Archive for May, 2008
louisgray wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCooking with Induction
You’ve probably heard of induction cooking in food magazines and on websites, like this one. For all those who haven’t, it’s a technology that uses a high frequency electromagnetic current, which when turned on, immediately causes the particles within an induction-ready pan and […]
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in 1782 | No Comments
Gina Provenzano wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAndrew Stern and Nick Montfort have a provocation from ELIZA
[Blogging from the ELO event, Visionary Landscapes] “Provocation by Program” Imagining a Next-Revolution ELIZA Nick Montfort and Andrew Stern http://grandtextauto.org (This is an unusual post. I’m using a very different blog voice with a very […]
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in 1784 | No Comments
wrt@writerresponsetheory.org (Writer Response Theory) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe Week in ColdFusion: 21-27 May: Better late than never
ColdFusion 8 is an award-winner once again - this time it’s the SIIA’s Codie Awards (hat tip to Ben Forta). Ben also points out that UK based Software Editorial magazine has published a […]
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in 1786 | No Comments
kay.smoljak wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAnalyst: Wii To Lead Hardware, PS3 To Lead Software By 2012 [Console War Forecast]
The Wii is set to break console sales records in 2008, says analyst group DFC Intelligence - but the PlayStation 3 will beat the Wii’s software sales by 2012. Worldwide console sales […]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in 1788 | No Comments
Leigh Alexander wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptItâs That Time of the Year Again
Can you believe it’s already that time of the year again…? Apple iPhone rumor time-of-the-year that is! I’m sure you remember back in early 2007 when I predicted Apple was about to announce the iTunes Mega Store, the […]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in 1790 | No Comments
Josh Jones wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptA Solar-Powered iPod? Puh-lease!
Much has been made this week of Apple’s patent filing for solar panels embedded into the screens of gadgets. In the diagram accompanying the application, we see a layer of solar cells tucked safely behind the glass and the LCD layer, […]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
I4U News wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptExamples of Prochronisms
This morning, an envelope arrived in my inbox. Inside, an article entitled The Plugged-In School by Joan Richardson (read article). The thrust of the article is that, just like our "digital native" students, new teachers are coming to work in education with […]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in 1794 | No Comments
mguhlin@gmail.com (Miguel Guhlin - www.mguhlin.net) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMicrowaves from silicon chips?
X-rays are widely used for medical imaging and security, but they still are dangerous. Would it be possible to replace X-rays by an imaging technology based on microwave radiation? Until now, it was not feasible because portable devices […]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAdvances in Portable Ultrasound Devices
I have posted a number of previous notes about portable ultrasound devices. The technology has been widely and rapidly adopted in emergency medicine (see: World’s Smallest Ultrasound Device Unveiled) because it increases the speed and quality of diagnoses […]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in 1798 | No Comments
wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSTRATEGIC PRAYER ~ Paradise: Just the Beginning
For weeks and months those at the PARADISE gathering will try to communicate to others what their experiences were that day. I was just one worshipper among many, but here are my thoughts. While standing with the worshippers during […]
May 29th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments