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Technology: iRobot Has Made Sci-Fi Video Conferencing a Reality (Video)
June 24, 2013
Futuristic videoconference from the movie ‘Demolition Man’ (so last century).
How about that. The CEO is across the country, but she’ll meet you at your desk in 30 seconds (thanks to AVA 500)! Now, straighten up your desk!
WATCH: IROBOT CEO COLIN ANGLE DISCUSSES INTRODUCTION OF AVA 500 (VIDEO)
READ: MEET THE AVA 500: THE ROOMBA’S CORPORATE COUSIN (BUSINESSWEEK)
– @ojones1
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Technology: Criminals Caught In the DNA Fog (Video)
June 20, 2013
Impeccable timing! I read about ‘DNA Fog’ a while ago in Businessweek, and now there’s a YouTube video on it.
Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and the U.K. will have a new crime-fighting weapon at their disposal. Ever watched Law & Order, CSI, or some other crime drama series? Then you know a bit about how DNA might be gathered and used to catch criminals. Looks pretty complicated, right? And ‘smart’ criminals always seem to know not to leave DNA behind. Well, Applied DNA Sciences touts that its DNA Fog will thwart criminals’ efforts to get away or get away with it in court. The company’s tech rapidly fills a room/area with a fog that may confuse a robber or batterer… but the big innovation has to do with forensics. Criminals will have a much harder time raising reasonable doubt because the fog also genetically marks them, covering them with DNA evidence. The DNA Fog’s genetic material sticks tenaciously to clothes and skin and won’t wash out or off for weeks. The Fog will be uniquely customized for a location using it, so that a simple test will reveal that an offender was at a particular crime scene when the Fog was sprayed. Genius!
– @ojones1
Posted in Technology, Videos | Tags: Applied DNA Sciences, DNA Fog, EVIDENCE, Genetic, Markers | No Comments »
Technology: Saving Lives and Property on the Coast With a Tsunami Barrier (Video)
June 13, 2013
The twin-wing Tsunami Flood Barrier (TWSB) has been developed by Van den Noort Innovations in order to disrupt and neutralize a tsunami flood wave.
I cannot begin to explain the tech behind this much needed innovation… because I… I don’t really understand it yet. But while I’m watching this again with you, let’s look at the big picture: This is science applied for the purpose of saving lives and livelihoods. Good tech. Check out the clip above and the Businessweek write-up that put me on to this after the jump.
– @ojones1
Posted in Science, Technology, Videos | Tags: passive tsunami protection solution, The Twin Wing Tsunami Barrier, the ultimate, Tsunami, Tsunami Barrier | No Comments »
Technology: New ‘Paper Tablets’ Are Foldable Computer Documents (Video)
June 5, 2013
PaperTab is the revolutionary ‘paper’ tablet. You probably figured that computing tech would get smaller and more powerful. But how about thinner? And if you thought of that already, how thin did you figure? Not PaperTab thin, I bet! Forget e-books that mimic folding a page. You can really do it on this future tech. Incredible. Watch the clip.
– @ojones1
Posted in Technology, Videos | Tags: Electronics, Intel, PaperTab, Plastic Logic, Queens University | 1 Comment »
Technology: Apple’s iTunes Now 10 Years Old (Video)
June 4, 2013
Feels like it’s been longer, but iTunes has only been with us for 10 years. Time flies. Apple found a way to make money off what was once taboo in the music industry – allowing people to download digital copies of music – in 2003. So far, iTunes is the ‘king of the hill’ of digital music… the video clip above acknowledges that… Then it asks, “What’s next?”
– @ojones1
Posted in History, Technology, Videos | Tags: 10 years, digital music, download, ITUNES | No Comments »
The World’s Next Tallest Building (Video)
May 27, 2013
Dubbed “Sky City,” the world’s tallest building will soon be constructed in China. The Broad Group will construct a 220-story skyscraper, 30 feet taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai for one-tenth the cost. Sky City will be a self-contained, environmentally friendly, nearly earthquake proof city-in-a-skyscraper. It will be built to hold 30,000 residents, moving up and down on 92 elevators, with 4 helicopter pads, schools, stores and more. The building will be impressive. So, will it’s construction. With an almost boastful construction schedule of 90 days, The Broad Group will put Sky City together from modules that were being built even before China’s government approved construction.
