If you’ve been waiting for that Minority Report-style interface to really come to fruition, you can finally exhale. One of the science advisors from the Steven Spielberg film has created a real-world implementation of the computer systems seen in the film. Dubbed g-speak, the mind bending OS combines “gestural i/o, recombinant networking, and real-world pixels,” …
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Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes
Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb. The £13m shed-size reactors will be delivered by lorry.
Graham Hawkes: Fly the seas on a submarine with wings
Graham Hawkes takes us aboard his graceful, winged submarines to the depths of planet Ocean (a.k.a. “Earth”). It’s a deep blue world we landlubbers rarely see in 3D. Fly the seas on a submarine with wings.
“Recession Will be Very Kind to Open Source”
This recession will be great for free and open source because of the shortage of cash. Last recession saw the mainstream legitimisation of open source operating systems because it was clear and away the most cost-effective choice.
iPod Nano 4G
Er doen geruchten de ronde dat Apple volgende week een nieuwe collectie iPods zal uitbrengen, waaronder een vierde generatie iPod Nano. Vorige winter deed ik mezelf eindelijk zo’n mp3-speler cadeau, een Nano. Ik ben er tot nu toe erg tevreden mee, maar dat belet niet dat ik nieuwsgierig ben naar wat die nieuwe generatie brengen zal.