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April 25 to May 1, 2005
Hey, Silicon Valley people! Blue Lava Wire
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, which makes Tetris for cell phones, was acquired for $137 million...
Distracting TV visuals make people forget, regard
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of age...
Aluminum beer bottles have started to show up in the islands. The advantages over glass bottles - they can keep contents colder an hour longer, they're
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breakable, and they have more desig...
April 4 to 10, 2005
This new wire
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USB prototype dongle will make any USB device wire
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The life of a Verizon wire
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test man, who drives over 3,000 miles a month...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
Meanwhile, open-source technology unencumbered by patents is allowing micro-startups to evolve better technology faster with
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resources and funding. I hope new breeds of VCs come along to fil...
Homeland Security is now calling its RFID chips in U.S. passports "contact
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chips" because it sounds safer. Unfortunately, without encryption they'll make it easier than ever for terrorists to fin...
March 14 to 20, 2005
Crop
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circles, made on sand...
March 7 to 13, 2005
New input devices are challenging the status quo! Here's the rollermouse for stress
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mousing...
Andrew Sullivan observes how the iPod is isolating society. Well, how about allowing others to listen to your iPod wire
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ly, Apple? Unite the world with music...
Half of the world's 6,000 languages will disappear in
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than a century, leading to "grave consequences for biodiversity" says the U.N.. Most people use one of only 8 languages...
Australian scientists prove that
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trees along the Amazon River mean
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rain...
This thinking also makes for flyer-
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surfaces...
The bottom
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coffee table...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
Telcos are using legislation to prevent large-scale free public wire
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networks...
February 21 to 27, 2005
To those electronics manufacturers who have been talking trash about the iPod, I would counter: stop burdening your devices with need
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features and design bling bling - usable elegance is the ne...
A great article about NASA's programmers and the culture and systems that encourage software development as if engineering mattered. Their code is 99.9% bug-free. Their
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ons can be applied t...
February 7 to 13, 2005
Careful, identity thieves can masquerade as legitimate wire
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hotspots...
Meanwhile, the average American remains clue
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regarding GMOs - only half are aware they are sold, only a third realize they are eating them, and 70% don't think they're possible at all...
Lawrence
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ig writes on why Wilco represents the future of music...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
Cell phones are making area codes obsolete: http://www.wired.com/news/wire
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/0,1382,66437,00.htm...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The first feature film to be delivered via wire
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internet technology was shown at the Sundance Film Festival...
Thanks to rampant over-prescription of antibiotics for over half of U.S. patients, antibiotics may be use
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in 50 years...
January 17 to 23, 2005
Never mind the U.S. - electronics companies are using
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lead in products thanks to European Union regulations...
January 10 to 16, 2005
The big news in Kev's world this week was the introduction of the Mac mini - it's a small yet powerful box not much wider than a CD that supports pretty much any display, keyboard, and mouse for $500...
Are you a Mac-hating bigot? http://www.davidmccand
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.com/funny/applestore.ht...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Organic printable electronics give rise to printable RFID tags that cost
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than five cents each...
More on Michelin's air-
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tire, which lasts two to three times longer than conventional tires...
December 13 to 19, 2004
New airship satellites can provide cheaper wire
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coverage...
December 6 to 12, 2004
A slew of cell phone tour guide companies are taking off: http://www.wired.com/news/wire
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/0,1382,65945,00.htm...
Home
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Iraq vets are showing up at shelters...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
What will be the role of religion in the 21st century? Despite the fact that so many in America purport to be religious, mainstream voices paint the majority of citizens as preferring war over peace...
November 8 to 14, 2004
"Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance Culture for Documentary Filmmakers" - the film "Tarnation" may have cost $200 to make, but it cost $500,000 to clear the rights for it. Stric...
Unemployment among IT workers is higher than the overall job
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rate for the first time in over 30 years...
Eat
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, breathe more - the physics of gluttony...
November 1 to 7, 2004
Note that modern Macs are compatible with Verizon's wire
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BroadbandAccess plan ($80 a month for unlimited access)...
October 25 to 31, 2004
New autostitching algorithms make seam
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panoramas a snap. Now will someone please make a Photoshop plug-in or simple OSX GUI for this...
October 18 to 24, 2004
San Francisco sets the goal of providing everyone in the city free wire
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access...
Nat'l Geographic survey -
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than 15% of U.S. 18-to-24 year olds can locate Iraq on a map...
Turns out humans have
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than 25,000 genes, "about the same as a mustard green"...
October 11 to 17, 2004
The first water
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dishwater uses supercritical carbon dioxide...
