If tech development stopped 25 years ago…

April 21, 2009 at 2:36 pm | In tech | Leave a Comment
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…this is what life might be like for many of us.  The typewriter picnic shot is my favorite.

Visa Australia: Evolution

The ultimate in cell phone customizing: Modu

February 8, 2008 at 11:52 am | In tech | Leave a Comment
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Do you wish that your phone could grow a keyboard, change into a full size handset or shrink into a pocket sized model? All the while keeping your contacts and settings in place.

Modu wants to make that happen. Backed by a sizeable investment from SanDisk, Modu is pitching cell phone guts that could be moved from device to device.

Read the Business Week article for details. Slideshow is worth the trip.

UPDATE 2-13-08:
Video tour on gizmodo

Ashley Qualls: Teenage Millionaire

November 5, 2007 at 11:13 pm | In money | Leave a Comment
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Thanks to Raina for bringing this story to my attention.

Ashley Qualls is a 17 year old who has built a fortune by giving away free myspace page backgrounds. Her income initially came from Google Adsense advertising placed on her pages. She is now diversifying into a magazine as well as other online content.

2007qualls1.jpgShe has hired her mother as an employee. She has turned down a $1.5 million offer for her website. Here site is rumored to receive more traffic than oprah.com.
Her website can be found at whateverlife.com. Ashley’s business is an excellent example of taking something that she loves and building her work around that idea.

Read on for a video piece on Ashley as well as links to some writeups about her success. Continue reading Ashley Qualls: Teenage Millionaire…

Google Teams With Ansari X-Prize to Inspire Renewed Lunar Exploration

September 13, 2007 at 10:35 pm | In flight, space | Leave a Comment
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Get your lander on the moon by 2012 and win $30 million.  See video for details.

The challenges are varied but I find the idea of mining the Moon a bit creepy.

The Marin that could have been

September 3, 2007 at 1:11 pm | In Bay Area, history, marin | Leave a Comment
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Dick Spotswood’s 9/2/07 column discussed some near-misses in Marin that would have radically changed our home.  Like a bridge from Tiburon to SF via Angel Island.

Read the column here.

Visit my Google maps tour of these choice locations.

Microsoft Surface Computer

May 31, 2007 at 7:09 am | In tech | Leave a Comment
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I showed a preview of this concept a few months ago. Like they say, from concept to reality. According to this video you can expect to see the Surface Computer in use and for sale by the end of 07.

Be sure to catch the way a digital camera interacts with this seemingly intuitive device. Look for it about 2:20 into the video.

E-Paper demo

May 23, 2007 at 10:10 am | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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Watch the video demo showing a prototype device using a flexible, rollable display. These are NOT far away. Imagine how a display like this could change the shape of so many current devices. Plus, it could end up in all sorts of new locations.

View from outer space

May 17, 2007 at 7:49 am | In environment, food, news, photography | Leave a Comment
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What are those black objects?  If you want the answer just follow this link.

E-paper concept

May 14, 2007 at 12:36 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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2007_epaper_guide.jpgWhat could you do with e-paper?  Click the photo to see an interesting concpt from Nikita Golovlev.

The idea of a digital guidebook is great for the traveler.  Particularly appealing is the ability to store photos and attach a location to each pic via GPS.

Creator says life like robot puts people “at ease”

April 25, 2007 at 11:10 pm | In robots | Leave a Comment
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If “at ease” means finding the nearest exit. Seriously, this college prof created this robot to serve as his substitute teacher, wired so that he deliver his classes from home via his robot twin.

Am I jealous? Yep – I want one.

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