BusinessWire - AirTegrity Wireless is Named One of Telecommunications Magazine's '10 Coolest Companies':
"AirTegrity was selected for the company's innovative AirVantage(TM) WiMax-in-a-Box(TM) solution for secure wireless broadband functionality. WiMax is a new wireless broadband technology that provides all of the speed and performance of wired broadband networks over a wireless connection. It dramatically lowers the costs normally associated with the installation and operation of broadband voice, data, and video networks. AirTegrity has been developing WiMax-enabled technology solutions for the past 4 years and announced AirVantage as one of the first commercially available WiMax-ready solutions in February."
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
BusinessWire - ZyXEL's VoIP Wi-Fi Phone Wins SUPERCOMM 2005 SUPERQuest Award
BusinessWire - ZyXEL's VoIP Wi-Fi Phone Wins SUPERCOMM 2005 SUPERQuest Award:
"CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2005--ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of broadband access solutions, announced today that its Prestige 2000W v2 VoIP Wi-Fi Phone won the 2005 SUPERQuest Award for Most Promising New Technologies of 2005 in the Application Layer Systems, Related Equipment and Technologies category. The Prestige 2000W will be on display at ZyXEL's SUPERCOMM booth #78012. The SUPERQuest Awards are presented at SUPERCOMM, the world's premier annual exhibition and conference for communications service providers and private network managers. "
"CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2005--ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of broadband access solutions, announced today that its Prestige 2000W v2 VoIP Wi-Fi Phone won the 2005 SUPERQuest Award for Most Promising New Technologies of 2005 in the Application Layer Systems, Related Equipment and Technologies category. The Prestige 2000W will be on display at ZyXEL's SUPERCOMM booth #78012. The SUPERQuest Awards are presented at SUPERCOMM, the world's premier annual exhibition and conference for communications service providers and private network managers. "
TWICE - ’08 Analog TV Cutoff Outlined In House Proposal
TWICE - ’08 Analog TV Cutoff Outlined In House Proposal:
"Washington – The House Energy and Commerce Committee will meet Thursday to review a discussion draft of new digital television policy, which among other things would impose an analog television cutoff date of Dec. 31, 2008 and accelerate the DTV tuner mandate to July 1, 2006."
"Washington – The House Energy and Commerce Committee will meet Thursday to review a discussion draft of new digital television policy, which among other things would impose an analog television cutoff date of Dec. 31, 2008 and accelerate the DTV tuner mandate to July 1, 2006."
ExtremeTech - Intel Demos WiMax (Again) Amid Doubts
ExtremeTech - Intel Demos WiMax (Again) Amid Doubts:
"The unclear road map and lukewarm commitment from equipment makers raise questions about the viability of WiMax in the enterprise and have industry insiders urging users to be wary of the technology, at least for now."
"The unclear road map and lukewarm commitment from equipment makers raise questions about the viability of WiMax in the enterprise and have industry insiders urging users to be wary of the technology, at least for now."
OpinionJournal - Mass Transit Hysteria
OpinionJournal - Mass Transit Hysteria:
"The new transportation bill, currently working its way through Congress, will provide more than $52 billion for mass transit. Mass transit is a wonderful thing, all right-thinking people agree. It stops pollution 'in its tracks' (a little ecology-conscious light-rail advocacy joke). Mass transit doesn't burn climate-warming, Iraq-war-causing hydrocarbons. Mass transit can operate with nonpolluting sustainable energy sources such as electricity. Electricity can be produced by solar panels, and geothermal generators. Electricity can be produced by right-thinking people themselves, if they talk about it enough near wind farms."
"The new transportation bill, currently working its way through Congress, will provide more than $52 billion for mass transit. Mass transit is a wonderful thing, all right-thinking people agree. It stops pollution 'in its tracks' (a little ecology-conscious light-rail advocacy joke). Mass transit doesn't burn climate-warming, Iraq-war-causing hydrocarbons. Mass transit can operate with nonpolluting sustainable energy sources such as electricity. Electricity can be produced by solar panels, and geothermal generators. Electricity can be produced by right-thinking people themselves, if they talk about it enough near wind farms."
Monday, May 30, 2005
CBC News - New in-vitro method ups chance of pregnancy
CBC News - New in-vitro method ups chance of pregnancy:
"MONTREAL - Doctors in Montreal are reporting success with a new reproductive technology. It's called in-vitro maturation and is similar to in-vitro fertilization. But doctors say this technique is much easier on women's bodies, and much less expensive."
Via Cyborg Democracy
"MONTREAL - Doctors in Montreal are reporting success with a new reproductive technology. It's called in-vitro maturation and is similar to in-vitro fertilization. But doctors say this technique is much easier on women's bodies, and much less expensive."
Via Cyborg Democracy
Saturday, May 28, 2005
GeekCoffee - Samsung Develops 4GBit Flash Memory for Mobile Devices
GeekCoffee - Samsung Develops 4GBit Flash Memory for Mobile Devices:
"Samsung has announced that it has developed a 4 Gigabit OneNAND Flash memory chip for mobile devices. The package has micro-compact dimensions, low power consumption, high performance and high density. Samsung is planning on the release of the final product to the consumer market in July."
Via 1SRC
"Samsung has announced that it has developed a 4 Gigabit OneNAND Flash memory chip for mobile devices. The package has micro-compact dimensions, low power consumption, high performance and high density. Samsung is planning on the release of the final product to the consumer market in July."
Via 1SRC
ZAP News - ZAP Issues One Billion Dollar Purchase Order to DaimlerChrysler Group for Smart Cars
ZAP News - ZAP Issues One Billion Dollar Purchase Order to DaimlerChrysler Group for Smart Cars:
"SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2005--ZAP (OTCBB:ZAPZ - News), pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced today that it placed a purchase order for $1 billion worth of Smart Cars with smart GmbH, a Company of the DaimlerChrysler Group."
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
"SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2005--ZAP (OTCBB:ZAPZ - News), pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced today that it placed a purchase order for $1 billion worth of Smart Cars with smart GmbH, a Company of the DaimlerChrysler Group."
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
Friday, May 27, 2005
Yahoo! Finance - CellAntenna Gives a Boost to Cellular Customers Frustrated with Poor Indoor Coverage at GOVSEC
Yahoo! Finance - CellAntenna Gives a Boost to Cellular Customers Frustrated with Poor Indoor Coverage at GOVSEC:
"CellAntenna's Building Repeaters Increase Signal Strength in Homes, Offices and Other Large Structures That Traditionally Have Poor Cellular Signals, Announced at GOVSEC booth #2014"
Via Engadget <- LIVEdigitally Newsletter
"CellAntenna's Building Repeaters Increase Signal Strength in Homes, Offices and Other Large Structures That Traditionally Have Poor Cellular Signals, Announced at GOVSEC booth #2014"
Via Engadget <- LIVEdigitally Newsletter
Linux News - Sirius Satellite Radio, Apple in Talks over iPod
Linux News - Sirius Satellite Radio, Apple in Talks over iPod:
"'Will there be MP3 players that include satellite radio? Sure. The technology's easy,' Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Mel Karmazin said. The issue, he explained, is whether a combination MP3-like device that plays satellite radio would hurt Sirius's business and just how they would split the profit from equipment and monthly subscription with someone like Apple."
Via Slashdot <- LIVEdigitally Newsletter
"'Will there be MP3 players that include satellite radio? Sure. The technology's easy,' Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Mel Karmazin said. The issue, he explained, is whether a combination MP3-like device that plays satellite radio would hurt Sirius's business and just how they would split the profit from equipment and monthly subscription with someone like Apple."
Via Slashdot <- LIVEdigitally Newsletter
Yahoo! News - EchoStar To Roll Out Portable DVR Device
Yahoo! News - EchoStar To Roll Out Portable DVR Device:
"Satellite TV broadcaster EchoStar is about to find out whether portable video players will strike consumers' fancy as much as Apple Computer's iPod."
Via Engadget <- LIVEdigitally Newsletter
"Satellite TV broadcaster EchoStar is about to find out whether portable video players will strike consumers' fancy as much as Apple Computer's iPod."
Via Engadget <- LIVEdigitally Newsletter
VisualStore - The New Epicenter of Retailing
VisualStore - The New Epicenter of Retailing:
"Epicenter, a new mall complex based on a pre-Internet shopping try-before-you-buy concept, will open near the end of 2006 at the Polaris Fashion Place (Columbus, Ohio)."
"Epicenter, a new mall complex based on a pre-Internet shopping try-before-you-buy concept, will open near the end of 2006 at the Polaris Fashion Place (Columbus, Ohio)."
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Headlines@Hopkins - Blending Biology and Robotics
Headlines@Hopkins - Blending Biology and Robotics:
"In a collaboration that blends biology and robotics, researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland are unraveling the circuitry in an eel's spinal cord to help develop a microchip implant that may someday help paralyzed people walk again."
Via Institute for Global Futures Newsletter
Related: Medical Design - Scientists tap eels in search of spinal bypass
Related: News Medical - Replicating an eel's nerve circuitry may one day allow paralyzed people to walk again
"In a collaboration that blends biology and robotics, researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland are unraveling the circuitry in an eel's spinal cord to help develop a microchip implant that may someday help paralyzed people walk again."
