Tuesday, August 15, 2006

the cool hunter - GOOGLE VISION - POINT AND AIM

the cool hunter - GOOGLE VISION - POINT AND AIM: "GOOGLE VISION - POINT AND AIM



Get lost? Do you? Well, yet another bright young designer from the U.K is developing a system that will have tag and name exactly what your staring at. Google Vision is a conceptual product developed by Callum Peden, for the worlds favorite search engine. The product provides the user with a truly unique information hub by combining GPS, OLED technology and advanced image recognition in the form of a retractable screen device.

The Global Positioning System will see the end of wondering the streets asking for directions and the small roller ball will allow for easy navigation of the flexible screen. Brilliant for identifying landmarks whilst on holidays, Google vision acts as a personal; tour guide.

As well as this, advanced image recognition will mean Google Vision can target well known landmarks. Then using the increased coverage of wireless internet, provide the user with information on their surroundings wherever they may be. "

Friday, June 09, 2006

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight Home | Hollywood and the hackers

Motion Picture Association President Dan Glickman locks horns with Electronic Frontier Foundation's John Perry Barlow over big media's war with the internet.

(wow)JPB: I've got good news and bad news and good news. And the good news is that you guys have managed to buy every major legislative body on the planet, and the courts are even with you. So you've done a great job there and you should congratulate yourself.But you know the problem is - the bad news is that you're up against a dedicated foe that is younger and smarter that you are and will be alive when you're dead. You're 55 years old and these kids are 17 and they're just smarter than you. So you're gonna lose that one.But the good news is that you guys are mean sons of bitches and you've been figuring out ways of ripping off audiences and artists for centuries..... Read more at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/pro...

House rejects Net neutrality rules | CNET News.com

The slaves among us.

Read more at news.com.com/2100-1028_...

Friday, June 02, 2006

YARR! Swedish police site broadsided after Pirate Bay raid

Time to wake up. I think people in sweden still have some self respect.

Read more at arstechnica.com/news.ar...

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Chemophobia or how what you know can be dangerous to you.

More contributions to the paranoid society. Pretty soon the govt will realize that everything is dangerous in one way or other and everything will be banned. Humans will be grown, live and die inside insulated bubbles so they can be protected from themselves.What a shame.

Read more at wired.com/wired/archive...

Sunday, March 05, 2006

connections

Better visualization of google suggest:
  1. a branching tree with query and suggested terms as children
  2. a tree map
  3. a color coded tree map

delicious tags + google suggest items scaled to popularity will give you an idea of how your tag relates to other querys

tag cloud + suggest popularity ( overlay )

historical.

historical dynamic ( shows evolution )