CES, VES, and Laptop TV

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Mark and Wes at Bo's BBQ in Lafayette,CA.

Sites of Interest:

• New Google "near me now" features for iPhone and Android.
  
  
• Google takes a new approach with China.
  
  
• China is now the largest importer of cars
  
  
• 2010 Will Be the Year of 3D TV
  
  
• How different types of 3D glasses work.
  
  
• 3D without glasses, works very much like the 3D postcards you see in souvenir shops.
  
  
• Nvidia 3D vision card and glasses for 3D on your home PC. Mark was wrong in being skeptical about this. He was assuming 3D would need polarization on the display screen and forgot the technology where the glasses have electronic filters that turn each eye's lens transparent and opaque in sequence to match the left and right pictures blinking alternatively on the display.
  
  
• TV goggles exist, but never seem to be good enough.
  
  
• The director of Avatar and Titanic made a 3D IMAX documentary called Ghosts of the Abyss about finding the wreck of the Titanic and exploring it with mini submarines containing IMAX cameras.
  
  
• Interview with James Cameron about the technology used to film Avatar.
  
  
• Good video of the Sony Aibo robot dog in action, including interaction with a cat.
  
  
• Video of Bigdog, a Military robot that look like a double-sided dog.
  
  
• Video of the Manoi Go break-dancing robot.
  
  
• Digital Mobile TV meant for portable devices.
  
  
• Sugar-powered phone, pour coca cola into it.
  
  
• Free Photoshop Online.
  
  
• The Sony Dash can run Chumby applications as well as other multimedia functions.
  
  
• SBSettings for jailbroken iPhones Offers Faster Method to Manage iPhone Settings
  
  
• Article critical of the Sound Exchange website.
  
  
• Touch the Future with Light Blue Optics.
  
• New Sony eBook readers have touchscreens and free cellular network access for downloading books and periodicals.
  
  
• Philip K. Dick Estate Sends Google Cease And Desist Over Nexus One Name.
  
  
• Pacman re-written for the 1976 Fairchild VES/Channel F/System II
  
  
• "Demo apps" people used to write to show off their programming skill
  
  
• The jailbreak ProSwitcher does multitasking on the iPhone looking just like the Palm Pre.
  
  
• Please don't make the mistake of buying an Androd phone, Blackberry, or Windows Mobile. Only the iPhone can run amazing and essential applications like these: Mr. Dumb - Toilet, Marco Popo, iThong, Pet Snap, Nude-it, and Drunk Dialer.
  

Wes' iPhone Applications of the week:

• Labyrinth 2 --The creators of the original iPhone Labyrinth game bring you Labyrinth 2 - the groundbreaking game taken to the next level.
  
  
• GoodReader -- Read huge PDF, or TXT files, flawless performance with files over 1 gig in size, and re-flows the text to fit the iPhone screen.
  

Mark's iPhone Applications of the week:

• HuffingtonPost.com -- Take the Huffington Post with you, and get the latest news and opinion --even when you are on the go.
  
  
• Dragon Dictation -- Voice recognition application powered by Dragon NaturallySpeaking that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text.
  
  
• Mailme Voice -- The quickest way to get all those things that you need to remember straight to your e-mail inbox.