Sunday, December 16, 2012

LG Launches Quick Voice For Smartphones In Korea

First we had Apple with Siri on the iPhone 4S, then we had Samsung with S-Voice on the Samsung Galaxy S III, and now LG is the latest company add voice features to their smartphone range.
LG has announced that they will be releasing ‘Quick Voice’ to a range of their Android smartphone in South Korea later this month, and devices like the LG Optimus VU will get it first with other devices like the Optimus LTE II getting quick voice in July.


LG’s Quick Voice brings natural voice recognition to their range of smartphones, and will work with things like searching, setting up appointments and more.
LG have not said if their Quick Voice service will be rolled out to their devices around the world, so we have no details on when the service will be available in the US and Europe, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.

Genie Camera Motion And Time Lapse Controller

Photographers looking for more control whilst using their DSLR camera to capture time-lapse photography or with motion control. Might be interested in the new concept called the Genie, which is currently on the crowd sourcing website Kickstarter, looking to make the jump from concept to production.
Genie has been designed and created by Chris Thomson & Ben Ryan, and provides numerous different way to remotely control your camera for extra photographic creativity.


The Genie can be setup to record either panning or linear time lapses, and can be programmed to move and shoot in a panning direction at a speed controlled by you.
“One of the coolest things about the Genie is that it is able to integrate with all of your existing equipment – whether you have a professional slider or your homemade DIY track, simply screw the Genie on and attach the rope to either end using the supplied accessory. Since the Genie uses standard rope in linear mode, the only limit to the length of your camera move is how long your length of rope is”
The Genie is currently over on the Kickstarter website looking to raise enough pledges to make the jump from concept to production. So if you think it is something you could benefit from, jump over to the Kickstarter website now to make a pledge and help the Genie become a reality.

Dell Inspiron Ivy Bridge 15R, 17R Laptops Launch

Dell has this week added a couple of new additions to its range, with the launch of the new Dell Inspiron 15R and 17R series of laptops. The new laptops designed as family computers, were first revealed a last month, and have now been launched equipped with Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processors.
The Dell Inspiron models feature either a 15 or 17 inch display and include upgrade options for a 3D 1080p display, the installation of a powerful quad-core Ivy Bridge i7 processor. Together with the ability to add a Blu-ray drive, Nvidia GeForce GT 650M discrete graphics, and up to 8GB of RAM if desired.

The starting price for the Dell Inspiron 15R is $550 which provides the older Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 processor, 6GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive, the 17 inch Dell Inspiron 17R version with similar basic specifications starts at $600.
Full details of both the new Dell 15R and 17R laptops can be found over on the Dell website, which also includes all the available options and configurations which are available to add to each model.

Aelita Andre, the youngest artist in the world

The Australian girl, Aelita Andre, has caused surprise and admiration of the entire artistic community and the world. She is the youngest artist in the world. The most expensive painting sold Aelita for $ 30,000 and the total value of works sold was almost a million dollars. Aelita is now one of the five children smarter planet.

Sculptures made of felled trees

Everyone knows that in every piece of marble sculpture is hidden, you need only take it right out. The same can be said about every stump, every fallen log in the forest. Here is the problem of “extraction” sculptures of the sites and is engaged by British artist Tommy Craggs, creating sculptures from stumps left by felled or broken trees. Animals, people, mythological creatures – all of them have in common is that it makes them old stumps Tommy Craggs.


Amazing dips

This is – a selection of photos of holes, which can directly asunder under their feet (or wheels) and consume forever. Fortunately, most failures in this post have caused only material damage, although some still carried with them, and human life.

Places of unearthly beauty

In this hard to believe, but these places do exist on our planet. This is not someone’s fantasy of a sophisticated, well, except that of nature. Perhaps, to believe that this beauty really is somewhere on the other end of the world, is a time to see it with my own eyes.