In a word…Wowww! Watch the above building simulation and information video. This is NOT a dream. This is happening.
Technology: USC Institute for Creative Technologies Presents A Counselor That Is Almost Human (Video)
May 23, 2013
The USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is really pushing the frontier on what tech can do in the realm of healthcare. ICT’s latest initiative combines two technologies – Multisense and SimSensi – to enable what, in effect, is a virtual counselor. Imagine a truly private visit to a therapist; one in which no other human, not even a human doctor/specialist, is present. The implications are fascinating (and kind of scary).
In the video above, Multisense is showing viewers how it “reads” the actors who are playing the clients in the clip.
‘Multisense automatically tracks and analyzes in real-time facial expressions, body posture, acoustic features, linguistic patterns and higher-level behavior descriptors (e.g. attention, fidgeting). From these signals and behaviors, indicators of psychological distress are inferred to inform directly the healthcare provider or the virtual human.’
Given what Multisense is picking up during the session, and sharing with SimSensei, the virtual counselor is giving human-like responses in real time. An actual counseling session, as a result, should be a real experience for a client.
‘SimSensei is a virtual human platform specifically designed for healthcare support and is based on the 10+ years of expertise at ICT with virtual human research and development. The platform enables an engaging face-to-face interaction where the virtual human automatically reacts to the perceived user state and intent, through its own speech and gestures.’
Amazing! But ICT is very clear on this point: This dual-tech platform is NOT a substitute for counseling. Rather, it is a support tool for counselors and healthcare providers; a powerful tool.
Posted in Science, Technology, Videos | Tags: Augmenting psychiatric diagnosis with data, Disconcerting Robot Detects Depression, ICT, Institute for Creative Technologies, MultiSense, SimSensei, University of Southern California, USC, Virtual Human and Multimodal Perception for Healthcare Support | No Comments »
Action Bronson, Harry Fraud, and Killer Mike Speak On the ‘Current State of Rap Music’ (Video)
May 20, 2013
Journalist and music industry insider Matt Sonzala hosts a panel discussion at the Scion AV Music(less) Music Conference. The first segment of the ‘Current State of Rap Music’ is ready for viewing above. Matt has Killer Mike setting it off with straight talk on his story in the rap game. No punches pulled. No anger. Just Mike stating his point of view. Powerful! In part 2 of this exclusive panel discussion, the other panel members (Action Bronson and producer Harry Fraud) join in the discussion with their opinions of major labels. Check that out – as well as the rest of the panel discussion – after the jump.
‘The Scion Music(less) Music Conference 2012 is an exclusive mix of panel discussions and one-on-one conversations highlighting the brightest minds in today’s creative culture. Learn first-hand from industry movers and shakers as they offer their views on art and commerce.’
Great viewing. Watch all the clips. Thank me later!
– @ojones1
Posted in Hip-Hop, Opinion, Producers, Technology, Videos | Tags: Action Bronson, Current State of Rap Music, Harry Fraud, Killer Mike, Matt Sonzala, MUSIC, Music Conference, Music(less), SCION A/V | No Comments »
How Alex Recovered Video Footage the Police Deleted To Frame Him (Video)
May 6, 2013
This is Alex from Federal Jack and Hack Miami. You see, Alex was arrested by the Miami Police Department… who tampered with video evidence to pin false charges on him! In the above video, Alex breaks down how he was able to recover video footage that enabled him to be exonerated (a process he calls ‘forensic recovery’). For a step-by-step process on how to recover deleted files from your camera and more on Alex see We Are Change on YouTube.
Posted in Human Interest, Technology, Videos | Tags: Alex, exonerate, How To Recover Video Footage That Was Deleted By The Police | No Comments »
Jared Evan – “Are We Almost There Yet?” (Prod. By Statik Selektah) [Video]
May 3, 2013
New music video directed by Rik Cordero for Jared Evan. “Are We Almost There Yet?” (produced by Statik Selektah) is another joint off of “Boom Bap & Blues.” Get that via earlier link posted here.
