Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Weaned on Video Games. Video gamers are getting younger and younger. And parents and the video game industry agree that the implications are likely to be enormous. By By MICHEL MARRIOTT. [NYT > Technology] 8:04:11 PM      Google It!.

Advent of the Robotic Monkeys. Researchers train a monkey to feed itself by guiding a mechanical arm with its mind. It could be a big step forward for prosthetics. By David Cohn. [Wired News] 10:16:28 AM      Google It!.

Google Acquires Keyhole Corp. [Slashdot:] This looks to be the commercial rendition of the NASA material but may be more recent.  One use case is to provide a GPS like locator for information links by connection to points on the planet.  For historians and archiologists this is a truly powerful presentation tools.  The Keyhole folks make the case for population trend tracking and marketing in the present which will help teaching human geography.  I think it is a nice step forward to seeking the planet as an connected ecosystem thanks to the zoom. -- BL 10:00:46 AM      Google It!.