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Overload Bit: iPhone 5 announcement is today. Or is it iPhone 4S?

Nick Carson

Published: October 4, 2011

Overload Bit: iPhone 5 announcement is today. Or is it iPhone 4S?

1:04AM TWiT Live Coverage:

11:11AM - Engadget’s Liveblog is rolling… @ 4 Infinite Loop, Gizmodo‘s too.

10:40AM - Engadget has a pre-chat stream up:

Tim Cook will be unveiling the iPhone 5/iPhone 4S today. I’m actually more excited to hear a release date on iOS5 which gives new notifications, messenger app, reminders, Twitter integration, and of course: iCloud!

Here’s the first in a series I’m going to call “Overload Bit”. Giving you more information sources on one page than you could possibly need/want.

Definitely looking forward to loading up both the iPad/iPhone4 with the new OS. Depends how good the new phone is whether I’ll make the leap and snag one.

Event starts @ 10:00AM Pacific, 1:00PM Eastern

Coverage of the event:

Engadget Liveblog
Gizmodo Liveblog
TechCrunch Liveblog

Twitter Feeds:

Footprints on Moon [Hi-Res Images]

Nick Carson

Published: September 7, 2011

I’m a bit of a space geek, so I guess this struck my interest quite a bit. It’s a shame we haven’t been back there yet…

NASA

(NASA)

Just Released: Lunar landing sites for Apollo 12, 14, 17 as you've never seen them before! http://t.co/t10cCCF On 6-9-2011 16:07:00 from CoTweet

Anyways, some pretty cool photos taken from the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter). You can clearly see the footprints and tracks of Pete Conrad and Alan Bean:

: Footprints around Apollo 12 taken from the LRO

Image with labels:

Landing site with labels

Source [NASA]

Documentary of Apollo 12:

Emotiv’s EPOC headset controls your PC with thoughts

Nick Carson

Published: February 10, 2010

Emotiv’s EPOC headset came out in late December of 2009, promising to control games and your PC simply by thinking.

It’ll run you a cool $300…

It seems to look fairly nice, definitely comes right at you as a “yes, this thing scans your brain” kind of product.

The headset allows you to use your thoughts, feelings, and emotion to control games (designed specifically with EPOC in mind), as well as controlling your PC through its EmoKey feature.

EPOC Headset Features:
- Limited edition design
- 14 saline sensors offer optimal positioning for accurate spatial resolution
- Gyroscope generates optimal positional information for cursor and camera controls
- Hi-performance wireless gives users total range of motion
- Dongle is USB compatible and requires no custom drivers
- Lithium Battery provides 12 hours of continuous use

Using sensors placed all around the headset it picks up on the electric signals coming from your brain and turns these into real responses.

However it’s to be seen whether EPOC can be used effectively for controlling games and PC environments. It may not be ready for what most people would consider controlling computers with your mind like we see in the movies. But nonetheless it is moving the technology forward.

Press Demo for EPOC:

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Emotiv EPOC Headset – Product Page:

- www.emotiv.com/apps/epoc/299/

Previews/Info:

- www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/emotiv-epoc-human-computer-interface-supposedly-on-track-to-ship/
- www.joystiq.com/2009/12/23/the-emotiv-epoc-brain-controller-is-supposedly-out-now-did-y/
- www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/02/emotiv_epoc_neuroheadset_mindcontrolled_video_games.html
- www.crunchgear.com/2007/03/08/emotiv-project-epoc-sensory-gaming-for-the-masses/
- www.pcworld.com/article/183655/wrap_your_brain_around_a_game_with_emotivs_epoc.html

Entrepreneurs Can Change the World

Nick Carson

Published: September 17, 2009

I stumbled across a great inspirational video today about entrepreneurs.

Give it a look:

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