Archive for February 20th, 2007





VSTV Episode 08 – Jesse’s Genographic results

Feb 20th, 2007 | By Jesse

In this episode Jesse talks about his Genographic project results. Click here to download VSTV Episode 08



San Fran residents tell us about your town

Feb 20th, 2007 | By Jesse

I am working on a series of podcasts in my role as interim-chair of the Graduate Student Affinity Group of the AAG leading up to the conference in April. In one of the episodes I would like to highlight interesting things to do outside of the conference in San Francisco, touristy, outdoory, etc. If you [...]



Heads Up Display for In-Car GPS Navigation

Feb 20th, 2007 | By Sue

What with all the tech shows going on, new LBS and mobile hardware and software is just coming out out of the woodwork. One device that isn’t out yet promises to take away some of the hassle (and danger) of staring at your GPS in-car nav system by projecting the navigation information, as well as [...]



AAA’s Internet TripTik now available for free

Feb 20th, 2007 | By Sue

Looks like AAA (American Automobile Association) is looking to get more heavily into the online mapping market, as they’ve announced the venerable TripTik, now in online form as the Internet TripTik, will be available free of charge. It’s a crowded market already, but AAA has a long history of providing travel services, and they may [...]



More light bulb news

Feb 20th, 2007 | By Jesse

The folks down under are one upping our friends in Raleigh, NC, by moving the entire country away from the beloved, but past its prime, incandescent light bulb. They will be moving to greener options that will reduce the power requirements of the country and, they hope, set an example for the rest of the [...]