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A new giant, high-tech billboard in Times Square films the crowd, and then plays tricks on them. Wild. Fast Company http://bit.ly/aSCNLP
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According to FastCompany, a short strip of scotch tape will fix any reputed antenna problems on your iPhone. http://bit.ly/dddblE
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Biking authorities are concerned that at this year's Tour de France, riders might try to sneak tiny motors into the frames of their bikes. NPR http://n.pr/bEPpmX
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Designers in New York City are proposing inflatable buildings to be used temporarily at stalled construction sites. Fast Company http://bit.ly/9DIB4m
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Researchers argue that designing data systems so the "fade" with time will allow better privacy. BBC http://bit.ly/d3Z4RQ
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China seeks to turn Dalian, a high-tech hub, into the "next Silicon Valley". They will invest a lot in the attempt. NPR http://n.pr/duy2gH
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The inventor of solar cell windows just won the Millennium Technology Prize (the world's largest). http://bit.ly/90cz7S
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American researchers have developed a robot that can gather wood, make biofuel, and power itself. What will DARPA think of next? Economist.com http://bit.ly/d0TLeJ
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A new iPhone app allows users to track individual gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The $4 purchase price goes to gorilla protection. http://bit.ly/cDz1gF
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instead of everyone in the street or block of flat, installing personal systems each with it's own contract, a type of business network should be installed. the total number of lines could be reduced and cost dramitically less.
This would suit council estates/blocks and the cost could be put in with rent, thus saving the little cash they have available
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HP plans to install over one trillion sensors around the planet to detect earthquakes and many other phenomena. IBM, Cisco and others are doing similar projects. Fortune Magazine http://bit.ly/d3JXgM |
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Technology from Sensawaft allows you to control devices -- smartphones ATMs, wheelchairs -- simply by exhaling. Fast Company http://bit.ly/cXBZA3 |
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Bill Gates says that if he were a kid today, he'd be learning everything he could about biology, a field with the possibilities offered by computers 30 years ago. Wired article http://bit.ly/9WjjRN |
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I would like to construct a suitable solar-powered visual display in the lunar crater Tycho, for the purpose of looping Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A space odyssey.
The display may be black-and-white or color. It must be large enough for resolution by an Earth-based 90 mm telescope, yet invisible to the unaided eye. A sound broadcast is optional, but must correct for the 1.2 light-second delay.
The location corresponds to the site of the buried monolith in the film, which is why this is so cool.
(Originally, I had offered on my blog [http://metaphorager.net/lunar-enterprise/] a million-dollar prize to do this. But since I don't have a million dollars, a friend suggested open-source is the way to go. Let's prove him right!)
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Scientists sometimes fabricate research. A British study found 2% of scientists admitted to falsifying research, and 34% admitted questionable research practices. When asked about the behavior of others, scientists reported even higher expected rates of fabrication. PLoS one http://bit.ly/9dHObR |
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Former researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories have established a company to shoot small satellites into space with compressed air from a gun 47 meters long. NewScientist http://bit.ly/9YEh00 |
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DARPA is seeking to provide consistent internet linkages to low-earth satellites, increasing their usefulness and lowering communications costs. Wired http://bit.ly/coqgJY |
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A new iPhone app allows medical personnel to use the iPhone for translation during emergencies - certainly not perfect, but better than sign language. http://bit.ly/bjyWtj |
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A small satellite called "cube sail" attaches to large space debris, unfurls a sail, and pulls junk into the atmosphere for destruction. BBC http://bit.ly/aGsSjk |
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Researchers have developed a new input device (called "Skinput") that allows users to tap their own hands or arms on projected images. BBC http://bit.ly/bTUz3A |
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Seemingly "frivolous" academic research serves an important function: it popularizes science and can attract increased funding to related studies. BBC http://bit.ly/ctfygU |
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At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Craig Mundie of Microsoft proposed a sort of verifiable "license" for use on the Internet, with legal and social implications for bad behavior. Time Magazine http://bit.ly/aUdpUe |
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Many very successful "apps" challenges have been run, including "Apps for America". Here is a free guide on how to run them yourself: http://ow.ly/1lo1d |
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Tradable computing power on demand will be highly cost-effective. Amazon's AWS is leading the way. Economist Magazine review http://bit.ly/cHoYFQ |
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