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• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Something cool from Web2.0 Expo

  04.19.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Something cool from Web2.0 Expo

  Overall, I was not terribly impressed with what was on display at the Web 2.0 Expo. However, one piece of technology did catch my eye, the Kapow Mashup server. They can explain it more effectively than I can, so watch their demo movie where an oil rig information application is created by harvesting data from […]

• Innovation, Media

  High Dynamic Range Imaging

  04.11.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Image by Yongfook A couple of former colleagues, Peter Jenkins and Lloyd Shove, left comments about the photo yesterday indicating that it looked like the photographer had used a technique called High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDR.) Not being much of a photographer myself, I didn’t know about this. The image above is composed using the […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Why hydrogen vehicle fuel might not be such a good idea…

  04.09.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Why hydrogen vehicle fuel might not be such a good idea…

  From unknownnews.org…. “I just thought, ‘Oh my goodness!’ So, I started walking faster, and the President walked faster and he got to the cord before I did. I violated all the protocols. I touched the President. I grabbed his arm and I moved him up to the front,” Mulally said. “I wanted the president to […]

• Innovation

  Why does VoIP “sound better” than POTS?

  03.30.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Why does VoIP “sound better” than POTS?

  If you’ve never had a chance to converse with Peter Cochrane, it’s a must do. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of knowing him for the past few years and catching up with him at least semi-annually. I was reading his blog this morning about VoIP and just took a minute to appreciate what he contributes. […]

• Business, Innovation

  Risky Business: Space Service Station “Shell”

  03.19.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Risky Business: Space Service Station “Shell”

  A former Sun colleague sent me this article (thanks Scott) and I thought it was interesting on a number of fronts. Risking $15B to build a moon factory to manufacture rocket fuel named after a failed South Pole explorer is simply too much to pass up! Let’s hope these folks have more success than the […]

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