<![CDATA[Gizmodo: happy face]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: happy face]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/happy face http://gizmodo.com/tag/happy face <![CDATA[ Sony's Happy Face Cameras Contort Frowns Into Awkwardness ]]> PJ-AM237_pjMOSS_20080422212233.jpegKatie B. over at the WSJ did a roundup of camera tech. I liked this section on Sony's Happy Face Retouch that automatically turns frowns into smiles. Sort of:
It took already captured images of my friends' faces and turned their frowns or ambivalent looks into smiles, but didn't adjust the subjects' eyes. Though this was good for laughs, the eerie-looking grins pasted on faces reminded me of painted-on clowns' mouths. And some attempts to retouch a face couldn't detect the face to alter it. But a handful of the Happy Face Retouches looked somewhat natural.
Silly Sony, smiles happen with your entire face, not just the lips and teeth. P.S. FWIW, Katie does not normally smile like a zombie. [All Things D]

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Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:28:01 EDT Brian Lam http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=382950&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Breakfast Art Toaster Warms Your Soul ]]> Fresh off our Toaster Deathmatch 2K6, we bring you this Breakfast-Art Image Toaster. Sure, it looks like any old toaster you could get as a wedding present (and then promptly return for booze money), but this one draws things on your toast!

Four separate image designs—a sun, a cup of coffee, a smiley face or a birthday cake. You know what? As jaded as we've become over cutesy gadgets, this thing's pretty great. We're buying these as gifts for everybody this Xmas.

Product Page [Brookstone via Coolest Gadgets]

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Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:45:56 EST Jason Chen http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=218495&view=rss&microfeed=true