O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologieshttp://radar.oreilly.com/Auckland University Bioengineering Institute- September 11, 2008 I am an industry advisor to the Auckland University Bioengineering Institute and got a tour on Tuesday. It was inspirational! They sprawl over several floors of a tall concrete building in Auckland, expanding from their cramped one-floor presence. Everywhere you look there are people with soldering irons, laptops, and batteries working on devices that sit between hardware and biology. I've...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/auckland-university-bioenginee.html PICNIC Network 2008- September 11, 2008 The week of September 22nd I am going to be flying across the Atlantic for the third PICNIC Network. Ever since i heard about the conference last fall I've wanted to attend. My friends' stories last year focused on the many RFID-enabled art pieces. As discussed in this interview these were developed by Mediamatic, a digital art lab. Last...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/picnic-network-2008.html Portable Contacts API Starts to Get Real- September 11, 2008 This evening Joseph and John of Plaxo and I have been hosting a hackathon at Six Apart for the Portable Contacts API (video about PorC). The Portable Contacts API is designed "to make it easier for developers to give their users a secure way to access the address books and friends lists they have built up all over the...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/portable-contacts-api-starts-t.html Ignite NYC II: Energy, Cupcakes, and Alley vs. Valley- September 9, 2008 On the night before the Web 2.0 Expo NY Ignite is coming back to NYC! On September 15th we will have 10 Ignite speakers who each get just five minutes on stage. Bre Pettis, the co-creator of Ignite will be hosting a cupcake decorating contest. Ignite is going to be at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) where...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/ignite-nyc-ii-energy-cupcakes.html Open Trace and Yammer Shine- September 9, 2008 I'm at Techcrunch50 this week (and will be here for most of the conference). The Enterprise group of startups showed yesterday. It was an interesting cluster of startups to include in At first glance I would have included only one in the traditional Enterprise. When I think of Enterprise in the Web 2.0 space I usually narrow my classification...http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/open-trace-and-yammer-shine.html |