the idea of using games to make people relax isn't anything particularly new (as has been noted). Here's another example of 'prior art':
The Brainball game by the swedish Interactive Institute (http://smart.interactiveinstitute.se/smart/smart_ eng/press_eng.htm) lets players win by relaxing some of their mental activity more than the opponents.
Speaking of which, I saw it demonstrated at the Nordic Interactive Conferance last November, where the NASA head of reasearch and the Danish minister of research 'battled it out'. Basically NASA won flat out. Apparently learning how to relax is a big part of a managerial position.
As I seem to remember, there's been ample use of traffic cameras in London for speeding and the like. However, there is also a 'ring' of traffic cameras on the major roads leading in and out of London reading the license plate of (deally) as many cars as possible. These are subsequently OCR'd and checked against a police database. If a flagged veichle is registered, the police is notified and 'appropriate' measures taken.
As far as I remember, there hasn't been any particular debate about this in the UK... or maybe that was before my time...
Would anyone from the UK care to add a bit more info on this?
the 'electronic chain' (for lack of the correct term) system the local (swedish) police use to keep track of 'light' offenders.
That is, if someone comitts a not-so-serious crime, they're offered the opportunity to have one of these monitor their location at all times (and being restricted to one's house most the day) or going to jail.
mewonders if some inspiration came from the above. .
I would be very interested to find out whether the majority of benefits of GM products isn't just to rememdy earlier technological blunders (eg. RoundUp).
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erhmmm.... when was the last time you experienced a Frenchman willingly learn German?
The new wireless technology creates possibilities for our passengers to gain access to e-mail and Internet onboard and on the ground. Our customers already have access to wireless communications in our SAS lounges through Telia HomeRun...
Hmmm.... I wonder what he access possibilities are like just _outside_ the lounge....
By how much computing power will have increaced.
By how far decryption science will have advanced.
How much the members of echelon will be benefitting one of their partners taking this move.
I'm sorry - forgive me o great powers - I haven't been following slashdot often enough.
What makes me say this? - The last thing I read about the Crusoe and Sony, on Slashdot, was that Sony was abandoning the chip. Yet, the last picture of the article features a Sony VAIO..... presumably running on a Crusoe.
So, is this just another technology which will allow people to consume worse and worse things, with the excuse that it can all be removed from your body anyway?
Wouldn't this be ideal for secure hosting companies like HavenCo - send on of these wings up and you're guaranteed no-one will touch the servers.
Moreover, who would dare try to bring it down? - Fly an unauthorized MIG in any airspace and you're in for a hot reception.
I've been reading the proceedings from ACM's annual CHI confernces for a paper I'm doing. There, the (evolution of the) physical design of this phone is discussed and evaluated.
You can read the whole paper here:
http://www.acm.org/pubs/citations/proceedings/ch i/302979/p112-fukumoto/
It provides lots more detail than the article cited in the thread.
For example, the way they've allowed you to get sound out of your finger (which goes in the ear), is by attaching an accentuator to it (from the watch).
Hmmm.... 16 Simultaneous cell phones? What kind of phone bill would that produce? And just imagine the kind of bills it would rack up if it had been done with Iridium:). - After all, you wouldn't have that capacity if you weren't planning on using it. Wouldn't it just be as well to get a physical inet hookup:-).
Hmmmm.... I'd argue the time it takes to get a page up (dependent on how fast you get the data) is a very real issue in determining who dominates the web.
Jakob Nielsen (we've had him interviewed here) says that people are very sensitive to download times - guess why he recommends spartan design in his sites. I can't find the quote from his book, but he cites surveys where it's found that people prefer speed over content. With high bandwidth piping from excite, some would have a very real advantage in reach people.
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the idea of using games to make people relax isn't anything particularly new (as has been noted). Here's another example of 'prior art':
_ eng/press_eng.htm) lets players win by relaxing some of their mental activity more than the opponents.
The Brainball game by the swedish Interactive Institute (http://smart.interactiveinstitute.se/smart/smart
Speaking of which, I saw it demonstrated at the Nordic Interactive Conferance last November, where the NASA head of reasearch and the Danish minister of research 'battled it out'. Basically NASA won flat out. Apparently learning how to relax is a big part of a managerial position.
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As I seem to remember, there's been ample use of traffic cameras in London for speeding and the like.
However, there is also a 'ring' of traffic cameras on the major roads leading in and out of London reading the license plate of (deally) as many cars as possible. These are subsequently OCR'd and checked against a police database. If a flagged veichle is registered, the police is notified and 'appropriate' measures taken.
