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Future Tech: Mind Blowing Photosynth Demo
If you are reading this right now you are no stranger to digital communities - be it Myspace, Facebook, TeamSugar or Flickr. Now consider a type of software that is capable of taking images from kindred communities, analyzing them for similarities, and grafting them together into an interactive three-dimensional space that puts the "networking" idea of some social sites to shame. Blaise Aguera y Arcas is an architect at Microsoft Live Labs, and the co-creator of Photosynth, a piece of software capable of assembling photos into a collection of zoomable, navigatable spaces.
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Daily Tech: $30,000 Gets You the Hoverboard From Back to the Future
- The original Mattel Hoverboard, used by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future is now on sale on eBaywith bidding starting at $30,000. — Geekologie
- Rumors are swirling that Apple is beta testing iPhone's 2.1 firmware, which is said to include more GPS functionality.
Daily Tech: Nike Coming Out With Marty McFly Sneakers!
- The Nike McFly 2015s may not give you airborne flying capabilities, but they will look like MJF's ankle-high sneakers and offer Flywire technology, which is said to be ultra-light materials. Watch for their availability in late July. — Wired
- Sony Ericsson takes home the greenest electronics company award in Greenpeace's Greener Electronics Guide.
Daily Tech: The Future of Cleantech In the US
- Doug Aamoth from CrunchGear attended the Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum in Vail, Colorado and got an inside look at what's happening at the state and federal levels when it comes to renewable power sources. — CrunchGear
- Sony has just come out with a line of new and improved T-series Cybershot digital cameras that are extremely thin and offer 15MB of internal memory. Prices range from $300 - $400.
Daily Tech: The House of the Future Returns to Disneyland
- Microsoft, HP, and LifeWare will be sponsoring the second House of the Future at Disneyland, which will cost $15 million. — DVICE
- Starting today through Monday Feb. 18, T-Mobile will be waiving their $35 activation fee for new T-Mobile plans.
Gossip Girl Tech Quiz: "Remains of the J" Episode
Scandal! Last night's Gossip Girl simmered from slow to steady to finally laying groundwork for future boiling. But that doesn't mean I wasn't stoked on the showing of the tech, of which there was plenty, along with the gorgeous clothes, as per usual (check them out on CelebStyle!) See how well you were paying attention with my tech quiz!
Daily Tech: CEO of MySpace Announces His Departure
- Chris DeWolfe, MySpace cofounder and CEO, will not be renewing his contract and will be stepping down from his position in the very near future. — TechCrunch
- Check out the full review of Peek's latest Pronto device, which can check up to five email accounts and is compatible with Microsoft Exchange. — Boing Boing Gadgets
- Lifehacker scored an interview with one of our favorite geeks — Steve Wozniak — and even got him to admit that he has a hacking fetish.
Geeks We Love: Adam Pash of Lifehacker
Continuing on with our Geeks We Love interview series, I'd like to introduce you to Adam Pash, the editor of one of my all-time favorite blogs, Lifehacker. This past January, Adam took over the helm at Lifehacker when Gina Trapani stepped down from her position, and he's been doing an amazing job ever since. Aside from running a site that's filled with more productivity tips, organizational tools, and useful downloads than you can imagine, Adam has also co-authored the book How to Do Everything with Your iPhone and can be found whipping up helpful web applications of his very own.
Drew Barrymore Says She's Confused by Technology in Dating
As one of the producers of the upcoming anti-rom-com He's Just Not That Into You, Drew Barrymore was able to add some of her own dating experience to her character, Mary, whom we saw battling the many portals of technology a couple months ago in the trailer.
Pop had the chance to chat with Drew about the film (and the perhaps-future Charlie's Angel movie), and she admitted to being able to relate with Mary about the hurdles that tech presents in meeting people:
"My character in the movie is tech-savvy and tech-wary, and the wary part is all from me. I really wanted to inject that into the character.
Twitter to Be Taught in School: What Else Should Be Taught?
Remember back to the subjects you were taught in school; imagine then if you'd sat through a class on Twitter; learned the ins and outs of Wikipedia. That's the future my friends, at least in Britain: it seems that Twitter, Wikipedia, podcasting, and blogging will be taught in UK schools.
This will all be taught before the age of 11, and while, sure, we don't know how long the first two services will be around in their present incarnations, I suppose it's not entirely shocking that the curriculum is changing to reflect the times.
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