New Japanese development. Finally, we are getting closer to the future. And who can blame the world for inventing these machines? Any one of us would gladly replace rude airport service with one of these wonderful techno-creatures. But here is a scary news -- in development, these dolls will be available with voice and facial recognition to detect if you are telling them the truth. If there is a slight suspicion, this honey will automatically report you to authority.
"These webcams were found automatically through a variety of clever search techniques. Their owners might or might not have intended for them to be public. But they obviously are. Many of them are security cameras in companies or semi-public places. If you hover over the picture you'll see what location information is available. If you click on it, a window will open and you can see a live video feed, plus comments and ratings and other information. 1385 webcams are available as of last scan."
You can pick from a bunch of different countries and states.
The STRP Festival will take place between the 24th and 26th of March 2006 in the former industrial area, Strijp S, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. STRP is an unique festival at the intersection of art, technology and popular culture,bringing in elements from all art disciplines. Robots alongside DJ’s, lectures alongside interactive installations, cinema live shows. STRP uses these powerful aspects of artand technology to draw content into an approachable multidisciplinary pop festival. All this during three days from early in the afternoon till late at night.
schedule of events
BBC Radio One has an anti-drug site called Excess All Areas that says: "If you're partying hard, make sure you party smart. Our virtual clubber takes the drugs so you don't have to."
"Hoodoo consists of a large body of African folkloric practices and beliefs with a considerable admixture of American Indian botanical knowledge and European folklore."
Very interesting American phenomenon... not to mention the amazing classic designs on the candles and potions!
The History Of Hoodoo
The Place to Get Everything You Need!!
• Interactions between mobile devices and the real world
• Interactive context-aware services on mobile devices
• Augmented, virtual and mixed reality on mobile phones and PDAs (tracking, markers, visualisation)
• Using mobile devices as user interfaces for terminals and vending machines
• Portable music players (e.g. iPod Video) and personal servers as mobile interaction devices
• Multimodal interaction taking mobile devices into account
• Usage of sensors in mobile devices (camera, microphone, GPS, etc.) for pervasive applications
• Interaction metaphors for pervasive applications and services
• Gathering, management and usage of context information
• User experience, user studies
• Applications and scenarios
"The Red Cross and its Islamic cousin, the Red Crescent, could soon be joined by a Red Crystal. The move is an attempt to create a neutral emblem in an age of growing religious strife, in which aid workers have been attacked and the Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad bombed." --Thanks Kapil.
I never knew the U.S. government actually cared enough about conspiracy theories to devote a site to refuting them...
Well they do! Here's the truth behind Organ Trafficking, Saddam's capture, and 9-11... or is it?
Shop Dropping is reverse shop lifting...
Put your own products on the shelves for a political statement, mischeif, self promotion, or marketing.
This site has some nice links and resources.
via Karma Blog
