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So I've noticed many of you (particularly those of the male persuasion) looking at some gorgeous cars lately. Continuing along the vein of last week's mobility blog, this week I want to look at some cool cars. Many thanks to Jose M. for sharing his favorite car sites.
Check these out:
http://www.diseno-art.com/
http://www.conceptcarz.com/
http://www.conceptcars.org/
http://www.futurecars.com/
Pick a car, give me an opinion.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Discussion 26 - 3/23/09
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So Toyota has developed this personal concept vehicle. I first saw it on Top Gear on BBC America (those of you in my first period know how I love this show). Toyota's idea is that we will all be driving something like this in the very near future. In fact, this concept is very near production to use in Japan. Check out these sites:
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/tech/p_mobility/i-real/index.html
http://www.wirednextfest.com/inform/2008/exhibits/i-REAL.php
http://www.gizmag.com/go/8157/
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/10/toyota-gets-i-r.html
I hope to have some video to show from Top Gear so you can see this thing in action.
Let me know what you think about the concept of personal mobility.
Talk to me . . .
So Toyota has developed this personal concept vehicle. I first saw it on Top Gear on BBC America (those of you in my first period know how I love this show). Toyota's idea is that we will all be driving something like this in the very near future. In fact, this concept is very near production to use in Japan. Check out these sites:
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/tech/p_mobility/i-real/index.html
http://www.wirednextfest.com/inform/2008/exhibits/i-REAL.php
http://www.gizmag.com/go/8157/
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/10/toyota-gets-i-r.html
I hope to have some video to show from Top Gear so you can see this thing in action.
Let me know what you think about the concept of personal mobility.
Talk to me . . .
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Discussion 25 - 2/9/09
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Let's check out Yanko Design this week. That's the cool site that shows all that new technology that is so beautifully designed.
And because, let's admit it, who doesn't need a bracelet with a detachable cell phone? I'm just sayin'.
http://www.yankodesign.com/
Pick something and give an opinion. Talk to me . . .
Let's check out Yanko Design this week. That's the cool site that shows all that new technology that is so beautifully designed.
And because, let's admit it, who doesn't need a bracelet with a detachable cell phone? I'm just sayin'.
http://www.yankodesign.com/
Pick something and give an opinion. Talk to me . . .
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Discussion 24 - 3/2/09
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This chick in China has sold her life on the internet for basically $3 an hour. She lets people decide for her what she does each day, and then she basically does whatever they ask (short of anything immoral, illegal or violent) for $3 an hour. She says last year was a horrible year, and every decision she made was basically wrong so why not give this a try?
I think it's an interesting concept. I would get bored of people asking me to do mundane things pretty quickly.
Read the story. Give me an opinion. Talk to me . . .
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/china.lifeonline/index.html
This chick in China has sold her life on the internet for basically $3 an hour. She lets people decide for her what she does each day, and then she basically does whatever they ask (short of anything immoral, illegal or violent) for $3 an hour. She says last year was a horrible year, and every decision she made was basically wrong so why not give this a try?
I think it's an interesting concept. I would get bored of people asking me to do mundane things pretty quickly.
Read the story. Give me an opinion. Talk to me . . .
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/china.lifeonline/index.html
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Discussion 23 - 2/23/09
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A couple of weeks ago, Google launched GoogleEarth which allows you to look at the ocean space on the earth just like you can search street addresses on land. In some cases you can even see below the surface of the water. It's pretty incredible, really. Even for those of you who aren't nerds.
This past week, someone thought they found the lost city of Atlantis on there. Below are links to the article and also to a blog about the "find."
http://tinyurl.com/akb5a4
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10168269-36.html
http://earth.google.com/tour.html
Tell me what you think about Google Earth. Will you use it? Is it just a cool toy? Tell me if you think the lost city of Atlantis will ever really be found.
Talk to me . . .
A couple of weeks ago, Google launched GoogleEarth which allows you to look at the ocean space on the earth just like you can search street addresses on land. In some cases you can even see below the surface of the water. It's pretty incredible, really. Even for those of you who aren't nerds.
This past week, someone thought they found the lost city of Atlantis on there. Below are links to the article and also to a blog about the "find."
http://tinyurl.com/akb5a4
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10168269-36.html
http://earth.google.com/tour.html
Tell me what you think about Google Earth. Will you use it? Is it just a cool toy? Tell me if you think the lost city of Atlantis will ever really be found.
Talk to me . . .
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Discussion 22 - 2/16/09
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Mr. L and I went this past weekend to see the King Tut exhibit in Dallas. It was crazy cool. There are all these artifacts from the 1400's that weren't discovered until 1922. The gold in the exhibit was insane. Did you know that King Tut was buried with over 150 pieces of gold jewelry on his body? Talk about bling! Anyway, these last room of the exhibit shows how they've taken CT scans of this old mummy to try and understand why he died at the young age of 19. There were huge pictures of the CT scans, and one of the projected onto this low table so you could see exactly where each piece of jewelry was found. It was cool beans.
Then I came home and found this article on CNN.com about how archaeologists are using CT scans more and more in their work. I found it interesting:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/12/mummy.mystery/index.html#cnnSTCText
For your blog post this week please share an opinion about this use of CT scans. Where can you see this going next? And what on earth will people think of our old bodies when they're scanned 1,000 years from now? Weird to think about, huh?
Talk to me . . .
Mr. L and I went this past weekend to see the King Tut exhibit in Dallas. It was crazy cool. There are all these artifacts from the 1400's that weren't discovered until 1922. The gold in the exhibit was insane. Did you know that King Tut was buried with over 150 pieces of gold jewelry on his body? Talk about bling! Anyway, these last room of the exhibit shows how they've taken CT scans of this old mummy to try and understand why he died at the young age of 19. There were huge pictures of the CT scans, and one of the projected onto this low table so you could see exactly where each piece of jewelry was found. It was cool beans.
Then I came home and found this article on CNN.com about how archaeologists are using CT scans more and more in their work. I found it interesting:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/12/mummy.mystery/index.html#cnnSTCText
For your blog post this week please share an opinion about this use of CT scans. Where can you see this going next? And what on earth will people think of our old bodies when they're scanned 1,000 years from now? Weird to think about, huh?
Talk to me . . .
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