roll a ball from your phone to your laptop. Since the whole thing runs on Chrome, no apps, installs, or special configurations are needed – and any smartphone that runs Chrome can play. Use your phone as a remote controller, thanks to websockets. Roll It →