Samsung and Nokia go after the iPhone 5, don’t realize they are using the same slogan
Source: thenextweb.com - Saturday, September 15, 2012
A Samsung advertisement and a Nokia tweet, both knocking the iPhone 5 and touting the respective products of their own design and construction, share a message: It doesn’t take a genius. The implication of the phrase is that one does need to possess great intellect to understand that rival smartphones outclass the newly announced iPhone 5, Apple’s latest installment in its storied line of handsets. Obviously, Apple fans will disagree, whilst Android and Windows Phone fans will revel in the pugnacity of their favored mobile giant. Now to the fun part, the images. Samsung, you first: ‘Oh snap,’ as they say. Next up, Nokia. Tweet at us, bro: Now, technically, the Nokia phrase is ever so slightly different, as it has a “No,” in front of the phrase, but the meat is the same. You almost wonder if the same ad guru sold the line to both firms. I’m kidding, of course. Interestingly, this sort of flub isn’t that uncommon. The current Presidential election cycle here in the States has seen a bit of a flap as one of the candidates unwittingly employed a slogan exceptionally close to one used by the KKK, a notorious racist group. It was just the sort of thing that leads to wasted media cycles and partisan snickering. Back to Nokia and Samsung, the only question left is this: which company wore it better?Free 123D Catch App Makes Your iPhone a 3D Scanner
Source: singularityhub.com - Saturday, September 15, 2012
3D scan (using your iPhone camera!) and model for free with 123D Catch. Then send it on to the printer. In three years 3D scanners have gone from $30,000 to $3,000 to—$0.00?! AutoDesk’s free 123D Catch app is now available for the iPhone and iPad. Users can take up to 40 pictures, upload them to the cloud, and receive a digital 3D model. Simply, 123D Catch is a free handheld 3D scanner as mobile as you are. Coupled with 3D modeling software and 3D printing services, Autodesk aims to bring 3D fabrication to the masses. If you’re an architect or manufacturer or computer animator, chances are you already know Autodesk. Their 3D modeling software AutoCad—first released way back in 1982—is near ubiquitous in the professional world. But not so much at home. Autodesk hopes to change all that with its user-friendly, free suite of 3D modeling software. The 123D Catch app was first released on the iPad in May 2012 and more recently adapted for the iPhone in early September. Added to 123D, 123D Catch (web), 123D Sculpt (iPad), and 123D Make, Autodesk has made 3D scanning, modeling, and printing as easy as 1-2-3. (Clever, huh?) How does it work? Grab something you want to digitize—a statue or household item. Now, take 20 to 40 photos of the object from as many different angles as you can. Review your photos and replace any errant shots. When satisfied, upload the images to Autodesk’s cloud service. Autodesk’s proprietary software will find c
