Convert 3D Blu-ray Movies for Viewing on the iPhone with Habro my3D

The Hasbro my3D is a iPhone/iPod Touch accessory that turns the device into a 3D content viewer. When it was released it come with about 7 apps (6 games) for free (many of them now cost something). The apps were fun. You can find some videos on YouTube, but after awhile you soon want more content. You can create your own (see this article about creating your own 3D photos). But what about 3D movies and TV? The my3D's introduction app had several movie trailers and a commercial for a 3D cable channel. Where's that content? Is there a special app for that? No, there isn't. How about converting 3D content meant for other venues or creating your own like 3D photos (but with video). This you can do, and here is how you can do it with content from a Blu-ray 3D disc.

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Create and View Stereoscopic (3D) Imagery on the iPhone/iPad

It seems like all the new gadgetry lately has been adding 3D, but the basics of stereoscopic imagery has been around for a very long time. You can see some that date back to the U.S. Civil War. For many of us the Fisher Price View Master brings us our first memories of 3d devices (it is still available today—65 years strong). Today using a iPhone/iPad you can not only enjoy viewing 3d imagery, but you can create it too.

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Record High Quality Audio with a USB Microphone into a iPad

Looking for better sound quality for your audio recordings on the iPad? Try using a high quality USB microphone. Often these semi-pro microphone were specifically designed to work in certain audio situations (vocals, interviews, instrumental, ambiant, stereo, etc...). Using the Apple Camera Connection Kit, an iPad, and a USB microphone you can have a super versatile mobile recording studio.

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Connect your iPad to an Electronic Piano with a USB Midi Adapter

Updated on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 6:26PM by James Chi

Updated on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 2:51PM by James Chi

Believe me I'm not a musician and I don't play one on TV. In fact if you heard me play you would definitely know I have no musical talent at all. I do however have an old electronic piano that my sisters (who both can play) once used. With a new USB Midi adapter this article will show you how to connect the iPad to the keyboard music instrument. By mating these two devices the iPad will be able to play music available from the internet on the instrument. Music played on the electronic piano can be recorded on the iPad. And finally you will be able to use the electronic keyboard to input music into apps like Garageband to compose your own music.

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Print Photos Using a Mobile Printer from the iPad/iPhone

One year into the life of the iPad printing has only just become a reality. Unfortunately mobile printing from the iPad will need a bit more cook time. In defense mobile printing even with a laptop isn't really that good to begin with (expensive, low quality, not that portable). Now with the iPad you can add in limited options, and reliance on extra bits of gear to carry around. Thus turning a niche product category into a really niche product category. But if all you are looking for is a photo printer there are some options for you.

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Record Analog Audio via 3.5mm Line-out or Microphone Jack into the iPad

Updated on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 7:11PM by James Chi

Before Bit Torrent, Napster, heck the Internet people shared audio by plugging in the headphone jack of one Walkman into the microphone jack of another. It's the very first analog hole! For myself I'm interested in recording the audio from some of the instrument apps available on the App Store and use it in the iPad version of GarageBand. I could hook up the iPad to some external speakers and record it with a microphone, but let's try the old headphone trick to see if we can get a better recording. That leaves us with needing a 3.5mm or 1/8" audio line-in or microphone jack on the iPad. The main difference between the two being the line-out audio being much (~10db) stronger. There are three main solutions to this which we will explore.

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Wirelessly Transfer and Geotag Photos from a DSLR Camera with your iPad/iPhone

Updated on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 4:13PM by James Chi

Updated on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 8:04PM by James Chi

Your DSLR camera takes great photos, but your iPad has all these great apps where all kinds of opportunities exist to manipulate and share your photos. Plus your iOS device has that nice GPS hardware just sitting there. Wouldn't it be great if you could combine them to get the best of both worlds? Now you can... using a EyeFi card and the ShutterSnitch app, you can wirelessly transfer photos as you take them to your iPhone/iPad. Once on your device ShutterSnitch can automatically add any meta data you want and geotag your photos. On location you can add descriptions to your photos without using a full computer. The software also allows you to easily email photos and display your photos on a external monitor or projector. To take advantage of all the great photography apps that are available you can also automatically save all your photos to the camera roll, or rate them and selectively do that. I was so pleased with the workflow I came up with some rigging options to mount the iPad/iPhone to my camera for my next photo walk. Lets look at the system in detail...

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