Thursday, January 18, 2007

Take an Internet Call and Some Notes, or Just Doodle. Nokia[base ']s N800 Internet tablet lets you browse the Internet, send and receive e-mail, download audio and video and get R.S.S. feeds. By IVAN BERGER. [NYT > Technology] 9:23:35 AM      Google It!.

Virtual reality spreading in business world. The $2 million Vis Lab at the Joshi center at Wright State University allows businesses to outsource virtual-reality work without having to buy the technology themselves.  The technology is used for simulation, training, and to speed up and improve... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 9:19:51 AM      Google It!.

Nanowires as brain sensors. Rodolfo Llinas has developed 500-nm. nanowires that can be inserted into the blood vessels of human brains. They nanowires may allow for stimulating the sen... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] this was showcased in a PBS pilot 22ndcentury mind which was a little fluff piece on brain implants --BL 9:14:54 AM      Google It!.

Latest ELI White Papers Explore Web Savvy and Information Fluency. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative has taken on information fluency and Web savvy in the Net Gen age in three recent white papers: Ensuring the Net Generation Is Net Savvy Getting Past Google: Perspectives on Information Literacy from the Millennial Mind How Choice, Co-Creation, and Culture Are Changing What It Means to Be Net Savvy [EDUCAUSE CONNECT blogs] 9:09:45 AM      Google It!.

At last! A free, open and cross platform desktop publisher. Derek Chirnside points to a gem of an application - Scribus. Scribus brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOSX, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of [base "]press-ready[per thou] output and new approaches to page layout. Here[base ']s my quick screenrecording of myself finding my way through the application. At first glance its beautiful! Great application for creating fliers, fancy layout handouts, posters, and books. Click To Play An even better screenrecording comes from Jason Scott. [Learn Online] 8:53:14 AM      Google It!.

How Real Is Too Real? . A controversial computer game based on the Columbine High School shootings of 1999, called Super Columbine Massacre RPG, has nearly upended a game-design competition that kicks off today in Salt Lake City. By Mike Musgrove. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] this is not benign entertainment - violent games increase the probability of antisocial attitudes and action as the line between real and virtual blurs --BL 8:43:37 AM      Google It!.