iphone

It’s a little embarassing to have and use an iphone if you’re not big on gadgets. But I’ve got one and use it all the time now… for everything … From Ian, thanks:

Your brain on Google

Gary Small, a neuroscientist at UCLA in California, has found through studies that Internet searching and text messaging has made the brains of “digital natives” more adept at filtering information and making decisions. The thinking part of the brain can be trained by surfing,  which is scanning for the next bit of new information and […]

2000 year old computer attributed to Archimedes

The Ancient Greeks were even more technologically advanced than previously thought. The Antikythera mechanism, a geared device found in a shipwreck a century ago, has been recreated. Gears turn hands (or pointers) on dials, and the device is driven by a hand knob. The computer predicts the movement of the planets and is now being […]

The Spoken Web

http://annehodgson.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/spoken.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIsn’t he lovely? Photo by Jurec, who found this Buddha “who really listens” in a Tempel in Hangzhou, China.  www.pixelio.de Asia is listening as IBM India Research Laboratory tests the World Wide Telecom Web (WWTW), a network of VoiceSites you access by phone. In this alternative to the WWW, […]

Joyrider

Want to go for a joyride? Tech news: Wheels turn, smileys stay put.

iPhone blues

The Onion, that great fake newspaper, reports on some of iPhone 3G’s most highly anticipated features: Nanotechnology enables it to reassemble itself when thrown against a wall An exclusive link to Google Street View lets you watch yourself using your iPhone at all times The iPhone takes Polaroids When moved from hand to ear, it […]

Batmobile

BMW has come out with a very cool concept car called GINA that looks like it should be sold in a sexshop. Watching the videos loving the skin on this transformer car, I was reminded of Batman, a favorite of the latex scene. As kids, we used to drape blankets over our shoulders and run […]