learning

Sigma DP2 and SD15: Sensors say bigger is better

Crave Learning is fun, mmkay? It's a veritable learning bonanza up in here, isn't it? Click through the links for more good learning about the DP2 and SD15. Let's learn a bit more about them, and possibly a bit about ourselves too.

24 September 2008, 12:05

Photos: LG gets its kit out for Crave in South Korea

Crave Inside the Learning Center, one lucky journalist is volunteered (against his will) to have his face transformed by LG's imaging systems. The towers overlook Seoul's Han river (Great river) and play host to LG's Learning Center for children.

16 November 2006, 15:33

Analogue spectrum sale: Anyone want to go twos-up?

Crave We've known about this for some time now, but we're only now learning about dates and how much is available. You know how rubbish TV can be, right? If you think you can do better, now's your chance -- Ofcom has announced that it's finally putting...

Tags: channel, companies, analogue, spectrum

11 June 2008, 11:26

Photos: The wizardry of pinball machines

Crave In the museum's setting, interactive machines provide a vehicle for hands-on learning of basic scientific properties like magnetism, physics and electricity. Located on the island city of Alameda in the San Francisco Bay, Lucky Ju Ju is a place...

26 June 2008, 11:33

Nintendo DS : turning blue in the face of competition

Crave It's true that it's boring silver finish tries to be cool but the plasticky construction makes it feel like something from the Early Learning Centre. All these cool gadgets are a big strain on the pocket.

Tags: nintendo, strategy, ds, pockets

25 April 2005, 9:14

Free PCs and broadband for 20,000 children

Crave The initiative is being run by the government education tech agency Becta, as part of the Next Generation Learning initiative. Thousands of children in England will receive free computers and access to broadband under government plans to bridge the...

Tags: financial, broadband, tech, children

23 October 2008, 8:47

Fretlight Guitar: easy as LED

Crave But for those with ten thumbs and a thin grip on cool, the Fretlight looks like an entertaining learning tool. The Beatles found inspiration in LSD, but would they have guessed one day we’d be songwriting by LED?

Tags: led, guitar, leds, learning

30 March 2005, 15:50

Live human experiment: five hours with Final Cut Pro

Crave Savanna: Five hours, one Mac and a really big book… Learning to use Final Cut Pro was one of those things that I always meant to do, as in 'this year I will go to the gym five days a week. Do you have loads of video footage knocking about unedited?

Tags: human, material, clips, book

8 February 2006, 16:22

Hands-on with the Olympus E-3: A pro dSLR that isn't scary

Crave The E-3 has a particularly friendly learning curve, with most shooting options relying on the front and rear dials to control. It was a while coming, but the Olympus E-3 was launched late last year and arrived at Crave earlier this week.

Tags: olympus, field, compact, manufacturers

27 February 2008, 10:26

Samsung a song to us with its D600 MP3 phone

Crave Navigating through menus, you feel like you're participating in a sociological experiment into remedial adult learning, but playing songs back you feel as though you're in command of a batallion of space ships -- which is much more sensible.

Tags: samsung, learning, user interface, songs

10 November 2005, 10:17

Crave Talk: Free mobile services for ads

Crave We look forward to learning more about the details of Vodafone and Yahoo's plan. Yesterday Vodafone announced a deal with Yahoo in the UK to launch advertising on mobile devices. Customers who agree to accept "carefully targeted display...

Tags: vodafone, services, ads, marketing

15 November 2006, 12:27

Hands-on with the Wacom Bamboo tablet

Crave The initial learning curve is rather steep: you hamfistedly poke about like a 3-year-old being forced to write with their left hand, and all the while not looking at your pad. Drawing is fun. The idea of a graphics tablet -- drawing on a flat pad...

Tags: wacom, paper, hand, pad

10 March 2008, 10:16

Photos: Hands-on with the Samsung NV40

Crave We love smart touch -- it's intuitive and accessible, and definitely worth getting over the initial learning curve. The Samsung NV40 is one of the cameras debuted at CES way back at the start of the year.

3 November 2008, 11:24

Does not compute: The 10 most annoying kid + robot team-ups

Crave And pioneers mean families, and families means one thing: annoying kids learning life lessons. You're making a movie, or a TV show. You've got the awesome concept, you've got the heroic lead and a staunch band of loyal allies.

21 April 2008, 16:48

Arcam Solo 5.1: Home cinema turbo tortoise

Crave Here it's aided by a Video Set Up Wizard and abetted by an intuitive learning remote that can be used to control the rest of your setup. Like the fable involving the hare and the tortoise, there are two routes you can take to home-cinema happiness.

Tags: arcam, definition, disc, speakers

21 December 2006, 10:23