Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Nano-Batteries That Keep On Going. Leveraging nanotechnology research initiated at MIT, A123 Systems has commercially developed a new generation of lithium-ion batteries that deliver up to 10 times longer cycle life, five times more power and dramatically faster charge times over conv... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 10:18:42 PM      Google It!.

The Book of JavaScript. Michael J. Ross writes "Developers of Web sites, whether professional programmers or Web hobbyists, are oftentimes impressed by the more advanced functionality that can be achieved on a Web page using JavaScript. Yet these personal discoveries of JavaScript's power do not always motivate the developers to implement similar functionality on their own sites [~] partly because most of those custom-built JavaScript functions are cryptic, and make no attempt to show how the developer would customize the code for their own use. The majority of JavaScript books are of limited help in this regard, because they focus on the language details, illustrated only with code snippets. Many readers would benefit more from instruction via working examples, which is the approach used by The Book of JavaScript." Read the rest of Michael's review. [Slashdot] 8:46:20 PM      Google It!.

Sony Keynote Offers Hope For PlayStation 3 Fans. Once again, the stage was set for Sony to try to get some good will directed towards its next-gen console. Recent weeks especially have seen PR frustrations and setbacks for the company. Today was Sony's day to deliver: and in my opinion they did with flying colours. By the end of the keynote attendees were laughing and clapping with glee at the goodies that the company is going to be bringing to the PlayStation 3. Finally, finally, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel for the console. Read on for my notes on the keynote, as well as links to other coverage of the event. Note the first: There may finally be a great reason to buy a PlayStation.[Slashdot] 8:44:49 PM      Google It!.

Fanntoogle! A Fantastic Tool for Google. Fanntoogle! A Fantastic Tool for Google. Fanntoogle.com allows you to search using Google's search engine API but allows you to view the results before you close out the search. This way you find what you are looking for first, then close your search results. It's still in beta and I am looking to get some feedback from the community. If you want to help, use this search for a couple days and give me some feedback! Thanks for all your support! Brad [EDUCAUSE CONNECT blogs] 12:54:05 PM      Google It!.

RFID Passports Cloned Without Opening the Package. Jeremy writes to tell us that using some simple deduction, a security consultant discovered how to clone a passport as it's being mailed to its recipient, without ever opening the package. "But the key in this first generation of biometric passport is relatively easy to identify/crack. It is not random, but consists of passport number, the passport holder's date of birth and the passport expiry date. The Mail found it relatively easy to identify the holder's date of birth, while the expiry date is 10 years from the issue date, which for a newly-delivered passport would clearly fall within a few days. The passport number consists of a number of predictable elements, including an identifier for the issuing office, so effectively a significant part of the key can be reconstructed from the envelope and its address label." [Slashdot] 12:52:51 PM      Google It!.

E-Learning Resource Collection: Second Life. E-Learning Resource Collection: Second Life: E-LEARNING RESOURCE COLLECTION Second Life --- This is a start of a growing list of e-learning resources in second life. the other great place to look is the simteach wiki. [EDUCAUSE CONNECT blogs] 8:25:23 AM      Google It!.

Research Google. Research Google: Research Google This is a Google custom search of 160+ quality sites for information about Google itself - websites, blogs and forums. It's a great way to find out whatever you need to know about Big G. And it comes from the Google Tutor site, so you know it's going to be good. ---- some good tools to research google. [EDUCAUSE CONNECT blogs] 8:24:40 AM      Google It!.

New Report On Municipal Wireless. PublicNet SF Coalition introduces us to a new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance called "Localizing the Internet: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves the U.S. Broadband Problem." It makes a strong case for municipal ownership of new wireless and fiber-optic networks. The history shows that there is a need for more aggressive public involvement in broadband deployment, and the affordability of wireless is a great opportunity for this.[Slashdot 8:22:42 AM      Google It!.

Connecting Your Brain to the Game. Emotiv Systems has announced that video-game makers are able to buy Emotiv's electro-encephalograph (EEG) caps and software developer's tool kits so that they can build games that, they claim, can use the electrical signals from a player's brain to c... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 8:18:16 AM      Google It!.