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ETech: Programming future habitats

ETech: Programming future habitatsHmmm, humans have always done this.One look at my garage would prove it. ;-)

Tags: Development tools, future habitat, ETech, programming

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

How to: Link Outlook and OneNote

Eddie VanDerbeck at GottaBeMobile.com offers a short and sweet tip on using the new Outlook-OneNote integration. This is one of my favorite things about the Office 2007 upgrade and I use it all the time. In fact, at last weeks ETech Conference I subscribed to the event calendar, added the...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Tablet PCs, Software, Productivity, Events, ETech

Blog posts 2007-04-03

Lenovo X60 Tablet PC on the road

I had my first real opportunity to put the Lenovo ThinkPad X60t to work as a conference machine this week at the OReilly Emerging Technologies conference in San Diego and Im more impressed than ever with how useful this machine is for someone who needs a perfect balance of portability...

Tags: Vista, Utilities and Add-Ins, Tablet PCs, Software, Productivity, Mobility, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Gadgetry, Events, ETech

Blog posts 2007-03-31

ETech provides peek inside Microsoft labs

ETech provides peek inside Microsoft labsSounds like a great idea.Based on many other posts I've read about Microsoft, I can only hope there will not be replies that put this in a negative light.

Tags: Microsoft Labs, ETech, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-31

ETech Day One: Bad news, good news

Im at ETech this week and theres already been a change in plans. Kathy Sierras tutorial on Creating Addictive Customer Experiences was canceled reason unknown but were all hoping it was just logistics and not something serious. Thats the bad news. The good news is that Im able instead to...

Tags: Instant messaging, ETech, innovation, IM, Kathy Sierra

Blog posts 2007-03-26

ETech summary, day 3

ETech summary, day 3Lessig is the ManI believe Lessig to be a critical member of the open source/content movement. He is constantly pushing the envelope.Message has been deleted.

Tags: ETech

Discussion threads 2005-03-17

ETech summary, day 1

ETech has lived up to its reputation for delivering new and interesting ideas. The morning was filled with short lightening talks (what O'Reilly calls "higher order bits) by some of the people making technology, including a talk by Danny Hillis on Applied Minds and an announcement of a new...

Tags: RSS, Mozilla Firefox

Blog posts 2005-03-15

ETech summary, day 1

ETech has lived up to its reputation for delivering new and interesting ideas. The morning was filled with short lightening talks (what O'Reilly calls "higher order bits) by some of the people making technology, including a talk by Danny Hillis on Applied Minds and an announcement of a new...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, RSS

Blog posts 2005-03-15

Applied Minds ‘remixing' at Etech

This morning at Etech, Danny Hillis blew minds with a taste of the consulting and design work done at his current venture, Applied Minds. He showed pictures and video of six and four-legged mobile robots, including one in the form of a snake that moved exactly like one. Sure,"it's possible...

Tags: Danny Hillis, Applied Minds, ETech

Blog posts 2005-03-15

Additional Resources

Etech: Alpha geeks and design patterns

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Tags: design pattern

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

ETech: Attenuation, Web 2.0 and spimes

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Tags: Web 2.0, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Interview with Andrea Vaccari, research associate at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory

Now that machine and sensor data is joining social data traffic on the Internet, the ability to interpret and create meaning out of the information to improve life could be the post-Web 2.0 manifesto. MIT's Senseable City Lab has been on the task for years with various...

Tags: City, Mobile, Network, Data, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cell Phone, Analysis, SENSEable City Laboratory, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Rethinking explosives to power tools, implode tumors, and clear arteries

For most, explosive detonations illicit visions of building demolition and Mythbusters-style car bombs. But in a keynote at ETech today, Dr. Christa Hockensmith from the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center EMRTC, explained new creative applications that are, both, in research and "untried, untested, unrealized." "I'm not...

Tags: Chemicals, Explosion, Diamond, Tool, Research Center, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-03-11

News to know: Firefox, Palm, AT&T, Sprint, Facebook friends

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 "done," Firefox 3.5 beta 4 due April 14 Sam Diaz: Palm to SEC:...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Mice, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-03-11

ETech: Programming future habitats

This morning at ETech, Jennifer Magnolfi, the senior integration architect for programmable environments at Herman Miller presented an approach that allows for physical buildings to dynamically evolve and support change. Herman Miller is known for creating the widely popular Aeron Chair. The initiative, Programmable Environment, is a spatial system...

Tags: Environment, Infrastructure, Programming, Programmable Environment, Georgia Tech Library, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-03-10

ETech 2009 Preview

ETech 2009 PreviewAppreciate the ETech previewHey Christopher,Thanks for the preview of ETech and we're glad you'll be joining us at the conference this year. One of our contributing editors has been conducting some ETech speaker interviews, another way to get a sense of the amazing discussions that will happen at...

Tags: ETech 2009 Preview

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

News to know: Congress; Newser; Apple; VMware; High-speed rail

Harry Fuller: Confronting Congressional hypocrisy The U.S. is losing it Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Newser Versus The New York Times, Revisited: Who's Copying Whom? Andrew Nusca: Apple director: 'no change' in Jobs' plans Sam Diaz: No Twitter blasts...

Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, U.S. Congress, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cloud Computing, E-mail Providers, Strategy, Hardware, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2009-02-26

ETech 2009 Preview

Next month, Silicon Valley welcomes ETech, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. In it's 8th year now, the hands-on confab brings together thinkers, doers and "alpha geeks" to demo and discuss disruptive technologies and business models. The overarching theme for the four-day event that'll kick-off March 9th is how the way...

Tags: Technology, Cyberthreats, Manufacturing, Government, Viruses And Worms, Security, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-02-25

Schools Achieve Rich, Safe, and Personalized Learning Environments With Studywiz

Etech Group, a software company based in Australia, developed Studywiz, a learning environment that uses Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and is designed specifically for K-12 schools. As K-12 education evolves to include both online and classroom learning, schools need a universal, easily managed learning environment that can safely deliver...

Tags: K-12, School, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-12-01

OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging markets

OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging marketsYes, it was a GREAT program, and will get lots of computers into the handsof technical people that will help with the project. I would like to see it extended and continued. We would also like to see accessories such...

Tags: emerging market, One Laptop Per Child project, Intel Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2008-01-07