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December 20 to 31, 2005
The weight of American tourists is ca
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chairs on the Queen Mary 2 to break...
April 18 to 24, 2005
The EU last year fined Microsoft $700 million for ab
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its near-monopoly in the software industry. Meanwhile, an EU Commissioner who could affect the amount of these fines was invited to a lavish...
April 11 to 17, 2005
It now seems possible to start and maintain a scalable company
using
nothing but hosted Web applications. Who needs machine rooms any more? As the net gets faster, physical location becomes mor...
It's official - all the greatest new technology will be here in five years: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/11/popularity_of_
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_.htm...
Laptop design is ca
using
posture-related problems...
April 4 to 10, 2005
Low-power FM (LPFM) radio, devised by the FCC to provide an alternative to corporate-centric radio, is now being dominated by Christian radio networks, effectively limiting the diversity of loca...
Someone crossed Google Maps with Craigslist ho
using
ads...
The book "Shadow Cities" describes squatter cities - they end up being cleaner and safer than low-income ho
using
developments...
Best Buy arrests a man for
using
$2 bills. The police said "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world." I didn't know that terrorists paid for their nuclear weapons
using
$...
Hey developers! Use Ecoglo, non-radioactive, non-toxic, non-battery-
using
technology for your emergency lighting systems...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
What blows my mind is that many of the documents I examined and commented on came from the 1992 hypertext www-talk archives, which I helped archive in the first place,
using
software that I wrot...
Unfortunately, all the armor on their Strykers is ca
using
tire pressure problems...
March 21 to 27, 2005
Once upon a time, anti-war/pro-peace messages in mainstream media were a little more direct, involving protest music with pointed lyrics and shocking fashion. Now in today's information-cynical world...
March 14 to 20, 2005
How fast can mistakes travel in this digital age? Thanks to a transcriptionist's typo, a 1962 nuclear test blast called "Project Sedan" was renamed "Project Sudan", ca
using
an international inciden...
using
the BlueSniper rifle, hackers were able to extract information from PDAs and cell phones from people in the U.S. Bank building in L.A. from over a mile away...
March 7 to 13, 2005
There's a potpourri of online recycling and disposal service resources for the state, but they all offer overlapping, redundant, conf
using
, incomplete, and inaccurate information. Why can't there be ...
New input devices are challenging the status quo! Here's the rollermouse for stressless mo
using
...
The blogosphere's raving about 27 year-old Maya Arulpragasam, daughter of a Sri Lankan revolutionary, who's mixing terrorist themes with pop art and music and ca
using
an stir among critics as well a...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
Telcos are
using
legislation to prevent large-scale free public wireless networks...
Extreme bomb blasts are ca
using
an "alarming increase" in the amount of Iraqi vets with brain damage...
February 21 to 27, 2005
In a panel at a Web conference in 1995 I talked about the inevitable rise of instant stardom and its perils, once the Web got popular. Here are some of the latest subjects - a very funny online vide...
Visa will be
using
the same technology for its credit cards, but with multiple layers of encryption and fraud detection. Because in the U.S., money is far more important than your identity...
People
using
T-Mobile services (like Paris Hilton, who had her personal address book posted all over the net this week) should realize how incredibly easy they are to hack...
Bored? Try pixel art,
using
Post-Its for pixels...
February 14 to 20, 2005
Scientists create the first deafness "cure"
using
gene therapy...
Chloroflourocarbon-free expanded polystyrene ho
using
can withstand the worst earthquakes recorded and is energy-efficient too...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
Microsoft is mad about all the Apple iPods that employees are buying and
using
at work...
Try
using
these climate change bumper stickers...
January 24 to 30, 2005
using
Skype (voice over the Internet), John Perry Barlow was called at random by two young women, one in Vietnam and one in Korea, wanting to learn how to speak English. Here's his reflections on "th...
The government is acc
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DuPont of hiding materials that suggest that a chemical in Teflon leads to cancer and birth defects. Not only that, the chemical's been found in people's bloodstreams. Afte...
