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one to beam up

one to beam up 08/28/2004 10:08 PM
Here are the remarks (I don't think it's quite long enough to be called a speech) that I'm delivering at Jimmy Doohan's Farewell Convention Dinner in an hour-and-a-half.

Two to Beam Up

Two to Beam Up 06/17/2004 04:10 PM

Remember a few months back when photons were successfully teleported? Well, they've done it with atoms now.

In quantum teleportation, the sender, normally called Alice, instantaneously transfers information about the quantum state of a particle to a receiver called Bob. The uncertainty principle means that Alice cannot know the exact state of her particle. However, another feature of quantum mechanics called "entanglement" means that she can teleport the state to Bob.

I'm not real sure what all that means, but I'm sure that soon they'll be able to do this with multiple atoms at the same time. I think we've all seen "The Fly" enough times to understand how many ways this technology can go wrong. If they're going to start building Star Trek contraptions, let's start with a holodeck. Wouldn't you rather your garage looked like the moon than risk a trip to the moon in a teleporter.

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Beam me up, Scotty

Beam me up, Scotty 04/09/2004 04:12 PM
CNN/Money reports that Microsoft and Sun have dropped their lawsuits, although the terms make it sound more like they settled out of court and Sun won: Microsoft has agreed to pay Sun a total of $1.950 billion, while Sun agreed to pay Microsoft royalties for any technology it incorporates into its products. (The Times of India has a franker and more helpful article.) Yes, Scott McNealy apparently worea Trekkie outfit to the press conference In addition, CEO's Bill Gates and Scott McNealy announced that they are producing the feature film "Star Trek: Unholy Alliance" in which Captain McNealy of the...

Beam me up, mini

Beam me up, mini 09/25/2004 11:37 AM
About three weeks after I first moved into my Rhode Island apartment, I found myself struggling through my first blackout. With most of my belongings still in boxes, I was forced to navigate my still-unfamiliar surroundings with the only light I could find — the backlight on my iPod. That being said Griffin Technology, creators of some of the coolest accessories ever to grace an Apple product — or desktop — have announced a whole new iPod accessory, one that adds nothing to the musical value of the iPod, or its aesthetic appeal, or its recording capabilities. Quite simply, this new iPod add-on turns the iPod or iPod mini into a flashlight (or a laser pointer). Called <A HREF="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/ibeam/">i Beam</A>, the snap-on flashlight “is great for finding keys in the dark. The other half of the package is a class IIIA laser pointer, handy for iPod-friendly presentations and other, less professional pursuits. Both units come with a snap-on protective cap that can be attached to any keychain for convenient portability and accessibility.” Which, of course, lends itself to the age-old question: What will they think of next?

Beam us up, mossbacks

Beam us up, mossbacks 06/19/2004 01:33 AM
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The New Bluetooth: More on the Beam

The New Bluetooth: More on the Beam 04/07/2005 10:11 AM
Business Week Apr 7 2005 2:14PM GMT

Beam of Pain

Beam of Pain 06/07/2004 10:56 AM
A roundup of new weapon technologies in this Sacramento Bee piece:

Test subjects can't see the invisible beam from the Pentagon's new, Star Trek-like weapon, but no one has withstood the pain it produces for more than three seconds. People who volunteered to stand in front of the directed energy beam say they felt as if they were on fire. When they stepped aside, the pain disappeared instantly.

The long-range column of millimeter-wave energy is known as the "Active Denial System" for its ability to prevent an aggressor from advancing. Senior military officials, who plan to deliver the device for troop evaluation this fall, say years of testing has produced no sign it will lead to health effects beyond perhaps causing skin to temporarily redden.(...)

But in an era of secret interrogations of al-Qaida suspects and revelations of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, Executive Director Doug Johnson of the Minneapolis-based Center for Torture Victims is skeptical. "It seems fundamentally a weapon that's designed to create a great deal of pain and fear," Johnson said. "The concern I would have is ... once this kind of technology is available and there's a perception that it's safe and nonlethal, it seems like a natural device to be used in interrogations.

Link (Via Warren)

Sirius, Microsoft to beam TV to your car

Sirius, Microsoft to beam TV to your car 01/06/2005 09:45 AM
Need lots of distractions to quell those raucous kids fidgeting in the back seat of your minivan on the way to Grandma's house? Well, there may be some help on the horizon, now that Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. says it will add video transmissions to its U.S. pay-radio system in 2006. In another splash of technology convergence that is seeing the boundaries melt between all forms of electronic communications, Sirius said yesterday that in the second half of 2006 it will add two or three channels of video content to the lineup of about 120 channels of digital music, talk and information that it already beams by satellite to more than one million subscribers in the United States.

