Supercomputers in the US and UK were linked together at the Supercomputer 2003, and used for some large task that I don’t really understand. But it sounds powerful.
The Register
Developing Nations Begin to Embrace Internet Commerce
NY Times
Using microchips imbedded under the skin to pay for stuff.
Wired News
Here’s a selelction of articles on assistive technology.
Business Week Online
31% of Americans are “highly tech savvy”, which is suprisingly high.
eWeek
This mobile phone has no display and is designed for for the blind or partially sighted.
BBC NEWS
Expensive technology is not utilised well in the workplace. It’s the users fault. Other then when the PC is crashing.
BBC NEWS
Linux based picture frame can be mounted on a wall, talks wi-fi, has a 30gb hard drive and can play MP3s as well as show pictures.
Wallflower
These Nokia Mediallions have small displays built in that cycle through up to 8 pictures.
I4U News
TiVo PVR’s create a large volume of programs that owners feel compelled to watch. So they watch more TV. Not less.
Techfocus
John Dvorak article wondering what we’ll do with all the terrabyte disk drives that will soon be appearing on a desktop near you.
pcmag.com
This pair of glassed has a small screen embedded in it that flashes up images that are supposed to remind the user of tasks to do etc. The images are flashed up so fast they are subliminal, and are intended to nudge the memory without distracting.
Wired News
MIT article about brain control.
MIT Technology Review
This Metropolis article talks about how talking on a cellphone disconnects us from our environment.
Metropolis Magazine
The Way We Nest Now: When the House Starts Talking to Itself
NY Times
Here’s a NY Times article about the impact of different sized screens.
NY Times
Upcoming.org is a collaborative events calendar in whicm members add events going on in their area. These are then used to drive sites like Gothamist.com
Upcoming.org
Dynamic Population Pyramid for United States for the next 50 years
US Census Bureau
nTags are smart badges, used at a recent Pop!Tech conference, that allow exchanging of personal details and other info, as well as notification of conference schedules.
New Scientist
The ability for cellphone users to take their cellphone numbers to new carriers makes the phone a truly personal device.
csmonitor.com
the friend of a friend (foaf) project attempts to create an XML standard for describing an individual and their friends, that can then be navigated. Kind if a role your own friendship network.
foaf-project.org
Another alternative source of power, this time from wall vibrations.
csmonitor.com
Bluetooth leaves mobile phones open to identity theft.
BBC NEWS
Burn CDs straight from memory cards with this device.
Gizmodo
Epson have developed technology that improves the efficiency of batteries recharged through induction from 20 to 70%.
KoKoRo
Here’s a review of Sprint’s new MobiTV TV-through-your-phone service.
Russell Beatie Notebook
Meetup is a website that helps people with similar interests, in cities around the world, meet face to face.
Meetup.com
The government in the UK are planning to introduce compulsary ID cards by 2013, which will include biometric information. This page shows the publics reaction to this.
BBC News
Loks like it is write once, which is a bit annoying, but this memory built using plastic could be cheap to produce, and easy on the batteries, because of the way it writes.
MSNBC
The FCC today ruled that customers can transfer their landline phone numbers to cell phone number, helping cut the cord on home phones.
USA Today
Here’s an internet radio playing radio that broadcasts chanels from Peercast, a P2P internet radio network.
cacheop
NTT are reporting that they’ve developed a wrist phone with a special strap that allows you to just stick your finger in your ear to listen to your call.
BBC NEWS
NTT Docomo researchers have demonstrated a 10 MPS network using the electric field that emanages from humans.
Technology Review
The question is what VOIP replacing long distance phone networks means for PC telephony. Surely its a positive? A lot of the VOIP adaptors don’t require a PC, though.
A VC
This is a great overview (PDF) that describes the networked home of the future, from Sony’s perspective.
CCBN
Enterprises are stamping down on camera phones, forcing handset manufacturers to produce two versions of their high end phones.
eweek.com
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