His Master’s Toys

“All is but toys: renown, and grace, is dead; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of” — William Shakespeare

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Bridger Maxwell, 17 yo kid building multi-touch display for OSX

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Definitely my coolest find of the day:17 year old Bridger’s blog documents his efforts to build a multi-touch display for OSX. Check out the results here…

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Tags: gadget

Theft in Shanghai!

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

My fears came true in Shanghai. After visiting Island6 and having a great discussion with their artists and volunteers, we went to the awesome JZ Club, one of the best jazz clubs I have ever been to.

From China

We were talking to the drummer Gilbert, when minutes later, one of our bags was gone. The [...]

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Tags: china · gadget · travel

Remotely programming a cardiac pacer or defibrillator

March 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It is not important to ask ‘when’ the first heart device will be hacked. As is always with any innovation, universal acceptance happens sooner rather than later, however controversial it might be.A more interesting discussion is — what happens if the heart devices allowing open access. What is it that changes? 
As with every change, the [...]

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Apple reveals iTV

September 12th, 2006 · No Comments

Why I love Apple:
“The surprise came in the form of a preview of an unfinished product: The iTV, a small, sleek box that will let people wirelessly move digital movies, TV shows, music videos and photos from personal computers to big-screen televisions.
‘I hope that gives you a little bit of an idea of where we [...]

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