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Bionic contact lens ‘to project emails before eyes’

Posted in Technical/Gadgets on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

If there’s one big problem with the Internet, it’s that you can’t be on it all day, every day, without interruption.  No, sometimes you must take your eyes away from the screen.  Those are sad times, but they will soon be in the past.  Researchers have made progress toward interactive contact lens displays.  Here’s the [...]

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Apple VP Greg Joswiak explains Apple’s Four Keys to Success

Posted in Technical/Gadgets on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Greg Joswiak is Apple’s vice president of worldwide iPod, iPhone, and iOS product marketing. He’s presented at past iPhone and iOS Apple events and is a critical member of Apple’s corporate team. While speaking at the “Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge” event in the UK, Joswiak shared what he believes to be the four keys to Apple’s [...]

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Air bags for the iPad!

Posted in Technical/Gadgets on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Did you see this news story?  Air bags for the iPad? First off, Apple has come up with a solution for keeping the glass on the back of your iDevice from breaking in the event of a fall. Obviously, the simplest solution would be to avoid glass screens altogether, but if glass is going to [...]

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New and Improved ASIMO Robot

Posted in Technical/Gadgets, YouTube on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A brand new version of ASIMO – Honda’s humanoid robot, which has been in development for over 10 years now – was recently demonstrated. The new model can jump on one leg, pour drinks and much more:

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Gone in a flash! Apple finally getting its way

Posted in Technical/Gadgets on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The battle has raged for quite some time now.  Adobe Flash as a staple of the web, and Apple fighting it tooth and nail with HTML 5 due to the threat flash poses to the iTunes empire. Flash is not completely dead, and will remain on the web in some form or another for years [...]

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You Suck at PowerPoint

Posted in Hacks for work and life, Technical/Gadgets on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I have seen hundreds of PowerPoint presentations. Many of them were dull, poorly written, and added nothing to the presentation. If presenters would follow the simple tips in this slide presentation by Jesse Desjardins, it would revolutionize their impact:

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Google+ is now available with Google Apps

Posted in Hacks for work and life, Technical/Gadgets, The web on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Great news from the Official Google Enterprise Blog that Google+ is now available with Google Apps: Google Apps fans, today we’re ready to add you to our circles. Google+ makes sharing on the web more like sharing in the real world, and now Google+ is available to people who use Google Apps at college, at work or at home. Starting now you can [...]

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Youth Culture Links

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Society, Statistics, Technical/Gadgets on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Some useful blog posts and news articles for those interested in youth culture: Facebook is expanding yet again: as part of its ongoing effort to stay ahead of Google+. This time, the site will unveil “read,” “listen,” “watch,” and “want” buttons on the wall along with the “like” button. We imagine Millennials will “like” these [...]

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Microsoft’s Vision of the Future

Posted in Technical/Gadgets, The web, YouTube on October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Think Microsoft has lost a vision for the future of technology? Think again. If this video is any indication, they have plenty: and Amazing.

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iPad Head

Posted in Technical/Gadgets on October 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »

This viral marketing video by Thinkmodo shows a young woman walking around Bryant Park in New York City. Her head is encased in iPads, each of which shows one part of her head. It’s a promotional item for a new iPad magazine called Cosmo for Guys.

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