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Wireless Watch 2004: UbiButton Watch
Super Clapper

Wireless Watch 2004: UbiButton Watch
Super Clapper 07/22/2004 08:11 AM

WIRELESS WATCH 2004 is going on in Japan until Friday, and there are plenty of new product demonstrations as well as those currently in development on display. This year's hot sheet includes NTT DoCoMo's "UbiButton," a device similar in form factor to a wristwatch. By detecting the shock waves in the arm created by a simple snapping of the fingers, a switch is flipped that can, for example, turn a light on and off. In other words, DoCoMo has glorified The Clapper to now be called The Snapper. Actually, I know a couple people that can't snap their fingers...what the hell are they supposed to do? [Uhm, clap? - ed] Other highlights from the convention included a working model of a Bluetooth pen, and DDI Pocket's "Jacketphone," a SD card sized PHS module. TechJapan has full Day 1 coverage, with pretty pictures.
Read - WIRELESS JAPAN 2004, Day 1 [TechJapan]

Related
Nokia's Bluetooth digital pen [Gizmodo]

Crazy TokyoFlash watch: the Pimp Watch

Crazy TokyoFlash watch: the Pimp Watch 10/31/2003 09:37 PM
New on the killer TokyoFlash watch site, the Pimp Watch -- at $129, it's a little rich for my blood, but boy, that's some sweet watch action. Link

First, do no harm

First, do no harm 08/30/2004 08:53 PM
JONAH GOLDBERG

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"While causing harm to no one"

"While causing harm to no one" 02/05/2005 09:14 PM
Here's more on today's New York Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. The court ruled that the New York's city clerk may no longer deny marriage licenses to gay couples. The decision, which is available here, won't take effect for 30 days, leaving time for an appeal to be filed before the city clerk would have to begin allowing gay marriages.

On the avoidance of harm...

On the avoidance of harm... 03/13/2003 10:16 AM

There's some fascinating stuff around about the relationship of depressive illness to strategies of harm avoidance:

Clinical depression is associated with two modulations occurring simultaneously and chronically, dysphoria and the generalized stress response. Dysphoria is a modulation that is part of the harm perception/avoidance axis. This is an emotion we all feel when we perceive a futility in our current behavior and experience disappointment. In contrast, we experience anger and aggression when the disappointment is perceived as being caused by an external source. When the disappointment causes dysphoria, the modulation shift increases behavioral inhibition, increases anticipation of harm, increases harm avoidance, increases introspection, decreases exploration of the environment, decreases reactivity to external stimuli, decreases appetite for food and decreases sexual appetite.

In short, it coordinates functions that allow us to retreat, introspect and to redirect our efforts in a more effective direction. In this instance, dysphoria facilitates adaptation to disappointment. [mentalheal thandillness.com]

I like that. Dysphoria faciliates adaptation to disappointment. Lots of interesting things fall out of investigations like these, but this sense of harm avoidance is the one that interests me most - that the depressive personality and the introverted personality are heavily connected. That the wallflower reacts to disappointment, attributed internally. Fascinating stuff.

Self-help equals self-harm?

Self-help equals self-harm? 12/02/2003 03:10 AM
Self-he lp equals self-harm? Are self-help books harmful rather than helpful? This article argues that dissatisfaction with one's abilities and achievements will not not be helped by affirmations of self-worth. Nor will we succeed in coping with the bitter feelings for those who have wronged us by practing the "anger therapy" of slamming a punching bag. [More Inside]

actually threatening bodily harm against
someone

actually threatening bodily harm against
someone 12/13/2003 08:11 AM
kick over a hornet's nest .. why I'm anonymous .. Eric

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Jonah Goldberg: First, do no harm

Jonah Goldberg: First, do no harm 08/31/2004 10:11 AM

How to help MS, harm OSS by not buying
Microsoft

How to help MS, harm OSS by not buying
Microsoft 01/22/2004 03:13 AM
The Register Jan 21 2004 2:42PM GMT

Advice to hackers: Do no harm

Advice to hackers: Do no harm 07/13/2004 08:28 AM

Ocean CO2 Levels May Harm Sea Life

Ocean CO2 Levels May Harm Sea Life 07/17/2004 02:53 AM
Free Internet Press Jul 17 2004 7:10AM GMT

Do no harm: should medical records go
online?

