The TWAIN blog » Media http://techxas.edublogs.org TWAIN - Technology Without an Interesting Name: An inside view to technology integration. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:41:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Paper-thin media player http://techxas.edublogs.org/2009/08/19/paper-thin-media-player/ http://techxas.edublogs.org/2009/08/19/paper-thin-media-player/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:50:10 +0000 techxas http://techxas.edublogs.org/?p=306 I just read on Ain’t It Cool News that Entertainment Weekly magazine will be sending out a paper-thin media player in its next edition of the publication to subscribers in New York and Los Angeles for the Sept. 18 edition. The player will serve 7 clips from CBS Television in order to draw up interest in their programming.

Specs on the Americhip player: The screen is 2.7 millimeters thick and has a 320×240 resolution. The battery lasts for about 65 to 70 minutes, and can be recharged by mini USB. The screen uses thin film transistor liquid crystal display and is re-enforced by protective polycarbonate. You can also download updated content to it.

Hello textbook companies!

Actually, this might have been cool 5 years ago.

]]> http://techxas.edublogs.org/2009/08/19/paper-thin-media-player/feed/ 0 Save the date http://techxas.edublogs.org/2009/07/23/save-the-date/ http://techxas.edublogs.org/2009/07/23/save-the-date/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:17:08 +0000 techxas http://techxas.edublogs.org/?p=294 Comic Con is taking place right now and it is the conference for all things GEEK! I wish I were there.

I had posted earlier about the new James Cameron film “Avatar” coming out in December. The audience in the preview at Comic Con were given a 20-minute preview of the film and the reviews coming out are stellar. This is the innovative film of the year if not past 20 years.

A full review can be read here on SciFi Wire’s blog.

My previous post about the innovative film-making and the use of 3D visioning in film can be read here.

Save the date for August 21 because a 15-minute preview will be available for Imax and 3D theaters for the public to view. Reports are that this film will be ground….film-breaking.

Oh and this was shared at Comic Con as well – the title for the new Tron movie. This image is posted full size on AintItCoolNews.com – http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41791 – Austinite reports media, comic, cable, movie news.

Tron

Update on 7/24 – Disney released the TR0N Legacy Teaser Trailer and accompanying website called Flynn Lives. http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx

]]> http://techxas.edublogs.org/2009/07/23/save-the-date/feed/ 0 Am I ready to pod/vod/blogcast? http://techxas.edublogs.org/2009/02/10/am-i-ready-to-podvodblogcast/ http://techxas.edublogs.org/2009/02/10/am-i-ready-to-podvodblogcast/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:06:11 +0000 techxas http://techxas.edublogs.org/?p=252 I bought one of those FlipHD Mino cameras a few weeks ago with the idea of doing more video projects. I thought I might use this really cool piece of equipment to direct some video podcasts for my district.

But, I am really hesitant about doing so! Not for any other reason than it is stepping out of my comfort zone and into a new spot that I have never done before. Sure, I have attended those Apple trainings on making Podcasts and Vodcasts with Garageband. I have attended several of them as a matter of fact!

I know Audacity as well and how to use various media editors.

But what is my real hold-back? I am not comfortable on film! I am not sure I am ready to start filming myself for these videos I want to do. I need to make my voice sound stronger too. When I watch or listen to the playback, I am not comfortable with the way I come across on the media.

Maybe this is just pre-film jitters? Anyone have ideas on what I can do to remedy this?

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