January 17 to 23, 2005
Never mind the U.S. - electronics companies are
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less lead in products thanks to European Union regulations...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Professor Francis Boyle, an expert on international law from the U. of Illinois, recently gave an informative talk on the restoration of the independent nation state of Hawaii under international law...
A Marine is jailed for ref
using
to pick up a gun, citing religious reasons...
An architecture firm is turning the considerable amount of waste from Boston's massive Big Dig project into office buildings and groovy-looking modern ho
using
...
"Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of
using
Urine to Grow Plants"...
The results of the second holiday champagne chair contest, in which designers made chairs
using
only the material from one champagne bottle...
December 13 to 19, 2004
Researchers find a new efficient way to convert water into hydrogen by
using
high temperature...
December 6 to 12, 2004
The military's
using
robots with machine guns now...
Watching TV "rewires" infant brains, ca
using
behavioral disorders...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Brilliant! Blog Torrent, written in PHP, enables one to serve large files from their servers
using
BitTorrent...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The latest developments regarding the potential move of the Leslie A. Hicks Power Plant near Aloha Tower. Perhaps a "grand" park is not warranted, but it would at least be nice to see a greener mix o...
November 1 to 7, 2004
"Voter oversight ca
using
problems in Travis County...
October 25 to 31, 2004
A new singing contest in Korea has entrants auditioning
using
their cell phones. I hope entries are well-received...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
Hart Intercivic makes those evoting machines that people in Hawaii will be
using
in the upcoming general election. Here's a recent article about a letter written by a former Hart technician wh...
September 20 to 26, 2004
Researchers are studying net viruses
using
methods used to study human epidemics...
using
animal scents - rats for disasters and dogs for cancer...
September 13 to 19, 2004
About the horrible pollution and cancer-ca
using
rivers in China...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Disney creates a revolution in fireworks by creating a compressed air launching system. Air-launched fireworks are more precise, less polluting, safer, and can be launched higher. How about
using
thi...
Skype, the most popular Voice Over IP (VOIP) app, is now available for Mac OSX! Talk to friends around the world for free
using
your Internet connection...
A Wal-Mart is built in the shadow of the great pyramids at Teotihuacan, ca
using
uproar...
August 22 to 29, 2004
The world's smallest optical zoom digital camera,
using
the new ceramic lens technology...
Enterprise ho
using
- creating affordable, sustainable ho
using
in urban, mixed-use environments...
August 15 to 22, 2004
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...
The first invisible barcode system,
using
spray-on DNA-encapsulated inorganic nanomaterial (whew)...
Cell phone users are
using
their cameras in store to copy textbooks...
Got an underperforming theater in your town? Make big bucks by
using
it for video gaming...
Hawaii lumber should be sustainable, especially these days when ho
using
materials are in such demand! The HI Lumber Products Association launches a site...
RIAA lawsuits ca
using
agony, "unexpected twists"...
August 2 to 8, 2004
Amsterdam needs cheap temporary ho
using
for 7,000 college students quickly! A developer is building a temporary, modular, and easily moveable student city made of 1,000 40-foot cargo containers...
July 19 to 25, 2004
Quantum computing breakthrough - a single electron's spin is controlled
using
ordinary transistors...
July 12 to 18, 2004
"Dwell magazine leads the rebirth of a modernist movement in ho
using
"...
This critically acclaimed limited edition CD is ca
using
a buzz in the underground music scene - this melancholy, slightly psychedelic, acoustic music is a new musical category called "neofolk" o...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
Finally, the U.S. government is "pleading" users to stop
using
Internet Explorer...
June 14 to 20, 2004
Wal-Mart's RFID-
using
suppliers exceed 100...
A pre-wired, pre-plumbed, cheap 280 square- foot modern modular ho
using
unit that looks decent...
June 7 to 13, 2004
Crystalens is a new laser-based technique for treating cataracts. The implanted lens moves
using
the power of existing eye muscles...