Wal-Mart is battling the biggest labels over CD prices. This is basically a lose-lose-lose-lose situation here... Wal-Mart drives the music industry, labels get squeezed, consumers get
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choice...
October 4 to 10, 2004
"A senior U.S. military intelligence officer says that information obtained from prisoners at Guantanamo has proved use
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in the war on terror"...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
Suburbia is a health hazard - a new study has found that not only are people
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healthy due to overdependence on cars, but from a community design perspective, it's a very inefficient way to live...
Cancel your phone and cable TV - start a wire
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neighborhood network...
September 20 to 26, 2004
The popular Kaimuki neighborhood trolley service ends. There's nothing wrong with more bus lines, but now there's
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character, no open-air transportation with wide views, and
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fun for tourist...
Autopsies of the future may require
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surgical probing, thanks to CT/MRI scanning...
Researchers are finding ways to reduce buckyball toxicity: http://news.com.com/Rice+lab+makes+nano+parts+
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+toxic/2110-7337_3-5381544.html?part=rss&tag=5381544&subj=news.7337.2...
September 13 to 19, 2004
Is this movie nothing more than a shame
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ad for an obscure cult...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
"Despite a strong state economy, the home
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rate in Hawaii has nearly doubled over the past four years, and the majority of the new home
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are native Hawaiians and those with some Hawaiia...
Disney creates a revolution in fireworks by creating a compressed air launching system. Air-launched fireworks are more precise,
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polluting, safer, and can be launched higher. How about using thi...
The city of Philadelphia is considering providing free or cheap wire
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Internet access to everybody...
August 22 to 29, 2004
Finally, Coke vending machine offers cash
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purchases via cell phones...
August 15 to 22, 2004
Idea of the Week: Nature Cemeteries What a great concept: there's
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cost and waste for the industry, there's a pent-up demand, land is conserved (and preserved), and it's cheaper for consumers...
I was in line at the Kalihi DMV for two hours getting a replacement license. Three of six clerks are working, and those working spend about 30 seconds each transaction just retrieving paper-base...
Coming soon - wire
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cable TV anywhere...
The Olympics is selling a lot
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tickets than desired...
"If the US Wants to Restore Confidence in Its Voting System It Must Learn
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ons from the Recent Elections in Venezuela"...
August 8 to 14, 2004
Over the last few years developer Kenneth Hughes has proposed an ambitious redevelopment plan, which would replace the nearby HECO power plant with a real parking garage and build apartments...
August 2 to 8, 2004
"Quest for logo a fruit
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pursuit...
Although over 80% of the public feels that e-voting is safe (or have no opinion), over 80% of security experts feel that current e-voting systems are much
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secure than traditional paper-base...
"Stealth wallpaper" can prevent insecure wire
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networks from being hijacked...
"...the information superhighway... will collapse" http://www.
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ig.org/blog/archives/002065.shtml#00206...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
The first true city-wide wire
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network...
Kona Brewing Co. in Hawaii Kai is now a free wire
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network hotspot! I'm spending more time there...
SecuritySpy - This Mac-based software allows one to install a cheap multi-cam security system for many thousands
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than traditional systems...
Lawrence
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ig on the "This Land Is Your Land" lawsuit threat. This action goes against everything Woody Guthrie stood for...
July 19 to 25, 2004
Apple has released software for Verizon's $80 a month nationwide roaming wire
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network - get online anywhere in the U.S....
July 5 to 11, 2004
Not a product yet, but a concept: this Bluetooth wire
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device attaches to your luggage and blinks when you are near it at the baggage carousel. Other neat ideas here...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
An article on those trying to get China to eat more vegetarian and
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things like sparrow chicks, snake heads, and badgers. Old cultures are hard to change though. "Asked why she eats domestic cats...
June 21 to 27, 2004
Texas is putting wire
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net access into rest stops to encourage breaks - a great idea...
1) radio is becoming
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of a factor in music popularity, and 2) artists should encourage the live recording community...
June 7 to 13, 2004
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ons from the Wol...
May 24 to 30, 2004
Curious locals dig up Area 51 wire
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perimeter sensors on public land and get busted by the FBI and Air Force agents...
Computer
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single mom gets busted by the RIAA, can't afford to settle...
May 17 to 23, 2004
Attract tenants with wire
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May 10 to 16, 2004
A lot of prefab buzz is going around on the net these days. I hope more people are getting tired of living in expensive, soul
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boxes! About the Glidehouse debut...
Better than the Pringles can! Use $3 Chinese cooking vat scoops to create wire
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connections spanning about 7 miles...
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Than 7 Degrees of Separatio...
A study finds that people who don't work for their money are
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satisfied than those who do...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
A new open-source software kit turns batches of old, obsolete PCs into wire
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community networks...
