Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Death of the PC

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The death of the PC is right around the corner.  I’ll say by 2015 at the latest.  In this post by Adam Hartung, he discusses how the iPhone is providing the steam to obsolete the PC.  Because the iPhone with … Continue reading →

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Machines That Know: 10 Good Things

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

As I stated in my previous post, creating the “Internet of Things” with computers that can recognize objects, people and even emotions, can have dangerous implications when used incorrectly.  Many times its the unintended consequences of technology that have the … Continue reading →

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Machines That Know

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

An interesting article on the Economist.com explains how computers are being taught to recognize both objects and people.  This is important, because it helps bring about the “Internet of Things“.  Currently, information on the Internet is tagged so it can … Continue reading →

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A Beautiful Mess

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

This video shows an interesting new take on the standard Windows desktop management system.  While I’m not clammering to have this new system, I think how it uses grouping is quite inventive and has applications outside of the one shown … Continue reading →

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Sixth Sense

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I’m glad to see there are some talented engineers working on this type of augmented reality technology.  I found an interesting blogpost about a real-time system that works with projected data (worn, along with a camera, on your hat).  Sixth … Continue reading →

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Augment Your Reality

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

See that little blurb up in the right corner on my banner–it says “Augmented Reality Explained”.  You might have been thinking, “WTF, mate.  I don’t even know what that is.”  In short, it’s adding virtual or digital graphics to real-time … Continue reading →

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TiVo Your Life

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Lately I’ve been finding many occasions where I wish I had a TiVo for my life.  Getting a call in the car while my favorite song is on.  Wanting to go back to what my wife said earlier in the … Continue reading →

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Why Digital Matters

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Why does digital matter?  I can download a song on iTunes or go pick up a CD at the local Best Buy.  It all ends up as music in my headphones.  It matters for the same reason that we’re in … Continue reading →

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Things with a Memory

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I heard an interesting story on NPR this week about a man who’d lost his dog-tags in 1951, and a young couple recently found and returned them to him.  No one knew what happened to the tags between 1951 and … Continue reading →

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The Digital Green Movement

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

As I typed the title of the this post, I realized I’m really overdoing the word “digital”.  Can someone email me one hundred euphemisms for the word “digital”, so I don’t kill the word by post fifty.  Right. Moving on. … Continue reading →

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