One Glimpse Of The Wireless Future [Slashdot]

Wired article on how college campuses are providing wireless access to students, and how the students and professors are in turn innovating the tech to change campus life and learning. Pretty cool stuff.

1:19:03 PM    

Nielsen, TiVo Try Ratings Game. The famous TV ratings company links up with the real-time recorder to come up with a new way to measure a new audience. By Steve Friess. [Wired News]

No mention if it will log commercial skipping or not. Still, it's a good way to see what people are watching and when. While it is limited to only 20 families at the moment, I imagine that it could be rolled out quickly to all combo Nielsen/Tivo families if either party was interested.

12:17:26 PM    

A Role for Solar, but It's a Cameo. BP Amoco has 157 solar-powered gasoline stations in the United States and 220 throughout 16 other nations, with plans for more. By Phil Patton. [New York Times: Science]

I'm glad to see someone doing this, as I think local co-generation is the way to go in the future. Being able to both generate (via solar/wind) and store (flywheel) energy locally will go a long way towards both lowering the cost of such installations as well as minimizing brownouts during peak load times.

6:32:31 AM    

Man, Machine: Can't We Get Along?. Sometimes it's hard not to think machines are out to get us. An unusual art installation in Dublin examines people's relationship with electronic devices. Daithí Ó hAnluain reports from Ireland. [Wired News]

We saw this show when we were at the Guinness tour in Dublin, and it was pretty cool to see that they would give up some space for an art exibit.

6:22:11 AM