A new website and media campaign are encouraging children to use their imagination to come up with technological innovations of the future.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is working with the Advertising Council and the National Inventors Hall of Fame in launching the new initiative InventNow.
More:http://inventnow.org/
Monday, April 30, 2007
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The free tools include e-marketing e-books, software packages and guides which will help you succeed in your internet business. Besides that the site also claim that they can help you builde a opt-in list.
Here's the link to sign up
http://www.viralmarketinggiveaway2.com
If Your Mobile Phone Work Like Your Wallet
The idea of using a phone as some sort of wallet has been around for a while now and we've seen phones being used in Japan as payment systems too. Today, Reuters reports that Nokia together with mobile carriers have created a global initiative to turn all our mobile phones into wallets:
Consumers will be able to use a phone as a wallet or as an access card simply by waving it over a wireless reader -- and in some cases punching a PIN number into the phone -- similar to how travelers in Tokyo and London access public transport.
...The world's biggest payment card company, MasterCard, is also involved in the initiative, which is cheaper and much faster than other wireless payment experiments, like those using SMS text messages. Trials with the new standard are set to start in October.
Phones in the scheme with use a contactless chip called Near Field Communication (NFC) which the companies involved hope will become a global standard for electronic wallets in mobile phones.
More:http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-04-25T101043Z_01_L25599726_RTRUKOC_0_US-MOBILE-WALLET.xml
Consumers will be able to use a phone as a wallet or as an access card simply by waving it over a wireless reader -- and in some cases punching a PIN number into the phone -- similar to how travelers in Tokyo and London access public transport.
...The world's biggest payment card company, MasterCard, is also involved in the initiative, which is cheaper and much faster than other wireless payment experiments, like those using SMS text messages. Trials with the new standard are set to start in October.
Phones in the scheme with use a contactless chip called Near Field Communication (NFC) which the companies involved hope will become a global standard for electronic wallets in mobile phones.
More:http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-04-25T101043Z_01_L25599726_RTRUKOC_0_US-MOBILE-WALLET.xml
The Buddha Machine
UK online music shop Boomkat has an interesting interview with the creators of The Buddha Machine. The device, which has developed a cult following, is described as follows:
Reduced to it's core components, the Buddha Machine is little more than an AM radio - permanently tuned to a distant loop-emitting signal that encourages the listener to project their own interpretations on a series of diffused ambient compositions.
Here's an interesting excerpt from the full interview.
Q: Where did the idea for the Buddha Machine come from?
A: We took the inspiration from a similar device used in Buddhist temples. The device is used to play constant chants to the Buddha and some say it was developed because of the shortage of monks in modern times. I picked up my first one more than 10 years ago and it was a permanent fixture in my bathroom. For years, Zhang and I mused about how cool it would be to make an FM3 release "inside that little box" and then in 2004 we got serious and really did it.
Q: How does it make you feel when you hear that people like Brian Eno and Alan Bishop are bulk buying them?
A: Funnily enough, Eno was my very first paying customer! He bought six based on a prototype I showed him at dinner in Beijing last year. Our second customer was Thomas Felhmann from the Orb. He took about a dozen. And then shortly after that Alan Bishop ordered 24, based on a photo and an email description I gave him! Monolake and the crew at the Ableton software office bought something like 30... So from the very beginning we had great support from some quality musicians and naturally, as two guys sitting way out in Beijing, it's mind-boggling.
More:http://www.boomkat.com/article.cfm?id=3 and athttp://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/fm3.html
Reduced to it's core components, the Buddha Machine is little more than an AM radio - permanently tuned to a distant loop-emitting signal that encourages the listener to project their own interpretations on a series of diffused ambient compositions.
Here's an interesting excerpt from the full interview.
Q: Where did the idea for the Buddha Machine come from?
A: We took the inspiration from a similar device used in Buddhist temples. The device is used to play constant chants to the Buddha and some say it was developed because of the shortage of monks in modern times. I picked up my first one more than 10 years ago and it was a permanent fixture in my bathroom. For years, Zhang and I mused about how cool it would be to make an FM3 release "inside that little box" and then in 2004 we got serious and really did it.
Q: How does it make you feel when you hear that people like Brian Eno and Alan Bishop are bulk buying them?
A: Funnily enough, Eno was my very first paying customer! He bought six based on a prototype I showed him at dinner in Beijing last year. Our second customer was Thomas Felhmann from the Orb. He took about a dozen. And then shortly after that Alan Bishop ordered 24, based on a photo and an email description I gave him! Monolake and the crew at the Ableton software office bought something like 30... So from the very beginning we had great support from some quality musicians and naturally, as two guys sitting way out in Beijing, it's mind-boggling.
More:http://www.boomkat.com/article.cfm?id=3 and athttp://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/fm3.html
GIO Pillow
The Glo Pillow seeks to remedy such occurrences through a more gentle approach. A combination of memory foam and a series of LED-integrated fabric layers, slumber is theoretically broken by a gentle “glowing” that simulates a sunrise, as opposed to traditional shock-inducing bleating) allowing for a more peaceful start to your day. An RSA Design Directions Award winner in ‘06, the induction-charged pillow is controlled by a panel of six “soft buttons” on the side; the wireless transmitter allows free movement for those who are prone to tossing and turning. Not that you’ll be doing a whole lot of that after you discover what a “good night’s sleep” actually entails.
More:http://geeksugar.com/228623
More:http://geeksugar.com/228623
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