“Eyes-Free” Android interface
The MIT Technology Review website has an article highlighting the work of T.V. Raman and Charles Chen, two Google engineers working on an eyes-free interface for Android.
Cellphones
Bacterial Orchestra uses iPhones to create “viral music”
Debuting at the Volt Festival in Uppsala, Sweden, the latest incarnation of Bacterial Orchestra – Public Epidemic No 1 – will be unleashed on a participating public. Organizers speculate impending world-wide sound pandemic.
iPhone Hacks webcast
The authors of iPhone Hacks will be having a webcast Friday, May 15, 2009 at 10am PDT. Register here to participate in this live event.
How-To: Use SlingPlayer iPhone app over 3G
Folks looking for a little tube time with the new SlingPlayer iPhone app whilst bounding about outside of their Wi-Fi comfort zone can breathe easy again.
Android handset as Wii-style controller
Using the compass and accelerometer in the G1, Jubei has turned his Android handset into a Wii-style controller.
How-To: Make a solar iPod/iPhone charger
Building on the original MintyBoost USB charger kit, this Instructables how-to will walk you through the steps of adding a Lithium Polymer battery pack and small solar cell. The extra capacity and added convenience of solar make this modification a must have for off-grid mobility.
Android-controlled robotic blimp
YARB is a robotic blimp controlled using an Android phone. Images are sent over wifi from the blimp to the phone display as it’s maneuvered along using the tilt sensor inside the G1.
