(Credit: CNET) Everyone who uses Instagram , EyeEm , or other photo-sharing apps knows how easy it can be to add effects to photos and make them look even better than the original.
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Turn photos into sketches on iOS
Turn photos into sketches on iOS
May 18, 2012 By
CalArts wins grant for arts-and-technology program
May 18, 2012 By
A member of the Karmetic Machine Orchestra, based at CalArts. (Credit: Karmetic Machine Orchestra) With technology making itself all but unavoidable in an increasing number of areas, a special university program designed to get undergraduate art majors up to speed with computer science and programming has received a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Motorola clarifies Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule
May 18, 2012 By
Good news for some Motorola users, terrible for others. (Credit: Motorola) At some point within the next four to six weeks, Motorola plans to deploy Android 4.0 to the Droid Razr , Droid Razr Maxx , and Xoom 3G/4G LTE.
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Science, tech fuel artist’s varied and vivid ouevre
May 18, 2012 By
Radiometer chandelier. (Credit: Luke Jerram) Yes, artist Luke Jerram ‘s most widely known piece may perhaps be “Play Me, I’m Yours” — an artwork that temporarily distributes actual full-size pianos on the streets of major cities for anyone to play. After all, it’s been featured in hugely populated towns like New York City and Los Angeles.
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Blue skies for The Weather Channel’s overhauled iOS app
May 18, 2012 By
The Weather Channel 5.0 for iPhone.
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Blue skies for The Weather Channel’s overhauled iOS app
Survive with Sony’s hand-crank USB charger
May 18, 2012 By
This charger could save a life, or at least a smartphone. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: Sony Japan) One possible solution to resurrect a dead phone resides in Sony’s latest portable CycleEnergy USB charger with a built-in hand crank, due in Japan on June 20 for 8,000 yen ($100). The modular charger ( CP-A2LAKS ) features a dual port unit capable of charging two USB-equipped devices and a built-in 4,000mAh battery chargeable via AC power.
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Carnegie Mellon students get naughty, nice with new-media art
May 18, 2012 By
A frame from the video for “The Human Theremin,” a Kinect-based project by students Duncan Boehle and Nicholas Inzucchi. (Credit: Screenshot by Edward Moyer/CNET) It’s end-of-term time, which means brainy college students throughout the land are busily quaffing coffee and eschewing sleep to get their final projects and shows sewn up. That means too, of course, that many of these compelling projects are being put on display for the first time
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Friday Poll: Verizon killing unlimited data, what are you going to do?
May 18, 2012 By
Customers may lose their unlimited data plans when upgrading to 4G LTE. (Credit: Verizon Wireless) Verizon customers with grandfathered unlimited data plans have been wearing their status with a sense of pride for a long time. New customers stuck with tiered plans look at them with envy and longing.
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Friday Poll: Verizon killing unlimited data, what are you going to do?
Samsung grabs 9 million pre-orders for Galaxy S III
May 18, 2012 By
Demand for Samsung‘s Galaxy S III is already running hot. (Credit: Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) Samsung‘s Galaxy S III has scooped up 9 million pre-orders , Reuters said today, based on information from the Korean Economic Daily. Already finding a home among more than 100 global carriers, the Galaxy S III will debut in Germany on May 29 and then expand around the world
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Why does Clothbot want to climb up your pants?
May 17, 2012 By
(Credit: Video screenshot by Tim Hornyak/CNET) Robots climbing up your leg — are you cool with that? Chinese researchers certainly are, arguing they could become electronic pets, or even “mobile” phones.
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