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Thursday, April 10, 2003 |
"Remember jokes about clueless newbies trying to fax documents by holding them up to the monitor? Perhaps they were just ahead of their time. Toshiba has developed a combined LCD/optical sensor, according to EETimes. It isn't monitor sized yet, but in a few years, perhaps?"
Interesting (and hillarious) discussion at Slashdot..
8:52:20 PM 
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Lucas Gonze: "Contemplating this [terrestrial jukebox], it strikes me that ownership of a petabyte of MP3s would get you burnt at the stake." [via HubLog]
8:40:20 PM
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Always a fan of robots, I thought I'd include some links to video clips from the Robodex 2003 convention in Japan. It seems that scientists, programmers and engineers at Sony, Honda, and Epson have gotten bipedal movement down. I'm really, really impressed. A big change from last year.
All movies are in quicktime format.
[via Boing Boing]
12:49:43 AM
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Forsaking the Laptop for a Can-Do Palmtop.
Hand-held computers are an increasingly attractive alternative to laptops for business travelers. By Ian Austen.
No Holds Barred for a Roving Office.
FOR the frequent business traveler, the need to stay connected to the office and home is often paramount, and the cost of technology may be no object if it can provide a competitive edge. By Rob Fixmer.
It Adds Up (and Up, and Up).
Americans are spending more than ever on electronics and digital gadgets. But how much connectedness can consumers afford? By Rob Fixmer.
Internet via the Power Grid: New Interest in Obvious Idea.
The idea of sending Internet data over ordinary electric power lines is getting sudden attention in response to several trial efforts. By John Markoff and Matt Richtel.
12:30:51 AM
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 I'm glad the East Asian Library at Univeristy of California has released some of their historical Japanese maps online. As many of them are 400 years old, many are on handmade paper printed with woodblocks. Of the 2,300 some maps in their collection, 210 have been digitized with a digital camera by Cartography Associates' David Rumsey. I found it interesting that the camera gave them good depth of field and they choose it over a drum or flatbed scanner. Additionally they list their hardware and software - heavy on the RAM.
The Insight viewer is a large download, but worth the wait to see the maps. The interface is pretty good, but the collection is great. It's also recommended by Edward Tufte, who's work is also worth reading over and over.
I highly recommend viewing a part of this collection if you have some time to spare.
12:14:53 AM
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