Technology Information: 06/14/10

3D TV on YouTube -- and the World Cup in 3D, too!

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:56 AM PDT

3D TV has been available on YouTube since mid-2009. For a brief overview, watch the following video from Epic Fu:

-jetsetshow

Grab your 3D glasses!

Peter Bradshaw's overview of YouTube in 3D: Go out there and make some 3d!

Nearly a year later, this short video clip has over 1,440,000 views. A sign of a meaningful trend?

YES!

UPDATE: Links to information about the World Cup (Soccer) broadcasts in 3D:

-3dvision blog

-Graphic from Box Office Football: Sky 3D-Will you watch the world cup in 3D Vote

AT &T U-Verse TV Launches ESPN 3D Channel for 2010 FIFA World CUP(TM)
(Auto-Mobi.Info)

ESPN 3D officially launches with FIFA World Cup coverage: Live from Bristol
(Ben Drawbaugh, 6/11/10)
"As for the tech side of things, ESPN was taking in the 1080i50 side by side 3D signal and converting it to the US-friendly 1080i60 side by side, and since DLP sets expect the checkerboard 3D format, a RealD POD was used to make the link between the cable set-top-box and the TV. The glasses were supplied by XpanD, but not the same universal shutter glasses that we expect to be available at retail soon."

Engdget Interview: Chuck Pagano talks ESPN 3D, mobile streaming
(Darren Murph, 6/12/10)
"Chuck stated that ESPN first started taking the whole 3D idea seriously around four years ago, and while the FIFA World Cup feed isn't being shot / directed by ESPN, it's hard to turn down 25 live events in 3D that the entire world will take interest in. He noted that while DirecTV, Comcast and AT&T are signed on at launch, deals are in the works with "all available options" in the US; outside of America, he confessed that the company "isn't looking at anything internationally right now."'

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I'm Sold on 3D TVs...And I Kind of Hate Myself For It
(Mark Wilson, 1/11/10 Gizmodo)

"I wouldn't buy anything but a BIG 3D TV.
Without fail, the bigger the 3D, the better the illusion. Anything under 50 inches is basically a joke, unless it's your computer monitor or something. And I will say, even though Vizio's XVT Pro television wasn't my favorite experience (it's an LCD and thereby less smooth), the fact that it was 72-inches meant that a plane's wing almost hit me in the nose."

What's next on your 3D TV? Get ready for 3D videogames!
(John Gaudiosi, Reuters/Christian Science Monitor 6/10/10)

-Newscom/Christian Science Monitor

PlayStation 3 to Soon Get Stereoscopic 3D Support in Firmware 3.3
(3D Vision Blog: A Normal User's Look Into the World of 3D Stereo Technologies)

Note: I'll share more about 3D TV and related technologies in a post on the Innovative Interactivity blog this week. There is a lot to learn!

-XpanDX103 3D glasses universally compatible with 3DTVs, but not all wallets
(Richard Lawler, Engadget, 3/17/10)

WONG - Multi-touch Pong Rerun - Link to Updated Game and Code (via Seth Sandler)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:19 AM PDT

In 2007-2008 there were a handful of multi-touch concept demo videos created, accompanied by upbeat music. The song in this video would be great for the Glee iPad/iPhone app!

Wong was created by Seth Sandler, who recently cleaned up the code. The latest version of Wong, along with the cleaned-up code, can be found on the TechSparked website: http://techsparked.com/application/wall-pong

YouTube Video of WONG by Falcon4ever:

Here is a plug for Seth Sandler:

More Applications by Seth

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Forgot my Router Password and cannot login: Recover Router Password

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 11:07 PM PDT

Most of the time in SOHO customer care service, they are getting calls regarding lost router password issues. The complaints are like I forgot my router password, I cannot log in to my wireless router or the password I set for the router is no longer working. Most of the time customer set a different password for their wireless router by changing the default password "admin" and later they fail to recall the password from memory. They need a way to recover their lost router password.

