Tag Archives: WearComp

Think-a-writer

By alex | Published: 6/16/2006
The Grail for Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)–or at least an interim grail–is being able to think words into a computer. Through what seems to be a fairly painstaking process, this can now be accomplished. It’s an exciting proposition, I think, because it suggests the idea of typing at the speed of thought. Of course, it turns […]
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Of grills and other implants

By alex | Published: 4/11/2006
Strange story on CNN about an attempt to seize suspects’ “fancy teeth”. The FBI tried to whisk a couple of drug dealers off to a dentist to… get up in their grills, I guess. Their attorney put a stop to it. But it does raise some interesting issues. Do they go to jail with gems […]
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Mobile Retail

By alex | Published: 6/23/2005
Last night we talked a bit about retail informatics. One of the things we didn’t talk about was the move from retail stores to highly mobile retail. When I got home, this commercial (wmv format) from Nextel was on. (I know we have an alektorophobe in the class who should probably avoid watching; I don’t […]
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Google Maps Walking Tour

By alex | Published: 2/27/2005
Tim Bray posted a link to Udell’s Google Maps walking tour of Keene, NH, in case anyone (like me), hadn’t seen it. This is really very cool: it’s what happens when you allow others to co-design your service. I don’t know how many of the current MI students read my blog (I suspect very few), […]
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