THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART INTRODUCES TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES TO REACH BROADER AUDIENCES

Free Museum-Wide WiFi Access
MoMA Channel on iTunes
Interactive MoMA.guide Kiosks Allow Visitors Unprecedented Access to Information

Visitors to The Museum of Modern Art are now able to use wireless technology within the Museum to access MoMA’s audio programs on their own handheld devices, including Apple’s iPod Touch and iPhone. MoMA’s free WiFi is just one of several technology-related projects the Museum is providing to give the public more opportunities to learn about the world’s largest and most inclusive collection of modern and contemporary art.

Visitors can access the MoMA Audio programs by logging on to www.moma.org/wifi with their HTML browser-enabled devices.
Audio commentary about works are available on demand by number (found on the label in the gallery), tour, or floor.
Audio programs include:
-commentary by curators and artists on works in the collection in eight languages
-audio for select special exhibitions
-audio for children, teens, and the visually impaired

The Pileus umbrella seems like it came straight out of a sci-fi movie – it has a built-in camera that you can use to shoot pictures in the rain, plus other add-ons too. That includes a GPS system and in the future, a video camera as well. The Pileus also has integration with Flickr! With a wireless Internet connection in place, the photos you click can be uploaded to Flickr at the touch of a button on the handle! Or you can browse photos from Flickr on the umbrella’s webbed innards just by “a snap of your wrist.” Via Podgadget

Touchscreen problem would be your fingers getting in the way of small screen. That is why Microsoft bring the concept of backside touchscreen which allow user to control the device from behind but still being able to see their fingers. Microsoft has shown off Microsoft LucidTouch prototype at the TechFest fair, an internal event highlighting key tech from the company’s 800 research and development staff.

According to the company, the key to making this usable is what it calls pseudo-transparency: by overlaying an image of the user’s hands onto the screen, the illusion of the mobile device itself being semitransparent is created. This pseudo-transparency allows users to accurately acquire targets while not occluding the screen with their fingers and hand. Read More at Tuvie.

Bloomberg reports that Warner Brothers, Paramount, Walt Disney Co., Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, and Fox will begin renting movies through Apple’s iTunes Store in an announcement scheduled for January 15th at Macworld.

Bloomberg states that both new releases and older titles will rent for $3.99 for 24 hours, consistent with recent rumors. Fox was the first studio to have signed onto the iTunes rental deal.

Via Macrumors

Sidel’s innovative NoBottle, which the company is pitching as a “water skin.” Unlike traditional half-liter water bottles which weigh in around 13 to 16 grams, Sidel’s NoBottle comes in at just under 10 grams. Sidel used its proprietary plastic technology, dubbed Flex, to make this new “water skin.” Because it is highly flexible and has shape-memory, Flex allows the bottle to spring back to its original shape upon being compressed or gripped in any way.