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Music, Product, Technology | Tags: Are We Almost There Yet, Boom Bap & Blues, boom bap and blues, JARED EVAN, Statik Selektah | No Comments »
Technology: Muscle-Reading Remote Control
April 15, 2013
No product on the market, yet he has all this going for him. Do you respect this young innovator’s techno-business-gangsta yet? What if I told you that the Businessweek writeup has the market for this gadget at about a half BILLION dollars??!! Yeah, who do you know who had it going like this at 23?
– @ojones1
DJ Jazzy Jeff Gives Us A Tour Of His Home Studio (Video)
April 10, 2013
Legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff shows off his studio and the power and range of his music setup. From digital to analog to heritage pieces… Jazzy Jeff even has the original analog board used to produce Sesame Street! Check it. A visual treat for heads and geeks alike.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Producers, Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: DJ, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jazzy Jeff, Jazzy Jeff Studio Tour (Scion AV MMC 2012), Music Production, Studio, Technology | No Comments »
Nice, But Didn’t Anyone Think That Package Looked Suspicious? (Video)
April 9, 2013
As for the footage, van der Vleuten was amazed to see the complex – and efficient – conveyor belt system at work; and that relatively few people actually touched the package on its journey. But most surprising (and a bit scary), was that based on the pics that showed the open box; that thing really, really looks like a homemade bomb! “To be honest this was my biggest concern as well,†van der Vleuten admits. He included a note explaining that this was part of a student project with no criminal intent, but regardless: “Every time, I was bringing it to the post office with sweaty hands.â€
As is their duty, delivery workers drop off packages like this every day. Neither rain, nor sleet… nor threat of ‘bomb’… or something like that, right?
Technology: Upgrade Your Golf Cart Game With Bubba’s Hover (Video)
April 4, 2013
Well, Bubba Watson officially has the coolest golf cart ever…because it is a HOVERCRAFT!
U.S. Masters Champion Bubba Watson and Oakley set out to create the world’s first hovercraft golf cart. The result, the BW1, is is golf course transportation that can glide over any terrain type there (and water), without damaging the grass. Will this bring more folks out to the links to try the age old Scottish game of strategy? Maybe, but most may never get out of the cart!
Posted in Lifestyle, Product, Sports, Technology | Tags: Bubba Watson, Bubba's Hover, BW1, Golf Cart, hovercraft, Oakley | 1 Comment »
Technology: New Clean Energy Source… Gravity? (Video)
April 2, 2013
(Bonus: This means that one day there’ll be no more yelling at relatives about leaving lights on and running up the bill in homes using this innovation.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Human Interest, Technology, Videos | Tags: businessweek, gravity, innovator, lamp, martin, powered, riddiford | No Comments »
BLITZ – 3/6/13: She Played You
March 6, 2013
Ice-T – “You Played Yourself”
HEADLINES
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Dies of Cancer At The Age Of 58
Hollywood Director Oliver Stone Calls Fallen Venezuelan President A ‘Great Hero’
Terrence Howard Praises Oprah’s ‘Tig Ol Bitties’ In ‘Dream Come True’ Movie Sex Scene
Fecal Matter Found In Cakes Sold Being By IKEA; Recall Taking Place In 23 Countries
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez: An Outsized Personality & A Domineering Figure
Big Oil, Big Ketchup, & The Assassination Of Hugo Chavez
Kanye West Calls Into Radio Station Upset Over MTV’s Hottest Emcee Rankings
How Hugo Chavez Challenged Major League Baseball’s Relationship With The Caribbean
Bill Cosby Equates Republican Racism With Anti-Civil Rights Segregationists
CNN Eliminating Black Journalists; Axes Black Commentators Donna Brazile & Roland Martin
Venezuela Expels U.S. Officials & Blames ‘Historic Enemies’ Of Inducing Hugo Chavez’s Cancer
NY Hit & Run Driver Who Killed A Family Was The Murderer Of The ‘Original 50 Cent’
An Elevator ‘Murder’ Goes Viral
ESPN Faces New Rival In August With New FOX SPORTS 1 Cable Channel
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Says He’s ‘Terrified’ A Player Will Die On The Field
Lamborghini Introduces It’s New $4 Million Dollar Super Car
Noam Chomsky: Can Civilization Survive Capitalism?
