Technology

Minority Report's computer interface is among us

It's called G-Speak: Gestural Interface Technology. John Underkoffler, one of Oblong’s co-founders, was the science advisor on Minority Report and built much of what we saw in the film from what he was working on at MIT.

Major discovery from MIT, solar revolution or not? Hemp-cars know the story

In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.

We Want A Dead Simple Web Tablet For $200 running Firefox and Linux

For once I can agree with Micheal Arrington.

The Techcrunch Web Tablet Project -  Firefox tablet

I’m tired of waiting - I want a dead simple and dirt cheap touch screen web tablet to surf the web. Nothing fancy like the Dell latitude XT, which costs $2,500. Just a Macbook Air-thin touch screen machine that runs Firefox and possibly Skype on top of a Linux kernel. It doesn’t exist today, and as far as we can tell no one is creating one. So let’s design it, build a few and then open source the specs so anyone can create them.

The Techcrunch Web Tablet Project -  Firefox tablet

The idea is simple and it takes the right direction: simple, easy, cheap and open source. I'm all for that. If they can build it, I will buy it. If they need it, I can help ^_^

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Johnny Lee - Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote

Johnny Lee demos his amazing Wii Remote hacks, which transform the $40 game piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. A multi-ovation demo from TED2008.

Chris Anderson and Michael Arrington interviewed by Charlie Rose

Chris Anderson of Wired magazine and Michael Arrington of Techcrunch, both tech luminaries in their own way interviewed by Charlie Rose.

Some very interesting things happen, we can actually head something interesting spoken by a competent person rather than utter ignorants that often dominate the scene on television, especially regarding technology. Anderson speaks about the concept of "free" on the internet and how that changed both the economic structure of the enterprises and our culture.

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