Technology

CAPTCHAs Are Good For the World

October 4, 2007

Read this article on BBC News about the technology of CAPTCHA (or Completely Automated Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart), which was originally designed to separate humans from computer bots. Interestingly, besides stopping automated bots from spamming, CAPTCHA also serves a higher purpose of helping university researchers preserve old books and manuscripts. These […]

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Wish I Was Staying in This 75-year-old Lady’s House

July 16, 2007

Well, when I first read this report via Digg, I thought to myself what was so special about a 75 years old lady who was using a computer for the first time and surfing the web. What’s special is not that she’s an old lady who become internet-savvy, but the speed of her internet connection. […]

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Interesting Use of Technology

June 25, 2007

Here’s an interesting mix of old and new technology. Old technology in this case is an old newspaper box where people used to buy newspapers from. New technology is a Mac Mini and flat screen monitor. Combined you get a digital newsstand that pulls information directly from the internet for display. You can read how […]

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Microsoft’s ‘Surface Computing’

May 30, 2007

Fantastic demo on something that’s going to be prevalent in our homes in the very near future at an affordable price. Now, they just need to find the applications that can make use of the technology to its fullest. Text Link (via Gizmodo) Technorati Tags: microsoft, surface computing, technology

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Music Video Animated on 4133 Photocopies

May 30, 2007

The following music video was submitted for the Modest Mouse video competition by Max Tyrie. YouTube text link What’s amazing about the video is how they made it. Here’s Max Tyrie’s blog post of what they did Myself and a couple have friends have entered the above into the Modest Mouse video competition. Using green […]

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Companion Video to “Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us”

March 4, 2007

I previously blogged about a video “Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us”. And someone has created a companion video for it. Shift Happens (via The Shifted Librarian) Technorati Tags: anthropology, digital, ethnography, hypermedia, videos, web 2.0

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