Archive for January, 2008
Are Cell Phones Our Last Hope for Literacy?
Half of Japan’s top 10 best-selling books last year — half! — started out as cell phone-based books, according to the New York Times.The books-on-phones genre started when a home-page-making Web site company realized that society in Japan were writing serialized novels on their blogs, and figured …
Cell Phone Powered By ‘Supercomputer’ Demoed
Accenture’s research labs in Nice, France, Tuesday showed off an application that enables a cell phone to act as a thin client to massive compute capability (well, a Windows XP laptop, anyway) essentially transforming it into a CELL PHONE SUPERCOMPUTER. The picture shows part of the demo where the p…
U.S. General to Pentagon: Let Troops Blog
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV wrote — where else? — in a blog that American troops, including those in war zones, should be ALLOWED TO BLOG and post photos and videos. Currently the Pentagon blocks YouTube and major blogs. But Caldwell says that policy kills an opportunity for the publ…
Elastic Robot to be Displayed As Art
A “squishable” soft caterpillar-like robot developed by Tufts University will be DISPLAYED in February and March at New York’s Museum of contemporary Art (MoMA). The creepy robot, called the Softbot II, will be part of an exhibition called “Design and the Elastic Mind.”Orginal post by Mike
Amazon Buys Audible (Too poor it Wasn’t Apple)
Amazon.com plans to buy Audible Inc. in an all-cash purchase for about $300 million. Darn it. I WISH APPLE HAD DONE THIS. Since the two companies compete with each other in one of Apple’s most vital businesses — downloadable music — I think there’s a good chance one or both of these companies will…
TSA Launches Blog for Complaints About Security
The Transportation safety measure Administration (TSA) LAUNCHED A BLOG yesterday where airline travellers can bitch and whine about airline shield checkpoints. Bloggers for the site include five TSA employees, and anyone can post a complaint.Orginal post by Mike
Desktop Air Conditioner
I know that in most places on that Earth it is cold right now. After all, we are in the middle of Winter. But believe it or not, it WILL heat up sooner than you think. The Desktop Air Conditioner will be a handy little gadget during those sweltering summer days that are coming. From the website: …
