Miasma in the House of Bite MeGrassroots journalism & current events, cyberculture, technology, privacy, with a little new criticism, feminism, postmodernism, radical pedagogy, & new media theory thrown in.Heh. New word for the OED: butticular activity. What does it do if you have gas- June 15, 2003 Your ass is the airlines' business. A UK defense-lab is developing "smart" airline seats that attempt to make guesses about your terroristic propensity (and your likelihood of a thrombosis) by monitoring your buttular activity while you're flying. The seats will contain a thicket of pressure sensors that will relay signals to a central computer to assess the seat occupant's behaviour. Are they asleep Motionless for too long Jumpy Qinetiq designer Chris Thorpe says the system could have a...http://boingboing.net/#200421059 Boing Boing on Howard Dean's weblog and Meetups- June 15, 2003 Blogstumping: presidential candidate Howard Dean's weblog. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vermont governor Howard Dean is campaigning by way of "the Howard Dean Blog" and a site called "Blog For America." He's also using Meetup forums to organize local supporters. This is the first example I've seen of blogs being used in a significant way in a presidential campaign. It's nice to see that the former governor has taken care to carry on one of the blogosphere's longstanding...http://boingboing.net/#200422317 After training college students, I wondered how the military got so many up to speed with high tech in Iraq war- June 8, 2003 Tough Talking for Marines in Iraq. During Gulf War II, U.S. military planners talked with pride about a seamless communications network linking troops together. However, a recent study of Marines in Iraq paints a less than rosy picture. By Noah Shachtman. Wired News The question had really dogged me after reading the print article in the latest Wired magazine. It is good to see another take on it here on the Wired News site. Also glad to see somebody get their money's worth out of those damn...http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59106,00.html Lust for Segway, or lust for an engineering marvel- June 8, 2003 A Marketing Craze (and Oh, Yes, a Scooter). In his book on the Segway Human Transporter, a high-tech scooter, Steve Kemper provides a deft depiction of the craft of engineering, and the engineering mentality. By Steve Lohr. New York Times: Technology I still want one in the worst way. Miasma OFF THE SHELF By STEVE LOHR THE Segway Human Transporter, a high-tech scooter, already has a little place in history as a marketing phenomenon, an Andy Warhol product of fleeting fame. For a few...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109581/2003/06/08.html#a37 |