Walt de Heer’s Lab

@pfreet Coincidence: I'm in Walt's lab right now! via twittelator … [Read more...]

Charge!

You know what puzzles me? I live in the ideal demographic for the Chevy Volt: Midtown Atlanta, very environmentally conscious, lots of people who choose to live close to their jobs (Georgia Tech, Emory, CDC are all represented on my street), and lousy public transport. So a zero-local-emissions car with very limited range would actually fit … [Read more...]

FutureMedia Fest 2010

I'm moderating a panel next week at FutureMedia Fest 2010. … [Read more...]

SimCraft

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The Fisker Karma. 400 horsepower plug-in hybrid! Made in the USA.

via twittelator … [Read more...]

Awaiting the unveiling of the Fisker electric sports car

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Thoughts on the iPad

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad yesterday, my first thoughts were "Ooooh! Shiny! I want one!" Then I read the orgy of criticism that washed over the blogosphere last night about all the device's perceived failings and, on mature and considered reflection... I still want one. (Maybe two, so I don't have to fight with my wife over it.) … [Read more...]

Boingo at Hartsfield

This is too long to tweet... At Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Boingo contracts with the airport for Wi-Fi carriage. That means they don't control their own infrastructure. I run JungleDisk on my Mac, which continually backs up selected directories to Amazon S3. I highly recommend their service. But, if it detects an Internet … [Read more...]

TopEyeView

I made an expedition to Gwinnett County recently to look at a blimp. … [Read more...]

Augmented Reality at Georgia Tech

Interesting article on Augmented Reality research at Georgia Tech here. One of the linked videos demonstrates a Virtual Pet application on a current generation iPhone. The iPhone overlays an animated image of a dog on realtime video input from the iPhone's camera. The result is a pet that appears to reside in the real world in front of you. … [Read more...]