Archive for the ‘Thoughts’ Category
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Scientific American has an article about the Open Prosthetics Project.
The Open Prosthetics Project has applied the “open source” model to the design of inexpensive prosthetic hands and arms that a small demand can still support. The designs are free for anyone to use.
This is an exiting project to me as it's an ...
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
Reuters reported last month on Apple ordering larger touch screens:
Taiwan touchscreen specialist Wintek already makes small screens for Apple iPhones, and has received orders for the larger ones that are roughly the same size as those used in mini PCs - [http://www.wintek.com.tw/]
I bet you'll still need skin!
Source [Apple orders ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Wired recently ran an article about Microsoft CEO Ray Ozzie.
One incident in particular introduced Ozzie to the magic that comes when people connect via computer. He had taken a part-time assignment helping a professor finish writing some courseware. The prof lived on the other side of town, so Ozzie collaborated ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
For those who use a mac, this little piece of shareware could be handy for custom control input.
From MacUpdate blog:
ControllerMate 4.3.9 - Use joystick, gamepad, trackball in place of keyboard. (Shareware):
ControllerMate 4.3.9
ControllerMate is a controller programming tool that allows custom functionality to be added to standard HID devices (joysticks, trackballs, ...
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Image by vividBreeze
My friend Mark Pesce writes in one of his latest missives titled "Crowdsource Yourself" :
"...it is possible for us to pool our intellectual resources, and increase our problem-solving capacity."
Exactly what Lifekludger is about.
Crowd-sourced Adaptive Technology. [CAT]
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