1. 20 June 2005

    1205 days ago

    KickReal (LIVE PENALTY SHOOTOUT-CHASE THE BALL INTO THE GOAL WITH YOUR OWN FOOT)

    Wow, camera phone + foot + software lets you play a soccer shootout by mock kicking a ball for the camera! Sweet, I really want a high tech phone to be able to play with stuff like this.

    via Kjell Olsen1205 days ago

  2. 02 June 2005

    I hate cell phones

    1223 days ago

    There’s just something about being always connected, that even as part of the internet generation, I can’t get over. I think cells really encourage people to just take off, not having planned ahead, knowing they don’t need to rely on themselves, they can always make a call. Without the cellphone the motivation is there to plan ahead, to have a way out; but when a cellphone is their lifeline at every point, they will be much quicker to call someone (and probably you) to bail them out.

    Do people really always need to be connected? I know that I sure don’t want to have to deal with getting phone calls whenever and wherever I am. So as cool as some phones are becoming these days, I’ve always been and still am averse to the idea of having one.

  3. 16 May 2005

    1240 days ago

    Treehugger: Argentinean Scientists Get Pure Hydrogen Through Ethanol

    (relatively) Pure hydrogen from ethanol, fun stuff. I just finished reading the chapter in The Long Emergency this afternoon where JHK tells why nothing will be able to drive the oil economy like oil itself did, but I sure hope it doesn’t come to what Kunstler says it will. I’m all for hydrogen cars.

    via Kjell Olsen1240 days ago

  4. 1240 days ago

    O'Reilly Network: The Geospatial Web: A Call to Action

    Just today I was out in the woods walking, and thinking how sweet it would be to have a cellphone that could track my location with gps, a camera that flagged all the pictures I took with longitude and latitude values, and a collar on my dog to see how far away from me she is (so as to keep her from getting into a porcupine). And all this is coming.

    Nat Torkington, organizer of the upcoming Where 2.0 conference, said it this way: “Everything is somewhere. Whether you’re talking about assets, people, phone calls, pets, earthquakes, fire sales, bank robberies, or famous gravestones, they all have a location attached. And everything we touch in our lives, from groceries to digital photos, could have a location. From these locations we could learn a lot more about ourselves and build new economies.”

    A nice call to arms cum where do we stand post: what needs to come of age before the geoweb can really manifest itself.

    via Kjell Olsen1240 days ago

  5. 20 April 2005

    1266 days ago

    EVDO StompBox Project

    Impressive linux box running broadcasting a wireless signal with a verizon cell data card to give an always connected link, even in the middle of nowhere.

    The weekend of April 15 two of us took the system along during an 800mi drive through the high deserts of Southern California (Mojave and areas near). I’m quite surprised how far 1xRTT covers! We had continuous data for >90% of the trip. If the connection was re-established within 2 minutes (not hard when driving highway speeds) established TCP sessions resumed without worry. The only time we had extended data losses were when we stopped behind blocking geologic features (hills, ridges, etc) that kept us from seeing the nearest cel tower.

    Also with gps and an ultra cool web app to google map the car’s exact location at any time… sweet. Also a camera to show where you are.

    This should be good for security situations. If you point a camera inside at the driver’s position (from, say, the headliner or dashboard) you can make the video router start recording upon motion-sense. It would constantly upload the results to an offsite server along with timestamp and GPS coordinates. Even if the thief ripped the system out it would get a few good frames of him/her and store them offsite. If the equipment is hidden correctly it’ll give live GPS tracking and video to help with retrieval of the car.

    Man, this stuff is cool.

    via Kjell Olsen1266 days ago

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