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Thursday, May 16, 2013

David Beckham Scored A Goal From Behind The Halfway Line When He Was A Little-Known 21-Year-Old

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/david-beckham-goal-half-way-line-2013-5

Before he was one of the most recognizable people on the planet, David Beckham scored a ridiculous goal from behind the halfway line for Manchester United.

It was the first day of the 1996-97 season. United was playing Wimbledon. Beckham — a promising 21-year-old, but hardly an international star — had just broken into the lineup the year before.

He saw Wimbledon's goalie Neil Sullivan off his line, so he fired in a dipping ball toward goal from a hair behind midfield.

It fell over Sullivan's head for a goal:

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Watch Liquid Water Instantly Turn into Ice

Source: http://gizmodo.com/watch-liquid-water-instantly-turn-into-ice-507061373

Turning water into ice usually takes a lot of time. Not for this guy though, he magically turns liquid water into frozen ice. It's instantaneous! Seriously, just watch water get poured from the bottle and then freeze immediately. What kind of sorcery is this?

The trick is getting the water to just about freezing in the freezer. Grant Thompson, the mastermind behind the video, put an unopened bottle of water in the freezer for about an hour and a half to two hours to get the perfect temperature. Then after the water is supercooled, he pours the almost freezing water over ice and watches it immediately transform into ice as it touches the ice cube. It's a fun little trick that'll blow your friends minds. [Grant Thompson via The Awesomer]

Visualized: Google I/O's colorful circle of ChromeBook Pixels

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/visualized-google-io-chromebook-circle/

Google loves to use I/O as a platform for sharing its creativity with the world. This year, one of the masterpieces is a circular edifice consisting of two lines of Chromebook Pixels, with each keyboard on the outside. Ultimately, the artistic monument appears to highlight the Pixel's touchscreen and high-def display, as it flashes a wide variety of colorful imagery and music as you interact with each monitor. We have a gallery of images and a brief video below, showing off some of what this clever spheroid of Chrome OS can do.

Gallery: Google IO Chromebook Pixel circle

Filed under: Displays, Laptops, Google

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Recon Instruments Jet heads-up display debuts at Google I/O, we go hands-on (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/recon-instruments-jet-hands-on/

Google Glass is a lot of things, but it's hardly a superstar when it comes to the world of sports. Though we've seen proof it is at least water resistant, it doesn't feel particularly durable and isn't entirely well-suited to wearing while, say, sweating profusely during a lengthy climb on a road bike. Recon Instruments has what it thinks is a solution: the Jet. It's a pair of sporting sunglasses with an integrated, Android-powered display that could make things like running and cycling far more exciting -- or at least far more information-packed. Join us after the break for our impressions.

Gallery: Recon Instruments Jet hands-on

Filed under: Wearables

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PrimeSense demonstrates Capri 3D sensor on Nexus 10 (hands-on)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/primesense-demonstrates-capri-3d-sensor/

Take the 3D sensor inside the Microsoft Kinect, shrink it down to a tenth of its original size and add a bunch of mobile capabilities, and you have yourself PrimeSense's latest conquest, better known as Capri. The company, which is the brains behind the Kinect, has been openly working on bringing a tiny-yet-advanced 3D experience to tablets, televisions and smartphones for quite some time now. And it's proud enough of its progress so far that it's willing to give some real-life demonstrations to developers attending Google I/O. You may not see Capri embedded on the PCB of your portable gadget anytime soon -- at least, not until PrimeSense winds up wooing the pants off a lucky OEM or two -- so in the meantime, the company has connected the sensor board to the Nexus 10 via micro-USB.

Unlike the Kinect, however, PrimeSense doesn't think gestures will play a significant role in how we use Capri to interact with our gadgets. Rather, it seems to be more focused on 3D-based use case scenarios, many of which haven't even been thought up yet. As you'll see in the video below, we were shown an AR game that takes the environment around you -- walls, furniture and other elements -- and uses them as restrictions, just as much as they would be in real life. In another app, Capri snapped a three-dimension shot of an object on the table in front of us, captured its measurements and let us export that image to another device or even a 3D printer. In many respects, PrimeSense appears to be taking the same strategy Google does with Glass: get developers excited about the tech in the hopes they'll come up with clever uses for it. And while the company isn't ready to put Capri in their hands yet, the SDK is up for grabs, and I/O is no doubt an ideal place to build excitement for it. If you're looking for more info, we have a gallery, video and press release below, and you'll find the SDK at the More Coverage link.

Gallery: PrimeSense Capri demo at Google IO