COOLEST THING OF THE DAY: Snake Robots.
Read moreIf you haven’t seen Sight by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo yet, do yourself a favor and check it out. It is a truly fascinating (and slightly frightening) vision–no pun intended–of the future that innovations like Google’s Project Glass seem to be charting a course towards. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
Read moreThe Internet isn’t really a technology, it’s a belief system – a philosophy.
After 14 years and over 15,000 stories posted, it’s finally time for me to say Good-Bye to Slashdot. I created this place with my best friends in a run down house while still in college. Since then it has grown to be read by more than a million people, and has served Billions and Billions of Pages (yes, in my head I hear the voice). During my tenure I have done my best to keep Slashdot firmly grounded in its origins, but now it’s time for someone else to come aboard and find the *future*.
Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda, founder of Slashdot, announcing his resignation from the technology curation and community site. As we said earlier, today’s a day of resignations. (via futurejournalismproject)
smarterplanet: Using Twitter Improves Students’ Grades, And Other Surprising Tech Usage Facts OnlineEducation.net made an infographic based on results from a student/technology study. Full Story: Business Insider via emergentfutures:
Read moreMexican Banking Project Shows How Emerging Nations Can Leapfrog Developed Ones
Mexican Banking Project Shows How Emerging Nations Can Leapfrog Developed Ones
During most of the history of computing, technology advances typically trickled down slowly from developed economies to emerging ones. The explosion of mobile telephony changed all that.
Mexican Banking Project Shows How Emerging Nations Can Leapfrog Developed Ones
Mexican Banking Project Shows How Emerging Nations Can Leapfrog Developed Ones
During most of the history of computing, technology advances typically trickled down slowly from developed economies to emerging ones. The explosion of mobile telephony changed all that.
R.I.P., Cassette Walkman
Read moreI’m homeless, very homeless, dirt broke and all, but I still own an iPad and a MSI Wind u130 netbook. These, I feel, are essential tools… Being without a home is not that big a deal in today’s world, but having connections to the rest of the world is pretty important.
The Future of the Book by IDEO (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
Read moreNew ‘SpeedSpike’ System Traps Speeding Drivers from Space
New ‘SpeedSpike’ System Traps Speeding Drivers from Space
Do you think our children will even know what a ‘civil liberty’ is?
Craig Mod: Embracing the digital book
Craig Mod: Embracing the digital book
If you’ve checked out the supposed book-killing interfaces of Kindle and iBooks, you’re probably in on a little secret – technology has a LONG way to go before it really provides a truly comparable replacement to a book. I’m not necessarily suggesting that we’ll get there in my lifetime, but Craig Mod’s suggestions are definitely all necessary steps if the goal is replicating all of the things that make reading a book a great experience.
[via]