"Eco-friendly" diapers may not be so eco-friendly after all: http://fig.org/jana/child/diaper
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.htm...
April 19 to 25, 2004
Study: "
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soft drinks reduces obesity"...
April 12 to 18, 2004
Remember, April 19 to 25 is "TV Turnoff Week"! A survey finds that people watch
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TV after letting go of the boob tube for a week...
AT&T's new music identification service seems to work pretty well: http://www.dailywire
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.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=179&mode=&order=0&thold=...
April 5 to 11, 2004
Bioengineered weed-killer resistant grass is being tested on golf courses. Un
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trimmed regularly, it may flower and spread to public areas...
March 31, 2004
While the islands have seen a few distinctive architects that were compelled, nurtured, and influenced by Hawaii's natural environment - Dickey, Ossipoff, Morgan - the last 40 years has been witnes...
Hawaii Kai is one of the most garish neighborhoods I've seen. Hawaii is not Greece, Italy, or Hollywood. So why build faux (stucco, fenced-in, highly paved) structures which are neither here no...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
A-POC ("A Piece of Cloth"): Seam
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clothing A new manufacturing method is changing how clothes are made by making ready-to-wear seam
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clothes out of a single piece of cloth. This process ca...
A nice summary of four up-and-coming wire
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technologies - WiMax, 802.16e, 802.11n, and Ultrawideband...
March 22 to 28, 2004
Lawrence
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ig released his latest book, and you can download and read it for free. If living in an open, free culture is important to you, or if you take photos, draw, write, make music, or i...
A portable, cord
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soldering tool that runs on 4 AA batteries, heats in one second, and cools in two...
Musician Kevin Shields created one of the most expensive, influential and highly praised albums of the last two decades - "Love
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". Here's his first interview in 12 years...
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is more A 3D art contest, made with code no bigger than 256 characters...
March 8 to 14, 2004
Encyclopedias, whether printed or digital, are becoming
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popular...
Those who do not learn from history... The amazing Lawrence
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ig wrote a nice piece on how Hollywood, radio, cable TV, and the music industries were all born from content piracy...
Elcodrive's debut album "Somewhere Between Now and Then" was enhanced with HSS technology. One critic says "Elcodrive has not put forth any newfangled ideas in their release, which translates int...
March 1 to 7, 2004
Cinergy becomes the first electric utility in the U.S. to offer high-speed Internet service via its power lines. The benefits of using such as service in Hawaii are obvious (reach rural areas, les...
Lawrence
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ig's article on why he thinks he lost last year's Supreme Court battle over copyright terms...
Wire
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technology is helping native Americans in California go online and learn computing skills...
February 23 to 29, 2004
Summarize a novel in 25 words (or
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)... "The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien: Little guys go to a lot of trouble to get rid of stolen jewelry....
February 16 to 22, 2004
Add wire
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to your business! At Schlotzsky's in Texas, a survey finds that more than 40 percent of customers say that free wire
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access is a factor in choosing the restaurant to dine at...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
Well, the last week has been short on news, due to my being stuck in California at a crappy hotel - Crowne Plaza - the toilet's broken, the hot/cold faucets are reversed, the vending machine doesn'...
"Wire
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Cable TV In The Works"...
January 19 to 25, 2004
"Free Wire
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Everywhere...
December 15 to 21, 2003
Multiple studies have confirmed that there is at least 10%
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sunlight striking the Earth than 30 years ago. A special session on "global dimming" is being formed for the next joint meeting of th...
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ons learned: UH and the Star-Bulletin need to get their science/high-tech reporting act together. This item was featured in dozens of international publications before locals got wind of it.....
December 8 to 14, 2003
Cerritos, CA becomes the first entire city to go completely wire
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December 1 to 7, 2003
A great five-part essay on the home
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problem in San Francisco, which has the nation's worst problem with "hard-core home
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ness". What to know what life is really like on the street...
October 27 to November 2, 2003
20%
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males aged 18 to 34 are watching TV compared to last year...
October 14, 2003
The main point of this is that now a single computer can replace an entire cellular tower's worth of expensive equipment. This means smaller installations and better coverage to rural areas. Plus i...
August 4, 2003
It is official U.S. policy to encourage people to buy larger,
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efficient cars: "The Senate rejected a proposal to require a sharp increase in automobile fuel economy Tuesday after concerns wer...
July 21, 2003
Making the rounds of instant netpop fame are these two hap
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Korean teenagers singing in a video karaoke booth...
July 10, 2003
"This is coming whether we like it or not," said Jim Lewis, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It's not how do we stop the tidal wave. It's how do we manage it." Also, if yo...