When I first heard of spy glasses, I passed them off as a cool toy. However, the more I think about how one might use this simple technology for recording a technician at work, or a social situation … wow! The ideas start to flow into my brain. While I don’t approve of the covert use of EyeCams, if participants are warned before an event that recording might take place …
Anyhow … link and watch the video:
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If this seems remotely funny, or your curious on the efforts to teach computers humor, then link to the Scientific American’s Knock, Knock, Hal’s There Podcast. My final question … does a really bad joke violate the "Three Laws of Robotics"?! Here is a link to Scientific American’s full podcast series.
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It’s been a long time since a new web tool excited me. However, Iterasi has HUGE potential! While all your friends are saving and sharing bookmarks to del.icio.us, you could be saving and sharing web pages. You can actually archive and search dynamic content. Take two minutes and watch this demo. I’ve signed up for beta access. After starting the video, click upon the four arrows in the top right hand corner to watch in full screen mode. If the video window does not display in your browser, follow this link for direct access.
Why?
I don’t know if there is a perfect answer, but I do get satisfaction from helping folks access technical learning and collaboration content, some of which I created. Here are two views of my subscriber stats for the last 30 days (not my direct blog viewers). As of today … you … 450 of my loyal subscribers visit this blog every day. As I don’t know how often folks visit, the total number of subscribers is higher. Expand the thumbnail image for a quick view, or the attached pdf for more details!
I know that Thomas Friedman’s book by the same name has been out there for some time, but if you’re still trying to get folks to understand the reality of globalization, MIT World just brought online an excellent video lecture given by Friedman himself where he reviews this concept, with updated examples:
