Talkman is the crazy new translation software for the PSP.. check this review from PSP Home.com Sony Computer Entertainment Japan have announced TALKMAN – a voice recognition device for PlayStation Portable. TALKMAN connects a microphone to the PSP’s USB port, which then clips onto the top of the PSP. It will come bundled with software […]
Read more "voice recognition and MICROPHONE! now avail for the PSP"from BusinessWeek.com E-Mail Is So Five Minutes Ago It’s being replaced by software that promotes real-time collaboration Darren Lennard is a managing director in the London offices of European-based investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. He became something of a creative-class everyman a month ago when, after a long and onerous day at the office, he […]
Read more "the decline of E-Mail.. and rise of wiki"Advocates of such “Fab Labs” think they have the potential to vastly expand the creative powers of tinkerers and usher in a revolution in do-it-yourself design and manufacturing that can empower even the smallest of communities.
Read more "..Fab Labs unshackle kids’ imaginations.."from The Globe and Mail Teens like to hide identity on Net, study finds Almost six in 10 teenagers are disguising their identities on the Internet, according to a new study that looks at a generation of Web-savvy young Canadians. Whether it’s pretending to be older or a different gender, those in Grades 7 through […]
Read more "the kidz are still using handles or wot?"from The Observer British to help China build ‘eco-cities’ Frank Kane Sunday November 6, 2005 The Observer British engineers will this week sign a multi-billion contract with the Chinese authorities to design and build a string of ‘eco-cities’ – self-sustaining urban centres the size of a large western capital – in the booming country. Arup, […]
Read more "China to build ‘eco-cities’"It has now been 20 days since Apple announced it would sell selected ABC-Disney television programs via iTunes. As of Monday, iTunes customers had bought more than than 1 million videos. At first glance, these sales figures seem like another nail in the coffin of broadcast television. If we can get television content online, on demand, whenever we want it, how will networks convince us to tune in on their schedules? For that matter, how can they be certain we’ll tune in at all?
Read more "Slate article on future of “tv”"from CNN.com – Kristie Lu Stout’s Web log – Oct 12, 2005 … Gadgets that deliver an enhanced experience of the Net, but at cut rate prices — just what the OCPC ordered. OCPC stands for the One Child Policy Crowd. It’s the nifty new acronym I picked up from Frank Yu, a high-tech commentator […]
Read more "CNN report of state of chinese tech/net/kids culture"The one-two hurricane punch from Katrina and Wilma along with predictions of more severe weather in the future has scientists pondering ways to save lives, protect property and possibly even control the weather. While efforts to tame storms have so far been clouded by failure, some researchers arent willing to give up the fight. And […]
Read more "..U.S. Military Wants to pwn the Weather.."from Herald News Daily Digital revolution set to sweep Indias Bollywood Staff and agencies 28 October, 2005 By Narayanan Madhavan 53 minutes ago BANGALORE – Digital cinema is about to take off in India, home of the worlds most prolific film industry, but not without some twists and turns worthy of a “Bollywood” melodrama. In […]
Read more "Bollywood goes digital , while Hollywood deliberates"from The Washington Post Robots May Allow Surgery in Space Small robots designed by University of Nebraska researchers may allow doctors on Earth to help perform surgery on patients in space. The tiny, wheeled robots, which are about 3 inches tall and as wide as a lipstick case, can be slipped into small incisions and […]
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 