I spent years bemoaning the fact that the laws of physics didn’t allow the wireless transmission of power. Now it seems that I bemoaned prematurely. Researchers at MIT have a found a way to use inductance to power a 60W (think similar power rating to a laptop) lightbulb from a distance of up to 2 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Normally I have a very optimistic outlook. Especially when it comes to technological breakthroughs. But this morning I was given pause for thought. MAKE magazine carried a news article today about a highly accurate DNA replicator for $10. I am fully convinced that such breakthroughs can be used to tackle the issues of world poverty, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The mind boggles at the possibilities of shapelock!
It is a ‘Ultra-High Molecular Weight Low Temperature Thermoplastic ‘ which is to say - a form of modelling plastic that can be made plyable at just above room temperature, and can be moulded to almost any shape, but which when it cools is hard as steel. Now [...]
This Toyota concept car seems to have adopted the Fisher-Price/Window Media Player user interface approach to ergonomics. I’m not sure whether the dashboard is a touch screen, but I love the idea of exploring the object model of the car. I also love the idea of being able to control the car using a touch [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Across the bay
Click on the picture above to see my first attempt with the new camera. What dya think?
We got ourselves the Canon PowershotPro1 in readiness for the big day (so that we can preserve the gore in glorious technicolour for all time). It’s a (as the Aussies would say) Beaut! Expect to see quite a few landscape and macro photos appearing here in the near future.
The link above is to the [...]
How could I live without this?
This is to wireless digital home entertainment, what the ipod is to the personal music player. OMYGOD I WANT ONE!!!!!!!
Oh Yea! Be it known that Nitrogen is to be taken to Tyburn tree and there hung by the hard-drive until all computation has ceased, then taken down and have its giblets taken out and rubbed vigorously with a binary level formatting tool before being paraded around the service pack update avenues for the edification [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )With my trusty brill-o pad in hand I am preparing to revolutionize my software development experience ™. Yes, the install media arrive through the post the other day for visual studio 2005…
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…diddle diddle dum. diddle diddle dum. And we arrive at the present moment. Yes I sat there like a zombie for a [...]
This from LiveScience via Kurtzweil AI: Monkeys Brains Alter to Work Robotic Arm
A new study finds a monkey’s brain structure adapts to treat a robotic arm as if it was a natural appendage. The finding bolsters the notion that the primate brain is highly adaptable, and it adds more knowledge to the effort to create [...]
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