Crime: Robotic Vigilante Patrols Atlanta

Somehow I think if this Robot were patrolling  the range along Downtown Eastside, it would either totally Freak out the Junkies, or get Stolen by Binners for scrap metal, all the while as it is carted off...

'Earliest known recording of sound' discovered

Thomas Edison may not have been the first to record fat beats. "For more than a century, since he captured the spoken words “Mary had a little lamb” on a sheet of tinfoil, Thomas Edison has been considered the...

LG's Watch Phone

"Its a watch. And a phone. There really isn’t much more you can say about this straight-from-Sci-fi gadget. And from the looks of things, its not nearly as hideous as it could be. Its a shame its not a touch...

Birth of the Flicks

"On this day in 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumiere demonstrated the first movie projector, the cinematographe, in Paris, France. It projected its images out onto a screen, unlike Thomas Edison's kinetograph, which...

Virtual reality inside a ball

Imagine you're running through Central Park, the birds are singing, the sun is out and you're having a wonderful time. Or you could be on the battlefield fighting a war. And you don't even have to leave your house...

Mother of invention

"WHEN it comes to being awarded patents, the Japanese are world champions. Japan has more than 1,200 patents per million people—more than twice as many as Switzerland, the next most prolific country (with 500 patents per million), and more than three times as many as...

FCC wireless auction: Google wins, AT&T wins, Americans lose

"The FCC set its guidelines for how the newly available wireless spectrum frequencies are to be auctioned. In a nutshell, the FCC agreed that networks built on the new spectrum should enable any device to connect to services built on those networks--which is a win for anyone...

Basic principles for building America's Internet future

"Sen. Dick Durbin has begun a several-night series of conversations with the blogosphere on how to build a set of principles for improving American broadband and Internet development. This is a watershed moment and a fantastic chance to make the people's voices heard on...

Hands off your Kids Bike...With the Gyrobike

Say goodbye to training wheels, aching backs, scratches and frustrated kids and parents with this brilliant invention from 3 girls and 1 guy from Dartmouth College. Kudos to them!

No Ordinary I-Phone-You-Answer Device : iPhone by Apple Inc. (No other's iPho...

Hold your breath deeply. There are about five why-is-it-so-long months before you can get your hands and ears and others to "feel" the iPhone. Is it too long? Read more..

Software Company Captures Mobility Decode Patent :: Symblogogy

"The United Stated Patent Office issued a patent to Scanbuy, Inc. (New York, NY) for a "System and method for decoding and analyzing barcodes using a mobile device". The method will be known commercially as...

Japan's gPod faces opposition

"Far from lovin' it, as one huge American multinational food giant urges its Japanese customers to do, Japan's sex services are struggling as U.S. business behemoths crack down on them for commandeering brand names to use for saucy products and services, according to Shukan...

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Birth of the Boob Tube

"It was on this day in 1927 that a man named Philo T. Farnsworth transmitted the first ever all-electronic television picture in history. Farnsworth had gotten the idea for television when he was just fourteen,...

The Best Startup Advice I Have

"When are company forecasts reliable, and when is it time, based on those forecasts, to ramp up the sales force? Investors and entrepreneurs face these two critical questions, respectively, in every venture-backed...

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