Archive for April, 2009

Simple Youtube hack

Youtube screen capture

It was at first thought to be another april fool joke but it is true that you could flip a youtube video upside down. I just try it myself it is still working all the lettering and tumbnail are upside down too. Try it now before google take it down anytime. This how you do it. First copy the URL from the labeled box on the right. (Be sure it’s the URL box and not the embed box.) Next, paste your URL into your browser window and add &flip=1 to the end of it with no spaces.

Example the original URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAh_K4yb-k0

Example the flip URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAh_K4yb-k0&flip=1

via About.com

PSP2 – NO UMD require

PSP2 or PSP4000

According to Acclaim developer David Perry, the new PSP2(PSP4000) will not feature a UMD disc drive. It is unclear whether he has seen the new PSP2 or just hearing rumors from the gaming community or forum. But if this were to be true, we will be running game straight from the memory stick or maybe there will be even a built in storage inside. I hope that they will use a SSD storage instead of HDD so that the loading and running of the game will be faster and smoother. Most likely in the future we will be buying games from the Playstation Network Store which mean lesser revenue for the game shop boss?

via kotaku

Anti-Pervert Panties Block IR

These days technology is advancing at such a fast rate that cameraphones with IR night vision can be tweaked to see through clothes. Cramer Japan made these nylon and polyurethane panties that block IR, hampering the photographs. The name of the undies? ShotGuard Inner Shorts. The company is planning also to make bras the same material. In fact this short had been in market for around a year already, just that not many shop are selling it.

Anti-Pervert Panties

Impressive Augmented Reality Game Possibilities on the iPhone

Augmented Reality is described as a combination of real-world and computer-generated data, where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real time. The folks over at TouchArcade snagged videos some very impressive augmented reality programs by Blair MacIntyre, an Associate Professor at the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. The apps displays the video that the iPhone is picking up on the screen and then overlays 3d objects on top of it to make the appears as if they are in reality. The proof put together here pave the way to future gaming concepts. While the concept is REALLY cool there are some negatives. One of the largest is that the application in its current form seems to require the correct backdrop to work. The virtual pet appears above specific squares. The zombie game needs a backdrop of streets and towers. Having to carry around a back drop for the app/game you want to use might be difficult to market.

via modmyi

Google Image Search now has color filter

If you like to use google image search to search for image you now add color filter to better optimize your search result. Let say for example you are looking for a red color Honda Jazz choose the red color filter and your image result will only return with red color Honda Jazz. Currently there are only 12 color for you to choose with. Some image search result example are shown below.

Red Hulk

The image result i did a search using term “Hulk” after that i apply the red color filter.

Yellow Robot

The image result i did a search using term “Robot” after that i apply the yellow color filter.