2016-03-19 18:53
In the "Smart Prosthetics" department we have the Eyeborg, a digital camera embedding into a human eye socket. From the Singularity Hub Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
For later use:Steelcase WalkstationTED Prize WinnersMy Flickr SetBenjamin ButtonPoster WallApteraRegina SpecktorElectric MotorcycleEric LewisGrandpa Brad PittAimee MullinsPW SingerBonnie Bas… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Just aggregating some TED2009 videos for later use:TED 2009 Conference TitlesTED PrizeRobin w/EinsteinSixthSense Wearable ComputerTED 2009 Balloon EulogyBill Gates Mosquito LaunchAptera Test… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Following on the theme of bionics, my friend Mandy pointed me to Stelarc, a performance artist who specializes in machine control of the human body. In one case, he connected his arm electr… Read More
2009-02-12 04:18
I went to TED last week. See my Flickr set.I was impressed at how upbeat, optimistic, and energized this conference was. There was general and specific recognition of the current recession… Read More
2009-02-11 23:40
Human performance augmentation (bionics) was one of the themes at the TED conference last week. I recently listened to a podcast of Tim O'Reilly's eTech2008 keynote speech. He mentioned Qu… Read More
2008-10-14 15:20
Parallel Kingdom is a geo-located mixed-reality warcraft-like game. See the videos Read More
2008-07-23 18:47
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredcavazza/2564571564/sizes/o/ Read More
2008-01-31 12:43
Just listened to an iTunesU lecture given by Bill Moggridge, of IDEO, to the Human-Computer Interaction Seminar at Stanford. He talked about his book, Designing Interactions. Three models… Read More
2008-01-12 19:07
Here is a quick video overview I made of CES Read More
2007-12-20 02:43
Eliezer Yudkowsky gave a great overview of the three competing theories of technological singularity at the 2007 Singularity Summit Read More
2007-12-18 02:09
Here are five suggestions, made to me by my friends, which I have carried around on slips of paper for a couple of months. I put them here just to remember them.SwapDrive - for sharing fil… Read More
2007-12-12 14:11
My friend, Bob, pointed me to a book I am putting on my reading list:Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Realityby Edward Castronova Read More
2007-11-11 02:25
I just watched Larry Lessig's TED talk. WOW! Not only was the content of his talk brilliant, his use of historical analogy was stunning, and the presentation slides were pure genius. It w… Read More
2007-11-08 12:47
Guy Kawasaki, in a talk to O'Reilly's 2007 MySQL Confernece, entitled The Art of Innovation, lists 9 rules of Innovation.Jump to the next curve.Don't worry, be crappy.Churn, baby, churn.Don'… Read More
2007-11-08 12:34
Juan Enriques in his 13 October SALT talk (summary, mp3) made an interesting comparison between agriculture and energy. It used to be that in agriculture we threw bigger machines (tractors… Read More
2007-10-18 12:54
Dave pointed me to a new video that makes the point of hyperlinking and tagging solves the misc problem Read More
2007-10-18 12:24
Bruce pointed me to this: Read More
2007-10-18 12:05
Jonathan has an interesting piece on the value of past data in the present, and how we need to preserve the present so the future has a rich past upon which to draw. He makes two points.Ana… Read More
2007-10-15 17:46
BoingBoing points to Keio University research that allows a person to operate second life, just by thinking about it Read More
2007-10-15 17:44
National Geographic reports that bird migrate by looking at the earth's magnetic field lines.Scientists already suspected birds' eyes contain molecules that are thought to sense Earth's magn… Read More
2007-09-25 20:19
Irving has an interesting post on robots in virtual social networks. He sez:The Huggable is a robotic communication avatar designed for social interactions, education, healthcare and other… Read More
2007-09-25 12:52
3PointD has two interesting postings. The first discusses the virtual Vietnam War Memorial in Second Life and the second speculates on the Google Earth virtual world Read More
2007-09-24 15:10
Dave pointed me to a interesting ManyEyes visualization of Bin Laden's recent speech.I registered and uploaded the Gutenberg.org Alice in Wonderland. Guess which words are most frequent bef… Read More
2007-09-19 12:25
Doc pointed me to a very clever Wilkinson advertisement using avatars for actors. I understand that creating advertisements in virtual worlds is much less expensive than hiring a sound stag… Read More
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