Future, Frivolity & Folly — By Jay Oatway
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Future Files:Posted On: 09 April 2008 By: Jay Oatway Filed Under: Culture Wars | Future-Stuff-That-Goes-Ping | Info-slavery | Jump the Shark | Video Replaces Writing
It’s once again Web Wednesday in Hong Kong tonight. This week’s special guest is from television — no she’s not famous. She’s Ivy Wong, COO for TVB.com (one of Hong Kong’s local broadcasters — Warning: the site’s not English-language friendly).
However, since the Web Wednesday gathering is really about the schmoozing, I’ve decided to help give everyone a little more TV-related conversation to impress each other with tonight.
First up, consider the expression “Tuning In.” Does anyone remember physically doing this? [via BoingBoing Gadgets]
“Tune in”
Common definition: To understand someone’s message. (e.g. “Turn on; Tune in; Drop out.”)
8 Apr 08 Future-Stuff-That-Goes-Ping | Jump the Shark | Robot Revolt | Toys For Geeks
Because we know that you, dear reader, love beer as much as we do — here’s the robot of the month: [via UberReview]
From what information I could gather, this appears to be intended for commercial use, in bars and the like. It is radio controlled and there is a microphone / speaker configuration that will allow the operator to converse with …
4 Apr 08 Future-Stuff-That-Goes-Ping | Jump the Shark
Because Japanese pr0n is just so wierdly futuristic — it doesn’t matter that this video is ancient and has been making the viral rounds longer than the Bird Flu. Warning: bare breasts! Not safe for work.
Are you at home? Good. Enjoy Topless Power Rangers.
1 Apr 08 Jump the Shark | Robot Revolt
Things are such a mess in Iraq that a last ditch attempt by the Bush administration to win the war while still in office will deploy the most advanced robotic drones yet. The mission is to use stealth to seek out and poison Al-Qaeda ring leaders with a powerful neuro-toxin.
Thousands of the drones …
The guys over at Popular Science have taken an exoskeleton for a test drive:
While audiences flood theaters this month to see the comic-book-inspired Iron Man, a real-life mad genius toils in a secret mountain lab to make the mechanical superhuman more than just a …
In celebration of Earth Day 2008 (W00t! We survived another year!), here is the Portension guide for green living this year:
Step 1) Do Whatever Al Gore Tells You…
The army of one just got a bit stronger thanks to Sarcos, who’s won a contract to deliver an exoskeleton to the military next year. Here’s a recent demo video that’s making the rounds (as seen on Engadget, Communist Robot, Wired …
I’ve been out in the wild for the past week, using my new HTC TyTn II to create a mobile lifestream. The new "phone" has been doing a pretty good job — considering its just about the most full-on Pocket PC money can …
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