Monday, January 30, 2006

Primary Response - Sana Security

Primary Response - Sana Security

maybe this'll work better for you when it's not 9am in the states!

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Transmaterial

Transmaterial

"New materials are transforming our physical environment."

Eco-Curtain

Inaba Electric Works has developed Eco-Curtain, a wind-powered system designed for integration in building facades. The curtain, displayed here above the entrance to a shopping mall in Nagoya, Japan, demonstrates a creative solution for environmentally-friendly power generation within a dense urban environment. The structure is comprised by 775 vertical-axis windmills which should produce 7,551 kilowatt-hours annually.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: The Times They Are A-Changin'

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: The Times They Are A-Changin'

Just 21 years ago another presentation took place by Steve Jobs in California... here is the story.... james

Bow-tie era
Steve Jobs

anuary 24, 1984 - the big day had finally arrived. We had looked forward to the date for so long that it didn't seem real to be actually experiencing the long-awaited public unveiling of the Macintosh at Apple's 1984 annual shareholder's meeting. We were excited, of course, but also nervous about our hastily contrived demo software, and still exhausted from the final push to finish the system software (see Real Artists Ship)

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

BBC World Home Page--clickonline

BBC World Home Page
clickonline talks about a gizmo that seems pretty interesting! the Velov! and it's right here in France in Lyons! Vive la "French touch"!
Have a look at the video! see you next week james

Traffic in many areas of the world has become almost unbearably busy, and many cities are imposing high-tech solutions to try and solve the congestion problem. London, for example, has a computer-monitored congestion zone, where drivers pay to enter the city. But in Lyon in France, the solution to traffic hold-ups is much less complicated, as David Reid has been finding out