After realizing most of the videos on YouTube are low quality and plot-less, Alexandra Juhasz, who is a media studies professor at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, decided the phenomena needed to be studied.
Juhasz has created a course she calls "Learning from YouTube," which allows Pitzer students to take a better look at the content posted on the site. Professor Juhasz and her students meet in a real class room, but most of the content of the course is available virtually on its "Learning From YouTube" channel. YouTube is "a phenomenon that should be studied," student Darren Grose told Newsvine. "You can learn a lot about American culture and just Internet culture in general." I think it's a fun idea, but do you think any of the content on YouTube is really college credit worthy?
Chosen as a finalist for the BraunPrize 2007, the Triops is quite the user-friendly robust digital camera. Created by German designer Franziska Faoro, the Triops includes three fisheye lenses to capture a variety of images from various angles. Wondering what you can do with a triple-threat lens cam? Throw it in the air for sequentially taken 360 degree panorama snapshots. It can also respond to sound or movement and pictures can be wirelessly transmitted to a separate display unit. I wouldn't be surprised if smaller versions of this design are on the market within a year. via Yanko Design
Last night's episode of The Hills had its share of awkward moments, which included the random run-in Spencer and Heidi had with Jason and Lauren. Audrina decides to give model-boy Justin Bobby a second chance and Lauren offers help to a friend in need. Not as much cell phone action as last week, but lots of tech trivia nonetheless! Were you paying attention? Click on 'take the quiz below' to get started!Photos courtesy of MTV
This alarm clock may cover most of your night side table, but it can be used as a lamp, alarm and a chic art piece— making its large size justifiable. Featured on Coolest Gadgets, the NightCove by Zyken combines innovative technology to create an alarm clock that uses sound and light for relaxation or for waking-up. The light will gradually decrease in intensity so you can slowly adjust from day to night, helping you drift into dreamland alot easier. In the morning the LED lights will gradually turn on, acting as a natural stimulant in the morning. For more product info check out the Zyken website. I like the concept of this clock, but don't think I'd use it much since natural light acts as my non-invasive alarm clock! What do you think?
Much like the Lovelines and We Feel Fine, which search the world's newly posted blog entries for occurrences of the phrases "I love" and "I feel," the I . You. He . She site uses live questions from Yahoo! Answers to generate an overall, up-to-the-minute impression of people's raw feelings and thoughts on the network.
Says designer Juliana Yamashita: “I am most interested in exploring alternative ways of displaying data from Yahoo's network. By looking at the data from different perspectives, unexpected activity patterns and user's interests can emerge, which in turn can inspire new products and interfaces.”
Typically such language visualization applications screen out common words, so Juliana decided to seek out pronoun words and see how often they are used on Yahoo! Answers. What resulted is a neat example of how we use pronouns and how we express how we feel about ourselves and others online. The entries range from "I smell real bad, please help!" "She canceled on the day of our first date," to "What are we coming to?"
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In fact, the article goes so far to predict that these pimped out kitchens will soon have families rushing to everyone's favorite room for both their digital needs and nutritional ones. The article claims items like Hewlett-Packard’s new TouchSmart IQ770 PC ($1,699 at Circuit City), which is designed for "that kitchen of the future, where people turn on the computer along with the coffeepot, and then check the screen for the weather, ball scores and the family calendar as they breakfast," are setting this trend.
I adore my slightly geeky coffee pot, which does its little timer magic and makes sure my coffee is right on schedule every morning, but I see the kitchen as a nice, internet free zone where a family can come together, talk and enjoy food. Do you like the idea of more technology in the kitchen? Source
With so many blogs to read each day in my RSS reader, something like the following service may save me alot of time. Featured on mashable, RSS Brief is a new tool that will automatically attempt to summarize the high points of blog entries. Once you choose which feed you want summarized, each entry will include a caption for the posting as well as a word count and direct link to the entry. RSS Brief is still in Alpha so there may be a few glitches while the service improves.
After realizing most of the videos on YouTube are low quality and plot-less, Alexandra Juhasz, who is a media studies professor at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, decided the phenomena needed to be studied. 
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