So I just learned a new word. Phonetography. I was looking
at the trendhunter site
(being the eternal trend hunter that I am and btw I work
with an art director who is convinced that
writers spend all day trawling the
internet) and there was a page of smart
phone add-ons most of which had to do with using the phone as a camera. The was
Will-i-am’s latest addition to the genre, i.am+ , which according to
the article `takes amazingly crisp shots.’ I thought wow,doesn’t
and shouldn’t the camera in the phone already do that? It’s a attachment and an
app that turns your phone camera into another camera. Again,wow. In more breakthrough news I saw that John
Hopkins University developed the `HemoGlobe' a small attachment for smartphones
that can test for anemia. It’s a small sensor using
small wavelengths of light to detect the levels of hemoglobin in a person’s
blood. It replaces the need for needles. Now that’s a smart way to use a
smartphone.
One other thing that caught my eye that I don’t
literally want catching my eye is the pepper spray smartphone cover ( get an eyeful in the picture above). Perfect
for New York City where the police have identified a whole new category of
thieving street snatchers called `Apple Pickers.’
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