Via Institute for Global Futures Newsletter
Related: Medical Design - Scientists tap eels in search of spinal bypass
Related: News Medical - Replicating an eel's nerve circuitry may one day allow paralyzed people to walk again
Australian IT - Nokia's phone-free Linux tablet
Australian IT - Nokia's phone-free Linux tablet:
"NOKIA has unveiled a pocket-sized web browser for wireless broadband networks, the Finnish firm's first Linux-based device and its first product without a built-in mobile phone."
Related: LinuxDevices - Nokia debuts Linux-powered Internet tablet
Related: infoSync World - Nokia unveils Linux based 770 Internet Tablet
Related: I4U News - Nokia Announces Rumored Nokia 770 Linux Internet Tablet
"NOKIA has unveiled a pocket-sized web browser for wireless broadband networks, the Finnish firm's first Linux-based device and its first product without a built-in mobile phone."
Related: LinuxDevices - Nokia debuts Linux-powered Internet tablet
Related: infoSync World - Nokia unveils Linux based 770 Internet Tablet
Related: I4U News - Nokia Announces Rumored Nokia 770 Linux Internet Tablet
InformationWeek - Study: Users Want Wireless Bundled With Access, VoIP, TV
InformationWeek - Study: Users Want Wireless Bundled With Access, VoIP, TV:
"Bundles that add wireless phone service to VoIP, television and Internet services will become highly popular, according to a study released Wednesday by the Ipsos-Insight market research firm."
"Bundles that add wireless phone service to VoIP, television and Internet services will become highly popular, according to a study released Wednesday by the Ipsos-Insight market research firm."
Science Blog - British ER docs call for ban on pointed kitchen knives
Science Blog - British ER docs call for ban on pointed kitchen knives:
"Long pointed kitchen knives should be banned to reduce violent crime and deaths from stabbing, say accident and emergency doctors in this week's BMJ."
"Long pointed kitchen knives should be banned to reduce violent crime and deaths from stabbing, say accident and emergency doctors in this week's BMJ."
Ployer - SAMSUNG Electronics Develops Solid State Disk Using NAND Flash Technology
Ployer - SAMSUNG Electronics Develops Solid State Disk Using NAND Flash Technology:
"Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,has announced that it has developed the first Solid State Disk (SSD) based on NAND Flash memory technology for consumer and mobile PC applications."
Via LIVEdigitally Newsletter
"Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,has announced that it has developed the first Solid State Disk (SSD) based on NAND Flash memory technology for consumer and mobile PC applications."
Via LIVEdigitally Newsletter
The Industry Standard - Singapore to get WiMax service in 2006
The Industry Standard - Singapore to get WiMax service in 2006:
"Pacific Internet Ltd. plans to offer commercial WiMax services in Singapore starting in 2006, the company said Wednesday."
"Pacific Internet Ltd. plans to offer commercial WiMax services in Singapore starting in 2006, the company said Wednesday."
T3 Magazine - Nokia 770 touchscreen tablet fingered
T3 Magazine - Nokia 770 touchscreen tablet fingered:
"You’re going to need a pair of slacks with some pretty cavernous pockets to carry around Nokia’s new 770 Internet Tablet, because this purty portable boasts a massive 800x480 widescreen."
"You’re going to need a pair of slacks with some pretty cavernous pockets to carry around Nokia’s new 770 Internet Tablet, because this purty portable boasts a massive 800x480 widescreen."
BizReport - Yahoo says rolling out new PhotoMail service
BizReport - Yahoo says rolling out new PhotoMail service:
"Yahoo Inc. is introducing a test version of a new service called PhotoMail that lets users insert up to 300 digital photographs into the body of an e-mail and store an unlimited numbers of photos on the Web and media company's computers."
Related: The Industry Standard - Yahoo to test photo-sharing feature in Web mail service
Links: Yahoo! PhotoMail
"Yahoo Inc. is introducing a test version of a new service called PhotoMail that lets users insert up to 300 digital photographs into the body of an e-mail and store an unlimited numbers of photos on the Web and media company's computers."
Related: The Industry Standard - Yahoo to test photo-sharing feature in Web mail service
Links: Yahoo! PhotoMail
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
news @ nature - And the earthquake forecast today is...
news @ nature - And the earthquake forecast today is...:
"California residents may soon have something else to ponder along with the weather forecast in their morning news. Starting this Wednesday, seismologists are providing them with earthquake forecasts too."
"California residents may soon have something else to ponder along with the weather forecast in their morning news. Starting this Wednesday, seismologists are providing them with earthquake forecasts too."
news @ nature - Oxygen from moondust is worth a mint
news @ nature - Oxygen from moondust is worth a mint:
"How do you fancy winning a cool quarter-of-a-million dollars? That's the prize on offer for the astronomical alchemist who can create breathable oxygen from moondust."
"How do you fancy winning a cool quarter-of-a-million dollars? That's the prize on offer for the astronomical alchemist who can create breathable oxygen from moondust."
PSFK - Half Of Humanity To Go Urban
PSFK - Half Of Humanity To Go Urban:
"More than half of all humans will soon be living in cities, according to a prediction by the United Nations. 'Psychologically it is an important step for mankind,' Hania Zlotnik, director of the United Nations Population Division, the BBC reports:"
Via Trends
"More than half of all humans will soon be living in cities, according to a prediction by the United Nations. 'Psychologically it is an important step for mankind,' Hania Zlotnik, director of the United Nations Population Division, the BBC reports:"
Via Trends
GeekInformed - Digital Immortality - Download the Mind by 2050
GeekInformed - Digital Immortality - Download the Mind by 2050:
"The wealthy will be able to download their consciousness into computers by 2050 - the not so well off by '2075 or 2080', claims futurologist Dr. Ian Pearson, head of the Futurology unit at BT."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"The wealthy will be able to download their consciousness into computers by 2050 - the not so well off by '2075 or 2080', claims futurologist Dr. Ian Pearson, head of the Futurology unit at BT."
Via KurzweilAI.net
American Society of Civil Engineers - Infrastructure Report Card 2005 (Transit)
American Society of Civil Engineers - Infrastructure Report Card 2005 (Transit):
"Transit use increased faster than any other mode of transportation--up 21%--between 1993 and 2002. Federal investment during this period stemmed the decline in the condition of existing transit infrastructure. The reduction in federal investment in real dollars since 2001 threatens this turnaround. In 2002, total capital outlays for transit were $12.3 billion. The Federal Transit Administration estimates $14.8 billion is needed annually to maintain conditions, and $20.6 billion is needed to improve to 'good' conditions. Meanwhile, many major transit properties are borrowing funds to maintain operations, even as they are significantly raising fares and cutting back service."
Via Herman Miller DesignLink Newsletter
"Transit use increased faster than any other mode of transportation--up 21%--between 1993 and 2002. Federal investment during this period stemmed the decline in the condition of existing transit infrastructure. The reduction in federal investment in real dollars since 2001 threatens this turnaround. In 2002, total capital outlays for transit were $12.3 billion. The Federal Transit Administration estimates $14.8 billion is needed annually to maintain conditions, and $20.6 billion is needed to improve to 'good' conditions. Meanwhile, many major transit properties are borrowing funds to maintain operations, even as they are significantly raising fares and cutting back service."
Via Herman Miller DesignLink Newsletter
BizReport - PalmOne buys Palm brand name
BizReport - PalmOne buys Palm brand name:
"PalmOne Inc., a maker of pocket-sized computers and mobile phones on Tuesday said it will pay $30 million to software maker PalmSource Inc. for all rights to the 'Palm' brand name."
Related: The Industry Standard - PalmOne acquires Palm brand name
"PalmOne Inc., a maker of pocket-sized computers and mobile phones on Tuesday said it will pay $30 million to software maker PalmSource Inc. for all rights to the 'Palm' brand name."
Related: The Industry Standard - PalmOne acquires Palm brand name
The Industry Standard - Gates unveils MSN Virtual Earth
The Industry Standard - Gates unveils MSN Virtual Earth:
"Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division will add to its search engine in about two weeks a local search index for finding business directory listings, and later on will enhance this local index with MSN Virtual Earth, a new free service that will pinpoint places in maps and satellite images."
"Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division will add to its search engine in about two weeks a local search index for finding business directory listings, and later on will enhance this local index with MSN Virtual Earth, a new free service that will pinpoint places in maps and satellite images."
Investor's Business Daily - Youth Marketing Issues Growing In Mobile Field
Investor's Business Daily - Youth Marketing Issues Growing In Mobile Field:
"A lawsuit filed last month might spark some changes. In one of the first legal actions of its type, the suit names as defendants content provider VeriSign (VRSN) and three wireless carriers. The suit, in essence, says the companies used shady means to entice kids to unwittingly download a bunch of content on their cell phone and thereby run up big bills for their parents."
Via Ypulse
"A lawsuit filed last month might spark some changes. In one of the first legal actions of its type, the suit names as defendants content provider VeriSign (VRSN) and three wireless carriers. The suit, in essence, says the companies used shady means to entice kids to unwittingly download a bunch of content on their cell phone and thereby run up big bills for their parents."
