Tennis Practice on "Real" Court with a Wii Remote

Seeded on Mon Jul 6, 2009 7:11 AM EDT (Eyesontech)

Here is a fun project which uses the wiimote to improve your "real" tennis serve. Its more than a bit nerdy. Danger! Also involves some basic physics ;-) Best Regards, Mans

technology, gadgets, wii

Computer Vision Gurus and a Cool Technique to Use PhotoSynth as a 3D Scanner of Any Object

Seeded on Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:42 PM EDT (isontech)

This article talks about how Photosynth from Microsoft works and how it can be used to make a 3D scanner of Anything.

technology, microsoft, photosynth

Cool SW for a better memory mgmt (not the one in your computer) Spaced Repetition Software

Seeded on Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:22 PM EDT (eyesontech)

Considering what we know from functional MRI which is that the brain actively prunes unused neurons and strengthens neurons that are related to positive or pleasurable activities we see how this type of software can refresh memory patterns to retain information.

technology, open-source, spaced-repetition-software, memory-software

2500+ Friends Forever: the Hypernodes in Twitter

Seeded on Thu Apr 9, 2009 8:12 PM EDT (isontech)

One of the main points of the article is that real meaningful interaction on twitter is limited to a maximum of 35-40 people per person.

technology, twitter

Twitter for Project Management: Corporate Activity Streams

Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:06 PM EDT

from Getting project members activity streams into a project management system is something everybody needs – the just don´t know it yet.

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technology, blogging, management, project, micro, pmo, twitter

Wolfram Alpha Answers When will this recession be over?

Seeded on Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:24 PM EDT (EYESONTECH)

Well the question that everybody wants to know the answer to is: When will this recession be over? What if we could ask a machine that could actually answer the question? Something like say Wolfram Alpha. Could we get a useful answer back?

google, technology, search, economics, alpha, wolfram

The Future of Journalism and the Price of New York Hot Dogs

Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:14 PM EDT

FROM ISONTECH

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technology, digital, journalism, publishing, twitter

Wolfram Alfa: The Holy Grail of Simulation? Search? Or Both. Soon we will know

Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:07 PM EDT ()

We can think of the normal way we deal with stuff as: 1) Ideas 2) Language 3) Physics and Empirically Observed Results (Theory) 4) Math 5) Cellular Automata of the Universe Wolfram Alfa seems to cutout the middle and deal with it this way: 1) Ideas 2) Language 3) Cellula …

google, technology, search

Asterisk Market Leader in New PBX Equiptment

Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:48 PM EDT (ISONTECH)

Nortel the largest manufacturer of conventional business telephone systems, lagged Open Source by 8%, having sold 2.63 million lines," a study by Easter Management of PBX market share concluded in January of this year.

technology, asterisk, marketshare, pbx

Is Facial Recognition from Picasaweb being sold to the Governement?

Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:02 AM EDT (The Times)

Picasaweb takes intelligence gathering to a new level. Be recruiting the help of social media sites Google is creating a facial recognition database that can easily be put to use by Intelligence agencies. Does Google Government sales team sell more than technology?

google, business, cia, recognition, facial, picasaweb