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Tetra Web Engine

Tetra Web Engine 06/09/2004 11:57 PM
Tetra 1.0a released

NPR Launches Web Site, Series "Search
Engine Wars"

NPR Launches Web Site, Series "Search
Engine Wars" 05/31/2004 07:05 PM
Companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are battling to be the main gateway to the Internet. These companies have gained unprecedented influence over what people see and learn, and have created an industry with brave new rules for business. In a five-part series, NPR's Rick Karr took a look at the business of search engines.

Airwaves looks to boost data over Tetra

Airwaves looks to boost data over Tetra 12/17/2003 06:12 AM
vnunet.com Dec 17 2003 5:49AM ET

Health concerns continue to dog Tetra

Health concerns continue to dog Tetra 11/19/2003 05:45 PM
Personal Computer World Nov 19 2003 4:18PM ET

Team Simoco Selected for UK’s First
Commercial TETRA Installation

Team Simoco Selected for UK’s First
Commercial TETRA Installation 06/22/2005 02:30 AM
Derby based Team Simoco is working with Resound Ltd on a new TETRA contract for a major UK shopping centre [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Mechanical Pong

Mechanical Pong 09/22/2004 12:47 AM

Mechanical Computing

Mechanical Computing 05/29/2004 01:44 PM

Mechanical musical marvels

Mechanical musical marvels 06/21/2004 01:42 PM
Mechanical Music Digest is devoted to antique nickelodeons, musical toys, automatons, and other wonderful contraptions of yesteryear. The site is no beauty, but the content is magnificent, with articles on miniature player pianos, steam-powered calliopes, and even amazing fakes:

"Please be aware that there is currently a 'wave' of brand new, made-to-deceive old-looking automatons reaching the international marketplace.  The few different variants of this monkey 'hookah-like' smoker which we've seen are purposely constructed so as to allow no internal inspection..."

Link (via String Can Phone)

Mechanical ID - Password Generator

Mechanical ID - Password Generator 03/14/2003 12:56 PM
Mechanical ID - Java Version

Photos: "The New Mechanical Sexual
Revolution"

Photos: "The New Mechanical Sexual
Revolution" 08/29/2004 09:18 PM
Xeni Jardin: Photographer Timothy Archibold's portraits of garage-geek inventors -- and users -- of large-scale sex machines. The aesthetic of the images is not prurient; it's clinical, clean, and removed. That distance lends the images a compelling twist, given the topic at hand. I hatehatehate the site's 1.5MB gorilla Flash interface, which prevents my pasting some of the project notes for you to read here. But the images and the subject matter they detail (online communities that connect people who imagine, build, and use these machines) are fascinating. At left: "Scott at his kitchen table, Sex Machines Unlimited," which made me laugh out loud. Link (NSFW). (Thanks, alfie)

Bar Attacked with Mechanical Digger
(Reuters)

Bar Attacked with Mechanical Digger
(Reuters) 09/03/2004 09:56 AM
Reuters - A mechanical digger was smashed into a Catholic bar in a flashpoint district of Belfast on Friday in an attack local politicians blamed on Protestants.

Millie the mechanical monster of
Michigan

Millie the mechanical monster of
Michigan 07/07/2004 12:48 PM
Mechanical designer Jim Peters, 54, was disappointed that a certain Scottish celebrity was missing from last year's Saline Celtic Festival in Michigan.

"I was down there at the festival. It was full of bagpipe music and Scottish sights and activities. Viewing the long body of water, one can't help think of the Loch Ness area in Scotland and its famous legend. I asked myself: "Where's the monster?"'

So this year, Peters built a 24-foot-long wood-and-steel mechanical Loch Ness Monster. "Millie" was named for Mill Pond Park, the location of the festival. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any photos of Millie online. Link< /a> (Thanks, Carlo!)

