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Human Markup Language
emc3 writes: "This article at InternetNews says that OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium, has announced the formation of a committee to develop Human Markup Language, 'to promote a specification for conveying human characteristics through XML.' The idea is to codify psychological, emotive, cultural, and physical characteristics in a standardized way. They say that the most obvious application would be for describing phsyical characteristics and actions in virtual reality environments. Other real-world uses could include describing a patient's psychological state for medical records. The OASIS press release is here. No more :-/ for me. From now on, it's <smirk>!" -
ZapStation CD/MP3/DVD Player/Server
emc3 writes: "On a whim, I decided to actually pay attention to my daily MP3.com spam^H^H^H^Hmember update. While checking out what was left of my online CD collection after the recent shakedowns, a banner ad caught my eye. It's for a device called the ZapStation. This soon-to-be-released device claims to be able to play audio CDs, DVDs, MP3 CDROMs, and it can serve as an MP3 jukebox, DVD jukebox, Web browser, and it can probably julienne fries by hooking up to your Cuisinart via the USB port. What's the catch? It's not on the market yet. But for $599, you can reserve one before they roll out of the factory (next month). Sounds pretty friggin' cool. Did I mention that it's got a 566MHz Celeron, USB port, and wireless keyboard? Sounds like it's just dying to be hacked." Not bad - good amount of space, and it sounds like it will be cool - if it comes out. -
Nano-switches and Self-Assembling Nanostructures
emc3 writes "Those wacky scientists are getting small again. Some folks at Yale have come up with a reversible molecular switch. And at Princeton, they've discovered a method of getting a sheet of resin to assemble ordered arrays of nano-pillars. They say that this process could lead to a new generation of flat-panel displays or DRAM. " Nanites. It's what's for dinner.