Cody Taylor

Barence writes “Researchers at MIT have developed a gadget that knows whether you want to use it as a camera or smartphone, just by the way you’re holding it. So, if you hold the device, dubbed the Bar of Soap, out in front of you like a camera it will automatically bring up an LCD viewfinder. However, if you then switch to holding it as you would a mobile phone, it will bring up a touchscreen keypad instead. The Bar of Soap utilises a three-axis accelerometer and 72 surface sensors to track the position of the user’s fingers and its position.”

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For the uninitiated, Steampunk is the fantasy marriage of modern day technology and Victorian steam power. From mobile phones to full pc systems, the incredible imagination of the inventors behind these pieces of equipment never ceases to amaze. I mean, did you ever imagined your laptop running on steam?