interesting, if only for the first official comments from the WB.. Wired News: Rejected TV Pilot Thrives on P2P A sacked TV pilot about a large number of people who stay in touch through an underground data network has popped up on … well, an underground data network. .. Rogers, who said he had nothing […]
Read more "Wired News jumps on the Frequency.."The Vertical Farm Project @ VerticalFarm.com What is a vertical farm? The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes, a wide variety of herbs, and other produce has been in vogue for some time. What is new is the urgent need to scale up this technology to accommodate another 3 […]
Read more "more on farming, 21c style"John Battelle’s Searchblog: News: Google To Launch Online Video Playback This Monday I’ve confirmed that Monday Google will launch an in-browser video playback feature based on the open source VLC media player. This is the logical next step for Google’s video search and upload function, which began taking uploads from anyone who cared to submit […]
Read more "coming soon.. Google Video"So, how does the US gets its grunts ready for BombsOverBaghdad? Give ’em a learning tutorial leveraged off the Unreal gaming engine.. Tactical Iraqi – Iraqi Arabic Made Easy Tactical IraqiTM is a computer-based, self-paced, learning program that in about 80 hours teaches English-speaking people totally unfamiliar with Iraqi Arabic how to speak enough to […]
Read more "21C learning techniques.. (US Army style)"Sideshow Collectibles, Inc. – SSC: Going back to the future of a Buffy, Angel, or Spike TV or film project, is there a realistic timeline for something happening sooner rather than later? JW: We’ve talked about a Spike movie. There are a lot of characters that I would be interested in seeing again: Willow, Faith, […]
Read more "latest update on Buffyverse spinoffs"Kansas City Star | 06/21/2005 | Old ballgame has newfangled twist Heres one for the record books. The first two innings of the July 16th game between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Schaumburg Flyers will be played virtually. Equipped with Microsoft Xbox game controllers instead of baseball gloves and bats, two video gamers will […]
Read more "not quite baseketball.."The line that has long separated human beings from the machines that assist them is blurring as complex technologies become a visible part of people who depend upon them. Unlike pacemakers and fabricated heart valves that are embedded in the body, these technologies are, so to speak, worn on their users’ sleeves.
Increasingly, amputees, especially young men like Mr. Clapp, and soldiers who have lost limbs in Afghanistan and Iraq, are choosing not to hide their prosthetics under clothing as previous generations did. Instead, some of the estimated 1.2 million amputees in the United States proudly polish and decorate their electronic limbs for all to see.
Read more "modern cyborgs.."Those crazy japanese, not content with building robots for the moon, now they’re growing crops underground.. more info via An underground rice and vegetable field has been planted beneath an office building in Tokyo’s Otemachi business district. This urban farm – in what used to be the vault of a major bank – is maintained […]
Read more "moorlock farmers?"via DarkWorlds article: ..in the latest issue of TV GUIDE, BUFFY and ANGEL creator Joss Whedon reveals that this summer two comic books will reveal what happened after the ANGEL series finale. June 29’s ANGEL: THE CURSE will follow Angel to Europe as he tries to track down the gypsies who cursed him with a […]
Read more "Angel epilogue in comix.."Scotsman.com News – Sci-Tech – Scientists unveil ‘clay’ robots that will shape our world TINY robots that can turn into any shape – from a replica human to a banana to a mobile phone – are being developed by scientists in the United States. The new science of claytronics, which will use nanotechnology to create […]
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