Monday, October 27, 2003

Master of the Universe?. First, Wired names Clay Shirky "The Tech Node," and now this.
[Werblog]
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Beyond the phone network as we know it. Technopocalypse: "The obsolescence of the PSTN will be caused not by cheap traditional voice run over the Internet, but by services the PSTN cannot ever deliver." [Werblog]
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Lessons from Dartmouth. Naval Ravikant at Ventureblog has a good analysis of what Dartmouth is learning from its extensive deployemnt of WiFi and VOIP. 
[Werblog]
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New Luxury-Car Specifications: Styling. Performance. Aroma.. Automakers are recasting cars so that the things that potential buyers smell, hear and touch are a result of engineering rather than chance. By Danny Hakim. [New York Times: Technology]
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As Silicon Valley Reboots, the Geeks Take Charge. Most of the companies that survived the crash, and the start-ups that have risen since, are run by people with deep technical skills. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]
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Mobile cellular data powers the interactive taxi -- and the repo man. Global Vision Interactive uses Sprint PCS to deliver news, information and ads to taxis, while Camping Companies uses the same high-speed network for its auto repossession business. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Academia gets creative with Web services. An MIT-Microsoft research project called iCampus aims to show that Web services can help realize the promise of the Web browser: broad access to information. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
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Memory glasses. We know a few people who could really, really use this: a pair of eyeglasses invented by scientists at MIT that make it easier to remember things. The eyeglasses are attached to a mini-computer that's programmed with whatever it is you want to remember, which then flashes messages onto tiny screens built-into the lenses of the glasses, but just for 180th of a second. That's not long enough for the wearer to notice, but it's enough to have a subliminal effect on the brain and apparently make it easier to recall things. Read... [Gizmodo]
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The Toyota PM. Check out this hyperfuturistic single-person concept car that Toyota showed off at the recent Tokyo Motor Show. Besides looking it's traveled back in time, the Toyota PM (which stands for "Personal Mobility") has a floating virtual holographic display for accessing vehicle data and a system for communicating with other PMs so that they can travel all together in a pack. Read [Thanks, Adrian]... [Gizmodo]
12:48:51 PM    comment   

Slate: The Best Search Idea Since Google. Steven Johnson. For logical reasons, Amazon seems to have designed "search inside" to help readers find text in books that they haven't bought yet. But there's just as much opportunity to apply "search inside" to books you already own. [Tomalak's Realm]
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