Kindle for iPhone
Amazon Releases Kindle Software for iPhone. Glen Fleishmann The other shoe has dropped: Amazon late tonight released Kindle for iPhone, a free application that provides access to the catalog of books...
View ArticleIncreasing Diversity
From the technium… The diversity of the universe has been increasing since the beginning of time. In its very first seconds the universe contained only quarks, which began to assemble into a variety of...
View ArticleWater from Air
Not a plant to be seen, the desert ground is too dry. But the air contains water, and research scientists have found a way of obtaining drinking water from air humidity. The system is based completely...
View ArticleIncreasing Specialisation
Some more wonderful musings by Kevin Kelly on specialisation and the growth of long-tail niches. These trends do have profound impacts for markets, education and most notably, Government policy; in...
View ArticleThe Story of Send
Google has posted an interesting [and fun] run-down of the energy pathway of an email through a well crafted online animation/cartoon. The environmental impact on growing data centres is very real and...
View ArticleThe Social Media Economy Explained – By The Onion
The team at the onion explains the Social Media Economy ;-{) – Worth the 3 minutes!! Link: Social Media Explained
View ArticleWith every beat of your heart…
Yes, a spectacularly interesting concept, I have become pre-order 2503…. Nymi uses your unique cardiac rhythm [ECG] to authenticate your identity, allowing wireless control of computers, smartphones,...
View ArticleThe first time…
Boy watching TV for the first time in an appliance store window, 1948 pic.twitter.com/2FfMXwnM2T — Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) June 21, 2014 and Today… Source: Hunt4Truth
View ArticleProject Wing
Project Wing is a Google[x] project that is developing a delivery system that uses self-flying vehicles. As part of their research, they built a vehicle and traveled to Queensland for some test...
View ArticleStentrode
From the University of Melbourne [@UniMelb] A group of paralysed patients will soon undergo a revolutionary procedure that could allow them to walk with the power of thought. The key to returning...
View Article10 Years
Innovation, creativity, productivity, ubiquity. Perhaps best defined by events that occurred ten years ago today. A single decade, a BILLION + units, 13 models, 395 sold every minute, 101 million users...
View Articlebecause he can…
Quite simply, because he can. WATCH: Highlights from SpaceX's successful launch of the Falcon Heavy from Florida. See the full launch and rocket landing here: https://t.co/0OsiG8TFbB...
View ArticleListen Closely… Can you pick it?
Listen very closely. Did you pick it? Google AI and engineering teams have announced Google Duplex, a new technology for conducting natural conversations to carry out “real world” tasks over the phone....
View ArticleOperation Infektion
The New York Times produced a three-part film series, “Operation InfeKtion” on Russian dis-information campaigns and the current world of ‘fake-news’.
View ArticleType 1 – People
A small series of posts over the next week or so on the concept of “Type 1″. These will be People, Planet and Challenges. Why? Simply put, my recent experience of public discourse and political debate...
View ArticleType 1 – Planet
What’s next? Opining the lack of type 1 people in public leadership? Federal Election. Climate change anyone? Looking back to look forward. In 1916, the year my father was born, we only knew of our own...
View Article17 Seconds
50 Years ago today. Spend a moment and consider the scale of this human endeavour. Neil Armstrong, Commander Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module Pilot Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot Links NASA...
View ArticleIt Flies!
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully completed the first flight (150 metre hop) of SN5 today in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX NASA Links SpaceXNASA
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