Advanced TCA

Usually hardware is not seen as cutting edge, but more and more it’s getting a second wind and there are signs of creativity.
From Wikipedia:
“Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture is the largest specification effort in the history of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG), with more than 100 companies participating. Known as AdvancedTCA™, the official specification [...]

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iPhone: Disruptors on Kill, not Stun

iPhone. A slow data network. The iFanboy/iFangrrrl does not care.
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/969.html
 
The iPhone will do well after the peak of expectations is crossed with the trough of disillusionment. For right now, those Apple-Joosy adverts to do in the range of OK to Great. The lasting effect over the long term is probably greater usability and ease of [...]

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The Multimachine

Open sourced machines. To me this seems to be a great intersection between the open sourced community and mechanical engineers who always wanted to get in the game; the push to embitter developing countries with sustainable and cheap technology through good design; and DIY fanatics who love their MacGyversisms. I like to think of this [...]

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Spectrum Wars

Here is the latest posting in what I’ve called the “spectrum war”. In a nutshell, the UHF spectrum is up for auction by the FCC due to TV going all digital. A group of internet companies want to make a block of the spectrum open-access as long as the devices meet a standard. In the [...]

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Zoom Zoom

Part I: It’s a Zoomable World
Zooming and scaling is a creative way to simply express vast amounts of data in a way we are used to seeing. I blame Google Earth for endlessly exposing detail.
http://www.loosewireblog.com/2007/06/at_last_a_zooma.html
Part II: Photosynth and Seadragon
The ability to realize the human collective potential of the visual web. Prepare to be stunned [...]

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