Flexible E-Paper: Plastic circuits drive paperlike displays: Science News Online, Jan. 31, 2004 Something Tom Willner brought to our attention. Cool, but can you line the bottom of a birdcage with it?
Read More »The SNS backlash begins
There was an inevitable backlash against social networking systems. They are too good not to become a target and one of the most popular sites, Friendster, has become the target of this very funny parody site.
Read More »Workin' on the knowledge assembly line
Some IT gurus gathered at Harvard the other day to discuss offshoring, outsourcing, etc., etc. Nothing new in that, but one intriguing idea got discussed toward the end: the 24-hour knowledge factory. That is, if companies have branches or contractors around the world they can work on projects 24/7. At one guy put it: …Gupta described his dream: a twenty-four-hour ...
Read More »Suddenly I feel kind of old
Is it just me or does the topic of aging, longevity, anti-aging and even immortality seem to be popping up everywhere? It could be me because I think this is right up there in the top four or five world-shaking forces shaping the future, and I’m researching the aforementioned subjects. But in the Sunday supplement to my local paper an ...
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