Creatively Distracted
Creatively Distracted
After watching the drama unfold this week around Apple’s iPad, as shiny and sleek as it is, I’m still holding out to see what comes of the rumored Courier tablet from Microsoft (video above with diggnation commentary). I definitely dig…
What an amazing mechanism to interact with information. I really like the math, language and storytelling concepts. More on the project on the Siftables web site.
Designer Mac Funamizu has come up with an elegant conceptual solution for searching the environment that surrounds us. Beyond searching by text as we have become accustomed to with services like Google, the device searches by scanning an object from…
It is welcome news to hear Apple’s tablet PC with multi-touch screen is on the horizon. More amazing to hear is that Asus has been a contracted manufacturer of the iBooks, PowerBooks and MacBooks. Who knew? Take that all you…
Not that I want to be an engadget re-blog weenie, but the news is too good not to share. It is always great when technology prices drop right along with form factor. The Model 02 of the OQO is touting…
While reading this morning I came across Terragen from a description of a Joan Fontcuberta project mentioned on BLDGBLOG. Terragen is landscape generation software that is available as a free download for non-commercial use, but that also has a number…
If you’re like me and have been holding your breath for the Epos Pens to see the light of day, you can exhale now. While it seems they are still not available for purchase there are some reviews of the…
There is an article in the NewScientistTech about a new process that has been developed to create chain mail on a microscopic scale that may one day be used to link wearable electronic devices or sensors together. [via]
A company named Zyren has an interesting "clock" that they are marketing as the sleep system Night Cove that controls the ambient light in your environment. As a huge fan of sleep I can only imagine the endless hours of well managed, scientifically crafted sleep it could provide - just the thing for the wonky winter nights in Alaska. Despite my torrid love affair with sleep I remember the days when I was a morning person and I miss them. [via]
There are probably a whole lot of Web2.0 collections out there but go2web20.net is certainly the most Web2.0 of them that I have come across. There’s a whole lot of time-killin’ potential if you’re planning on visiting.
While we are all sitting around waiting for the release of the Optimus keyboard (man, how long do we have to wait anyway?), a Korean company has launched an programmable LED keyboard of its own. Sadly, the keys are not individual LED screens, but it still looks really cool.
Cemetery 2.0 is a concept that links burial plots to online repositories of information about the deceased. Information is connected to the physical resting place so that visitors may access the surviving artifacts of that person. This project is a…
From the design labs at Electrolux comes the KaionWAVE washing system, a groundbreaking concept for laundry of the future. Functioning as both a washer and a dryer, the KaionWAVE washing system is ideal for houses where space is limited. No…
Ralph Koster has written one of the more well thought out articles about the emergence of CopyBot and some of the implications for Second Life. The conversation following this article is also very thought provoking and worth a scan to…
Synthravels wants to be your virtual travel agency the next time you plan a vacation.
On his blog, Tim Berners-Lee has posted clarification to a recent interview with The Guardian so that his thoughts would be accurately represented.
This is a question I have been mulling in my head for a few weeks now - somewhat passively...and certainly not so much that I would call and interrogate
This month's issue of Dwell has an interview with Andrew Dent, material scientist and VP of Material ConneXion.
Engadget has captured a play-by-play of Job’s “It’s Showtime” keynote this morning on their site. Among the notable news is a smaller Shuffle, a beefed up Nano, more features for the iPod (and a bigger 80GBs), and finally, an announcement…
Soon devices integrated with the SplashPower receiver will be revolutionizing the way we power our devices. SplashPower aims to simplify recharging power by eliminating the need for cables. [via Core77]
What is this? On 26 July 2006 Blackboard announced that they had been awarded the patent for eLearning technology (no. 6,988,138). Upon reading this patent it occurs to me that they have pretty much patented the concept of the LMS.…