from http://www.theage.com.au Why this brain flies on rat cunning It sounds like science fiction: a brain nurtured in a Petri dish learns to pilot a fighter plane as scientists develop a new breed of “living” computer. But in groundbreaking experiments in a Florida laboratory that is exactly what is happening. The “brain”, grown from 25,000 […]
Read more "coming soon.. Stealth 2: When Rat’s Brains Attack"from http://www.engadget.com iTunes now offering NBC, SciFi, and USA television for download Well, now we know why NBC is thinking of suing TiVo over their announced PSP and iPod support as expected they want you to pay for the content. So those rumors were true, Apple is now offering NBC programming in addition to […]
Read more "..iTunes now offering NBC, SciFi, and USA television for download.."from Washington Post New Orleans’s New Connection City-Owned WiFi System To Be Announced Today Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans will deploy the nation’s first municipally owned wireless Internet system that will be free for all users, part of an effort to jump-start recovery by making living and doing business in the city as attractive as possible. The […]
Read more "New Orleans’s New Connection"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"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 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"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 […]
Read more "swallowable surgical robots"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?"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!!!"
The Committee to Nuke Elysium 