New Samsung Galaxy Phone Might Be Controlled By Your Eyes
9 Interesting Things About Sex We Learned Studying Our Ancient Ancestors
The World’s Tallest Hotel Opens In Dubai
Attorney General Eric Holder: In Theory President Obama Can Order Drone Strikes In The U.S.
The Death Of Hugo Chavez: The End Of The Latin American Left?
BLITZ – 3/4/13: Skeet Invaders
March 4, 2013
Jeru Tha Damaja – “Invasion”
HEADLINES
Lebron James Soars Above $1 Million Dollar Dunk Offers & Other Distractions
Vice President Joe Biden & Congressman John Lewise Re-Enact Voting Rights March In Selma
Fugitive Wanted For Intentionally Spreading HIV To 100s Of Gay Men In The New York Area
Scientists Says Baby Born With HIV Has Been Functionally Cured With New Treatment
Dennis Rodman Speaks On His Visit With North Korean Leader Kim Jung Un
How Dennis Rodman & You Too Can Visit North Korea
Mom Drowns Her Baby Boy Because He Had A ‘Small Penis’
Female Kicker’s Historic Bid To Enter The NFL Ends Painfully
Former NO LIMIT Artist ‘Mr. Magic’ & Wife Die In Car Accident; 12-Year-Old Daughter Survives
Nicki Minaj Fires Her Stylists, Hairdresser, & Makeup Artists In Efforts To Be ‘Taken Seriously’
Keith Olbermann Wants To Work At ESPN Again
Former NFL Wide Receiver Terrell Owens The IRS Over $430,000 In Unpaid Taxes
Man Breaks Into Popeye’s To Eat 16 Pies Then Falls Asleep On The Floor Before Cops Arrive
Randy Moss Hints That He Will Not Be Returning To The San Francisco 49ers
American Cities With The Highest & Lowest Taxes
Man Fakes His Own Kidnapping To Avoid His Angry Girlfriend & Gets Arrested
Jay Leno Leaving NBC’s ‘Tonight’ Next Season?
The Biggest Misconceptions About NBA Superstars
Bill Gates Dodges Questions Of Why He Owns 500,000 Shares Of Monsanto Worth $23 Million
Technology: New Futuristic Highways Being Built In Europe (Video)
February 25, 2013
Construction of the highways of the future (in the Netherlands) begins this year! Roads that will help recharge electric cars, display weather conditions for drivers on the street, and light the roadsides and pavement beneath their feet (tires)… heavily utilizing renewable energy sources like wind and solar). Incredible!
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Technology: Wish You Could Get that Pic Back? Should Have Used Snapchat (Video)
February 21, 2013
Courtesy: Bloomberg TV
You know that pic you wished you had not sent? You know… that picture. Well, if you used the Snapchat app, it’s like you didn’t. People using the app send messages, pictures, and even video that quickly disappear, so there’s no pressure to look cool… or worrying that the receiver will have permanent “dirt” on you (think: angry ex with that nude Valentine’s Day pic you sent). If someone cheats and tries to take a screenshot of your snap to keep, the app notifies you. And in the realm of Snapchat, getting caught trying to beat… er… the system by capturing a screen image of what was sent is taboo. Of course, folks have started to figure out ways to save images without getting caught; so if you choose to use the free app, use care.
READ THE FULL BUSINESSWEEK WRITE-UP ON SNAPCHAT HERE.
– @ojones1
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Technology: Chip Could Enable Smartphones to See Through Objects
February 20, 2013
Ali Hajimiri, a professor of electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology, has created a chip capable of producing terahertz waves—radiation (or T-rays) that can penetrate materials such as plastic and wood without the side effects associated with X-rays. So far, T-rays have been used mostly in experiments in medical and dental imaging. But Hajimiri, working with postdoctoral researcher Kaushik Sengupta, got thousands of tiny transistors to operate in concert, producing T-rays from a smaller machine. When connected with a computer or mobile device, the 0.1 inch-wide silicon chip technology could help doctors locate skin cancer noninvasively, speed up passenger scans at airport security lines, scan suspicious packages at the post office, or find art hidden behind painted walls.
Aww, not quite what you were expecting? C’mon though. It’s still pretty cool tech, right?
– @ojones1