Via Ypulse
BizReport - BitTorrent Creator to Launch Search Engine
BizReport - BitTorrent Creator to Launch Search Engine:
"The creator of the popular online file-sharing program BitTorrent said Monday he is preparing to launch a Web-based search engine that will comb the Internet for sites hosting files for downloading movies, music and other data."
"The creator of the popular online file-sharing program BitTorrent said Monday he is preparing to launch a Web-based search engine that will comb the Internet for sites hosting files for downloading movies, music and other data."
MIT News Office - Intelligent plastics change shape with light
MIT News Office - Intelligent plastics change shape with light:
"Picture a flower that opens when facing the sunlight. In work that mimics that sensitivity to light, an MIT engineer and his German colleagues have created the first plastics that can be deformed and temporarily fixed into shape by light."
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
"Picture a flower that opens when facing the sunlight. In work that mimics that sensitivity to light, an MIT engineer and his German colleagues have created the first plastics that can be deformed and temporarily fixed into shape by light."
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
Gotham Gazette - 42nd Street Trolley?
Gotham Gazette - 42nd Street Trolley?:
"Should trolleys – now re-christened as “light rail” – return to 42nd Street for the first time since they were replaced by buses 59 years ago? The idea, which has been around for at least two decades, was approved by the City Council in 1994 but died when then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani withdrew his initial support."
Via UnBeige
Links: Vision42
"Should trolleys – now re-christened as “light rail” – return to 42nd Street for the first time since they were replaced by buses 59 years ago? The idea, which has been around for at least two decades, was approved by the City Council in 1994 but died when then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani withdrew his initial support."
Links: Vision42
Monday, May 23, 2005
Telecoms Korea - Samsung to release new satellite DMB phone
Telecoms Korea - Samsung to release new satellite DMB phone :
"Samsung Electronics announced Sunday that it would roll out a new satellite DMB phone, SCH-B130."
"Samsung Electronics announced Sunday that it would roll out a new satellite DMB phone, SCH-B130."
USA TODAY - Handheld movies are hot
USA TODAY - Handheld movies are hot:
"Frederick Green likes his DVD. But after watching Spider-Man 2 on his new PlayStation Portable (PSP), he's eager to watch more movies on the little handheld game player. 'The graphics are great,' says the 37-year-old Fairlawn, Ohio, resident."
"Frederick Green likes his DVD. But after watching Spider-Man 2 on his new PlayStation Portable (PSP), he's eager to watch more movies on the little handheld game player. 'The graphics are great,' says the 37-year-old Fairlawn, Ohio, resident."
informitv - SmartVideo offers free mobile video channel
informitv - SmartVideo offers free mobile video channel:
"SmartVideo is planning to provide an advertiser-supported video channel that will be available to mobile subscribers of all major global carriers."
"SmartVideo is planning to provide an advertiser-supported video channel that will be available to mobile subscribers of all major global carriers."
informitv - Glasgow launches broadband television with Narrowstep
informitv - Glasgow launches broadband television with Narrowstep:
"Glasgow is formally launching what it claims to be the world’s first city-produced twenty-four hour broadband television channel."
"Glasgow is formally launching what it claims to be the world’s first city-produced twenty-four hour broadband television channel."
The Industry Standard - Target marketing via RFID to debut in Seattle
The Industry Industry Standard - Target marketing via RFID to debut in Seattle:
"Some cafes and retail stores in Seattle next week will begin individually marketing products and services to bypassers in Seattle using RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The first target group is visually and hearing-impaired individuals who can benefit from positioning and navigation applications added to the system."
"Some cafes and retail stores in Seattle next week will begin individually marketing products and services to bypassers in Seattle using RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The first target group is visually and hearing-impaired individuals who can benefit from positioning and navigation applications added to the system."
Sunday, May 22, 2005
TWICE - Sparks Fly In Analog Cutoff Debate
TWICE - Sparks Fly In Analog Cutoff Debate:
"Washington — The ongoing battle for the establishment of a firm analog television cutoff date to complete the digital television transition, brought another exchange this week between the consumer electronics and broadcast industries.
In a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and later in an address to members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Consumer Electronics Association president/CEO (CEA) Gary Shapiro, pushed for a firm cutoff deadline for analog TV broadcasts, saying just 13 percent of American households rely on over-the-air broadcasts to receive television programming, while 87 percent receive programming from multichannel video services such as cable and satellite."
"Washington — The ongoing battle for the establishment of a firm analog television cutoff date to complete the digital television transition, brought another exchange this week between the consumer electronics and broadcast industries.
In a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and later in an address to members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Consumer Electronics Association president/CEO (CEA) Gary Shapiro, pushed for a firm cutoff deadline for analog TV broadcasts, saying just 13 percent of American households rely on over-the-air broadcasts to receive television programming, while 87 percent receive programming from multichannel video services such as cable and satellite."
Gizmodo - Samsung's Massive 40-inch OLED
Gizmodo - Samsung's Massive 40-inch OLED:
"Samsung and LG, for different reasons, are eating the global CE world’s lunch. This huge OLED TV just cements Samsungs status as South Korean Tech Painbringers."
Via LIVEdigitally
"Samsung and LG, for different reasons, are eating the global CE world’s lunch. This huge OLED TV just cements Samsungs status as South Korean Tech Painbringers."
Via LIVEdigitally
Gizmodo - E3: ATI Video Card Cooled With Liquid Metal
Gizmodo - E3: ATI Video Card Cooled With Liquid Metal:
"Sapphire Technology has built an ATI Radeon X850 XT PE card that uses liquid metal to cool the GPU and memory. Called the Blizzard, the card is quieter than a standard water-cooled system and apparently actually conducts heat by bathing the heatsinks in soothing liquid alloy."
Via LIVEdigitally
"Sapphire Technology has built an ATI Radeon X850 XT PE card that uses liquid metal to cool the GPU and memory. Called the Blizzard, the card is quieter than a standard water-cooled system and apparently actually conducts heat by bathing the heatsinks in soothing liquid alloy."
Via LIVEdigitally
MobileMag - WiMax Nearing Deployment
MobileMag - WiMax Nearing Deployment:
"Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) will be the next generation wireless technology mobile gurus have been dreaming of since our first taste of 802.11b. Intel this week released their “Rosedale” chipset; this will allow OEMs to create some heavy duty networking gear. Our current technology allows for WiFi to transmit to about 300 feet from a base station at best. Deployment can be costly especially for large area coverage, with WiMax that range can be extended to over 50 kilometers giving even the most remote country folks a taste of broadband."
"Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) will be the next generation wireless technology mobile gurus have been dreaming of since our first taste of 802.11b. Intel this week released their “Rosedale” chipset; this will allow OEMs to create some heavy duty networking gear. Our current technology allows for WiFi to transmit to about 300 feet from a base station at best. Deployment can be costly especially for large area coverage, with WiMax that range can be extended to over 50 kilometers giving even the most remote country folks a taste of broadband."
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Seventh Generation - Corporate Responsibility Takes One to the Chin and Keeps On
Seventh Generation - Corporate Responsibility Takes One to the Chin and Keeps On:
"The Corporate Responsibility (CR) movement must really be getting somewhere. How else to explain a recent issue of the financial magazine The Economist, which, under the headline “The Good Company: A Skeptical Look at Corporate Social Responsibility,” devoted a significant amount of space to trashing the idea. But if you ask me, this coverage wasn’t journalism. It was panicked desperation that had fear written all over it. Fear of change. Fear that the end of business as usual is nigh. Fear that CR is winning the race. If that was their thinking, they at least got one thing right."
"The Corporate Responsibility (CR) movement must really be getting somewhere. How else to explain a recent issue of the financial magazine The Economist, which, under the headline “The Good Company: A Skeptical Look at Corporate Social Responsibility,” devoted a significant amount of space to trashing the idea. But if you ask me, this coverage wasn’t journalism. It was panicked desperation that had fear written all over it. Fear of change. Fear that the end of business as usual is nigh. Fear that CR is winning the race. If that was their thinking, they at least got one thing right."
Friday, May 20, 2005
PhysOrg - LG releases world's first DMB notebook PC
PhysOrg - LG releases world's first DMB notebook PC:
"Global and regional digital leader LG Electronics has unveiled the world's first terrestrial digital multimedia broadcast receiving mobile (DMB) television-enabled notebook computers."
Via Engadget
"Global and regional digital leader LG Electronics has unveiled the world's first terrestrial digital multimedia broadcast receiving mobile (DMB) television-enabled notebook computers."
Via Engadget
The Economist - The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on
The Economist - The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on:
"This week saw more progress in the study of human stem cells. It brings closer the day when replacement tissues—and perhaps even entire organs—can be grown in laboratories for patients who need them. But such research remains highly controversial"
"This week saw more progress in the study of human stem cells. It brings closer the day when replacement tissues—and perhaps even entire organs—can be grown in laboratories for patients who need them. But such research remains highly controversial"
BizReport - Netflix Takes Over Wal-Mart DVD Rentals
BizReport - Netflix Takes Over Wal-Mart DVD Rentals:
"Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is handing off its online DVD rental business to Netflix Inc., signaling the world's largest retailer couldn't beat the Internet upstart at its own game."
"Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is handing off its online DVD rental business to Netflix Inc., signaling the world's largest retailer couldn't beat the Internet upstart at its own game."
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Cyborg Democracy - Outdoublethink!
Cyborg Democracy - Outdoublethink!:
"First of all, if you are going to build your case that we are living more and more in an Huxleyan world because of the emergence of genetically modified organisms, you might want to re-read Brave New World because the biotechnologies used to control the masses in the book do not include genetic engineering."
"First of all, if you are going to build your case that we are living more and more in an Huxleyan world because of the emergence of genetically modified organisms, you might want to re-read Brave New World because the biotechnologies used to control the masses in the book do not include genetic engineering."
DontCrush.com - The Campaign to Save Electric Cars
DontCrush.com - The Campaign to Save Electric Cars:
"DontCrush.com, the Campaign to Save Electric Cars, today has begun a web based advertising campaign directed at Toyota. The ad is appearing this week on talkingpointsmemo.com, juancole.com and Common Sense Technology at www.mitchellconsulting.net/commonsense"
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
"DontCrush.com, the Campaign to Save Electric Cars, today has begun a web based advertising campaign directed at Toyota. The ad is appearing this week on talkingpointsmemo.com, juancole.com and Common Sense Technology at www.mitchellconsulting.net/commonsense"
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
EERE News - Modified Hybrid Vehicle Nears 100-mpg Barrier in Rally
EERE News - Modified Hybrid Vehicle Nears 100-mpg Barrier in Rally:
"A specially modified hybrid-electric Honda Insight achieved nearly 100 miles per gallon (mpg) over a 150-mile course in mid-May, falling just short of the "100 MPG Challenge" at the National 2005 Tour de Sol. The 17th annual Tour de Sol—billed as "a sustainable energy and transportation festival and competition"—was held from May 13th through the 16th in Sarasota Springs and Albany, New York, and featured more than 60 hybrid, electric, and bio-fueled vehicles."
"A specially modified hybrid-electric Honda Insight achieved nearly 100 miles per gallon (mpg) over a 150-mile course in mid-May, falling just short of the "100 MPG Challenge" at the National 2005 Tour de Sol. The 17th annual Tour de Sol—billed as "a sustainable energy and transportation festival and competition"—was held from May 13th through the 16th in Sarasota Springs and Albany, New York, and featured more than 60 hybrid, electric, and bio-fueled vehicles."
Ployer - Huge Revolution News Unleashed!
Ployer - Huge Revolution News Unleashed!:
"Nintendo revealed new details about its highly anticipated console, code-name Revolution. Expressing a strategy designed to attract more kinds of gamers to more kinds of games, Nintendo announced that Revolution will be arriving in 2006 and promised that everyone will discover the meaning of 'All-Access Gaming.'"
"Nintendo revealed new details about its highly anticipated console, code-name Revolution. Expressing a strategy designed to attract more kinds of gamers to more kinds of games, Nintendo announced that Revolution will be arriving in 2006 and promised that everyone will discover the meaning of 'All-Access Gaming.'"
Everything USB - USB-IF's New USB FlashCard Format
Everything USB - USB-IF's New USB FlashCard Format:
"Measuring just 12mm wide, 4.5m high and 31.75mm long, Lexar's proposed USB FlashCard format is accepted by the Official USB Promoter Group and is now being put together into a guideline called Series 'A' Plug Form Factor 1.0. Lexar believes the standard will accelerate the adoption of the new format in the next wave of flash memory-based electronics."
"Measuring just 12mm wide, 4.5m high and 31.75mm long, Lexar's proposed USB FlashCard format is accepted by the Official USB Promoter Group and is now being put together into a guideline called Series 'A' Plug Form Factor 1.0. Lexar believes the standard will accelerate the adoption of the new format in the next wave of flash memory-based electronics."
Informitv - TV over broadband - the next generation
Informitv - TV over broadband - the next generation:
"The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information in New York is holding a one day conference on IPTV, bringing together speakers from the academic, media, technology and regulatory fields."
"The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information in New York is holding a one day conference on IPTV, bringing together speakers from the academic, media, technology and regulatory fields."
Wired News - Narrowcasting Your Show
Wired News - Narrowcasting Your Show:
"New TV delivery systems such as IPTV are expected to accelerate fragmentation of TV audiences with more robust video-on-demand offerings and greater interactivity. A recent report on the future of television by Deloitte & Touche said cable subscription revenue has tripled since 1997 while revenue from DVD sales has risen by a factor of 15."
Via Reveries
"New TV delivery systems such as IPTV are expected to accelerate fragmentation of TV audiences with more robust video-on-demand offerings and greater interactivity. A recent report on the future of television by Deloitte & Touche said cable subscription revenue has tripled since 1997 while revenue from DVD sales has risen by a factor of 15."
Via Reveries
Treehugger - Wolfgang Puck Disposable Instant-hot Latte
Treehugger - Wolfgang Puck Disposable Instant-hot Latte:
"So California company OnTech spent 7 years and 24 million bucks to develop a coffee can filled with quicklime so that you can have a hot latte in seven minutes. Its market: 'the people who want to have hot coffee in their car without going anywhere or cooking anything at home' says OnTech Prez Jonathan Weisz."
"So California company OnTech spent 7 years and 24 million bucks to develop a coffee can filled with quicklime so that you can have a hot latte in seven minutes. Its market: 'the people who want to have hot coffee in their car without going anywhere or cooking anything at home' says OnTech Prez Jonathan Weisz."
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Iconoculture - Acupuncture Facials
Iconoculture - Acupuncture Facials:
"Bye-bye, Botox? Acupuncture facials rely on special tiny needles placed in the forehead, chin, and cheeks. These stimulate circulation and tone the face naturally, without surgery or chemicals. It’s purely rejuvenating."
"Bye-bye, Botox? Acupuncture facials rely on special tiny needles placed in the forehead, chin, and cheeks. These stimulate circulation and tone the face naturally, without surgery or chemicals. It’s purely rejuvenating."
Monday, May 16, 2005
LiveScience - Monkeys Brains Alter to Work Robotic Arm
LiveScience - Monkeys Brains Alter to Work Robotic Arm:
"Scientists have shown in multiple studies that monkeys can manipulate robotic devices with their thoughts. Turns out the thoughts run deep."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"Scientists have shown in multiple studies that monkeys can manipulate robotic devices with their thoughts. Turns out the thoughts run deep."
Via KurzweilAI.net
MSNBC - Human evolution at the crossroads
MSNBC - Human evolution at the crossroads:
"Where are humans headed? Here's an imprudent assessment of five possible paths, ranging from homogenized humans to alien-looking hybrids bred for interstellar travel."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"Where are humans headed? Here's an imprudent assessment of five possible paths, ranging from homogenized humans to alien-looking hybrids bred for interstellar travel."
Via KurzweilAI.net
Wired News - Super Water Kills Bugs Dead
Wired News - Super Water Kills Bugs Dead:
"A California company has figured out how to use two simple materials -- water and salt -- to create a solution that wipes out single-celled organisms, and which appears to speed healing of burns, wounds and diabetic ulcers."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"A California company has figured out how to use two simple materials -- water and salt -- to create a solution that wipes out single-celled organisms, and which appears to speed healing of burns, wounds and diabetic ulcers."
Via KurzweilAI.net
Wired News - Paralyzed Rats Walk; Humans Next?
Wired News - Paralyzed Rats Walk; Humans Next?:
"Researchers studying embryonic stem cells have published long-awaited data in a peer-reviewed journal, revealing how they enabled rats with crushed spinal cords to walk again. Spinal cord injury patients are hopeful, but they're not all celebrating just yet."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"Researchers studying embryonic stem cells have published long-awaited data in a peer-reviewed journal, revealing how they enabled rats with crushed spinal cords to walk again. Spinal cord injury patients are hopeful, but they're not all celebrating just yet."
Via KurzweilAI.net
Mobile-review - Blood-powered batteries
Mobile-review - Blood-powered batteries:
"Researchers of Tohoku University in Japan have developed a fuel cell that runs on human blood without using toxic substances, so it makes it possible to use this fuel cell in artificial human parts, including the heart. The biological element decomposes glucose contained in blood with the substance based on Vitamin K and thus it is safe."
"Researchers of Tohoku University in Japan have developed a fuel cell that runs on human blood without using toxic substances, so it makes it possible to use this fuel cell in artificial human parts, including the heart. The biological element decomposes glucose contained in blood with the substance based on Vitamin K and thus it is safe."
news @ nature - Robots master reproduction
news @ nature - Robots master reproduction:
"Humans do it, bacteria do it, even viruses do it: they make copies of themselves. Now US researchers have built a flexible robot that can perform the same trick. "
"Humans do it, bacteria do it, even viruses do it: they make copies of themselves. Now US researchers have built a flexible robot that can perform the same trick. "
news @ nature - Catalytic reaction zaps bacteria
news @ nature - Catalytic reaction zaps bacteria:
"A mottled glass tube bathed in ultraviolet light may prove a great help to hospitals by keeping dangerous bacteria out of their air. Scientists have developed a simple, reusable device that can knock out more than 99% of microbes in air conditioners."