Do no harm: should medical records go
online? 07/11/2004 08:40 PM
ZDNet Jul 12 2004 0:32AM GMT

Microsoft insists lack of UK MD is doing
no harm

Microsoft insists lack of UK MD is doing
no harm 01/26/2004 12:34 PM
Computer Weekly Jan 26 2004 4:17PM GMT

Fake drugs, real harm

Fake drugs, real harm 04/12/2004 04:53 AM
USA Today Apr 12 2004 9:15AM GMT

HILLARY ON THE "IRREPARABLE HARM" A
PRESIDENT CAN DO

HILLARY ON THE "IRREPARABLE HARM" A
PRESIDENT CAN DO 12/07/2003 07:08 AM
Matt Drudge reports the following .. report from Drudge .. HILLARY BASHES GW

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Do Not E-mail registry could do more
harm than good, FTC says

Do Not E-mail registry could do more
harm than good, FTC says 06/16/2004 06:08 PM
InternetRetailer.com Jun 16 2004 9:40PM GMT

Upsurge in child self-harm calls

Upsurge in child self-harm calls 09/05/2004 06:32 PM
An alarming number of children are calling helplines because they are self-harming, say charities.

Nightclub lasers 'may harm sight'

Nightclub lasers 'may harm sight' 09/10/2004 07:22 AM
Lasers used in nightclubs could damage dancers' sight, researchers have warned.

Undersea noise 'does harm whales'

Undersea noise 'does harm whales' 07/22/2004 01:28 PM
The International Whaling Commission says there is evidence that human noise threatens marine mammals.

Warning: lack of technology may harm
your prospects

Warning: lack of technology may harm
your prospects 12/16/2003 12:28 PM
Digital divide leaves underprivileged stranded

Computers may do harm to elementary
school students

Computers may do harm to elementary
school students 01/22/2004 02:20 PM
Joanne Jacobs: "Computers do no good in elementary classrooms and may do harm by shortening attention spans, says this story in Education Reporter." See also The Flickering Mind, by Todd Oppenheimer, which notes that music education, which has been drastically...

Mother's poor diet may harm baby

Mother's poor diet may harm baby 01/29/2004 03:49 AM
Mothers with a poor diet both before and after giving birth could be directly shortening their child's life.

Will China's uncertainty over 3G
licences harm the market?

Will China's uncertainty over 3G
licences harm the market? 11/16/2003 11:37 AM
Telecoms.com Nov 16 2003 10:06AM ET

Forget Harm, Mobile Phones Help Kids
Think Clearly?

Forget Harm, Mobile Phones Help Kids
Think Clearly? 09/23/2004 03:21 AM
Every month or so, yet another study comes out that says mobile phone radiation either does, or does not, cause some sort of bodily harm, often in the form of cancer. Each study is trumpeted by the press as the definitive study on the subject, only to have that view completely turned around a month later. That's why we tend not to write about those sorts of studies any more (and, yes, there was one earlier this week). However, the head of the PTA in the UK is now claiming that mobile phones help kids think clearly. He's quoted as saying: "From a perspective of pupil performance, it can enhance things, because that heating effect actually improves the neuron transfers between neural pathways, and therefore your thinking ability goes up." This, of course, seems to go well beyond what any study has -- though, the guy in question claims a nameless British scientist told him this, so, obviously, it must be true.

DOJ's ERP choice could harm its case
against Oracle

DOJ's ERP choice could harm its case
against Oracle 04/09/2004 05:24 PM
The U.S. Department of Justice's choice of American Management Systems as its supplier for a departmentwide financial management system could complicate the DOJ's antitrust case against Oracle, industry experts said.

DOJ's ERP choice could harm Oracle case

DOJ's ERP choice could harm Oracle case 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ's) announcement this week that it chose American Management Systems Inc. (AMS) as its supplier for a pricey software system is likely to complicate its antitrust case against Oracle Corp., according to industry experts.

""As for involving the French and
Germans, the truth is that they'd do
more harm than good.""

""As for involving the French and
Germans, the truth is that they'd do
more harm than good."" 09/24/2004 04:07 PM

Why Requiring Registration Does More
Harm Than Good For News Sites

Why Requiring Registration Does More
Harm Than Good For News Sites 02/12/2004 05:00 PM
We've been discussing news site registration lately, and Digital Deliverance has a piece where they explain why it's likely to backfire for almost all sites who try it. As we were just saying last week, sites that require registration and/or demographic info tend to get many fewer visitors and a ton of bogus data. As the Digital Deliverance piece points out, most sites aren't even doing anything with that dirty data - so it's completely useless. They're getting fewer visitors and bad data they don't even use for any reasonable purpose. This certainly doesn't help them get more advertising, but the fewer readers does mean they'll get less advertising. Doesn't seem like such a smart strategy - and yet more sites seem to be doing it every day.