Following in the footsteps of AT&T, telephone giant BT is transforming its entire phone network to
using
IP (Internet) protocol...
May 3 to 9, 2004
* American Express (ca
using
cancellations and delays...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
The Bose L1 is a revolutionary new PA system that points the way to new amplification technology - it eliminates poles, monitors, and bulky equipment, and is ca
using
a stir in the music industry...
Before you laugh, try a little thinking outside of the box: Hawaii needs low-cost ho
using
solutions - how about
using
used shipping containers? Many well-designed structures have been made worldwide...
April 19 to 25, 2004
A new technology
using
nanowires promises storage capacities of 40GB per square centimeter...
Dissatisfied with the mainland, a lot of people are moving to New Zealand these days, leading to a ho
using
boom and sketchy developments...
April 12 to 18, 2004
The youngest writer ever to win an Agatha Award for a mystery novel collaborated with his uncle
using
Apple's new videoconferencing technology - this may be the first award-winning book ever mad...
Just by
using
a white-colored roof on your home, you can save up to 40% in air conditioning costs...
March 31, 2004
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...
The last two years have seen a rise in co-ho
using
and prefabricated architecture projects in Europe and the U.S.. Thanks to the support of cutting-edge shelter magazines such as Dwel...
"Co-ho
using
brings neighbors closer...
Looking at the other side of the world, here's an overview of China's recent massive architectural works: "...the building boom sweeping over China has no precedent in human history." They're usin...
March 22 to 28, 2004
Check out the videos,
using
hot dogs as replacement fingers...
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...
Philips developed a "fluid lens" - a variable-focus lens system with no mechanical moving parts that mimics the human eye's foc
using
mechanism...
Someone's collecting all the election-related wire service stories on Yahoo that use the phrase "The American People". See how politicians are
using
your name in vain...
The first music video ever to be entirely shot
using
a cell phone. Reminds me of the first movies made for the Web ten years ago - in another ten directors may be viewing dailies on their phones...
February 23 to 29, 2004
A nice overview from Popular Science on current brain-machine interface research. "If you think about
using
superconducting magnets, maybe you could figure out how to make a helmet," says [forme...
February 2 to 8, 2004
Advertisers are now
using
MRIs to correlate image affinity to brain activity: "Big government and big companies have been trying to manipulate us since the start of time," [says a study volunteer]...
The latest in modernist prefabricated ho
using
, where you can purchase a beautiful, open wooden contemporary house kit for $100,000...
December 8 to 14, 2003
A man gets out of a ticket
using
a cell phone and a friend with a computer...
December 1 to 7, 2003
In an effort to thwart modern spam filters, spammers are now
using
excerpts of classic novels and poetry in their emails...
November 17 to 23, 2003
Kev's news is now
using
a mailing list program, which means that people can subscribe and unsubscribe automatically, all from...
A working nano-transistor has been self-assembled
using
biology for the first time. A first step to building self-assembling molecular computers...
November 3 to 9, 2003
But some of these healers are ref
using
to divulge information, saying they are not fairly compensated for their information - which could make some biotech firms millions of dollars...
October 6, 2003
The death of the laser show: birth of the new psychedelics? The American Museum of Natural History started a new sound and light show
using
computer graphics called SonicVision. It's a 35-minute movi...
September 30, 2003
The RIAA withdrew one of their suits due to mistaken identity - This Mac-
using
grandma was liable for $300 million for stealing songs by artists such as the rapper "Trick Daddy"...
September 8, 2003
According to "youth marketing experts", Apple is one of the coolest, popular brands among teenagers (even though they're probably
using
Windows at school)...
August 25, 2003
Rockin' on without Microsoft This is the best, no-nonsense, pragmatic, pro-business view of one CEO who removed every bit of Microsoft software from his company. If you're still
using
Windows in you...
By the way: If you are
using
Apple's Mail application, the virus emails will be automatically marked as junk and sent to your junk mail folder. Apple Mail has the best spam detection/removal of an...