for the ultimate workers? control humans via programs? no.. its for video games from CNN.com Japan developing remote control for humans … A special headset was placed on my cranium by my hosts during a recent demonstration at an NTT research center. It sent a very low voltage electric current from the back of my […]
Read more "Japan developing zombie tech?"via digg: The link is to a screenshot of Google Base. Looks like a clone of Craigslist to me… You decide. read more | digg story the news rumor has already hit BoingBoing as well, who point us over to Battelle’s site: Word is ripping around the web that Google is testing a new subdomain called base.google.com. […]
Read more "all your Base can belong to Google?"a review of the web vid series purepwnage
Read more "pure lol"showing they’re all about the Long Tail Official Google Blog: The point of Google Print Indeed, some of Google Print’s primary beneficiaries will be publishers and authors themselves. Backlist titles comprise the vast majority of books in print and a large portion of many publishers’ profits, but just a fraction of their marketing budgets. Google […]
Read more "Google CEO in defense of Google Print"this is so like something out of Ghost in the Shell.. from New York Times Korea’s High-Tech Utopia, Where Everything Is Observed IMAGINE public recycling bins that use radio-frequency identification technology to credit recyclers every time they toss in a bottle; pressure-sensitive floors in the homes of older people that can detect the impact of […]
Read more "South Korea’s building a 21C “ubiquitous city”"Voice phone calls to be free within years: eBay CEO – Yahoo! News SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a few short years, users can expect to make telephone calls for free, with no per-minute charges, as part of a package of services through which carriers make money on advertising or transaction fees, eBay’s chief executive […]
Read more "eBay talks about its acquisition of Skype"from New York Times Meet the Life Hackers By CLIVE THOMPSON Published: October 16, 2005 In 2000, Gloria Mark was hired as a professor at the University of California at Irvine. Until then, she was working as a researcher, living a life of comparative peace. She would spend her days in her lab, enjoying the […]
Read more "NYT piece on “life hacking”"The video IPod, of course, is a miserable idea. I’m one of those who believe people associate certain types of entertainment with certain viewing habits/places — one of the reasons downloaded movies are grifted by far less than 1% of the population, and the reason XBoxes and PS2’s bury PC games in sales. The flat-screen G5 is the real darling here, engineered to match our established viewing habits. Only 20 inches, though? Wonder what’ll come out for Christmas, hmmmm?
Some have e-mailed me to tell me that my 4th Generation Media has arrived. This is not technically true (and hey, I should be getting rich from this, right? Where are my filthy monies?). In my formulation, 4gM is a media, not a distribution, philosophy. To recap our central metaphor:
Read more "Rogers weighs in on the video iPod and how 4GM it is"For all the years of speculation and waiting, Apple have finally released the video iPod. They kinda had to though, given how good the PSP is for watching content. They couldn’t lose out to Sony, after all. 😉 from Bloomberg.com: U.S. Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduced a version […]
Read more "*finally*, video iPod released!!!"Trend-spotting has, in essence, become just another trend. Consequently, the most successful trend forecasters are repositioning themselves as something more than mere arbiters of taste. They’re now social scientists with a hipster edge. That’s because it’s no longer enough to be aware of “sext messaging” or video blogs or the drive-in movie revival. The real money and prestige are now bestowed on those who can translate the cultural hieroglyphics and the “whys” behind these blips.
Read more "Fads are so yesterday.."
The Committee to Nuke Elysium 