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World's Smallest Flying Robot
(18 November 2003) - One can imagine all sorts of uses for this little bugger. Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") has developed the mFR ("Micro Flying Robot"), the world's smallest flying prototype microrobot. Epson developed the mFR to demonstrate the micromechatronics technology that it has cultivated in-house over the years and to explore the possibilities for microrobots and the development of component technology applications. The company will display its...
(18 November 2003) - One can imagine all sorts of uses for this little bugger. Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") has developed the mFR ("Micro Flying Robot"), the world's smallest flying prototype microrobot. Epson developed the mFR to demonstrate the micromechatronics technology that it has cultivated in-house over the years and to explore the possibilities for microrobots and the development of component technology applications. The company will display its...
Urban Tapestries
(16 November 2003) - I've been thinking about, and looking forward to this for years. I consider it the digital, indexed equivalent to the writing on public bathroom walls... A sort of spatial bookmarking. This project, based in London, takes it one step closer to reality. Urban Tapestries allows users to author their own virtual annotations of the city, enabling a communityís collective memory to grow organically, allowing ordinary...
(16 November 2003) - I've been thinking about, and looking forward to this for years. I consider it the digital, indexed equivalent to the writing on public bathroom walls... A sort of spatial bookmarking. This project, based in London, takes it one step closer to reality. Urban Tapestries allows users to author their own virtual annotations of the city, enabling a communityís collective memory to grow organically, allowing ordinary...
NYC Dog Census
(24 October 2003) - The NYTimes actually analyzed the dog licensing data for the city and came up with their own Doggy Census. The survey includes most popular breeds by neighborhood and most popular names. Nothing about Sealyhams, though......
(24 October 2003) - The NYTimes actually analyzed the dog licensing data for the city and came up with their own Doggy Census. The survey includes most popular breeds by neighborhood and most popular names. Nothing about Sealyhams, though......
Mobile HCI, Visions of the Future
(21 September 2003) - Chris Heathcote recently attended Mobile HCI in Italy. He's shared his notes on the Visions of the Future panel discussion featuring: Mathias Schneider-Hufschmidt, Siemens Harri Kiljander (director of UI), Nokia Boris de Ruyter, Philips Research Marco Combetto, MS Research Matthias Hilpert, Orange Bruno von Niman, Ericsson (systems, not SE)...
(21 September 2003) - Chris Heathcote recently attended Mobile HCI in Italy. He's shared his notes on the Visions of the Future panel discussion featuring: Mathias Schneider-Hufschmidt, Siemens Harri Kiljander (director of UI), Nokia Boris de Ruyter, Philips Research Marco Combetto, MS Research Matthias Hilpert, Orange Bruno von Niman, Ericsson (systems, not SE)...
Feedster
(21 September 2003) - Feedster, despite the not so cool name, is the hottest new thing in the RSS world. They index all the RSS / XML feeds they can find and provide you with a search engine for just that content. What's even hotter is that you can save that search as an RSS feed. No more plugging a million sites in to you news reader and trying...
(21 September 2003) - Feedster, despite the not so cool name, is the hottest new thing in the RSS world. They index all the RSS / XML feeds they can find and provide you with a search engine for just that content. What's even hotter is that you can save that search as an RSS feed. No more plugging a million sites in to you news reader and trying...
TIME Magazine covers Cool Hunting
(15 September 2003) - Lev Grossman at TIME Magazine wrote The Quest for Cool, a story all about Cool Hunting. It's an interesting follow-up to Malcom Gladwells New Yorker story. The article also serves as a bit of a who's who in the professional Cool Hunting world. Here's the extraction: Irma Zandl, Founder of Zandl Group Claire Brooks, Executive Director Lambesis Agency Jane Rinzler Buckingham, President of Youth Intelligence...
(15 September 2003) - Lev Grossman at TIME Magazine wrote The Quest for Cool, a story all about Cool Hunting. It's an interesting follow-up to Malcom Gladwells New Yorker story. The article also serves as a bit of a who's who in the professional Cool Hunting world. Here's the extraction: Irma Zandl, Founder of Zandl Group Claire Brooks, Executive Director Lambesis Agency Jane Rinzler Buckingham, President of Youth Intelligence...
Twister
(20 June 2003) - Finally... something kinda out there and interesting. I don't know if it will ever work, but Sony's Interaction Lab has come up with a pretty cool concept for eliminating buttons and avoiding the easy blunders of an exposed touch screen. In the Gummi, the team has combined a standard, rigid LCD with sensors and a touch pad all mounted in a flexible acrylic plastic...
