My college instituted e-books for almost all coursework a few months back. At first I tried to use them, but I had a lot of trouble focusing and retaining the information, despite my best efforts. I spent more time resizing the screen larger and larger than I did reading the words.
I was diseh
Finally I began simply buying the paper books from Amazon once I had the titles. The cost was not prohibitave and I muct prefer highlighting and dog-earing the paper pages to the “new, improved” ability to highlight on ebooks.
Despite my preference for paper books, should I ever be forced into using an ebook, I think I finally found my ebook reader!
Weighing in at 5.5 pounds and about 1 inch thick, meet the new KNO. Full color, flash supported, like an iPad on steriods, and I LOVE IT!
This is making my “living expense funds” wants list and my Christmas list. I think I’m in love!!
Chris Harrison, a Graduate Student at Carnegie Mellon University thinks you should never have to touch your cell phone at all. In fact, it shoould be the size of a matchbook with a full size keyboard. That gives a whole new meaning to “hands-free calling”.
Chris is the Inventor of an amazing new prototype that turns a person’s hand and forearm into a keyboard and a screen. It uses a pico-projector in the phone to turn your forearm into a full size keyboard. Simply tap your arm to send a message instead of pulling out your phone!
The prototype is called “Sinkput” and he recently conducted a small sample test of it’s accuracy on 13 people that proved it is already 96% accurate. However, that test was only using a total of 5 buttons. Harrison says he has a way to go before he reaches the “Holy Grail” of a full size keyboard being functional.
Read more about this amazing invention at: CNN Labs
First, in an attempt to get Google’s new FTTH service, Topkea officially named itself “Google, KS” for the month of March.
Today, Google renamed itself “Topeka”. A Company (Google) I once didn’t much like has now won me over 110% for showing that Social Media works and that they are willing to play along and aren’t too full of themselves to have fun.
THIS IS JUST AWESOME!
Corporate Headquaters for "Topeka" f/k/a Google
Proper usage of "Topeka" as a verb for search activity
In their official Blog, Google states: “Early last month the mayor of Topeka, Kansas stunned the world by announcing that his city was changing its nameto Google. We’ve been wondering ever since how best to honor that moving gesture. Today we are pleased to announce that as of 1AM (Central Daylight Time) April 1st, Google has officially changed our name to Topeka.”. Read more at their official Blog: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html
In conversation I have told many a friend and client that my passion is augmented reality. Then they ask me to explain. I know what I am interested in doing with it – and that would take a weekend to describe and explain. Not exactly your “lunch hour convo”.
So, I came across this video today – and it’s a great exaample of what having augmented reality would really be like in everyday life! Again, this is one simple use, but imagine how cool it would be!