ACLU Report: U.S. Drug Laws Harm Women
(AP)

ACLU Report: U.S. Drug Laws Harm Women
(AP) 03/17/2005 03:30 AM
AP - America's war on drugs is inflicting deep and disproportionate harm on women — most of them mothers — who are filling prisons in ever-rising numbers despite their typically minor roles in drug rings, the American Civil Liberties Union and two other groups contend in a major new report.

Microsoft Anti-Spam Move May Harm Rivals

Microsoft Anti-Spam Move May Harm Rivals 11/17/2003 06:37 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Nov 17 2003 6:26PM ET

Microsoft anti-spam move may harm rivals

Microsoft anti-spam move may harm rivals 11/17/2003 07:51 PM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Nov 17 2003 5:36PM ET

Bush misspeak cites U.S. readiness to
harm U.S (Reuters)

Bush misspeak cites U.S. readiness to
harm U.S (Reuters) 08/05/2004 02:15 PM
Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush has told a roomful of top Pentagon brass his administration would never stop looking for ways to harm the United States.

Under fire: Defense bill could harm
computer trade

Under fire: Defense bill could harm
computer trade 07/01/2004 10:35 AM
ZDNet Jul 1 2004 2:17PM GMT

"It’s difficult to think of anyone who
has inflicted more harm on Americans
than their current president."

"It’s difficult to think of anyone who
has inflicted more harm on Americans
than their current president." 05/24/2004 09:53 PM

Science Group Says U.S. Budget Plan
Would Harm Research

Science Group Says U.S. Budget Plan
Would Harm Research 04/23/2004 12:12 AM
The Bush administration's proposed budget for the next five years could cut research financing at 21 of the 24 federal agencies that engage in it, the group said.

WiMAX summit: 'Standards-plus' could
harm 802.16 roadmap

WiMAX summit: 'Standards-plus' could
harm 802.16 roadmap 04/11/2005 08:54 AM
But which roadmap will be followed?

Microsoft: iPod, iTunes limit choice,
harm consumers

Microsoft: iPod, iTunes limit choice,
harm consumers 01/10/2004 03:53 AM
A Microsoft executive said Thursday that the HP and Apple iPod/iTunes agreement would limit choice and harm consumers on the Windows platform...

Librarians, Computer Hobbyists Show The
Harm The Broadcast Flag Will Cause

Librarians, Computer Hobbyists Show The
Harm The Broadcast Flag Will Cause 03/30/2005 11:09 PM
While judges seemed sympat hetic to the legal questions raised concerning the FCC's right to mandate a "broadcast flag," the one big stumbling block was that the judges were not convinced that the groups who were suing (librarians, academics, computer hobbyists) had any standing in the case. That is, it was not clear that there was direct harm as a result of the flag. These groups went back to the drawing table and worked up a brief outlining the potential harm the broadcast flag would do. If the judges find the brief compelling, then they may tell the FCC it has no right to impose a broadcast flag on technologies. This would be a big win in allowing firms to innov ate without first having to ask for permission from the entertainment industry.

Bush Insists His Administration Seeking
'new Ways to Harm Our Country' - from
TBO.com

Bush Insists His Administration Seeking
'new Ways to Harm Our Country' - from
TBO.com 08/05/2004 07:41 PM
Bush Insists His Administration Seeking 'new Ways to Harm Our Country' - from TBO.com .. runs with it: .. Linky link

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Rado V10K Watch

Rado V10K Watch 04/13/2005 11:07 AM

The V10K is a fancy watch without the ostentatious crust of jewels. V10K is short for 10,000 Vickers—Vickers being a measure of hardness and 10,000 being the 11 of hard things. Essentially, the watch face is made of commercial-grade synthetic diamond. Rado has been known for creating scratchproof watches and has now taken things to the theoretical (and metaphorical) limit.

Priced at a cool $5K, it’s nice to know that even if you end up losing a hand in a thresher accident, your watch will come out unscathed.

Product Page [V10K]

Watches watch pilots

Watches watch pilots 06/30/2004 12:56 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 30 2004 5:37PM GMT

Who WATCHES movies?

Who WATCHES movies? 09/09/2004 07:19 AM
Cory Doctorow: The sterling satirists of Loading Ready Run have produced a sharp, funny and amazingly true short film in response to the "Who makes movies?" anti-piracy spots that we're subjected to before we see our $10-13 flicks.

This spot, called "Who watches movies?" and features a graphic designer talking about how grossly offensive it is to pay a stack of money, sit through interminable advertisements, then be lectured at in a film made by some distant coked-up Hollyweird fatcat. 4.4MB MP4 Link (Thanks, Paul!)

