Eric Giler @ TED talks about wireless electricity… which seems no more than a magnetic field between a power station and a device resonating at a specific frequency. Goodbye batteries. This is a fascinating video. Watch Wireless Electricity
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I have posted pictures and video on this topic before, but my son asked me to dig up the last one. During my search, I found this excellent video, complete with a soundtrack. Video quality could be better, but worth the watch.
This is a fascinating demonstration of early computer graphics and human/machine interaction. Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad was a pioneering piece of work. Watching it now, almost 50 years later, left me fascinated. This was cutting edge and there are nontrivial things going on in this program, written so long ago. Enjoy. Part 1 Part 2
A treat for the senses… genius… Thanks RobG!
This article is hilarious: http://www.cracked.com/article/79_the-5-most-embarrassing-failures-in-history-terrorism_p2 Read on for more fun. Favorite snippet: Because it’s Scotland, and they still build fucking men up there. In the space of about 30 seconds, this man was in a car accident, an explosion, lit aflame and then kicked in the balls with more force than a human foot can [...]
Worth the 7 minutes… beauty and power in simplicity.
Going through old e-mails and I found this gem: I never watch late-night TV so I’m not hip. This was new to me, and histerical.
Warning: Cuteness ahead
Last Friday, I went and upgraded by Windows Vista x64 Ultimate installation with Windows 7 x64 Ultimate. Windows 7 became available to MSDN Subscribers the day before (I think) and I didn’t hesitate much to perform the installation. I was optimistic about the upgrade, even though I had never performed an OS upgrade before. Like [...]