Dirty Mechanical Paper Dolls

Dirty Mechanical Paper Dolls 04/22/2004 02:38 PM
Paper pervert and Boingboing reader Sandrine Sheon points us to a gallery of adult-oriented "naughty automata":

These are modern, gender-bending versions of old-fashioned wind-up toys, but all made of paper and very funny. They include a spanking duo, fucking skeletons, miss and mister masturbation, and a live paper sex act. You can also see animations of the toys in action.

Link

Rescuing the mechanical foundations of
our democracy

Rescuing the mechanical foundations of
our democracy 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
Berkeley had its own problems with the Diebold machines last election, which the Berkeley Daily Planet has done a good job of covering so it was a very encouraging sign to read in an article in the BDP last night that people (many with Berkeley connections) from The Open Voting Consortium have volunteered their time and energy to trying to solve the problem of creating a better way to vote that is secure, fast and voter verifiable. They plan on demonstrating the system they have developed this Thursday in Santa Clara. My congratulations and thanks to them. Here is an excerpt from the article: Bay Area Programmers Develop Touchscreen Alternative By JAKOB SCHILLER (03-30-04) As touchscreen voting machines continue to draw heat from critics pointing to allegations of security vulnerabilities, one group of computer science experts proposes to have the solution. The Open Voting Consortium (OVC), a nonprofit group with several Bay Area members, recently announced the development of touchscreen voting machine software that uses open source and creates a voter verified paper trail. Recently completed, the software is set to be publicly tested this Thursday, April 1, at the Santa Clara County government offices in San Jose. ... Taking all the complaints and security vulnerabilities into question, the Open Voting Consortium developed a simple approach; maintain the advantages of a touchscreen system but include the security features that alleviate the current security concerns. OVC's system, currently in software form only, can be used on regular desktop PCs hooked up to a touchscreen monitor and a standard printer. Like the touchscreen machines now in use, the OVC unit records the vote electronically. But unlike Diebold's machines, the OVC system also automatically produce a paper receipt, which is intended to be the official tally. To ensure accuracy, the paper count is then reconciled against the electronic one stored on the machines. "Our idea is that the machines should have [a tally] that people can inspect," said Arthur Keller, a computer scientist who teaches part-time at UC Santa Cruz. "You trust the paper and can have much more faith in the process." The group has written open source software that can be checked by anyone for malicious code that might tamper with votes. Like Linux software for PCs, OVC's code isn't proprietary. ... The machines are still several steps away from making it onto the market. They need to be certified and...

Windows Media Player 9 Series and 10
Series Add-in for Microsoft FrontPage

Windows Media Player 9 Series and 10
Series Add-in for Microsoft FrontPage 09/03/2004 01:08 AM
This add-in enables new capabilities for FrontPage users including the ability to: Easily embed the Windows Media Player 9 Series or 10 Series control into FrontPage web pages and SharePoint sites; Control the look and feel of the media playback experience; Easily convert your media files for efficient network delivery. Publish to a Web or streaming server automatically. All this from within the add-in's wizard without having to write any script!

Autopen: mechanical signature storage
and reproduction

Autopen: mechanical signature storage
and reproduction 06/08/2004 12:31 PM
The Autopen is a wicked vintage gadget that lets you store your signature as a series of mechanical cues for a multifariously branched mechanical armature. Gizmodo has a killer post on it, with old pop-sci articles on the forthcoming age of the autopen. Lots of online info revolves around how to tell if your collectable souvenir signature came off an autopen or an original signature.

The most useful one, though, is the Autopen, made by International Autopen Co. of Sterling, VA., a popular device that is apparently still in use (the Republic National Committee bought one just this year). The Autopen is loaded with special metal 'matrix' -- basically a traced pattern of the signature -- that can be used again and again, even if the signer isn't there. Even better, owners of Autopens can purchase signature matrices through the mail from third parties, duplicating any autograph at will. Current models of the Autopen weigh around 100lbs, run off regular power, and can use real pens and pencils (although they work better with Sharpies, due to the fixed width of the pen looking less off when done with marker).

Link

Captured! By Robots - A
Musical/Mechanical Marvel?

