The RepRap is really cool.
It’s a plastic part fabrication machine that is capable of making 60% of the parts necessary to build a copy of itself. The initial design “Darwin” can be build for less than 500 Euro.
If I had loads of free time, I would totally build one of these.
Wearable “sixth sense” computer.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
Smart Blocks
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html
I just have to say, I’m sure this is going to come back and bite me at some point, but I am totally stoked about this video conferencing I now have at my desk at work.
I just dial some one like regular on my phone, and if the person I’m calling has the same camera/software on his or her computer, video of them pops up on my screen automatically. No muss, no fuss, it just works.
Love it. LOVE IT.
I may never have to leave my desk again.
I just read in a Wall Street Journal in our breakroom that Cinergy, Cincinnati’s power utility, is going to start offering internet access comparable or better than cable/DSL to folks in Cincinnati.
This is fantastic.
I don’t want cable, so getting a cable modem doesn’t make sense. I don’t need a telephone land line, since Stacey and I have cellphones. But I have to have one to get internet access in our home. But if it were available through the electrical outlet… that’d be sweet. Ditch the landline totally.
Unfortunately, it may be a fair amount of time away. They’ll be targeting rural areas that don’t have cable/DSL options first, before moving into the big cities.
I’ll just bide my time.