2007-10-31

The $198 Everex Web 2.0 gPC

EVEREX TC2502 GREEN GPC W/ VIA C7-D Processor available at Wal-Mart

$199.00

[...] built around a Via Technologies processor designed for low power consumption. It runs on the gOS operating system and features the OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite that gives users the ability to create word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Additional highlights include a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, Ethernet port and stereo speakers.
via: Almost the Google PC: Everex gPC available at Wal-Mart | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone
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Crealev Levitation Technologies (video)

Levitation for creative use

Crealev is an Eindhoven based company that specializes in levitation technologies for creative use, such as lighting.


In the video below, a demonstration of a levitating lamp:


via: Crealev LOS! floating lamps are dangerously more interesting than you | SCI FI Tech for Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | SCIFI.COM
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Georgia Russell - Constructions & mixed media Art

Books as art

Georgia Russell is a Scottish artist who uses a scalpel instead of a brush or a pen, creating constructions that transform found ephemera, such as books, music scores, maps, newspapers, currency and photographs. Represented by England & Co, she is currently exhibiting new work at the gallery.
The Story of Art - Details


The Story of Art 2006

Cut book in circular acrylic case
27 inches diameter x 5 inches deep

Leurs Secrets - Details
Leurs Secrets 2007

Cut book in acrylic case
26.25 x 3.75 inches

Yellow book - Details


Yellow book 2007

Cut book in bell jar
20.75 x 8.5 inches


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via: Books as art - What Jamie Found
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Haydeé Rovirosa Gallery

Earth and Jupiter viewed from Mars



via: Digg - What Does Earth And Juipter Look Like When Viewed From Mars? [SWEET PIC]
related: Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-368 Release
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Eye-Fi - A Wireless Memory Card

It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC

The Eye-Fi Card comes with everything needed to make it simple to set up and connect to your home Wi-Fi network. [...] It stores pictures like a regular SD card no matter where you are, and uploads your photos automatically as soon as you return to your home network. All you have to do is turn the camera on.
via: Eye-Fi wireless SD card: Uploading digital pictures so you don't have to | SCI FI Tech for Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | SCIFI.COM

Built-in brain “temp­lates”

Built-in brain “temp­lates” may clue tots to threats
Do babies know some­thing about spi­ders be­fore ever see­ing one?


In their stu­dy, Rak­i­son and Der­rin­ger sat 16 five-month-old ba­bies on their par­ents’ laps and showed them three sim­ple, sche­mat­ic pic­tures. One de­picted a spi­der; a sec­ond, the same spi­der with its legs point­ed in un­nat­u­ral di­rec­tions, so that the ob­vi­ous spi­der re­sem­blance was lost; and third, the same spi­der with its body parts to­tally scram­bled.

The in­fants looked at the normal spi­der for about 24 sec­onds on av­er­age, com­pared to 16 or 17 sec­onds for the oth­er
images, the re­search­ers found.
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via: World Science - Science News
related: The newborn mind's not-quite "blank slate"

2007-10-30

G.ho.st - Global Hosted Operating System (2)

Runs in any Internet browser and acts like a regular PC.

clipped from blogoscoped.com

G.ho.st, an Online OS

G.ho.st is both a URL and an abbreviation for Global Hosted Operating System. It’s a registration-needed Flash web application that emulates a traditional operating system, with file viewers, browsers, clocks & calendars, email programs, RSS-reading capabilities and more.
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  • Virtual Computer
  • Documentation

  • LiteratureLITERATURE
    FAQ
    fourmFORUMS
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    Sidereel - From TV shows, to films, to music videos, to funny clips

    User generated:

    SideReel is a community driven where users can add new shows or films, places to find them, fix discrepancies, discuss and debate.

    via: Video Sphere » Sidereel: illegal or legal videos...make your choice

    Rare Frilled Shark (video)

    clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk

    Rare primitive shark captured on film

    A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is 600 metres (2,000 ft) or more under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park this week.

    Marine park staff caught the 1.6 metre (5 ft) long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times.