"A mottled glass tube bathed in ultraviolet light may prove a great help to hospitals by keeping dangerous bacteria out of their air. Scientists have developed a simple, reusable device that can knock out more than 99% of microbes in air conditioners."
New Scientist - Why humans grow old grungily
New Scientist - Why humans grow old grungily:
"Junk plays a central role in many theories of ageing. The 'free radical' theory, for example, suggests that ageing is caused by highly reactive oxygen species that gradually turn DNA and proteins into toxic rubbish. But now there is a new take on junk, where it comes from, and how it causes us to get old. By analysing unusually long-lived variants of the tiny nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, David Gems and Josh McElwee of University College London's Centre for Research on Ageing have found that free radicals are just one part of a much bigger story."
Via The Longevity Meme Newsletter
"Junk plays a central role in many theories of ageing. The 'free radical' theory, for example, suggests that ageing is caused by highly reactive oxygen species that gradually turn DNA and proteins into toxic rubbish. But now there is a new take on junk, where it comes from, and how it causes us to get old. By analysing unusually long-lived variants of the tiny nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, David Gems and Josh McElwee of University College London's Centre for Research on Ageing have found that free radicals are just one part of a much bigger story."
Via The Longevity Meme Newsletter
Mirror.co.uk - Shopping: Mine's a Single
Mirror.co.uk - Shopping: Mine's a Single:
"It's taken a while but retailers have cottoned on to the notion that many singletons would like a glass of plonk with their meal but don't want to open a big bottle."
Via PSFK
"It's taken a while but retailers have cottoned on to the notion that many singletons would like a glass of plonk with their meal but don't want to open a big bottle."
Via PSFK
PSFK - The End Of Broken Concrete?
PSFK - The End Of Broken Concrete?:
"Perhaps it just comes from urban living but among a certain crowd there is a fascination with concrete. That fascination and all the possibilities that come with it may be set to expand exponentially. University of Michigan researchers have announced a new development in the form of flexible concrete."
"Perhaps it just comes from urban living but among a certain crowd there is a fascination with concrete. That fascination and all the possibilities that come with it may be set to expand exponentially. University of Michigan researchers have announced a new development in the form of flexible concrete."
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Yahoo! News - Personal Nuclear Power: New Battery Lasts 12 Years
Yahoo! News - Personal Nuclear Power: New Battery Lasts 12 Years:
"A new type of battery based on the radioactive decay of nuclear material is 10 times more powerful than similar prototypes and should last a decade or more without a charge, scientists announced this week."
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
"A new type of battery based on the radioactive decay of nuclear material is 10 times more powerful than similar prototypes and should last a decade or more without a charge, scientists announced this week."
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Wired News - Lost Limb? Worm May Hold Answers
Wired News - Lost Limb? Worm May Hold Answers:
"Scientists have for the first time completed a survey of gene function in a highly regenerative species of worm that could offer important insights into cell regrowth in humans.
Putting the abilities of Wolverine in the movie X-Men to shame, a small piece of a planarian worm can regenerate an entire new body. The worm's ability to regenerate is so powerful that a tissue fragment only 1/279 of the worm's length can grow into a new animal."
Via The Longevity Meme
"Scientists have for the first time completed a survey of gene function in a highly regenerative species of worm that could offer important insights into cell regrowth in humans.
Putting the abilities of Wolverine in the movie X-Men to shame, a small piece of a planarian worm can regenerate an entire new body. The worm's ability to regenerate is so powerful that a tissue fragment only 1/279 of the worm's length can grow into a new animal."
Via The Longevity Meme
Telegraph Connected - I, bacterium: how bugs can become robots
Telegraph Connected - I, bacterium: how bugs can become robots:
"Engineers are trying to program cells like tiny computers so they can be used to repair tissues or detect toxins. Roger Highfield reports"
Via The Longevity Meme
"Engineers are trying to program cells like tiny computers so they can be used to repair tissues or detect toxins. Roger Highfield reports"
Via The Longevity Meme
EurekAlert! - Researchers induce heart cells to proliferate
EurekAlert! - Researchers induce heart cells to proliferate:
"In the best documented effort to date, researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have successfully induced adult heart-muscle cells to divide and multiply."
Via The Longevity Meme
"In the best documented effort to date, researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have successfully induced adult heart-muscle cells to divide and multiply."
Via The Longevity Meme
Fight Aging! - Healthy Life Extension and Boredom
Fight Aging! - Healthy Life Extension and Boredom:
"How could anyone feel that they would be bored? In part, this might stem from the Tithonus Error itself. A person may assume they would be old and incapacitated in their extended life span, thus unable to do interesting things. But if you have the body and physical capabilities of a 30 year old, why not go clubbing in a new city to new music at 90. Or 190?"
Via The Longevity Meme
"How could anyone feel that they would be bored? In part, this might stem from the Tithonus Error itself. A person may assume they would be old and incapacitated in their extended life span, thus unable to do interesting things. But if you have the body and physical capabilities of a 30 year old, why not go clubbing in a new city to new music at 90. Or 190?"
Via The Longevity Meme
Friday, May 13, 2005
spiked-science - How can we halt the 'march of unreason'?
spiked-science - How can we halt the 'march of unreason'?:
"He also believes that the popularity of 'organics' will fade. 'But at the moment', he says, warning me that he feels very passionately about this issue, 'organic farming is deeply damaging. The idea that we can save the world by going organic is not just an illusion and a throwback to pre-historic days; it is also positively damaging. Organic farming is a very inefficient use of land'."
"He also believes that the popularity of 'organics' will fade. 'But at the moment', he says, warning me that he feels very passionately about this issue, 'organic farming is deeply damaging. The idea that we can save the world by going organic is not just an illusion and a throwback to pre-historic days; it is also positively damaging. Organic farming is a very inefficient use of land'."
eMarketer Daily - Media Migrations
eMarketer Daily - Media Migrations:
"A new survey by BURST! Media finds that Internet users say they are spending more time online — and less with other media."
"A new survey by BURST! Media finds that Internet users say they are spending more time online — and less with other media."
Thursday, May 12, 2005
ClickZ - Online TV Takes Off
ClickZ - Online TV Takes Off:
"Call it a TV/Internet hybrid. Think of it as a broadband channel. However you 'view' it, online TV is taking off."
Via Ypulse
"Call it a TV/Internet hybrid. Think of it as a broadband channel. However you 'view' it, online TV is taking off."
Via Ypulse
The Industry Standard - Google ponders Blogger, Gmail integration
The Industry Standard - Google ponders Blogger, Gmail integration:
"Google Inc. is contemplating various improvements to its popular Blogger Web logging service, including native image uploading and deeper integration with the company's Gmail Web-mail service, according to a Google executive."
"Google Inc. is contemplating various improvements to its popular Blogger Web logging service, including native image uploading and deeper integration with the company's Gmail Web-mail service, according to a Google executive."
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Yahoo! News - I Think I'll Watch TV -- On My Cell Phone
Yahoo! News - I Think I'll Watch TV -- On My Cell Phone:
BusinessWeek: "Video-on-the-go has long been a dream of cell-phone companies worldwide. Carriers have spent the better part of a decade building networks capable of carrying fast video streams, partly in hopes of boosting profits by hooking customers on clips of pop singers and soccer goals. But just as those networks are starting to work well enough that consumers might actually want to tune in, new technologies are emerging that could steer eyeballs away from the services."
Via CoolBusinessIdeas.com
BusinessWeek: "Video-on-the-go has long been a dream of cell-phone companies worldwide. Carriers have spent the better part of a decade building networks capable of carrying fast video streams, partly in hopes of boosting profits by hooking customers on clips of pop singers and soccer goals. But just as those networks are starting to work well enough that consumers might actually want to tune in, new technologies are emerging that could steer eyeballs away from the services."
Via CoolBusinessIdeas.com
wireless.itworld.com - RFID hooks ride on German mass transit
wireless.itworld.com - RFID hooks ride on German mass transit:
"Efforts to introduce electronic-ticketing systems in Germany's huge mass transit sector have moved forward with the successful testing of a smart card system that combines RFID (radio frequency identification)."
Via CoolBusinessIdeas.com
"Efforts to introduce electronic-ticketing systems in Germany's huge mass transit sector have moved forward with the successful testing of a smart card system that combines RFID (radio frequency identification)."
Via CoolBusinessIdeas.com
Yahoo! News - Aussie scientists create unbreakable diamond code
Yahoo! News - Aussie scientists create unbreakable diamond code:
"SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists believe they have developed an unbreakable information code to stop hackers, using a diamond, a kitchen microwave oven and an optical fibre."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists believe they have developed an unbreakable information code to stop hackers, using a diamond, a kitchen microwave oven and an optical fibre."
