Tag Archives: Technology
Comestible coatings
Had lunch with Jamie and Jane today. Conversation turned to edible packaging. Jane said she wouldn’t eat the packaging, because it would likely be dirty. Oh, yeah. No wonder it’s been slow to market. (“The agency predicts that these products could be on the market as early as 2002.”)
Where are you?
One of the topics that always seems to grab students when we talk about privacy is the question of subdermal trackers. Digital Angel holds some patents on personal locators, and caused quite a stir when they announced that they were about to test subdermal versions of their devices. They quickly backed up on that, but […]
And beyond
It would be hard to miss this news, but Scaled Composites has officially announced the existence of SpaceShipOne, which has quickly become a front runner for the X-prize. I am a big fan of Burt Rutan. When I first took flying lessons, years ago, my aim was to eventually build and fly one of his […]
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