A "virtual wall" of spy drones and automated surveillance technologies has slowly taken shape along the US/Mexican border: Wired. View full entry
Apple launches MacBook: 13-in, Core Duo, black and white cases. | Endgadget View full entry
Inspired by Neal Stephenson's fictional Snow Crash, Google is now integrating user created environments into Google Earth. CNN See also Google 3D Warehouse View full entry
An interesting blend of environmental design and advertising at O'Hare... Read. View full entry
"Satellite mapping enthusiasts from all over Europe are planning to descend on the Isle of Wight... to create a completely free digital map of the whole island. These high-tech cartographers will drive, cycle and ramble all over the island, using their GPS receivers to record the co-ordinates of... View full entry
As numerous tech sites are reporting this morning, Google is giving away a "personal" version of SketchUp, free. Limitations are similar to GoogleEarth (no extra format export), with a "Pro" version for the classic price of $495.00. Also released - 3d warehouse for all your modeling extras. View full entry
"Snakelike robots fortified with cameras and sensors could inch up and around storm drains and pipes to help rescue victims trapped by natural disasters." Wired. View full entry
A San Jose company speculates about the future of solar-powered wafers, etc. NYT. View full entry
"Broadband communications and faster computers are changing the way seismic engineering research is done. The combination enables simultaneous collaboration not only between individuals, but also between ever more sophisticated physical and computational experiments at simulation labs across the... View full entry
"A new national web of research labs for studying materials and assemblies under complex seismic loading is beginning to revolutionize earthquake engineering research and deliver on sophisticated promises." ENR. Actual lab website: NEES. View full entry
Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing - the new book from Studies and Observations principal, writer and critical futurist Adam Greenfield. Interviewed. View full entry
"With India fast emerging as design outsourcing hub, there is a need to equip the country's current generation of architects on 3D concepts... The (Autodesk) centre of excellence is in line with company's vision to empower India's enormous talent pool..." Read I wonder how my Rupees a copy of... View full entry
Journalists over the years have assumed they were writing their headlines and articles for two audiences - fickle readers and nitpicking editors. Today, there is a third important arbiter of their work: the software programs that scour the Web, analyzing and ranking online news articles on behalf... View full entry
The next release of Apple's operating system, Leopard, will include Boot Camp, a technology that will allow you to install and run Windows XP. Discuss View full entry
Microsoft is testing an addition to it's mapping site. Currently users can "drive" through the streets of Seattle or San Francisco. This is also in addition to it's bird's eye photos. I wonder what google's response will be. Check it out here. View full entry