Via KurzweilAI.net
New York Times - ON THE HORIZON; A Bandwidth Breakthrough Hints at a Future Beyond Wi-Fi
The New York Times - ON THE HORIZON; A Bandwidth Breakthrough Hints at a Future Beyond Wi-Fi:
"ONE barrier that has held back the much-hyped convergence of the computer and consumer electronics industries has been the tangle of wires that is needed to connect the cascade of home video, audio, Internet and game gadgets."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"ONE barrier that has held back the much-hyped convergence of the computer and consumer electronics industries has been the tangle of wires that is needed to connect the cascade of home video, audio, Internet and game gadgets."
Via KurzweilAI.net
New York Times - Motorola builds nanotube-based display
New York Times - Motorola builds nanotube-based display:
"Motorola has built a working prototype of a new color display that uses numerous tiny filaments called carbon nanotubes, a design the company argues is superior to existing flat-panel technology."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"Motorola has built a working prototype of a new color display that uses numerous tiny filaments called carbon nanotubes, a design the company argues is superior to existing flat-panel technology."
Via KurzweilAI.net
TechnologyReview - Deciphering DNA, Top Speed
TechnologyReview - Deciphering DNA, Top Speed:
"The sequencing of the human genome is one of biotech’s greatest technical achievements to date. But some biomedical researchers argue that they won’t truly understand how genes contribute to health and disease— and so won’t be able to turn genomic knowledge into new cures and treatments—until they can compare, letter by letter, the DNA sequences of thousands of sick and healthy people. And that is just not possible with today’s technology; using about 100 state-of-the-art sequencing machines to fully sequence the 3.2 billion DNA letters that make up one person’s genome would take six months and cost $20 million to $30 million."
Via KurzweilAI.net
"The sequencing of the human genome is one of biotech’s greatest technical achievements to date. But some biomedical researchers argue that they won’t truly understand how genes contribute to health and disease— and so won’t be able to turn genomic knowledge into new cures and treatments—until they can compare, letter by letter, the DNA sequences of thousands of sick and healthy people. And that is just not possible with today’s technology; using about 100 state-of-the-art sequencing machines to fully sequence the 3.2 billion DNA letters that make up one person’s genome would take six months and cost $20 million to $30 million."
Via KurzweilAI.net
The Industry Standard - Sprint to work with Intel on mobile WiMax
The Industry Standard - Sprint to work with Intel on mobile WiMax:
"Sprint Corp. has agreed to work with Intel Corp. to help get a mobile form of WiMax off the ground, signalling the mobile operator's interest in the technology for potential high-speed wireless services."
"Sprint Corp. has agreed to work with Intel Corp. to help get a mobile form of WiMax off the ground, signalling the mobile operator's interest in the technology for potential high-speed wireless services."
AdAge - Build Your Own Nike Shoe -- Above Times Square
AdAge - Build Your Own Nike Shoe -- Above Times Square:
"NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In its customary way of going for ever bigger and more different promotions, Nike has purchased a build-your-own-shoe media placement on the 23-story-high Reuters sign on the Reuters Building in Times Square."
Via NRF SmartBrief Newsletter
"NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In its customary way of going for ever bigger and more different promotions, Nike has purchased a build-your-own-shoe media placement on the 23-story-high Reuters sign on the Reuters Building in Times Square."
Via NRF SmartBrief Newsletter
The Industry Standard - AOL intros Web mail service
The Industry Standard - AOL intros Web mail service:
"The second beta release of AIM 5.9, expected to be available on Thursday, will offer every user a Web mail account featuring 2G bytes of storage, spam filters, antivirus protection and drag-and-drop functionality to organize messages into folders."
"The second beta release of AIM 5.9, expected to be available on Thursday, will offer every user a Web mail account featuring 2G bytes of storage, spam filters, antivirus protection and drag-and-drop functionality to organize messages into folders."
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
LA Weekly - Features: Go Vertical, Young Green
LA Weekly - Features: Go Vertical, Young Green:
"With each passing hour in the United States, 365 acres of open space — wilderness, countryside, farmland and native habitat — disappear under the foundations of brand-new houses. Sited far from the urban centers where people do their work, every development creates a new class of people addicted to cars that pollute, lawns that suck water and air that requires conditioning. Their construction paves over wetlands, interferes with the migratory patterns of wildlife and uproots the old oaks lucky enough to attract activists to sit in them (the unlucky ones just get cut down)."
"With each passing hour in the United States, 365 acres of open space — wilderness, countryside, farmland and native habitat — disappear under the foundations of brand-new houses. Sited far from the urban centers where people do their work, every development creates a new class of people addicted to cars that pollute, lawns that suck water and air that requires conditioning. Their construction paves over wetlands, interferes with the migratory patterns of wildlife and uproots the old oaks lucky enough to attract activists to sit in them (the unlucky ones just get cut down)."
Monday, May 09, 2005
InternetNews.com - FCC Rejects SBC's VoIP Bid
InternetNews.com - FCC Rejects SBC's VoIP Bid:
"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Thursday SBC (Quote, Chart) is jumping the gun in its petition to exempt IP (IP) platforms from rules and regulations that apply to common carriers."
"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Thursday SBC (Quote, Chart) is jumping the gun in its petition to exempt IP (IP) platforms from rules and regulations that apply to common carriers."
NASA Science News - Mysterious Cancer
NASA Science News - Mysterious Cancer:
"May 9, 2005: Despite urgent warnings from Hollywood, double-jawed aliens are probably not a spacefarer's biggest risk. Radiation is worse. It shreds not flesh, but DNA molecules, and that can cause a multitude of problems. One big one: it can lead to cancer."
"May 9, 2005: Despite urgent warnings from Hollywood, double-jawed aliens are probably not a spacefarer's biggest risk. Radiation is worse. It shreds not flesh, but DNA molecules, and that can cause a multitude of problems. One big one: it can lead to cancer."
Friday, May 06, 2005
ACD - WiMax Outlook
It looks like WiMax has a good chance of converging most of our daily bills or, better put, technologies into one. Cable, internet, cell-phone, and land-line phone bills could all be handled by WiMax from what I understand. This brings me to a more important issue though. Will a new broad technology, so capable, really reduce our costs. Take for instance, television. Will companies put there television content on the internet for free as ad-supported? Or, will cable companies become internet services that once again bring together multiple channels for a fee in stupid packages. I sure hope the second possibility doesn't happen. I can't stand cable companies as it is. It's hard to see the second possibility happening though. There are several television channels that speak English that aren't from the United States. They will have a much better chance of reaching US citizens via the internet and aren't likely going to want some stupid US cable company determining what they can publish on the internet. I should mention that there are already several internet-only television stations. For example, Mania TV. I bring up this relatively pointless argument because years ago I heard a cable company forced Disney to take a live web-stream of ESPN off the internet. This was because the cable company supposedly had distribution rights included in their contract.
Technologies to consider,
- IPTV (Internet Protocol Television)
- DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)
Anyway, there's more to this consolidation besides just cable bills. For instance, phone bills will still exist in the form of VoIP. At least you won't have a cell-phone bill, a land-line bill, and then an internet bill on top of it all. That's the idea anyway but who knows how things will end up.
Companies to consider,
- Skype
- Vonage
( I admit some aspects of this discussion are irrelevant and dumb. However, companies desperate to make money off of a market never cease to amaze me in the number of pointless things they'll charge a person for. How about ring-tones? Wasn't that pretty stupid? )
Technologies to consider,
- IPTV (Internet Protocol Television)
- DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)
Anyway, there's more to this consolidation besides just cable bills. For instance, phone bills will still exist in the form of VoIP. At least you won't have a cell-phone bill, a land-line bill, and then an internet bill on top of it all. That's the idea anyway but who knows how things will end up.
Companies to consider,
- Skype
- Vonage
( I admit some aspects of this discussion are irrelevant and dumb. However, companies desperate to make money off of a market never cease to amaze me in the number of pointless things they'll charge a person for. How about ring-tones? Wasn't that pretty stupid? )
Betterhumans - Switch Makes Stem Cells Multiply
Betterhumans - Switch Makes Stem Cells Multiply:
"Could provide plentiful source for regenerative treatments"
"Could provide plentiful source for regenerative treatments"
New Scientist - New drug offers jitter-free mental boost
New Scientist - New drug offers jitter-free mental boost:
"A new class of drug may increase alertness without any of the jitteriness of over-stimulation, suggest the results of a small clinical trial released this week."
Via Betterhumans Newsletter
"A new class of drug may increase alertness without any of the jitteriness of over-stimulation, suggest the results of a small clinical trial released this week."
Via Betterhumans Newsletter
CNN News - Creating 'human-animals' for research
CNN News - Creating 'human-animals' for research:
"Particularly worrisome to some scientists are the nightmare scenarios that could arise from the mixing of brain cells: What if a human mind somehow got trapped inside a sheep's head?"
This is crazy stuff. Quite frankly my perspective is that the brain would still grow to scale with the species. In other words, the animal would probably still remain more instinctive in its nature. I can only see the human brain in an animal as giving it a better chance of understanding human communication. Otherwise the animal would likely remain rather unaware of any further ability to think. Take for instance a Parrot, they still have to be taught or be subjected to something quite regularly to pick up on whatever, whether it be some word or object. A human being stuck in an animal's body is only likely going to happen if you transplant the damn brain from a grown homosapien. I don't even believe that's currently possible either.
