This is something I have been thinking of owning. You operating a computer system from/with your sixth sense. Pretty cool eh? MIT student Pranav Mistry wants everyone to build it themselves to enjoy it instead of marketing it and waiting for the market to accept it.

Pranav doesn’t want his invention to comply with some ‘corporate policy’ and wants people to immediately start working on their own sixth sense prototypes.

The sixth sense system consists of a camera and projector that will hang around your neck. The camera which is connected to a PC with internet connection will record your hand gestures and acts accordingly.

Pranav promises that the Sixth Sense system will be available fully licensed in the coming months in the market as a software. In his words,

“I notice that it’s hard to for these kind of things to market in some sense. . . because I don’t want this to comply with some of kind of corporate policy. Rather than waiting for that time to come, I want people to make their own system. Why not?

People will be able to make their own hardware. I will give them instructions how to make it. And also provide them key software…give them basic key software layers. . . they will be able to build their own applications. They will be able to modify base level and do anything”.

$350 is all that is going to cost you for this device. This device from Pranav literally puts the internet on your finger tips.

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Man this is one cool headgear to wear especially during the autumn seasons. It just gives you that fantasy look to go with that sunset background. Introducing, Legend Of Zelda hats for the awesome Elf in you.

These hats bring me back the days of elf yore (if it ever existed). Dress up as Link and see if people on the streets recognize what you are trying to do. If not, you can still wear this and convince people that this is the new in thing.

Not only the Legend of Zelda series but there are also Kingdom of Hearts stuff there.

While the Kingdom of Hearts hats are priced at $50, the Zelda hats are priced at $26.

Oh by the way, if you noticed the pointy ears above, no they won’t come with the hats. They are sold separately.

Check out the hats at OrgXIII

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As you would already know Twitter is one of most popular microblogging web application over the internet. ChromedBird is a twitter client for your Chrome browser. It hides itself inside a little birdie button until you check your stream or want to post an update. ChromedBird displays the last 5 tweets in your stream and allows you to post updates well that’s about it. If you post links your links are shortened using bit.ly . ChromeBird is a very early build so expect it to be buggy.

You can find the ChromedBird .crx over at ChromeExtensions. This extensions is only meant for the latest dev builds of Chrome 4.0+.

Well for a few weeks I was out of town and as you can see the frequency of posts have dried up, but starting this week I promise you guys better and bigger articles. Lets start with a promo Norton Antivirus 2010 & Norton 360 version 3.0 valid free 90 days license.

As would already know Norton Antivirus & Norton 360 are one of the best security solutions available in the market. The 2010 versions of  Norton Antivirus & Norton 360 have become even better while being lightweight then they can handle new threats much efficiently. Whether your using Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 it works with all of them. Now if you don’t mind just follow the steps below and you’ll get your free 90 days license.

I have seen a lot of ‘limited edition’ laptops and notebooks but they don’t much contain that much of awesomeness as the limited edition VAIO Nebula laptop. Its purple and nebulae like background is simply creative and has a good looking feel to it.

Reminds me of an ad of Bournvita where it shows nature and science can be used together for a child’s development. Nothing to do with children here but this a perfect combination of design and technology.

Priced at $809.99, it can change according to your customization. The VAIO Nebula specs include Screen res 1080p (glossy), ATI Radeon 4650, Blu-Ray, 4 GB RAM and  320GB running at 7200rpm hard disk. It also includes Blu-ray player, Dolby Surround Sound, 16.4″ display, Windows 7 and a 3.06 Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

I would buy this because a normal plain colored black edition also comes at a similar price. Hey, something’s better than nothing.

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Microsoft might have actually read the average user’s mind this time. It is now offering DirectX 11 for both Windows 7 and Windows Vista platforms. Last time most of the people didn’t even bothered downloading DirectX 10 cause it was only available with Windows Vista.

The easiest way to download this baby is from the regular Windows Update. The update not only guarantees the DirectX upgrade but also many other improvements.

• Windows Graphics, Imaging, and XPS Library – The Windows Graphics, Imaging, and XPS Library enables developers to take advantage of the advancements in modern graphics technologies for gaming, multimedia, imaging, and printing applications
• Windows Automation API – The Windows Automation API enables accessibility tools and test automations to access the Windows user interface in a consistent way across operating system versions.
• Windows Portable Devices Platform (Vista only) – The Windows Portable Devices Platform supplies the infrastructure to standardize data transfers between an application and a portable device, such as a mobile phone, a digital camera, or a portable media player.
• Windows Ribbon and Animation Manager Library – The Windows Ribbon and Animation Manager Library contains the following features:Windows Ribbon API, a command framework that enables developers to quickly and easily create rich ribbon experiences in their applications and Windows Animation Manager API, an animation framework for managing the scheduling and execution of user interface element animations

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Some of us use ‘proper’ very frequently. Have you ever thought what proper from your point of view defines? Well, as far as I am concerned, its in totally sync of the object to its original surroundings. Like this Tetris Chair is proper if you own a house that has lots of colors and the box type of shape.

Although, at first look it reminds me of a rainbow chair. Designed by Gabriel Canas, this baby ain’t available for commercial purposes yet. But of course, Gabriel can easily find funds to make this one into a mass production.

Or you could use a monotonous shade of black and white. Yeah, monotonous is in. Made from fiberglass, it is light and easily portable. But of course, if you are one of the other proper set of people that indulge in spending for the standard items, go ahead. All I am saying is you are missing one great material that might be popular products in the future.

As for me, I have a pretty neat desk that does well for now. But I won’t mind spending money on this if it is every commercially made.

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OK, this one’s for the Twilight fans. As I am aware that you can’t wait to get your hands dirty on the next Twilight sequel, you can still get it dirty on one of these skins thats selling like hotcakes on the market.

Instead of downloading them all fake pictures and other ebooks/video clips off the net, why don’t you give a new look to that iPhone/iPod of yours with the Twilight Saga Skins from Hot Topic.

You can stare at Jacob as long as you want. Of course, for a fee. These skins cost $12.99 each and are available at HotTopic.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is one software for those want-to-be and professional photographers. You can enhance and showcase images with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 and its much easier to organise. Here is how you can download it for free.

Some of the new features in the new Lightroom 3 are:

♦ New import handling designed to make importing streamlined and easy

♦ State-of-the-art noise reduction to help you perfect your high ISO shots

♦ Flexible customizable print package creation so your print package layouts are all your own

♦ Watermarking tool that helps you customize and protect your images with ease

♦ Brand new performance architecture, building for the future of growing image libraries

Download Free Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

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Alright, your Xbox 360 can easily play the latest there is in the market flawlessly and doesn’t show any signs of running out. But can it swim? Atleast in your bedroom aquarium tank? No? Why don’t we give it a try?

I am not much of science student but when you do put it down in plain english, its pretty easy to understand. For example, due to the non-conducting cooling properties of mineral oil this Xbox mod will run as good as any other in the market. B-rad has done one awesome job on this baby. Everything is immersed except the DVD player and the hard drive.

The thing is still unfinished according to b-rad. There are LEDs and lids to add. The mod was tested and seems to be doing fine. Check out the Xbox Aquarium Case Mod here.

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