Tag Archives: Paul Katz

Potty project: Rear Projection TV Urinal

September 2, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Paul Katz WHAT’S HAPPENING Who says drinkers can’t multitask? The Horse Bazaar bar in Australia has created the world’s first Rear Projection TV Urinal. The projector displays a continuous image on the back of the urinal so viewers won’t miss a minute of their favorite show while taking some “me” time; in the more […]

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BOOK IT OUTTA THERE

August 11, 2009 – 4:16 pm

by Paul Katz I assumed I had book smarts in the Digital Age. Crammed into several shelves in my living room are 600 tomes of all shapes, sizes and genres, but slipped into the top shelf is a Kindle loaded with 100 titles. In my tiny Brooklyn apartment, buying a digital e-book reader seemed like […]

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Smart billboards know the difference between boys and girls

July 9, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Paul Katz WHAT’S HAPPENING Smart billboards that can tell apart the men from the ladies are on the way. Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology, and Research has developed facial recognition software that can separate the sexes and then program a digital board to display gender-specific ads (CNET.com 6.17.09). The software is in Beta but […]

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LG’s DTXTR translates text talk for parents

June 18, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Paul Katz WHAT’S HAPPENING Text stress is no longer a worry for parents who haven’t a clue what the kiddies are typing away. LG introduces DTXTR to translate from text to English. The application can translate over 2,000 commonly used words from/to text, much like language site BabelFish.com. LG is positioning the DTXTR tool […]

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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU

June 16, 2009 – 3:35 pm

by Paul Katz There are many key dates in any significant relationship: The first glance, the first touch and the first time the realization dawns that the relationship will change your life forever. For me, that date is June 29, 2007 — the day the original iPhone hit stores. It has been two years, and […]

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Teachers Shmoop to conquer dull school lessons

May 13, 2009 – 7:51 am

by Paul Katz WHAT’S HAPPENING While Shmoop may sound like the title of a ’60s doo-wop song, it’s actually a wry interactive study-aid website to help high school and elementary students learn. The website — designed by Ph.D and masters students at universities like Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard and Yale — provides a snarky take on […]

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THE BIG-SCREEN EXPERIENCE

May 5, 2009 – 2:06 pm

By Paul Katz The temperature is on the rise in Manhattan, Mr. Softee is making regular stops on my corner and flip-flop-clad feet are standard on the streets. Yep, summer is almost here. Another sure sign? Last Friday’s opening of X-Men Origins: Wolverine marked the start of the summer movie season. But for some Web-savvy […]

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Computer addicts seek SelfControl

April 29, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Paul Katz WHAT’S HAPPENING The first step toward fixing an addiction to the Internet is admitting you have a problem. The next? Perhaps downloading the application SelfControl. The free app for the Mac helps keep focus where it should be (work), not where it shouldn’t (Facebook). Users input time-sucking urls into a blacklist and […]

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