Today's Top Stories | #1 | Googles new software lets anyone make large interactive displays (with video) | | By Brittany Vincent, Engadget | | Google has created an intriguing new piece of open-source software in the form of AnyPixel.js where anyone can create their own large, interactive displays. "Big and unusual" are the key operators here, and that seems to be exactly what Google has done as its first project. More Why This Matters: You must see what Google is up to in our worldwatch the vide and If youre in New York, go check the display out live in their 8th Avenue lobby. Then download AnyPixel.js from GitHub and try your hand. - Cynthia Wisehart
| | #2 | The All-American iPhone | | By Konstatin Kakaes, MIT Technology Review | | Political candidates say Apple should make phones in the United States. Lets see what that would look like. More Why This Matters: Fascinating and must-read (its short). Made in America (or not, or partially) is a complicated conversation that any technology industry must confront. Including Apple. Including AV. This story is just one little fun way to change the dialogue up a bit. In other Apple news, here is the ultimate Apple I/O death chart, a Game of Thrones-esque accounting of the demise of Apple I/O as the headphone jack faces the same fate. -Cynthia Wisehart | | #3 | These glass speakers work like magic (with video) | | By Bryan Menegus, Gizmodo | | Turtle Beachs Hypersound Glass speakers use a sheet of transparent glass to drive sound in a highly focused beam directly in front of them while being inaudible outside the beams range. More Why This Matters: Full disclosure, its not a very well-written article, but the speakers are interesting. -Cynthia Wisehart | |
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