Archive for January 6th, 2008





BBC NEWS | Gates hails age of digital senses

Jan 6th, 2008 | By

While it is still a couple of hours before Bill Gates makes his final keynote at CES as grand pooba of Microsoft, apparently he has been bandying about his own prognostications that touch, as well as voice and vision, interfaces are the coming trend that will have a significant impact on computing technologies over the [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 129

Jan 6th, 2008 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 129 January 6, 2008 Main Topic: Interview with Chris Hanson of 3d Nature – Part 1 Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Arirang 1 MIA

Jan 6th, 2008 | By

Apparently Korea has lost contact with their Arirang 1 satellite which has been in orbit since 1999. Communications were lost one week ago (Dec 30) and they have been unable to reconnect. As is usual with aerospace engineering, the satellite was intended for a short life cycle (3 years) but had apparently been functioning for [...]



New Poll: Personal Nav Unit for Frank’s dad

Jan 6th, 2008 | By

So as Frank has mentioned on the podcast his father is looking at new acquiring a personal navigation device to be used both in car and on walks during a bit of leisure travel. Here are the models he has narrowed it down to: Garmin Nüvi 250 Magellan Maestro 4250 Mio C230 Mio C520 TomTom [...]