Captured! By Robots - A
Musical/Mechanical Marvel? 11/10/2003 11:19 PM
Slashdot Nov 10 2003 0:01AM ET

Mechanical Force Amplifier Leverages
Pounds Into Tons

Mechanical Force Amplifier Leverages
Pounds Into Tons 03/14/2005 04:13 PM
LatchTool Group announced today the release of its PowerCylinder™ the first commercial product that mechanically amplifies a linear force multiple times using encapsulated hydraulic circuitry. [PRWEB Feb 24, 2005]

"Pongmechanik, outstanding mechanical
tabletop version of Pong"

"Pongmechanik, outstanding mechanical
tabletop version of Pong" 09/22/2004 08:35 PM

QuickCam Orbit webcam offers mechanical
pan and tilt

QuickCam Orbit webcam offers mechanical
pan and tilt 10/29/2003 03:50 PM
Logitech Inc. announced on Wednesday the Mac OS X compatible QuickCam Orbit. Built for video instant messaging, it boasts a mechanical pan and tilt feature and moves to keep a person's face automatically centered in the field of view.

Rescheduled Free Webcast Kicks Off
Lyra’s New Hard Copy Observer Webcast
Series: Interactive Series Combines
Digital Imaging Breaking News with
Audience Q&A

Rescheduled Free Webcast Kicks Off
Lyra’s New Hard Copy Observer Webcast
Series: Interactive Series Combines
Digital Imaging Breaking News with
Audience Q&A 06/17/2005 04:23 PM
Lyra Research's next free Webcast has been rescheduled to Friday, June 17, at 2 p.m. EDT. The Webcast will include a discussion of the latest industry news and an audience question-and-answer session in an interactive Webcast format. Register at www.lyra.com. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]

Free Webcast Kicks off Lyra’s New Hard
Copy Observer Webcast Series: New
Interactive Webcast Series Combines
Digital Imaging Breaking News with
Audience Q&A

Free Webcast Kicks off Lyra’s New Hard
Copy Observer Webcast Series: New
Interactive Webcast Series Combines
Digital Imaging Breaking News with
Audience Q&A 06/17/2005 04:24 PM
Rescheduled: Lyra Research’s next free Webcast on Friday, June 17, at 2 p.m. EDT will kick off the new Hard Copy Observer Webcast Series. The Webcast will include a discussion of the latest industry news and an audience question-and-answer session in an interactive Webcast format. In this series of 30-minute Webcasts, Observer editors will discuss key printer and copier product launches, industry trade shows, and corporate mergers and shake-ups. Discussions will be followed by valuable question-and-answer sessions with the audience. Register for the free Webcast at www.lyra.com. [PRWEB Jun 6, 2005]

The Lab Animal

The Lab Animal 01/17/2004 10:58 PM
Elite athletes always have and always will pursue every competitive advantage health and the law be damned. Is genetic manipulation next?

Microsoft's New Search Engine and Engine
Spam

Microsoft's New Search Engine and Engine
Spam 06/10/2004 06:03 PM
vnunet.com is reporting that Microsoft is planning to add a spam filter to its search engine. "The company unveiled a research project at its Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View...

Animal Robots

Animal Robots 09/16/2004 09:21 AM

Every Animal is Equal, But...

Every Animal is Equal, But... 03/23/2005 10:28 AM
Meru claims it's more compliant than compliant: Meru Networks issued a very odd press release that stated that although they were already meeting Wi-Fi Alliance certification standards, they resubmitted their gear for "more rigorous tests than are used on its competitors." But the outcome is that Meru is..."completely compliant." There's back story here that wasn't exposed in the release. It sounds like someone has been talking smack about Meru. And now they are compliant, even though before they were...compliant. Sure, that takes the confusion out of the marketplace....

"political animal"

"political animal" 03/28/2005 10:47 AM

Animal Planet

Animal Planet 04/09/2004 03:56 PM
I hate watching Animal Planet, I shouldn't be crying because of some woman dumping 13 puppies into the trash and seeing the two puppies that...

"The Political Animal"

"The Political Animal" 09/14/2004 08:58 AM

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