Gadget Friday

New software helps visually impaired use a touchscreen   > One group of people has traditionally been left out of our modern tablet revolution: the visually impaired. Our slick, button-less touchscreens are essentially useless to those who rely on touch to navigate around a computer interface, unless voice-control features are built in to the device and its OS.   Moog Crams An Incredible Analogue Synth Into An App The Moog’s new Animoog app jams all of its analogue cousin’s wizardry into an iPad synth that’s as intuitive and satisfying to play as the original. The layout is configured much how you’d imagine it — the piano keys are laid out along the bottom on the iPad’s screen. Two of the synth’s modules — a delay module for example — are visible at any given time.    Humanoid robots will be roaming Abu Dhabi’s malls next year Abu Dhabi is about to begin production on humanoid robots that could eventually completely replace human workers in malls and exhibition centers. The life-size robots are currently being developed by Barcelona-based PAL Robotics, a company under the umbrella of the Abu Dhabi based Royal Group. Raytheon-Sarcos helps with heavy lifting Prototype heavy lifter has two giant arms that mimic your moves Print a 3D mask of your own face For $US4000, a Japanese company called Real-f will make a photorealistic mask of your face they call a three-dimensional photo form.