Martian Watches

Martian Watches 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
24:39 NASA is running their Spirit Martian explorer program on Martian solar time. With the project day running 39 minutes longer than a real day, engineers found they faced difficulties adjusting to this virtual timezone. Their solution was nearly as old as timekeeping itself.

The first five SPOT watches

The first five SPOT watches 01/02/2004 05:00 PM
There's a listing on Microsoft's website of the five different SPOT, or Smart Personal Object Technology, watches which are supposed to hit stores soon. As...

Martian Watches | Metafilter

Martian Watches | Metafilter 01/11/2004 03:51 AM
Martian Watches .. Metafilter

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ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches

ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches 12/19/2004 02:54 PM
Ad - www.microsoft.com Dec 17 2004 9:11PM GMT

Big Brother watches Britain

Big Brother watches Britain 09/01/2004 09:13 PM

Retro Nintendo Watches

Retro Nintendo Watches 06/06/2005 12:09 AM

Some of my favorite childhood memories involved these big jars of tamales that my dad would buy and that I'd make and eat in bulk coupled with a few minutes of LCD gaming goodness on my old Pac Man watch. As a result, I was a pretty fat kid. Well, I can relive those artery clogging days with these retro watches feature 'tenda favorites like Donkey Kong, Zelda, and G.I. Joe (?). As a rule, these things last about five days before something cracks and then you're out of luck, but it's nice to recapture those low-fi days of yore in these trying times.

Plus, we like anything that shows a little pale belly skin.

Retro Nintendo watches with playable games [T3]

IT industry watches Iowa

IT industry watches Iowa 01/19/2004 07:17 AM
ZDNet Jan 19 2004 12:01PM GMT

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples 04/15/2005 09:58 AM

Evergreen's new "EG-MPW256CII" offers absolutely nothing over previous MP3 watches, except for perhaps style. Whether or not you determine the style of the watch to be appealing is unrelated. Evergreen offers blue and pink versions of the watch "intended for couples." It will play audio from its 256MB of internal memory for about 10 hours. Let's hope Evergreen was smart enough to give it a second battery for keeping the time.

Product Information [Shanghai Donya]

Jack Watches Your Back

Jack Watches Your Back 05/17/2004 01:34 PM
Jack Chick's tract has become inflamed by homosexuals. "I believe the time will soon come when godless judges will close churches that call being gay a sin." (05-16)

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day 01/09/2004 09:56 PM
Researchers working on the Mars lander are rising and sleeping on Martian Standard Time, the daylight hours on the lander's plot of Mars. The martian day is 24h, 39m long -- which means that the rover crew had to get custom-made timepieces (for "had to," here, read, "thought it would be really cool to") manufactured for them by a master watchmaker.

My next novel, Eastern Standard Tribe, (due out in just a few weeks!) revolves around the way that your sleep schedule determines a lot about your social circle and hence your beliefs, alliegances, and so forth. A friend of mine in DC who used to work for the CIA just read the book and wrote to point out that the military has been running timezone-tribes for years, so that all the people commanding and supporting some distant operational unit are rising and sleeping on a schedule synched with daylight hours in some far corner.

But I bet they don't get cool watches like this one -- someone should manufacture and sell 'em. My sleep-schedule is so scr0d that I would happily wear this thing and abide by what it told me about my circadian. Link (via MeFi)

Spying software watches you work

Spying software watches you work 04/29/2004 06:29 AM
Spyware is rampant on computers in US businesses, a survey has found.

Spyware watches 'every keystroke'

Spyware watches 'every keystroke' 12/22/2003 08:55 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 22 2003 7:07PM ET

Boardbug Baby Monitor Watches

Boardbug Baby Monitor Watches 08/11/2004 09:58 AM

The Boardbug is a watch-like baby monitor that has two distinct modes. In the first "baby" mode, the devices work like a traditional baby monitor, broadcasting audio from the child's unit to the parent's and even sounding a warning buzzer if the baby outsmarts the latch and takes the unit off. Plus it has a built in thermometer to monitor temperature levels in the baby's room.

The "toddler" mode takes all those features and adds on a proximity-based "safety range" and a panic button, which sounds a startling klaxon so you can easily determine which freeway your child is playing in, but sadly does nothing for the periodic anxiety attacks that come from realizing you've got 16 more years of this shit.

Read - Product Page [BoardBug via CoolHunting via ShinyShiny]

SPOT watches must be switched off for
flying

SPOT watches must be switched off for
flying 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
One thing we hadn't realized about those new SPOT watches: because they have an FM radio receiver built-in, the radio has to be switched off...