(20 June 2003) - Finally... something kinda out there and interesting. I don't know if it will ever work, but Sony's Interaction Lab has come up with a pretty cool concept for eliminating buttons and avoiding the easy blunders of an exposed touch screen. In the Gummi, the team has combined a standard, rigid LCD with sensors and a touch pad all mounted in a flexible acrylic plastic...
Thumb Keyboard for the PC
(12 June 2003) - Mevael Corporation, in Japan, has developed a one thumb keyboard for text entry and mouse manipulation. The invention is based on the premise that kids in Japan are faster at text entry on their mobiles than on a QWERTY keyboard. I think it would be really cool to couple it with a wearable that uses a near eye display like something from Xybernaut. I...
(12 June 2003) - Mevael Corporation, in Japan, has developed a one thumb keyboard for text entry and mouse manipulation. The invention is based on the premise that kids in Japan are faster at text entry on their mobiles than on a QWERTY keyboard. I think it would be really cool to couple it with a wearable that uses a near eye display like something from Xybernaut. I...
Mirror TV
(11 June 2003) - Later this year, Philips will begin distributing its Mirror TV which 'in essence is an LCD display integrated in a mirror.' There have been may attempts in the past to put a display behind a mirror. Some of the coolest were created as art installations by Sigi Moeslinger and Masamichi Udagawa at Antenna Design. What apparently makes the Philips design unique is that the...
(11 June 2003) - Later this year, Philips will begin distributing its Mirror TV which 'in essence is an LCD display integrated in a mirror.' There have been may attempts in the past to put a display behind a mirror. Some of the coolest were created as art installations by Sigi Moeslinger and Masamichi Udagawa at Antenna Design. What apparently makes the Philips design unique is that the...
Pioneer Wearable Computer Jacket
(11 June 2003) - Pioneer has been getting some press lately on an interesting jacket concept that uses an Organic File Electro-Luminescent display on the sleeve. The concept isn't so new, the cool thing is the image quality of the (presumably) flexible display. via I4U...
(11 June 2003) - Pioneer has been getting some press lately on an interesting jacket concept that uses an Organic File Electro-Luminescent display on the sleeve. The concept isn't so new, the cool thing is the image quality of the (presumably) flexible display. via I4U...
Robots, Persons, and the Future
(11 April 2003) - The Syllabus for Mills College Professor Ellen Spertus' class "Robots, Persons, and the Future" has many interesting "futurism" links and readings....
(11 April 2003) - The Syllabus for Mills College Professor Ellen Spertus' class "Robots, Persons, and the Future" has many interesting "futurism" links and readings....
3degrees
(25 February 2003) - The coolest group at Microsoft (a.k.a NetGen) has launched threedegrees, a desktop app for small groups to share music, pictures, and other cool stuff. It's the evolution of IM. They think it's for kids, but it just might be loved by all......
(25 February 2003) - The coolest group at Microsoft (a.k.a NetGen) has launched threedegrees, a desktop app for small groups to share music, pictures, and other cool stuff. It's the evolution of IM. They think it's for kids, but it just might be loved by all......
Fuel Cells
(11 February 2003) - ABCNEWS.com : Fuel Cells to Power Portable Electronics President Bush is actually pushing R&D on an environmentally friendly, long lasting power source that can be used in mobile phones or even cars!?...
(11 February 2003) - ABCNEWS.com : Fuel Cells to Power Portable Electronics President Bush is actually pushing R&D on an environmentally friendly, long lasting power source that can be used in mobile phones or even cars!?...
Optical Camouflage
(05 February 2003) - Researchers at Tokyo University have developed a prototype of Optical Camouflage! Here's a brief on it from Yahoo!...
(05 February 2003) - Researchers at Tokyo University have developed a prototype of Optical Camouflage! Here's a brief on it from Yahoo!...
Jennifer Government
(04 February 2003) - Max Barry has written a genius satire of the a not too distant future where American capatilism has taken over the world. Government is privatized, the Police are for hire, the NRA is publicly traded, people take theire employer's name as their last name, and the true war is between the loyalty programs. Get it at Amazon...
(04 February 2003) - Max Barry has written a genius satire of the a not too distant future where American capatilism has taken over the world. Government is privatized, the Police are for hire, the NRA is publicly traded, people take theire employer's name as their last name, and the true war is between the loyalty programs. Get it at Amazon...
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