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Something’s Going To Happen
Something wonderful.
Just when you thought markets were “back to normal.”
Just when you thought it was safe to stop thinking again and go back to hiding in meaningless routine.
Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse.
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X-Bus: Transform Your Commute
Details at http://www.vta.org/xbus
Gilroy to Lockheed Light Rail in just over an hour, with wifi http://www.vta.org/schedules/SC_121.html
There is zero reason to not have self-driving, 100% solar-powered, electric-engine buses running in synchronized pods well before 2030. Only reason … Continue reading
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Wireless Slum Lord Data Pricing Turns Back Clock 20 Years or More
The most ancient of readers will recall when “Ma Bell” tried to charge us for connecting a second rotary-dial phone to the same line, in the same home. So obviously full of #FAIL on a thousand metrics.
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Wholly GRAIL #in2012
The Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) arrived in lunar orbit today. It’ll enable us to learn more about the moon’s lumpy gravitational field and internal structure of the moon. This year, school kids will begin controlling the lunar platform … Continue reading
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@whitehouse what #40dollars means to me: 1 week groceries
The ability to buy oatmeal for breakfast. Vegetables for lunch. Rice and beans for dinner. Without coming up short for rent.
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Grokking Higgs Boson
via Matt Riddley, WSJ:
“The most memorable metaphor was offered by David Miller of University College, London. Since Mr. Waldegrave had been a colleague of Margaret Thatcher, Mr. Miller chose to portray the Higgs field thus: “Imagine a cocktail party of … Continue reading
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Cyborg Psychology, Transhuman Psychiatry
Given the pace of development and disruptive implications of the accelerating changes I’ve variously vamped on in recent years, and considering the Cyborg Anthropology field is now well represented, a couple particular facets of curiousity keep glinting in the future light, … Continue reading
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Kinesthetic UX: A 2012 theme for device interaction, design
Today’s 2012 candidate buzzword: “Kinesthetic UX.”
It’s an election year, so it can’t hurt to don the 2012 trending, branding, and positioning hat and declare 2012 the year to (among many equally important things):
1. Break the Screen Trance
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Here’s a Dopey Idea: To Dream the Impossible Stream
I think Microsoft and I join Steve Mann and EyeTap in respectfully disagreeing with Will Wright. Many people will vastly prefer the convenience of AMS-HUD (Attention Management System – Heads Up Display) over having to constantly dig into pockets and purses, … Continue reading