Tissot offers MSN Direct watches

Tissot offers MSN Direct watches 07/26/2004 07:15 PM
Swiss luxury watchmaker Tissot SA has joined Fossil Inc. of the U.S. and Finland's Suunto Oy in offering watches that use Microsoft Corp.'s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), Microsoft said Monday.

Dog Drives Off As Owner Watches Hockey
(AP)

Dog Drives Off As Owner Watches Hockey
(AP) 09/15/2004 08:53 PM
AP - An exuberant dog left in a truck while the owner watched Canada win the World Cup of Hockey managed to throw the vehicle into gear and coast down a city hill.

Microsoft's Spot watches run slow

Microsoft's Spot watches run slow 11/18/2003 09:16 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 18 2003 8:08AM ET

Microsoft Spot watches delayed

Microsoft Spot watches delayed 11/17/2003 06:55 AM
The Register Nov 17 2003 6:31AM ET

Time Is Now for High Tech Watches

Time Is Now for High Tech Watches 09/27/2004 04:41 AM
G4 Tech TV Sep 27 2004 8:24AM GMT

Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying

Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying 01/19/2004 11:43 AM
Reader Dave Boulton says that Microsoft gets it wrong about SPOT watches and flying:The Microsoft service agreement does say they have to be turned off,...

Have Your Kid Read This Item As She
Watches TV And Uses The Computer

Have Your Kid Read This Item As She
Watches TV And Uses The Computer 03/28/2005 12:56 PM
Adweek Online Mar 28 2005 5:04PM GMT

Microsoft MSN wireless watches released

Microsoft MSN wireless watches released 01/23/2004 12:11 AM
BoingBoing pal Mike Outmesguine (/OUT-mess-geen/) says:

These are neat rechargeable watches that feed you weather, headlines, etc. just like your alphanumeric pager did back in 1993. Ironically, I saw the ad on Weather.com. Coverage is sparse. It took me a couple tries on the zip to find the coverage near Los Angeles (hint: 91301 bad, 90066 good.) I have no idea what it's like elsewhere. (I hate zipcode lookup applets that don't give you proximity.) Microsoft MSN site showing all the watches: link. Fossil site for the Dick Tracy watch: link. From the website:

"MSNR Direct is a specialized wireless service that delivers personalized information through enabled watches. Smart Watches with MSN Direct provide you timely, glanceable information conveniently available at the flick of the wrist. Receive accurate time and stay connected to the information that matters most to you including news, weather, sports, stocks, personal messages, appointment reminders, and more. Find everything from a stock quote to the latest sports scores of your favorite team all with a simple glance!"

Sparse details on actual services provided (no games, mp3s or ringtones, apparently), Services include news, weather, stock quotes, appointment reminders, and personal messages. I don't know if I'll give up my Tokyo Flash watch just yet. Maybe I can go retro 80's multi-watch.

link

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
Do those MSN SPOT watches stand a chance? Mobile data pundit Alan Reiter says (this) (and this), summarized by BB reader John Troyer:

- They're big and ugly
- They need to be recharged daily
- They crash and sometimes die when shocked with static electricity
- They have to be turned off on planes
- Coverage is spotty compared to pagers and mobile phones
- News blurbs are 25-word useless snippets
- You have to tell MSN when and where you are traveling for it to work away from your home area!
- Nobody's *ever* made money selling generic headlines, weather and sports via wireless.

Reiter also says:

"However, syncing with MS Outlook is useful, and Reiter does believe they could catch on if Microsoft repositions to emphasize the fun aspects: downloadable watch faces, games, etc. ... [The watches] look as if they were designed by the Borg, on a very bad day. Many years ago Motorola introduced its first pager watch, I was there. I was pretty excited about the product. But when I spoke with a Motorola executive, he said the company wasn't sure whether the target market would view the device as a smallest, sexiest pager or as the world's ugliest watch. Unfortunately for Motorola, the view was the latter. Pager watches have generally died quick or lingering deaths. But the operative word is "death."

Link to earlier BoingBoing entry on MSN SPOT Watches

'In Europe you have watches but in
Africa we have time'

'In Europe you have watches but in
Africa we have time' 01/03/2005 08:23 AM
So get in your car and wait

CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain -
Aug 31, 2004

CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain -
Aug 31, 2004 09/04/2004 03:05 AM
CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain - Aug 31, 2004 .. Quote: .. :

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Smart watches tell Microsoft time

Smart watches tell Microsoft time 12/17/2003 08:27 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 17 2003 7:38AM ET

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores 12/16/2003 06:31 PM

How to Watch Without Harm