What’s the future of user interfaces like? In a matter of 20 years, it will all be about gestural interfaces applied to the real world. Something like Minority Report, basically. And we’ve seen Apple exploring this concept before, with patents surfacing here and there showing how the engineers at Cupertino are indeed considering gesture-based UIs to manipulate objects in a 3D space.
From Minority Report to Apple Patents, This Is the Future of UI
eBoy’s FixPix iPhone Game Available
For those of you who don’t know what eBoy is, welcome on board. I didn’t know anything about eBoy either until a couple of months ago, when I stumbled upon a post on Engadget and fell in love with the works of this phenomenal pixel art group, founded in 1997. Just take a look at their famous London poster to get the hang of it.
So, the eBoy guys decided to develop an iPhone game and the app is now finally available in the App Store at $1.99. The game is very simple and addictive, as all you have to do is tilt your iPhone to “fix” the alignment of pictures on screen. It’s fun and it’s gorgeous to look at.
Check out the gameplay video after the break.
[via Engadget]
Recover Radioactive Waste from a Sunken Submarine with Octopus
iPhone 4 Mockups Show Us What We Already Know
Can’t get enough of the next iPhone? There’s a mockup for that.
An Awesome, Working Lego Printer for Mac
I want one. I don’t know what I could ever print, but please give me one.
[via Boing Boing]
Will the Next Apple Remote Deliver Multi-Touch?
Mac Predictions asks, “If there was a new Apple TV, would there be a new remote?” Their answer is yes, and that the new remote might utilize multi-touch technologies that would make it the perfect magic wand for your home entertainment system.
Japanese Doctors Use iPad During Surgery
Steve Is Pissed Off, But Flurry Is Updating The Service to Follow Apple’s Rules
Remember when Apple changed section 3.3.9 of their Dev Agreement back in April? Turns out they did it because Steve was pissed off at Flurry, a well known analytics firm which, according to Steve, was collecting user data such as geolocation and device information without actual user permission. That’s how the first specs about Apple’s iPad started to go out, and that’s why Steve decided to change the agreement.
A Beautiful Mod for Itsy
Back in January I reviewed Itsy, a new and promising Twitter client for Mac which, in a matter of a few months, has managed to gain a quite big amount of fans and users. I have to say I haven’t used the app since then, but I have some good friends who are very happy with it. I guess it just fits their needs.
Na Wong, well known designer in the Mac and iPhone community, has released a mod for Itsy, which is absolutely stunning. Just check out the video embedded after the break to see by yourself, then go download it here and follow the instructions to apply it.