How to beam audio--and video--around
your house

How to beam audio--and video--around
your house 12/11/2003 09:41 PM
ZDNet Dec 11 2003 8:03PM ET

Lasers turn beam on TV recycling

Lasers turn beam on TV recycling 06/15/2004 03:26 AM
BBC Jun 15 2004 8:02AM GMT

UK Police Want An Automotive Tractor
Beam

UK Police Want An Automotive Tractor
Beam 12/30/2003 07:23 AM

Beam It Up, Gabe - The Steam at the end
of the tunnel

Beam It Up, Gabe - The Steam at the end
of the tunnel 04/07/2005 04:54 AM

N.J. Man Indicted in Laser Beam Case
(AP)

N.J. Man Indicted in Laser Beam Case
(AP) 03/26/2005 05:36 AM

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TV May Soon Beam From Cell Phone Screens
(AP)

TV May Soon Beam From Cell Phone Screens
(AP) 01/06/2005 07:49 PM
AP - The screens may be tiny and the batteries overworked, but the wireless industry is bringing TV to a cell phone near you.

SQL-Abstract-1.14

SQL-Abstract-1.14 11/04/2003 11:41 PM

SQL-Abstract-1.15

SQL-Abstract-1.15 11/06/2003 10:48 PM

Beam Your Favorite Shows to an
Expandable Cache

Beam Your Favorite Shows to an
Expandable Cache 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
For the last five years, TiVo and ReplayTV have enabled users to digitally record television shows. But the number of shows that can be stored on one of these machines is limited by the size of its hard drive. Some users - those who like to keep their favorite shows around - have gotten around this by copying them to VCR's or DVD recorders.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. 03/06/2004 01:57 AM
mmmm. raw data.

Abstract classes in .NET

Abstract classes in .NET 10/26/2002 03:40 AM
CNET Oct 26 2002 2:37AM ET

SQLite-Abstract-0.1

SQLite-Abstract-0.1 01/07/2005 02:29 AM

Email-Abstract-1.0

Email-Abstract-1.0 05/27/2004 12:21 AM

DBIx-Abstract-1.005

DBIx-Abstract-1.005 03/15/2003 05:56 AM

Mars laser will beam super-fast data.

Mars laser will beam super-fast data. 09/17/2004 12:36 AM
New Scientist: Mars laser will beam super-fast data. Outer space? Check. Frickin' laser beams? Check. It seems like it would be easier to receive the laser signal at a satellite and then beam it down to Earth via radio.

Sony aims to beam sights, sounds into
brain

Sony aims to beam sights, sounds into
brain 04/07/2005 05:57 PM
If you think video games are engrossing now, just wait: PlayStation maker Sony Corp. has been granted a patent for beaming sensory information directly into the brain.

The technique could one day be used to create video games in which you can smell, taste, and touch, or to help people who are blind or deaf. The U.S. patent, granted to Sony researcher Thomas Dawson, describes a technique for aiming ultrasonic pulses at specific areas of the brain to induce "sensory experiences" such as smells, sounds and images.

News source: CNN

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Nanowire Wrapping a Beam of Light around
a Human Hair

Nanowire Wrapping a Beam of Light around
a Human Hair 12/18/2003 01:03 PM
BoingBoing pal Roland Piquepaille says:

The nanotechnology research field is pretty fertile these days. Researchers at Harvard recently showed a nanowire which could be the next big diagnostic tool for doctors. Meanwhile, University of Southern California scientists have developed a 'nanosensor' that only works when noise is added. And another Harvard team has developed nanoscale fibers that are thinner than the wavelengths of light they carry which may have applications in ever-shrinking medical products and tiny photonics equipment such as nanoscale laser systems, tools for communications and sensors. This news roundup contains more details and references about these projects. You'll also find a stunning picture of a s ilica nanowire wrapping a beam of light around a strand of human hair.

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Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.6

Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.6 09/01/2004 12:11 AM

Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.5

Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.5 08/29/2004 06:06 PM

Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.4

Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.4 08/12/2004 09:52 AM

Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.03

Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.03 05/31/2004 05:39 AM

Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.01

Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.01 05/23/2004 06:07 PM

Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.02

Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.02 05/26/2004 10:45 AM

Wirelessly beam MP3s to your car's
digital audio player

Wirelessly beam MP3s to your car's
digital audio player 11/01/2003 12:54 PM
You know how sometimes you think up a gadget but you figure that no one will ever build it? Well, the Omnifi is one of those gadgets, except that it's real. The Omnifi is a digital media player for your car with a 20GB hard drive and an 802.11b WiFi attachment which actually makes it possible (assuming your car is within range) to wirelessly beam your music directly to your car from your PC. You can also set it to automatically transmit all sorts of information to your car, like the weather, news, etc. The hard drive can also detach and be connected to a PC (sorta like the Phatnoise system) if your car is parked too far away for WiFi. Read...

Using Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT)
In Applications

Using Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT)
In Applications 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
A well laid out user interface is an effective means of making applications user-friendly. It is typically used by organizations for accepting orders from customers, getting customer’s feedback on a product, for conducting a market survey on the latest trends in economy.

