SOURCE: BBC News Bionic eye will let the blind see It comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual's eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear. Images captured by the camera are beamed to the chip, which translates them into impulses that the brain can interpret. The device has been designed by Professor Gislin Dagnelie at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Professor Dagnelie unveiled details at a Royal National Institu...
Peer to peer seems to be the way to go, but because of those who feel stealing is what it should be used for rather than ligitamate purposes, this ruling just might not go the same direction as the Betamax ruling did. For one, the digital realm allows way faster copieing and distorbution. ... that is all I can think of... It P2P wins, it will be a win with restrictions. The music indrusty will still be able to go after epople, and probably more furiously than before, but since it is ...
SOURCE: WIRED.com Cinequest, a P2P Movie Fest 02:00 AM Mar. 03, 2005 PT by Alison Strahan There's no need to don black tie or jewels to attend the 15th annual Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California, this week. In fact, there's no need to don anything. Simply lounge in the buff while you check out the festival's lineup of nearly 200 films, most of which are available for download from the festival's website. Running March 2 though March 13, the Cinequest event is a...
SOURCE: WIRED.com The All-in-One, Widescreen Security Cam By - Noah Shachtman Even the best security guards can watch only eight monitors at once - and after about 20 minutes, everything starts to blur. So Atlanta startup VistaScape is replacing the old black-and-white screens with color PCs that afford watchdogs a comprehensive 3-D view, from bird's-eye to ground. Now focus, people. For more, click on the link provided...
SOURCE: WIRED.com A Cut Above By Steven Johnson Let's say you're a big-league pitcher, blessed with a good but not great arm. You've played several seasons in the majors, yet you've never managed to hold down a steady place in a starting rotation, mainly because you can't get quite enough velocity on the ball. You work with different pitching coaches and sports psychologists. You try new exercise and diet regimens. Ultimately, you decide that your innate talents aren't going to t...
This is a major deal to me because my first love and field of study was Architecture. Why did I leave it? Personal reasons made me make the hard decision to leave it alone for a while. A unscheduled break, if you will, for about 20 - 25 years. So I do plan to come back, but I will have the knowledge of business, technology and organizational behavior behind me to use in the Architecture field. I think those things will make me stand out from the rest of the field. Plus, I plan to do more ...
SOURCE: NETSCAPE Dell to Recall 990,000 Laptop Power Adapters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dell Inc. will recall about 990,000 power adapters for some of its laptop computer models because of a risk of overheating, which could lead to a fire or electrical shock, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Friday. Dell has received seven reports of incidents involving the AC adapters overheating, but no injuries were reported, the government agency said. The recall covers a...
SOURCE: NYTIMES Still Exploring After Martian Winter, Rovers Send Back More Signs of Water By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Published: October 8, 2004 Aging but still on the go, climbing in and around craters, tapping into the mysteries of strangely cracked rocks, the two roving vehicles Spirit and Opportunity have explored Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled and keep finding evidence of past liquid water shaping the now arid surface. Mission officials reported yester...
SOURCE: TOPIX.NET The Secret Source of Google's Power Much is being written about Gmail, Google's new free webmail system. There's something deeper to learn about Google from this product than the initial reaction to the product features, however. Ignore for a moment the observations about Google leapfrogging their competitors with more user value and a new feature or two. Or Google diversifying away from search into other applications; they've been doing that for a while. Or the priv...
I have to say that I believe in this very much. I went through very stressful situation at my old job. Being I had previously had aniety problem, I took the job knowing that I would not be subjected to too much stres and agrevation. Then I was placed at the worst site the company had, probably in the United States. Through it all I am proud of myself in a sensethat I lasted 7 months there. A long time considering others lasted only 2 or 3 months and were either fired or quit (or got transfe...
SOURCE: CNN MONEY Wall St.'s graphic gains? U.S. markets set to open higher Tuesday on Adobe results; Fed meeting awaited. September 21, 2004: 9:15 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Optimism about tech stocks in the wake of strong results from Adobe Systems could lift U.S. stocks at Tuesday's open, pushing the meeting of Fed policy makers on Wall Street's back burner for at least a little while. Early Tuesday, Nasdaq and S&P futures were solidly higher. Adobe Systems (ADBE: Rese...