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Tommy Jørgensen

Member since: Nov 24th, 2006

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Philips' crazy Rationalizer bracelet / bowl concept is a mirror into your emotional well-being (video) (Engadget)

Oct 13th 2009 6:54PM This is bordering fraud... Can't believe Philips is doing something that most certainly will mean negative press

Guitar Hero 5's drums getting a Rock Band makeover? (Engadget)

Jul 6th 2009 5:03PM hmmm, maybe it's just me, but that blurry-shot looks like glow-in-the-dark stuff

And the bass-drum beater isn't there.

Then - what IS that thing at the bottom?? :D

How would you change Samsung's YP-P2? (Engadget)

Apr 26th 2008 6:34AM - on-wire remote control?
- More than measly 8/16 GB! damnit, this thing is huge for just 8/16 BG!
- What? U can't "hold" the touchscreen only? So I can't skip a song without pulling this huge thing from my pocket, un"holding" it, pressing the sidebutton or flicking the screen??
- Make it usable as a "on-the-move-in-my-pocket" device...

The Trippiest Optical Illusions on the Net! (Switched)

Apr 10th 2008 3:13PM This is bull...

This is not an illusion. It could have been, but it is not. The original illusion is the classic 2d representation of 3d rotation without perspective. And people seing clockwise or not does not say anything about left or right hemisphere. I don't have a clue where the makers got that idea from, but I suspect it has monetary origins.

The animation is flawed, as it is indeed 3D WITH perspective rotating clockwise (you can analyze each frame - believe me, it's clockwise). Underneath they have placed a reflection that is moving counter-clockwise. I guess they have though, that if you think this otherwise clockwise moving animation rotates counterclockwise, it must be because you deduce it from the shadow underneath. And if your deduction overrides you intuitive (and correct) observation of clockwise rotation, you must be left-hemisphere dominated.

But that's too far fetched. Neuroscience is faaaar more complicated than that! Don't fall for pseudoscience crap!

- Tommy (medical student, former 3D graphics dabbler)

Philips invents breath test for diabetics (Engadget)

Feb 13th 2008 1:24AM This test wouldn't be very accurate. Breath CO2 is also directly linked to the current state of your metabolism. If you have any other diseases (which diabetes patient often have) your metabolisme is increased. It also depends on what kind of fuel you are burning. Burning fat creates more CO2 that pure carbohydrates, and burning a lot of carbohydrates doesn't mean you have a high bloodsugar, just that you are burning it.

Maybe the trick is, that you burn a lot MORE carbohydrates from you blood with high bloodsugar, than possible with only normal blood-suger...

At any rate, this is only a patent, and I've seen a lot of patents on impossible things, taken only as a means to justify licencing claims.

Philips invents breath test for diabetics (Engadget)

Feb 13th 2008 1:18AM Sugar isn't the problem. It's insulin-resistance at cell-level, which is caused by something called "the metabolic syndrome". Basically it's because of the amount and kind of fat you eat. Also the amount of body-fat is very indicative of your risk of Non Insulin Dependant Diabetes. Finally, up to 80% of the risk is genetic... So there you have it. Don't get fat, don't have fat parents, eat healthy and exercise regularly, and you might be down to only 80% genetic risk :-)

FuelPod2 converts excess cooking oil into biodiesel (Engadget)

Dec 5th 2007 9:20AM Well, the "waste oil" is a sales gimmick.

The actual potential of this product is that anyone can take any kind of oil, and make viable fuel out of it!

Fx. if you live in africa and can grow crops to make the oil, then you don't need to import fuel from other places (but you'd need to import food, because you were growing fuel now instead).

Xbox 360 Fall 2007 Dashboard update hands-on (Engadget)

Dec 4th 2007 9:53AM Good question! The reason that people want DivX support is, that they usually have most of their content in DivX anyway, and so, thay won't have to transcode all their content for it to play back on the 360...

What they don't realize is, that a lot of their content is not using standard profiles, so it's hit'n'miss what files will play and which won't.

DivX and Xvid are older versions of what is now effectively MP4 (H.264, VC1). But they are more advanced and better than MPEG1 and 2.

Pictures of Boeing's Humvee-mounted Laser Avenger (Engadget)

Nov 14th 2007 11:17AM This is where a slightly more polished version of the Tinfoil Hat (tm) might actually do some real protecting! :-D

Enable disk use on your iPod touch (Engadget)

Sep 23rd 2007 3:28PM YEah, it really baffles me that so many people buy these things, while they don't even have the most basic of features... So sad...