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    Terabyte Thumb Drives

    clipped from www.wired.com

    Terabyte Thumb Drives Made Possible by Nanotech Memory

    clipped from www.asu.edu
    Silver eletro deposit grown on a solid electrolyte
    clipped from www.wired.com

    Researchers have developed a low-cost, low-power computer memory that could put terabyte-sized thumb drives in consumers' pockets within a few years.


    Michael Kozicki, director of Arizona State's Center for Applied Nanoionics, has developed a new type of computer memory that he claims is cheaper and more energy-efficient than current technology.

    Photo: Michael Kozicki


    "A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," says Michael Kozicki, director of ASU's Center for Applied Nanoionics, which developed the technology. "All the current limitations in portable electronic storage could go away. You could record video of every event in your life and store it."

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    related: ASU - Arizona Institute of Nano-Electronics

    2007-10-29

    NeedToGo - The Online Toilet



    via: Need To Go ? | Random Good Stuff - The Entertainment Blog
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    Wikitravel

    The Travel Wikipedia

    clipped from wikitravel.org

    Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide. So far we have 16,819 destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. Check out the Help page to see how you can edit any page right now, or the Project page for more information about Wikitravel and getting involved.




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    Subway Maps Generator


    Generate Subway Maps from all over the world with

    Chain of Thoughts

    Chain of Thoughts an Associative Website

    web 2.0 websites

    myspace facebook 30daytags 43things del.icio.us wikipedia 37signals thoof ma.gnolia.com StumbleUpon Bloglines Technorati FileZilla Fo.rtuito.us Maya's Mom digg.com Eventful 43places meebo stickam metacafe reddit craigslist LinkedIn orkut bebo mobuzz.tv engadget ars technica last.fm skype deviantart blogger weblogs mocoloco multiply geekbrief 3hive makezine twitter Folksonomy threadless tribe.net xanga Hi5 friendster nuvopixel.com Craig's List chain of thoughts digg TheFind.com web slideshare.net odeo.com citeulike.org YouTube google
    chain of thoughts ©2006
    Merkl & Emam ElHak productions



    Google Flash


    SearchMash, Now in Flash


    SearchMash, Google's experimental site launched last year to test new user interfaces for search results, has a Flash version (requires IE/Firefox and Flash 9). The site uses tabs to let you seamlessly switch between different search engines: web search, image search, Google Maps, Wikipedia search and more. When you click on a search result, you won't open the page as you might expect, instead you'll see a sidebar that shows a snapshot of the page, the snippet and three interesting options: see more results from the site, go to the homepage and read the page from Google Cache.
    [Google Operating System]
    via: SearchMash, Now in Flash
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    2007-10-28

    Online Graphological Test


    Discover what your handwriting reveals about you.

    Global Warming (video)

    A documentary about the cause of global warming.




    via: Al Fin: Global Warming Doomsday Called Off
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    World Freedom Atlas

    World statistics on the map





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    The Internet TV Charts

    All the best online video clips, on one page

    The Internet TV Charts was launched out of our frustration in trying to find the best video clips online. On this site you will find the very best free video clips, funny video clips, crazy video clips, etc. Each Sunday night, a new weekly video clip chart is generated, and [...] a daily chart too.

    Konarka - Power Plastic®

    Low-cost embedded sources of renewable power for devices, systems and structures

    clipped from www.konarka.com
    Konarka builds products that convert light into energy - anywhere

    Konarka develops light-activated Power Plastic® that is flexible, lightweight, lower in cost and much more versatile in application than traditional silicon-based solar cells.
    Materials Make It Possible


    These new materials are made from conducting polymers and nano-engineered materials that can be coated or printed onto a surface in a process similar to how photographic film is made.
    clipped from www.konarka.com
    Light activated products

    Laptops can be recharged with light thanks to Konarka’s Power Plastic®.
    Light activated products

    Smart phones can be operated longer without the need to plug in to a standard wall outlet.
    Light activated products

    Mobile phones can be charged in a remote location where there is no access to electricity.

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    Halloween Wishes



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