This story caught my eye - quite possibly as I’m flying tomorrow… 12,000 laptops EVERY WEEK, that’s 624,000 per year, or one for every 500 people.
What’s even more astonishing is that 70% of those aren’t reclaimed. Is everyone feeling that flush despite the crunch?
Ironically, 40% of the lost laptops are left at the security checkpoints. [...]
Archive for August, 2008
12,000 laptops LOST every week in US airports
Published August 27th, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsThe guys at Image Metrics have released some footage of their latest “facial animation” abilities, which are really starting to look, well, real. To date, faces have always seemed some way off the rest of the pack in the CGI world.
So, another step closer to replacing actors in movies? Probably, but also a step closer [...]
Just spotted this on the excellent Register:
Actors paid to queue for Poland’s iPhone launch
Mobile phone carrier Orange Poland admitted today that it hired actors to stand in line for the country’s iPhone debut.
“It was a part of our marketing strategy, the concept was thought up at Orange Poland,” the company told the Associated Press. “The [...]
I spend my time working on solutions that tailor to individuals, so it’s fun to take a moment out and see the social situations that we conform in - as true in ‘those days’ as it is most likely true now on Facebook etc:
Thanks to Psylog for the heads-up on that one.
Well, lots of people is the answer to that (maybe 2.5m and growing) . I’m still a bit sceptical of the utility of “I’m eating a burger” messages, but here are the individuals (and 2 organisations) who are really creating some traction with their followers. Thanks to twitterholic for this Top 10 list. Notable Web [...]
Either a good way to conceal data, or an under-utilised way of compressing information when sending it alongside images - either way, Steganography is a neat idea. Sadly, generally used for nefarious purposes.
For a test, I embedded the text of the U.D. of Human Rights (1772 words) in this image (image courtesy of freephotos) using this site (maxant). You [...]
Flat screen not good enough for you? Microsoft developsa sphere-shaped one, with uber-multitouch integrated. Some applications (live omnidirectional camera, so you can spin it 360 degrees) seem to make some sense, others (pong) less so… But I’m all for innovation in HCI. As is Pat Gelsinger (of Intel, creator of the 486 processor no less), [...]
As an example of the data that a server can already pick up from a simple visit, have a look at the table below (visit a couple of those sites and come back and see the difference).
I’ve also added a widget to the right of this page which shows some of the other (quite simple) [...]
Cloning me, Cloning you: RFID implants
Published August 7th, 2008 in RTBB and data mining. 1 CommentEver since Kevin Warwick implanted a chip in his arm in 1998 (the main use of which seemed to be to turn lights on and off in rooms he entered - or at least that’s the bit I remember), RFID chips have been spreading far and wide.
Our most prominent use in the UK has probably [...]
I can remember as far back as 1996 when Larry Ellison started to proselytise the “network computer” - a dumb terminal that provided an interface to processing power that was stored centrally. it was going to cost $500, which back then seemed a snip for access to that sort of processing power.
Here’s a quote from [...]