Recover Lost Router Password

Unfortunately for Routers belongs to standard Small Office Home Office devices category, there is no lost password recover procedure like high end routers. So practically we cannot recover the lost password and save the current router settings. Though we have a set of standard steps to troubleshoot this issue.

1. Check for the previous router password

In this step we should try to pick the previous router password from either memory or from any written documents. For an average user, there is a chance that he may write down the router password in his diary or other some papers.

2. Try default user name and password to login router

Some times the user may never change his default router user name and password. So it is worth to try the default user name and password to login his router. Default user name and password is the different combination of admin.

Try the following combination

1. Try both user name and password as admin

2. User name is admin and left password field blank

3. User Name is blank and password is admin

3. Reset Router Settings

If the above two options won't work, the last one is reset and reconfigure your router. To know the steps to reset your router click on the link below.

How to reset a router

After resetting the router you should reconfigure the router to get your Internet connection back. To do this check the link below.

1. Configure D link Wireless Router

2. How to configure BSNL Teracom Modem

3. Setup Belkin Wireless Router

4. Setup Linksys Wireless Router in PPPoE

5. Configure Linksys Wireless Range Expander

If you have a router from different manufacturer, follow the user manual to configure the router better.

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HOWTO: Installing Ubuntu Packages Offline

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:41 PM PDT

Something that is difficult to do in Ubuntu (and Linux in general) is installing packages on a system without an active internet connection. This is a brief HOWTO for easily installing packages on an offline Ubuntu system. In order to do this you will need another system (preferably something with Linux) that has an active internet connection as well as a flash drive.

Step 1 - Manually performing an apt-get update
This step is optional if your system was online at some point, however if the system never had an internet connection (or never had apt-get update run) you will need to manually update the packages lists.

To do this goto your system that has an active internet connection, open a terminal and run the following commands in order:

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Release
mv Release archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_Release

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2
bunzip2 Packages.bz2
mv Packages archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_main_binary-i386_Packages

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.bz2
bunzip2 Packages.bz2
mv Packages archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_restricted_binary-i386_Packages

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2
bunzip2 Packages.bz2
mv Packages archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_universe_binary-i386_Packages

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2
bunzip2 Packages.bz2
mv Packages archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages

This should generate five files for you, copy them to your flash drive. Take the flash drive over to your Ubuntu system that is offline and copy them to

/var/lib/apt/lists

Note, you will need super user privileges to do this. To open a super user file manager on Ubuntu run

sudo nautilus

Step 2 - Generating Package List
On your offline system we now need to generate the list of packages we want to install. For this example I am going to use the wine1.2 and filezilla packages, however it will work for any package(s). On the offline system run the following in terminal

apt-get -qq --print-uris install filezilla wine1.2 > apt_list
awk '{gsub("\x27", "", $0); print $1}' <> apt_list_new

Note you can list as many (or as little) packages as you want to install. Take the apt_list_new file we just generated and copy it to your flash drive.

Step 3 - Download the Packages
Plug the flash drive with the apt_list_new file into your computer that has an internet connection. Copy the file to the desktop of the computer and then run the following in terminal

cd ~/Desktop && wget -i apt_list_new

The above command will download all the packages you need to your desktop, copy them to your flash drive.

Step 4 - Installing the Packages
Attach the flash drive you copied all the packages onto to your offline system. Next, copy all the files ending in .deb to /var/cache/apt/archives as root. Finally run

sudo apt-get install wine1.2 filezilla

It will tell you "Need to download 0 of XMB" just enter "y", press enter, and poof! Your software will be installing.

Have any issues or suggestions on an easier method of installing software on an offline Ubuntu system please drop a comment below. Also, if you only have a windows system with an internet connection available to you a LiveCD is a good option or you can always install wget on Windows.

Cheers,
~Jeff Hoogland

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"I wouldn't buy anything but a BIG 3D TV.

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HOWTO: Installing Ubuntu Packages Offline

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