PHPBuilder: Putting a Handle on the
Abstract

PHPBuilder: Putting a Handle on the
Abstract 02/10/2003 09:04 AM

sacbee.com -- News -- Invisible beam
tops list of nonlethal weapons

sacbee.com -- News -- Invisible beam
tops list of nonlethal weapons 06/06/2004 03:12 AM
Invisible beam tops list of nonlethal weapons .. Pentagon Working on Invisible Beam Weapon .. From the "this does not bode well" file .. Pentagon sets phaser to "pain" .. invisible pain ray .. Read article .. :

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Create interesting (abstract) graphics
with iTunes

Create interesting (abstract) graphics
with iTunes 03/19/2003 10:24 PM
Here's a simple hint on an easy way to create attractive abstract images for personal use (for the Desktop, Photoshop backgrounds, on iCards, etc.) with iTunes:Turn visual effects on in iTunes, preferably full screen Capture...

Brief Abstract of Wikipedia's
Mesothelioma Cancer page

Brief Abstract of Wikipedia's
Mesothelioma Cancer page 06/26/2005 02:07 AM
Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant (cancerous) cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).
Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products.
In the United States, the average mesothelioma-related settlement was $1 million; for cases that go to trial awards averaged $6 million, according to a study by the RAND Corporation. Only a small fraction of the thousands of asbestos-related lawsuits in the United States every year are related to mesothelioma. In 2004, a bill in the United States Senate aimed a asbestos litigation reform failed to reach a floor vote. In January of 2005, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter announced he would again try to pass an asbestos litigation reform bill.
A separate bill introduced on March 17, 2005, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 (FAIR act of 2005), seeks to ensure a set amount of compensation dependent on the symptoms of the victim. The range is from Medical Monitoring for victims with Asbestosis or Pleural Disease to $35,000 for victims with Mixed Disease With Impairment all the way to over $1,000,000 for Mesothelioma victims and nonsmoking Lung Cancer victims from: Wikipedia's Mesothelioma page
Open Directory Project's Mesothelioma Category

2003 Statistical Abstract of the United
States

2003 Statistical Abstract of the United
States 02/13/2004 07:01 AM
2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States
htt p://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.html

The 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States is now online and continues to gives us access to very valuable demographics and economic information on the United States. I have addded this to my Subject Tracer™ Information Blog Business Intelligence and will be adding this to my Business Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

Hurricane report from Q-Burns Abstract
Message

Hurricane report from Q-Burns Abstract
Message 08/18/2004 12:23 PM
Famed DJ and friend of BoingBoing Michael Donaldson, aka QBurns Abstract Message, had just returned from tour in Eastern Europe last week when the hurricane hit his home in Florida. There's no electricity yet in many places, but he's hiding out in his recording studio with a dial-up connection and a hamster-powered laptop and e-mails us this report. Image: snapshot of a frightened cat coming out of hiding a couple days after the storm.

The winds here in Orlando were at about 90 MPH when it hit. The was a lot of destruction, but somehow my house and property ended up completely unscathed. The worst part lasted 45 minutes. I just sat in the dark with my cat and a bottle of wine watching the whole thing out the window. It was really crazy. Saw the trees flapping around and then I kept seeing flashes of blue and green in the sky ... I thought this was some strange lightning but found out later it was actually electrical transformers exploding across the neighborhood. Wow.

I've been through at least 3 hurricanes in my life and have never seen anything like this either. The city is like a warzone with debris and fallen trees and power lines everywhere. It was starting to get cleaned up as I left home yesterday, so hopefully when I return all will be back to normal. I can't even imagine what it looks like down south in the Ft. Meyers area, which received the full force of the storm. It actually weakened a bit before it hit central Florida.

My business partner has a 30 foot tree laying in his backyard. Another friend has a tree about that big in his swimming pool (no idea how he'll get that out). Yet another friend lives in a neighborhood that is in a 'dead end' road. A huge tree has fallen in the path of their only exit, and they can only leave by foot. I guess I got off easy. None of us have any power, though.

The storm was followed by eerie silence and the even eerier sight of my neighborhood residents walking the lightless streets, Night Of The Living Dead-style, surveying the damage. A friend of mine owned a bar that miraculously had power so after a few phone calls we convened there 90 minutes after the hurricane's end. About 60 people showed and I started playing records and doing vodka shots. This had the makings of a really nice party as a ton of frustration and stress was being expelled by all. We were stopped at about 1 AM by a number of cops who claimed the city was in a state of emergency and there was a curfew in effect all over the city. We either left the party or we were to be arrested. Thus we were ordered to tipsily navigate the darkened, traffic light-less, wreckage covered streets to our hot, powerless, and, in some cases, devastated homes. You think the 'man' would give us a break.

images part one, images part two. And here's a gallery of personal snaps from Maria, one of the "hurricane party" attendees (owner of the frightened cat above): Link. Bonus: a brand new Q-Burns Abstract Message DJ mix available for online listening and/or download -- Link

Update: an anonymous BB reader sends in this wmv file -- a composite of time-lapse stills of Hurricane Charley hitting Florida over the span of about seven hours. Link
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