on Apple in the post-device world
Apple has had their Icarus moment and it’s not losing Steve Jobs—though that may also prove problematic. Their Icarus moment…
self-healing polyurethane
Following on the self-healing rubber from a few months ago, new work (by different people) has made self healing polyurethane…
on artificial eyes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7919645.stm The BBC posted this article describing a 73-year-old man who has been blind for nearly 30 years and is getting his sight back—or something that vaguely resembles sight and…Continue Reading →
on speech recognition
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=thinking-of-human-as-machine-09-02-24 This is the first idea about speech recognition that sounded right in a long time. The idea is to…
neurons on silicon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7867724.stm Edinburgh University has developed a technique, which allows neurons to grow in fine, detailed patterns on the surface of…
on my bluetooth headset
I’ve long opposed bluetooth headsets for a bunch of reasons including that the sound quality sucks and that they make you look like an idiot. I still stand by both…Continue Reading →