Every now and then some hype comes around that is, well, worth it : The applications for such stuff are mind-boggling! Who can hardly wait to have wallpaper that is capable of projecting video feeds – raise your hand [image of me raising my hand, hardly able to stay in my seat] Minority Report, here…
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Another Eureka Moment!
If you had to wear a knee brace every day you’d definitely want to wear one of these. Funny how these simply wonderful ideas elude us for so long : By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Talk about a knee-jerk reaction. Scientists in the United States and Canada said on Thursday they have developed a…
another kind of tag
It would be an interesting first day on the job : sign the paperwork, W-2 and whatever else, and then roll up your sleeve for a microchip injection. Sounds like sci-fi, but it’s happened, and now a handful of states are making sure their citizens will never be forced to have a microchip implanted under…
bluehost is the most
i’ve been loyal to the same host for years. when i first got into external hosting it was way more expensive than it is now. since there are tons of affordable options out there now, i decided it was time to look for a new, more affordable host with the kind of digs i like,…
Humans are not evolved for security!
Human beings aren’t evolved for security in the modern world, and particularly the IT security world, according to security guru Bruce Schneier. He told delegates at the 2007 RSA Conference that there is a gap between the reality of security and the emotional feel of security due to the way our brains have evolved. This…
Puppy Linux!
That’s right, folks, now you can boot a live CD of Puppy! Check it OUT. = c
Linux Geek Makes Good
James Burgett of the Alameda County Computer Resource Center calls himself a ‘tattooed freak’ and a recovering drug addict, but CNN is calling him a hero for diverting tons of computers from landfills, installing Ubuntu Linux on them, and giving them out to schools, non-profits, and people who can’t otherwise afford one. Burgett’s filmed interview…
The first ever Web OS
Parakey is a platform for building applications that merge the best of the desktop and the Web. Like desktop applications, these applications work offline, offer more privacy than pure websites, run quickly, and integrate with your computer and its devices. But like Web applications, they are also more creative, visually alluring, accessible from anywhere and…
RoboCup 2007
RoboCup chose to use soccer as a central topic of research, aiming at innovations to be applied for socially significant problems and industries. The ultimate goal of the RoboCup project is by 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world champion team in soccer. In order for…
More jobs for robots
As if the debate over immigration and guest worker programs wasn’t complicated enough, now a couple of robots are rolling into the middle of it. Vision Robotics, a San Diego company, is working on a pair of robots that would trundle through orchards plucking oranges, apples or other fruit from the trees. In a few…
Google Maps : test
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Happy Birthday Vids!!!
Even if you aren’t a *gamer* in the purist sense of the word, you have PLAYED a videogame and may even have a favorite over all others. Which is why you should head out to the arcade nearest you today and drop a few coins in and let go! Today, by all accounts, videogames turn…
Don’t look into the straw…
Did you know our primitive brains weren’t wired very well to read this paragraph? Scientific research conducted by Walker Reading Technologies, a small Minnesota startup that has been studying our ability to read for the last ten years, has concluded that the natural field of focus for our eyes is circular, so our eyes view…
Humanoids making progress
this is interesting to follow. have you seen the Asimo commercial? = c
The dilemma of copyright continues…
surely the battles of taste will never be won. there are some debates that have raged on and will continue to rage on until the end of time. among these : copyright here’s yet another interesting take on it. of course, it doesn’t really clear anything up but these are all just exercises not facts….
Alas, a threat to Google? Nah…
The evolutionary path of the computer is curiously cyclical. In the 1970s, companies relied upon mainframes, with multiple users sharing a single central computer through “terminals.†But by the early 80s, the ascendancy of the personal computer had pushed this setup to obscurity, essentially re-orienting the relationship to keep most of a computer’s processing and…
Surveillance
I created the short below as part of a multimedia installation for a gallery at my office. It is a brief meditation on public video surveillance using footage i took from out of my office window in downtown Minneapolis. The audio i mixed from various podcasts available on the Web.
VisuWords
remember the brain? the technology has evolved into many cool applications, not the least of which is VisuWords. check it out! = c
Lucas’ network infrastructure trumps world
Given the cult-film status of 1971’s THX 1138 in the George Lucas universe, it should come as little surprise that the total capacity of Lucasfilm’s giant data center is 11.38 petabits per second. Granted, that number–which represents the value one would get by adding up the bandwidth capacity of all the company’s 1 gigabit per…
Goodbye-Microsoft.com
Debian hacker Robert Millan has just announced the availability of a Debian-Installer Loader for win32. The program, inspired by Ubuntu’s similar project, features 64-bit CPU auto-detection, download of linux/initrd netboot images, and chainloading into Debian-Installer via grub4dos. The frontend site goodbye-microsoft.com has been set up for advocacy purposes. Even tho we know MS will continue…
No third party crap [i mean apps]
via [slashdot] In an interview with the New York Times, Steve Jobs confirms reports that the recently-announced iPhone will not allow third party applications to be installed. According to Jobs, “These are devices that need to work, and you can’t do that if you load any software on them.” In a similar vein, Jobs said…