Coming soon: Mind-reading computers
A raised eyebrow, quizzical look or a nod of the head are just a few of the facial expressions computers could soon be using to read people’s minds.
Source: Reuters, via CNET News.com, June 25, 2006
The Residents blank out on new release
Cult band the Residents and the Cordless e-label have teamed up to create something that is either a unique multimedia experience that will link the physical, digital and mobile worlds — or is just plain wacky.
Source: Reuters, via CNET News.com, June 26, 2006
‘RFID’ fabrics and surfing for porn, the Israeli way
Why attach an RFID chip to a shirt when you can identify the shirt through undetectable, invisible chemicals mixed into the fibers?
That’s the question CrossID CEO Moshe Glickstein is posing to potential customers. The Israeli company has devised a way to put a chemical signature into fabrics, labels, inks, boxes and other materials.
Source: Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com, June 26, 2006
Political blogger hired by Clinton campaign
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign has hired Peter Daou, one of the most prominent political bloggers in the nation, to help disseminate her message in a forum that has not always been that hospitable to her. The move underscores the degree to which bloggers — the authors of Web logs, or blogs–have begun to transform American politics.
Source: Raymond Hernandez, The New York Times, via CNET News.com, June 27, 2006
With a cell phone as your guide
Think of it as a divining rod for the information age. If you stand on a street corner in Tokyo today you can point a specialized cell phone at a hotel, a restaurant or a historical monument, and with the press of a button the phone will display information from the Internet describing the object you are looking at.
Source: John Markoff and Martin Fackler, The New York Times, via CNET News.com, June 27, 2006
Camera Phones Help Fight Bulge
Chubby nerds, rejoice! The battle of the bulge now has a high-tech weapon: the camera phone. Sprint cell-phone subscribers can sign up for MyFoodPhone, a service that gives diet advice when users e-mail cell-phone photographs of their meals and post details of their dietary habits online.
Source: Rachel Metz, Wired News, June 27, 2006
Robotic technology is advancing apace and now a top team of European scientists and engineers hope to make the leap from single function ‘dumb’ machines to adaptive learning machines.
Source: IST Results, June 29, 2006
Mobile Phones Will Control Home Robots
Starting this autumn, 1,000 sophisticated robots will make people’s daily lives easier by cleaning up homes, taking care of pets or reading books for children. About half of the robots will be remote-controlled by cell phones.
Source: Kim Tae-gyu, The Korea Times, June 29, 2006