As far as I remember, there hasn't been any particular debate about this in the UK... or maybe that was before my time...
Would anyone from the UK care to add a bit more info on this?
http://theregister.co.uk/content/54/25054.html
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IBM leaving the storeage business probably means cheaper drives....
... I knew there was _something_ good about it...
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the 'electronic chain' (for lack of the correct term) system the local (swedish) police use to keep track of 'light' offenders.
That is, if someone comitts a not-so-serious crime, they're offered the opportunity to have one of these monitor their location at all times (and being restricted to one's house most the day) or going to jail.
mewonders if some inspiration came from the above.
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electrical shocks to prevent tampering or wandering into 'undesired' areas?
I don't think the article suggested that the US goverment sponsor the station, but rather US companies, like Apple
Yes, that certainly would put a new spin on the 'think different' idea...
who says M$ hasn't sent a similar request to its employees this time as well?
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I guess that means we'll have /. editors for years to come
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I would be very interested to find out whether the majority of benefits of GM products isn't just to rememdy earlier technological blunders (eg. RoundUp).
erhmmm.... when was the last time you experienced a Frenchman willingly learn German?
ban keyboards?
That would dramatically cut down on computer misuse.
Aparently, according to the author of the list of 'all BBS there ever was', the BBS I grew up with don't exist.
I wonder if that has something to do with them being outside the States.
after all, it can be done from a (hospital bed) without greater difficulties.
M$nbc...
The new wireless technology creates possibilities for our passengers to gain access to e-mail and Internet onboard and on the ground. Our customers already have access to wireless communications in our SAS lounges through Telia HomeRun...
Hmmm.... I wonder what he access possibilities are like just _outside_ the lounge....
AppleInsider, an Apple news-site I consider quite trustworthy has just put up a story about the Apple products we're looking forward to next week.
1 .s html
Looks like the powermacs won't reach 733 mhz, only 600 and the G4 PowerBooks will retain the 400 & 500 mhz of their G3 predecessors.
The link is:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/0101/mwsf0
By how much computing power will have increaced. By how far decryption science will have advanced. How much the members of echelon will be benefitting one of their partners taking this move.
I'm sorry - forgive me o great powers - I haven't been following slashdot often enough.
What makes me say this? - The last thing I read about the Crusoe and Sony, on Slashdot, was that Sony was abandoning the chip. Yet, the last picture of the article features a Sony VAIO..... presumably running on a Crusoe.
Why?
So, is this just another technology which will allow people to consume worse and worse things, with the excuse that it can all be removed from your body anyway?
Wouldn't this be ideal for secure hosting companies like HavenCo - send on of these wings up and you're guaranteed no-one will touch the servers. Moreover, who would dare try to bring it down? - Fly an unauthorized MIG in any airspace and you're in for a hot reception.
I've been reading the proceedings from ACM's annual CHI confernces for a paper I'm doing. There, the (evolution of the) physical design of this phone is discussed and evaluated.
h i/302979/p112-fukumoto/
You can read the whole paper here:
http://www.acm.org/pubs/citations/proceedings/c
It provides lots more detail than the article cited in the thread.
For example, the way they've allowed you to get sound out of your finger (which goes in the ear), is by attaching an accentuator to it (from the watch).
Go to it!
this is just too much to resist. A few immediate thoughts/concers:
:-)
voyeurism will take on a whole new meaning
- don't think, that girl across the screet now, it's that girl on the 106th floor
rain
- now you'll really be under a shower...
tornadoes & hurricanes (are very frequent in the States)
- silicon valley news at eleven, tornado 'blows' away early personal helicopter adopters...
I'd rather be in a SUV than a copter when a twister hits
Hmmm.... 16 Simultaneous cell phones? What kind of phone bill would that produce? :). :-).
And just imagine the kind of bills it would rack up if it had been done with Iridium
- After all, you wouldn't have that capacity if you weren't planning on using it. Wouldn't it just be as well to get a physical inet hookup
Hmmmm.... I'd argue the time it takes to get a page up (dependent on how fast you get the data) is a very real issue in determining who dominates the web.
Jakob Nielsen (we've had him interviewed here) says that people are very sensitive to download times - guess why he recommends spartan design in his sites.
I can't find the quote from his book, but he cites surveys where it's found that people prefer speed over content.
With high bandwidth piping from excite, some would have a very real advantage in reach people.