From Engineering.com
While this is a fun time waster. What does it tell us about the future of interactive technology? Will 3D TV etc. be big? What does this mean for business? How can you use the emerging 3D technology to create competitive advantage?
What do you think?
Thanks Naif
These two videos have Pranav Mistry explaining how the Sixth Sense Came to be at TED India.
What do you think?
From “Digital Society”
From the blog post “The MAC address which can uniquely identify a person’s laptop, smartphone, or any other device with 802.11 Wi-Fi capability”.
What do you think? What will you do?
Thank you Hugh
From the site of the National Science Foundation
Birth of the Internet Interactive Presentation
This interactive timeline has some great pictures, text and video segments that talk about the history of the development of the internet.
What was your favorite part? Mine is in the 1990’s section. “Tools to Untangle the Internet”. Development of the Web Browser. Check out how the “number of computers on the internet grows” Also, take a look at the sequential map of the growth of the internet from 1969 through 2007.
From Government Computer News
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Mobile phones are used to access the Army’s portal for soldiers to access information from their Knowledge Online Portal.
“The Army Knowledge Online portal, a repository of online information, distance-learning tools, e-mail and other resources for 2.6 million Army users. The Web-based service is now part of a broader service known as Defense Knowledge Online.”
Mini solar chargers and video goggles are also used.
“Army officials are tapping into the ingenuity of its young workforce and responding to their predisposition for smarter gadgets at the same time by developing an array of Go Mobile devices — new communications and conferencing devices that can fit into a soldier’s pocket while going easy on the service’s pocketbook.”
Sounds like we should all be following in the Army’s footsteps for our firms. What do you think?
From Google Blog
This video explains how Personalized Search works. Are we getting closer to Web 3.0?
What do you think?
Thanks Shawn
From Wired
Bionic Finger Article and Video
This is an amazing technology.
From the article ” ProDigits, as the device is called, can help its users bend, touch, pick up and point — reflecting almost all the key functions of a natural hand. The prosthetic fingers are for those who have a partial hand, where the absence of fingers is due either to congenital anomalies or to amputation, says Touch Bionics.”
What do you think? What is next?
Thanks Hugh.
From CNN
From the article…..
“On Monday, Google announced the ability to perform an Internet search by submitting a photograph.
The experimental search-by-sight feature, called Google Goggles, has a database of billions of images that informs its analysis of what’s been uploaded, said Vic Gundotra, Google’s vice president of engineering. It can recognize books, album covers, artwork, landmarks, places, logos, and more.”
It does not do facial recognition.
What do you think? Cool eh?
From Fast Company
Google Unveils Real Time Search
From the article……
“But it’s clear that Google’s execs have tapped Twitter as the real winner in real-time status, despite Facebooks half-billion userbase, as these two were presented right at the end. You might think that’s about as real-time as you can get, but the team noted they won’t stop until the speed of light around the world is the only barrier to getting real time search data.”
Look out BING!
Are they now up-to-date? What next?
Article from Harvard Blog — Conversation Starter
Ten Tips for Getting your CEO on Twitter
From the posting……
“A tweeting CEO is a terrific asset. It puts a human face (and voice) to the company’s leadership and it demonstrates the executive team’s commitment to customers. And unlike blogging, tweeting imposes relatively light demands on a CEO’s precious time.”
Do you think it is a good idea……. to have your CEO on Twitter? Do you think these tips are helpful?
From CIO Insight
“In many of the companies I wrote about, IT was absolutely central to the business model. The CIOs were very front and center in the design of the business. Even if the companies weren’t IT-based, there was a sense of IT as the great enabler that allows them to do much of what they do.
That’s contrary to the notion that IT is no longer strategic because it’s ubiquitous. That’s a very dangerous argument, because the extension of that argument is that because it’s ubiquitous and no longer strategic, it can be relegated deep into the organization.” “At every one of these companies I’ve written about, IT was very strategic and enabled them to adapt and develop new business models. Therefore, it was critically important to the executives and the founders to understand not just how IT was working inside their company, but what it could do.”
And there you go.
What do you think?
Thank you Sanghomitra
From YouTube
Check out this video of a Portable Ultrasound
What do you think of that? Cool, eh?
Thanks David.
From the article “The result of the collaboration between Twitter and Peek is a version of the device built exclusively for sending tweets.
Clad in “Twitter blue,” the TwitterPeek allows all the same functionality of a desktop Twitter client – reading tweets, sending tweets, replying, retweeting and direct messaging – only it gives users that access on the go.”
Will you be getting one?
Thanks Hugh
“The Sarasota County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office has deployed handheld devices that scan fingerprints to aid officers working in the field. The Sheriff’s Office purchased 14 of the handheld scanners that connect to state and local databases and the FBI Repository for Individuals of Special Concern to identify individuals. The devices allow police officers to positively identify people in the field, instead of returning to the jail to process the information.”
Quite Cool. Where else might this be used?
Thanks Hugh and Djily
A short Video that VERY simply explains Cloud Computing
Does this explain it? What are your concerns? Why?
Do you use the cloud? Of course you do. Any problems so far with someone stealing your stuff?
Thanks Hugh.
This is a video with additional images.
From the site linked “The city is a composite of impressions. Beyond the built environment, it is a constantly changing pastiche of associations and experiences—not just of the people who inhabit it, but of the larger community. New York City, in particular, has two realities: the reality of the physical environment, and the reality of the idea—of what the city and its diverse neighborhoods signify. Inseparably intertwined, these two realities constantly continue to inform each other. Pastiche is a dynamic data visualization that maps keywords from blog articles to the New York neighborhoods they are written in reference to, geographically positioned in a navigable, spatial view. Keywords are assigned based on relevance and recency, surrounding their corresponding neighborhoods. The result is a dynamically changing description of the city, formed around individual experiences and perspectives.”
What do you think?
Now that I have your attention, Hugh shared this video.
Or, you can pull the plug or switch off the Power Strip.
Are you helping save the planet and your hard earned $?
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GOOGLE Maps Navigation (Beta) Video
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Awesome! Perhaps we know why some are predicting iPhone domination by the Droid! Can I build this into my car? Are you listening Toyota?
Check out the slide shows too!
Voice command. FREE no ads (for now)
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