Via Betterhumans Newsletter
"Particularly worrisome to some scientists are the nightmare scenarios that could arise from the mixing of brain cells: What if a human mind somehow got trapped inside a sheep's head?"
This is crazy stuff. Quite frankly my perspective is that the brain would still grow to scale with the species. In other words, the animal would probably still remain more instinctive in its nature. I can only see the human brain in an animal as giving it a better chance of understanding human communication. Otherwise the animal would likely remain rather unaware of any further ability to think. Take for instance a Parrot, they still have to be taught or be subjected to something quite regularly to pick up on whatever, whether it be some word or object. A human being stuck in an animal's body is only likely going to happen if you transplant the damn brain from a grown homosapien. I don't even believe that's currently possible either.
Via Betterhumans Newsletter
Betterhumans - Worms Reveal Regeneration Genes
Betterhumans - Worms Reveal Regeneration Genes:
"Fed microscopic pills of RNA to learn more about tissue loss and repair"
"Fed microscopic pills of RNA to learn more about tissue loss and repair"
Betterhumans - Skin Cells Fixing Gums
Betterhumans - Skin Cells Fixing Gums:
"Injections could also treat everything from stretch marks to baldness"
"Injections could also treat everything from stretch marks to baldness"
eMarketer Daily - The VoIP Shift
eMarketer Daily - The VoIP Shift:
"Small businesses are migrating to VoIP, swayed by its lower cost and the ease of having phone service integrated into the network."
"Small businesses are migrating to VoIP, swayed by its lower cost and the ease of having phone service integrated into the network."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Sony to back short films viewable on PlayStation
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Sony to back short films viewable on PlayStation:
"Sony Corp., hoping to promote sales of its new PlayStation Portable, will sponsor a series of short films designed to be downloaded for free into the hand-held video game devices from online movie pioneer AtomFilms.com."
Via Reveries
"Sony Corp., hoping to promote sales of its new PlayStation Portable, will sponsor a series of short films designed to be downloaded for free into the hand-held video game devices from online movie pioneer AtomFilms.com."
Via Reveries
Los Angeles Times - Ford, Volvo Clash on Roof Design
Los Angeles Times - Ford, Volvo Clash on Roof Design:
"Federal auto safety regulators have taken the unusual step of removing documents on vehicle roof design from a government website at the request of Ford Motor Co. The material includes internal reports from Ford and its Volvo subsidiary that suggest the Swedish automaker views sturdy roofs as an important safety feature, a stance at odds with that of its parent company."
Via Reveries
"Federal auto safety regulators have taken the unusual step of removing documents on vehicle roof design from a government website at the request of Ford Motor Co. The material includes internal reports from Ford and its Volvo subsidiary that suggest the Swedish automaker views sturdy roofs as an important safety feature, a stance at odds with that of its parent company."
Via Reveries
Thursday, May 05, 2005
InfoLink - Lighting up the night
InfoLink - Lighting up the night:
"Melbourne is the home to a world-first roadway feature: - a 300 metre interactive matrix of colour changing LEDs on the new Craigieburn Bypass road. Supplied by lighting projects company, Lightmoves, the matrix is one of the unique design features on the freeway extension that links the Melbourne’s metropolitan ring road with the Hume Freeway. Part of the overall architectural and artistic design of the new roadway, the LED matrix is incorporated into an acoustic barrier wall of screen-printed acrylic panels."
"Melbourne is the home to a world-first roadway feature: - a 300 metre interactive matrix of colour changing LEDs on the new Craigieburn Bypass road. Supplied by lighting projects company, Lightmoves, the matrix is one of the unique design features on the freeway extension that links the Melbourne’s metropolitan ring road with the Hume Freeway. Part of the overall architectural and artistic design of the new roadway, the LED matrix is incorporated into an acoustic barrier wall of screen-printed acrylic panels."
LWN - QUALCOMM announces Linux support for mobile phone chipsets
LWN QUALCOMM announces Linux support for mobile phone chipsets:
"QUALCOMM Incorporated has announced that it will be supporting Linux on its Mobile Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM)) chipsets. 'The new initiative provides manufacturers with further design and development efficiencies for 3G smartphones and other mobile handsets by leveraging the flexibility and reliability of the Linux operating system.'"
First it was the PalmOS and now it's QUALCOMM. Looks like Linux is winning some heavy support. Not sure where the Symbian OS is right now though. Maybe they'll eventually move over to Linux too.
"QUALCOMM Incorporated has announced that it will be supporting Linux on its Mobile Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM)) chipsets. 'The new initiative provides manufacturers with further design and development efficiencies for 3G smartphones and other mobile handsets by leveraging the flexibility and reliability of the Linux operating system.'"
First it was the PalmOS and now it's QUALCOMM. Looks like Linux is winning some heavy support. Not sure where the Symbian OS is right now though. Maybe they'll eventually move over to Linux too.
International Herald Tribune - Perfume's toxic spritz?
International Herald Tribune - Perfume's toxic spritz?:
"When a small Dutch laboratory announced in February that it had measured high levels of chemicals potentially harmful to human health in some of the world's most popular perfumes, the results were meant to inflame. And they did."
Via Agenda Inc.
"When a small Dutch laboratory announced in February that it had measured high levels of chemicals potentially harmful to human health in some of the world's most popular perfumes, the results were meant to inflame. And they did."
Via Agenda Inc.
MSNBC - First caskets, now urns for sale at Costco
MSNBC - First caskets, now urns for sale at Costco:
"CHICAGO - First it was caskets. Now, Costco Wholesale Corp. is selling silk urns along with the usual warehouse club assortment of bulk food, office supplies and bargain clothes."
Via NRF SmartBrief
"CHICAGO - First it was caskets. Now, Costco Wholesale Corp. is selling silk urns along with the usual warehouse club assortment of bulk food, office supplies and bargain clothes."
Via NRF SmartBrief
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
IEEE Spectrum - Zapping Away The Blues
IEEE Spectrum - Zapping Away The Blues:
"This month Cyberonics Inc., in Houston, plans to introduce the first implanted device that can treat a psychiatric illness. The implant, when used in combination with standard therapies, can alleviate the symptoms of chronic or recurrent depression in the 20 percent of patients who do not benefit from Prozac, Paxil, and other drugs."
"This month Cyberonics Inc., in Houston, plans to introduce the first implanted device that can treat a psychiatric illness. The implant, when used in combination with standard therapies, can alleviate the symptoms of chronic or recurrent depression in the 20 percent of patients who do not benefit from Prozac, Paxil, and other drugs."
LinuxDevices - Siemens spins Linux-based cordless VoIP phone
LinuxDevices - Siemens spins Linux-based cordless VoIP phone:
"Siemens will ship a Linux-based Wi-Fi cordless phone in August, according to eWEEK. The OptiPoint WL2 Professional will be SIP- and CorNet IP-compatible, and resemble a normal phone with a large screen. It will support both 8011b and 802.11g, and cost about $500, according to eWEEK."
"Siemens will ship a Linux-based Wi-Fi cordless phone in August, according to eWEEK. The OptiPoint WL2 Professional will be SIP- and CorNet IP-compatible, and resemble a normal phone with a large screen. It will support both 8011b and 802.11g, and cost about $500, according to eWEEK."
The Online Beat - Making Iraq the Issue
The Online Beat - Making Iraq the Issue:
"The US media barely covers the world anymore – except stories that involve those countries that the administration is actively considering attacking and, of course, those lands that have already been invaded and occupied. As a result, many Americans have no idea that a critical election is taking place in Britain, where George W. Bush's closest ally, Prime Minister Tony Blair, is taking a battering on the issue that should have been central to last year's US presidential election: the lies that led to the war in Iraq."
"The US media barely covers the world anymore – except stories that involve those countries that the administration is actively considering attacking and, of course, those lands that have already been invaded and occupied. As a result, many Americans have no idea that a critical election is taking place in Britain, where George W. Bush's closest ally, Prime Minister Tony Blair, is taking a battering on the issue that should have been central to last year's US presidential election: the lies that led to the war in Iraq."
The Register - Bluetooth to evolve via UWB
The Register - Bluetooth to evolve via UWB:
"UWB has always been seen as a rival wireless technology to Bluetooth, since both a designed to handle short-range data transfers. If you can do 400Mbps USB wirelessly, why use the slower Bluetooth specification. Because, as Intel Enterprise Group chief Pat Gelsinger said in February 2004, there are rather a lot of Bluetooth devices out there. 'Millions and millions' of Bluetooth devices have shipped, he told The Register, 'Over time, UWB could replace Bluetooth,' he added, 'but it's way, way off. Bluetooth has been shipping for five years and it will ship for five or ten more - it's a very successful technology.'"
Yeah and I remember the day when they said Bluetooth wasn't going to make it. People need to learn when to shut-up. I humbly include myself in that.
