Multitouch DJ table lets you swipe to rock

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/multitouch-dj-table-lets-you-swipe-to-rock/

We just recently got a glimpse of one possible future of DJing, but our world has now already been turned upside down once again with this multitouch-enabled rig built by Gregory Kaufman. The big difference with this one, as you can probably guess, is that it employs a gesture-based interface that lets you spin the virtual turntables and use a variety of taps and finger swipes to replicate the main functions of a regular DJ deck. What's more, Kaufman says that the only gear a DJ would have to carry is a USB drive with their own music and settings, which they'd simply plug into the multitouch table at a club -- assuming the idea catches on, that is. Top top things off, the system would also be able to accommodate regular DJ gear for some added flexibility, and even provide enough room for two DJs if you're looking to battle or share the stage. Head on past the break to check it out in action.

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Multitouch DJ table lets you swipe to rock originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Historious Creates a Content-Searchable Index for Your Bookmarks [Bookmarks]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5608065/historious-creates-a-content+searchable-index-for-your-bookmarks

While popular services like Delicious focus on tags to organize your bookmarks, Historious adds a Google-like search engine to filter through them even more efficiently.

Historious seems to fill the nice gap between searching through your web history and your browser's bookmarks. Sometimes, you visit a helpful how-to or help page that you'll need to return to later, but your bookmarks bar only has so much precious room—and it's usually reserved for quick access to those sites you visit on a daily basis. Searching your history can be a bit overwhelming, and even more refined search terms may come up with many results that are hard to filter through. Historious essentially creates a custom search engine for stuff that you've bookmarked for later.

Like most sites, you can easily bookmark a page with the Historious bookmarklet. One of the biggest perks to Historious, though, is that unlike other sites, it actually searches the content of your bookmarks, not just the titles and tags. Thus, even if you can't remember the headline of an article, you'll probably be able to find it with a few choice keywords. The signup is free, although there is a premium option ($3 a month) that provides a few extra features like filtering by date and searching through PDFs. Hit the link to check it out.

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Jetway JBC600C99-52W is a long name for a little nettop with Atom D525 power

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/jetway-jbc600c99-52w-is-a-long-name-for-a-little-nettop-with-ato/

ASUS has yet to make the EeeBox EB1501P official, with its new dual-core Atom D525 internals, and the price for being tarrying is being beaten to the punch. Jetway (who previously took a little inspiration from the Wii in its case designs), is launching the sensually titled JBC600C99-52W nettop, with a D525 processor running at 1.8GHz, ION2 graphics, gigabit Ethernet, and 802.11b/g/n WiFi. No memory whatsoever is included, so it's BYO DDR2 and storage, but a price of $270 should leave at least a little room in your budget to meet those needs.

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PhotoFast GM-7300 SDXC-to-CF adapter gives your pro DSLR another storage option

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/photofast-gm-7300-sdxc-to-cf-adapter-gives-your-pro-dslr-another/

You're probably wondering how you'll get 2TB or so into a single CF slot of your D3S. Or even if you're not, you're probably wondering how you can strap a trio of CF cards together for a 6TB slab of flash storage. So far as we can tell, PhotoFast's the first with an adapter that enables devices with CompactFlash slots to accept those minty fresh SDXC cards, which would theoretically allow anything that understands CF to now recognize. The GM-7300 SDXC-to-CF adapter is expected to ship next month in Japan for ¥2,980 ($35), but there's no word yet on when it'll be headed up over the Bering Strait and down into the US of A.

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DIY Smartphone Video Chat Hanger [DIY]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5606603/diy-smartphone-video-chat-hanger

With the slow introduction of video chat on smartphones, you may be looking for a way to save yourself some arm strain while chatting. Apple blog TUAW has created a cheap but useful hanger that mounts your phone on your computer monitor.

Whether you're using your smartphone as a webcam for your PC, running FaceTime on your iPhone 4, or anticipating Skype's upcoming Android app for your Evo's front-facing camera, this little hack makes video chat a bit more versatile. Now, instead of being tied to your computer, you can pick up your phone and turn it around, move to a new room, or even carry on your conversation as you leave the house.

TUAW's mod merely consists of some cardboard, duct tape, and the top of a wire hanger. It certainly isn't the prettiest hack around, but they certainly did their homework on it. Each nook and cranny in it has a purpose, whether it's allowing tethered devices, charging yoru phone, or accomodating external speakers. With a bit of ingenuity you could probably fashion something that isn't so ugly, too—and if you're really clever, you could even find a way to do it without covering up a giant portion of your monitor. Hit the link to check it out, and let us know what ideas you might incorporate to a smarphone video chat mount in the comments.

Low rent FaceTime: Create your own FaceHanger

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