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Getting a look at the Looxcie
91 year ago
There’s no shortage of ways to capture video clips these days: smart phones, Flip cameras, dSLRs… they can all take good quality video that can easily be uploaded to YouTube or Facebook to share with your friends and family. The downside? It’s an active process. You have to concentrate on getting the shot you want, instead of actually enjoying the moment you’re trying to capture.
On this episode of Tech Unexpected, I take a look at the Looxcie Wearable Camcorder. It sits on your ear like a Bluetooth headset (which technically, it is), and you can use your iPhone or Android device as a remote control to record and play the videos, and to trim the clips and send them off into the Internet aether once you’re done.
Is this something you would want to use? What would you use it to capture? I can also see it being very useful to record concerts or sporting events. At $199, is this something you would integrate into your tech collection?
If you do get one, show it off! Just take a video with your Looxcie camera, upload it to YouTube and tweet us the link to @Cruzearati with the hashtag #LooxcieHere.
Oh, and P.S: When I told Devo she could be internet famous “too,” I was referring to her becoming famous like Mr. Littlejeans. He’s extremely famous on the internet.
My stop at TechShop!
41 year ago
A few weeks ago, I “cruzed” on down (sorry, it was too easy to pass up) to Menlo Park to visit TechShop, an awesome space where inventors and innovators come together to cook up some really great ideas. You know how everyone whines about it being the future, and “where is my jetpack?” and all that? Well, we got your jetpack right here, baby!
Check out the video below, and head over to Cruze-arati.com for all the videos from my friends! Here are some photos from the shoot on Flickr as well.
Let me know what cool places you think we should check out on a future episode! Email them to submit@cruze-arati.com or send us a Twitter reply at @cruzearati!
Your new Tech Cruze-arati!
171 year ago
I’ve had a few new projects pop up recently, but this is one that I’ve really been excited about! Chevrolet has invited me to be a part of the Cruze-arati campaign; they’ve invited experts from many fields (like fashion, sports, travel, music and entertainment) to use the new Chevy Cruze and shoot videos about the topics they love. I’m happy to announce that I’ll be their Tech Cruze-arati, and we’ve already shot some great technology segments during the past few months!
Just to be clear, Chevrolet is paying me to shoot the episodes (full disclosure and whatnot!), but the segments we’ve shot so far are very much in the vein of my other projects: we’ll drive and travel all over the country, meeting awesome people in the tech industry, reviewing some hot new gadgets, and heading to conferences that are highlighting everything cool the tech industry has to offer.
So stay tuned! Check out the Cruze site at Cruze-arati.com and follow all the Cruze-arati on Twitter @cruzearati, plus keep an eye out for my tweets and blog posts announcing the new videos.
If you have any ideas for shoots, let me know in the comments! And take a look at my bio video below to learn more.
‘The Trashmaster’ brings machinima to the next level
21 year ago
The trashmaster (nouvelle version nouvelle voix-off !)
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I’ve seen a lot of good machinima (yes, I just admitted that) but this one really takes the cake. From Gamesradar:
Clocking in at 88-minutes, The Trashmaster took the french filmmaker over two years to create. It pairs GTA IV’s engine and assets with Weschler’s talented eye for cinematography to tell the dark tale of a trash collector who moonlights as a self-appointed ‘cleaner-upper’ of the ‘human trash’ of New York. When a particularly trashy serial killer starts targeting girls from his favorite strip club… well… you can watch the movie for yourself to find out how it all plays out.
Some of the lines are a little wonky, but that could have been dialog somewhat lost in translation from French. It’s just pretty mind-boggling to see what’s possible with a lot of patience and (obviously) talent. It made me want to pick up GTA IV again; it’s been a while since I’ve spent some quality time with Niko.
Hat tip: Ryan