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In 2003 I pondered the whereabouts of promised eyeglass computer screens, suspecting that perhaps the military had gobbled them up, and then in October of last year I mentioned poorly named Scaler’s “Teleglasses” and Sony’s “Glasstron” low rez $500 offerings. I now give you “MyVu”: full VGA at $300 to $200. The pairing with iPod’s makes perfect sense (the wee screens are exasperating.). However, this video ad/info blurb lacks appeal for me. Style wise the “Crystal” strikes me as a kid’s toy. Why not apply the technology to any existing sun-glass style to appeal to the masses so one could watch JFK on their Jackie-Os? (via wired ad)
Orbit wheels, via Tech Blog: Inline Skates Reinvented and Kfish. Like a combination of inline skates, heeleys, and a skateboard, and probably with the hurt-potential of all three, right up there with my niche extreme sport of bootboarding.
via thillythenny
“Winglet” a mini Segway.
“ One ER doctor in Texas says she’s treated people injured as they texted while riding Segways.
From msnbc article
via the raw feed
“ Being accustomed to a provision naturally leads the human heart to consider that provision an entitlement.
Jonah Goldberg - also: “People ask, “Why is there poverty in the world?” It’s a silly question. Poverty is the default human condition. It is the factory preset of this mortal coil. As individuals and as a species, we are born naked and penniless, bereft of skills or possessions.” (via hilker)
Also: A recent World Bank study found that a nation’s wealth resides in its “intangible capital” — its laws, institutions, skills, smarts and cultural assumptions. “Natural capital” (minerals, croplands, etc.) and “produced capital” (factories, roads, and so on) account for less than a quarter of the planet’s wealth. In America, intangible capital — the stuff in our heads, our hearts, and our books — accounts for 82 percent of our wealth.
(via sds)
Which is why the concept of Whuffie intrigues me.
adin:
‘Major discovery’ of new electrolysis catalyst from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution
MIT researchers have developed a new catalyst, consisting of cobalt metal, phosphate and an electrode. When the catalyst is placed in water and electricity runs through the electrode, oxygen gas is produced. When another catalyst is used to produce hydrogen gas, the oxygen and hydrogen can be combined inside a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity to power a house or an electric car, day or night. Photo / MIT News Office
Virgin Galactic’s mothership WhiteKnightTwo unveiled today, first flights this year, 200k lighter folk in 2010. NFW man.
and what happened to WhiteKnightOne?
