Midomi did it! Now you can search your favourite song by using your voice

不知道其他人有没碰过这样的事情：偶尔听到一首歌，很好听，但就是不知道歌名，只记得一段旋律或一个片断的点点歌词，你怎么找到它呢？


听到歌词还好办，到百度MP3去搜索歌词片断，运气好的话就可以知道歌名，然后就可以搜索歌曲的MP3，但歌词要是没有搜到呢？或者歌词根本没有记住只记得旋律怎么办？
前几年还做梦，以为通过旋律搜索歌曲很容易就能实现，试过几个感觉都不好，已经死心了，直到最近知道midomi，才让我重新燃起了希望~


midomi官方说明说：”midomi 基于您的声音搜索，因此是终极乐曲搜索工具。唱歌、哼歌或者吹口哨就可以立即找到您喜爱的乐曲，并连接到与您的音乐兴趣相同的社区。”
用midomi哼了几首歌，《K歌之王》、《其实不想走》和《真的爱你》等几首歌都认得相当准确，当然自恋地说也可能是因为我哼得音比较准;-)~


如果你也有只知道旋律不知道歌名的歌要找，可以去midomi试试，没准有收获。

The Smart Umbrella

How many times have you left home and only realized you’d forgotten your umbrella just as it started to pour rain? Well, help is on the way with the development of the Ambient Forecasting Umbrella that will remind you to take it with you on days you’re going to need it. Flashing light pulses in the handle at varying speeds depending on the forecast, serving as a great reminder not to forget your umbrella!



For all the benefits that the umbrella offers, it has one glaring flaw: No matter how gigantic or water-repellent it is, if you leave it at home you are going to get wet. Ambient Devices is hoping to remedy that flaw with the Ambient Forecasting Umbrella. Still under development, the Forecasting Umbrella will let you know at a glance whether you need it. An LED in the handle pulses according to the chance of precipitation by means of a data-radio in the handle that receives information from AccuWeather.com. If the chance of rain is 60 percent, the umbrella handle pulses once every second. If the chance is 100 percent, it pulses 100 times a minute.