"UWB has always been seen as a rival wireless technology to Bluetooth, since both a designed to handle short-range data transfers. If you can do 400Mbps USB wirelessly, why use the slower Bluetooth specification. Because, as Intel Enterprise Group chief Pat Gelsinger said in February 2004, there are rather a lot of Bluetooth devices out there. 'Millions and millions' of Bluetooth devices have shipped, he told The Register, 'Over time, UWB could replace Bluetooth,' he added, 'but it's way, way off. Bluetooth has been shipping for five years and it will ship for five or ten more - it's a very successful technology.'"
Yeah and I remember the day when they said Bluetooth wasn't going to make it. People need to learn when to shut-up. I humbly include myself in that.
ExtremeTech - Bluetooth Tech Will Be Interoperable With UWB
ExtremeTech - Bluetooth Tech Will Be Interoperable With UWB:
"Members of two major ultrawideband camps applauded a proposal Wednesday to make the Bluetooth standard interoperable with future UWB products, the first step toward making Bluetooth a more open command protocol."
"Members of two major ultrawideband camps applauded a proposal Wednesday to make the Bluetooth standard interoperable with future UWB products, the first step toward making Bluetooth a more open command protocol."
Wired News - Ethanol Grows as Gas Alternative
Wired News - Ethanol Grows as Gas Alternative:
"Workers are clearing Iowa fields, hoping that if they build it, cars will come. The 'it' is a processing plant that turns corn into ethanol, a fuel that is increasingly replacing gasoline today and may help to power the fuel-cell vehicles of tomorrow."
"Workers are clearing Iowa fields, hoping that if they build it, cars will come. The 'it' is a processing plant that turns corn into ethanol, a fuel that is increasingly replacing gasoline today and may help to power the fuel-cell vehicles of tomorrow."
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
BBC News - Site offers legal film downloads
BBC News - Site offers legal film downloads:
"Wippit, which already sells music downloads, has announced plans to provide movies that users will be able to keep, from this summer onwards."
Via FSFK
"Wippit, which already sells music downloads, has announced plans to provide movies that users will be able to keep, from this summer onwards."
Via FSFK
Wired News - Delivering Digital Entertainment
Wired News - Delivering Digital Entertainment:
"A designer of Microsoft's Xbox is teaming up with two of China's biggest electronics makers to develop a system to deliver movies and video games on demand to millions of homes worldwide by broadband internet."
Via PFSK
"A designer of Microsoft's Xbox is teaming up with two of China's biggest electronics makers to develop a system to deliver movies and video games on demand to millions of homes worldwide by broadband internet."
Via PFSK
news @ nature - Acupuncture activates the brain
news @ nature - Acupuncture activates the brain:
"Acupuncture has a measurable, if mysterious, effect on the brain, UK scientists have found. The study adds to evidence that patients benefit from acupuncture not simply because of their expectations."
"Acupuncture has a measurable, if mysterious, effect on the brain, UK scientists have found. The study adds to evidence that patients benefit from acupuncture not simply because of their expectations."
Wired News - Augmenting the Animal Kingdom
Wired News - Augmenting the Animal Kingdom:
"Natural evolution has produced the eye, butterfly wings and other wonders that would put any inventor to shame. But who's to say evolution couldn't be improved with the help of a little technology?"
"Natural evolution has produced the eye, butterfly wings and other wonders that would put any inventor to shame. But who's to say evolution couldn't be improved with the help of a little technology?"
Wired News - Lost Limb? Worm May Hold Answers
Wired News - Lost Limb? Worm May Hold Answers:
"Scientists have for the first time completed a survey of gene function in a highly regenerative species of worm that could offer important insights into cell regrowth in humans."
"Scientists have for the first time completed a survey of gene function in a highly regenerative species of worm that could offer important insights into cell regrowth in humans."
BetaNews - Google Adds 14 Channels to TV Search
BetaNews - Google Adds 14 Channels to TV Search:
"Turning its Internet search prowess to television, Google has added 14 new channels to its Google Video service. Although Google will not release a full lineup, Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, and CNN are among the new channels covered by the service."
Via MarketingVOX
"Turning its Internet search prowess to television, Google has added 14 new channels to its Google Video service. Although Google will not release a full lineup, Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, and CNN are among the new channels covered by the service."
Via MarketingVOX
Slate - The Mall Goes Undercover
Slate - The Mall Goes Undercover:
"Like insecure teenagers, malls keep changing their style. They are ripping away their roofs and drywalled corridors; adding open-air plazas, sidewalks, and street-side parking; and rechristening themselves 'lifestyle centers.' This new look may remind you of something: a vibrant urban street. Yet, while these new malls may appear to be public space, they're not public at all—at least if you want to do anything but shop. They represent a bait-and-switch routine on the part of developers, one that exchanges the public realm for the commercial one. They're also enormously successful—by the most recent count, there are about 130 lifestyle centers scattered around the country. In 2006, New York City will get its very first."
Via Reveries
"Like insecure teenagers, malls keep changing their style. They are ripping away their roofs and drywalled corridors; adding open-air plazas, sidewalks, and street-side parking; and rechristening themselves 'lifestyle centers.' This new look may remind you of something: a vibrant urban street. Yet, while these new malls may appear to be public space, they're not public at all—at least if you want to do anything but shop. They represent a bait-and-switch routine on the part of developers, one that exchanges the public realm for the commercial one. They're also enormously successful—by the most recent count, there are about 130 lifestyle centers scattered around the country. In 2006, New York City will get its very first."
Via Reveries
Monday, May 02, 2005
Wired News - Careful How You Monkey With DNA
Wired News - Careful How You Monkey With DNA:
"The laboratory creation of chimeras -- animals with mixed-species heritage -- has become so advanced that scientists have drawn up regulations to prevent the production of creatures that blur the line between animal and human."
"The laboratory creation of chimeras -- animals with mixed-species heritage -- has become so advanced that scientists have drawn up regulations to prevent the production of creatures that blur the line between animal and human."
Forbes - The Many Mysteries of Stem Cells
Forbes - The Many Mysteries of Stem Cells:
"FRIDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- At its most basic, the hope of stem cell research is to make human beings more like salamanders."
Via Longevity Meme Newsletter
"FRIDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- At its most basic, the hope of stem cell research is to make human beings more like salamanders."
Via Longevity Meme Newsletter
Sunday Herald - Heaven can wait
Sunday Herald - Heaven can wait:
"'Cryonics, ultimately, if proven to work, is going to become an adjunct to emergency medicine,' she tells me. 'If someone can’t be treated, they will be preserved until such time when they can be treated. And it’s not going to be the decades-long experiment that it is now; it could be just for a day, a week, a month or a year.'"
Via Longevity Meme Newsletter
"'Cryonics, ultimately, if proven to work, is going to become an adjunct to emergency medicine,' she tells me. 'If someone can’t be treated, they will be preserved until such time when they can be treated. And it’s not going to be the decades-long experiment that it is now; it could be just for a day, a week, a month or a year.'"
Via Longevity Meme Newsletter
iMediaConnection - Welcome to Videopolis (Part 1)
iMediaConnection - Welcome to Videopolis (Part 1):
"Welcome to Videopolis -- a world created by a personal and professional pastiche of digital images, mobile pix, video clips logs, blogs, vblogs (video blogs) and vortals (video-enabled portals); fast-forwarding us into an always-on, demand-driven broadband; creating an IPTV Vscape (videoscape) 24 nerve-jangling, mind-soothing, cell-shocking interactive hours of the day and night; a vista that spans far beyond, below, above and surrounding traditional electronic broadcasting of radio and television. Behold an infinite menu of media -- metatagged, linked, catalogued, indexed, searchable and most importantly ready2go, store, forward and of course share."
"Welcome to Videopolis -- a world created by a personal and professional pastiche of digital images, mobile pix, video clips logs, blogs, vblogs (video blogs) and vortals (video-enabled portals); fast-forwarding us into an always-on, demand-driven broadband; creating an IPTV Vscape (videoscape) 24 nerve-jangling, mind-soothing, cell-shocking interactive hours of the day and night; a vista that spans far beyond, below, above and surrounding traditional electronic broadcasting of radio and television. Behold an infinite menu of media -- metatagged, linked, catalogued, indexed, searchable and most importantly ready2go, store, forward and of course share."
MENAFN - North Korea lashes out at Bush
MENAFN - North Korea lashes out at Bush:
"PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 1 (UPI) -- North Korea has lashed out at President George W. Bush, calling him the 'world's dictator' and 'a philistine whom we can never deal with.'"
"PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 1 (UPI) -- North Korea has lashed out at President George W. Bush, calling him the 'world's dictator' and 'a philistine whom we can never deal with.'"
Sunday, May 01, 2005
CBS News - New Cold-Weather Weapon
CBS News - New Cold-Weather Weapon:
"Down the road, fibers could relay not only heat but also data, turning clothing into truly wearable computers — something scientists have experimented with for years but haven't perfected for widespread use."
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
"Down the road, fibers could relay not only heat but also data, turning clothing into truly wearable computers — something scientists have experimented with for years but haven't perfected for widespread use."
Via Electrifying Times Newsletter
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