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Jul 2 2008

The Apple Design Award winners at Iconfactory show you how to make your own

DIYADA 20080701 222022 The Apple Design Award winners at Iconfactory show you how to make your ownHave you always wanted to win an Apple Design Award? The cool little illuminated cube is something I’ve coveted for a while now, but since I don’t actually produce any hardware or software for any Apple products, I think my chances of winning one are pretty lousy.

The Iconfactory’s Craig Hockenberry was awarded an Apple Design Award at WWDC 2008 for Twitterrific for the iPhone. The award has travelled to North Carolina where the rest of the Iconfactory gang could enjoy it before it went back to Craig’s house in Laguna Beach.

The factory workers in NC grew so attached to the award that they decided to create a doppleganger out of a square glass, some clay, some touch lights and, the handyman’s secret weapon…duct tape. Throw in some spray paint and some nice penmanship and you have a do-it-yourself Apple Design Award that probably fooled Craig for 10 seconds but put a smile on his face.

The building process has been documented on an Iconfactory Flickr set so that maybe you can pretend to be a ADA winner.

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Jun 24 2008

Run Spore Creature Creator Demo on Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger

spore 20080623 210730 Run Spore Creature Creator Demo on Mac OS X 10.4.11 TigerEvidently, the only thing keeping some users of Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger from using the Spore Creature Creator Demo is that the application is coded to look for and only accept Mac OS X 10.5.3.

An anonymous user over at Mac OS X Hints has posted instructions on how to easily alter a plist in the game’s package contents to have it check for a slightly older operating system. Voila! Now, as the editor at Mac OS X Hints notes:

System requirements are typically based on features in a given level of the OS, so there may be unknown issues if you use this hint to run the demo on an earlier version of the OS. Maybe this will work for the full version too…

[ Via Mac OS X Hints ]

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Jun 18 2008

Touchscreen iMac a reality with user-installed device (VIDEO)

The SlipCOVER by Troll Touch is a user-installable touchscreen newly available in sizes designed specifically for the current Apple 20 and 24 inch aluminum iMacs.

Both sizes feature a high resolution, analog resistive touchscreen technology which supports user input via fingertip, gloved hand or stylus. The products consist of a touch sensitive overlay that replaces the iMac’s display glass and connects via a custom designed USB cable. Once the SlipCOVER is installed, the iMac does not appear to have been modified. Unfortunately, there appears to be no support for “multi-touch” using the SlipCOVER–that’s something we will have to look for from Apple.

The 20 inch aluminum iMac SlipCOVER Touchscreen System sells for USD$699, while the 24 inch aluminum iMac SlipCOVER Touchscreen System goes for USD$899. Troll Touch also provides touch interface solutions for 20, 23 and 30 inch Apple Cinema displays, MacBooks, all previous iMac generations, the eMac, and both the 12 and 14 inch iBook models.

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