Future http://www.flatlandindustries.com http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=c4d460fb30b1790a079c0ca94b76a5ec Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0600 But controller-free games can help depression and replace Phys-Ed teachers. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/25335/ http://lifehacker.com/5563622/steve-jobs-strategies-for-overcoming-presentation-glitches Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:30:00 -0600 #presentations If you saw or read up on the recent iPhone 4 unveiling, you probably noted that eminently qualified speaker Steve Jobs ran into technical problems, just like us poor shmoes. The difference is in how he recovered. More » Lifehacker-5563622 http://lifehacker.com/5563603/send-money-to-effective-oil-spill-charities-and-avoid-scams Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:00:00 -0600 #giving As oil continues to flow in the Gulf of Mexico, organizations helping to heal, assist, and rescue need regular help. Here are trusted, checked-out charities you can donate to, and tips on avoiding less helpful groups and outright scams. More » Lifehacker-5563603 23 -102 http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=177b29fd79fac423899ae03034370a13 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:10:00 -0600 Entangled photons can dramatically reduce the feature sizes possible with lithography. At least, that's what physicists had hoped. Lithography, the ability to print patterns onto certain materials using light, is one of the enabling technologies of our age. The size of the features that can be defined this way are tiny, limited only by the wavelength of light used to make them, the so-called diffraction limit. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25336/ http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=fb36ed584d4fdbca4fb2fba8eb5dd982 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:00:00 -0600 A heated AFM tip can draw nanometers-wide conductive lines on graphene oxide. Using a heated atomic force microscope tip, researchers have drawn nanoscale conductive patterns on insulating graphene oxide. This simple trick to control graphene oxide's conductivity could pave the way for etching electronic circuits into the carbon material, an important advance toward high-speed, low-power, and potentially cheaper computer processors. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/25547/ http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=ce92f8d01e790e2f157a4f09780c8202 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:00:00 -0600 Satellite navigation technology is focusing on reducing fuel consumption. The last few years have seen some satellite navigation systems go from advising motorists of the fastest routes to recommending more fuel-efficient trips. Now Bosch, in Germany, has developed a route-planning system that could squeeze even more fuel savings from a journey by taking into account the car's weight, aerodynamics, engine size, transmission, and even driver aggression level. Bosch says its new ECO2 satnav... http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/25548/ 51.5 10.5 http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=b6c4e20a27ee3ba8916133cfe2978ea4 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:00:00 -0600 Software uses images from millions of tourists to suggest ways for visitors to spend their time. Tourists pondering how to spend their time in a large city could one day get help from a tool developed by researchers at Yahoo. It draws on the database of millions of photos uploaded to the site Flickr to generate detailed itineraries of what sites to visit, and in what order. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/25549/ http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=e90b024a7aa3f975f1f648ea2e5f41b9 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:00:00 -0600 Usage during a recent disaster highlights features that make the service so compelling. The evidence continues to pile up that Twitter is a news service, not a social network. Of course, Twitter only works as a news service because its news is routed according to social connections--and that's the secret to the service's ability to endlessly issue, digest and re-synthesize news into actionable 140-character memoranda. This is true even--or perhaps especially--in an emergency. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/25334/ http://lifehacker.com/5563160/quickly-memorize-lists-using-the-loci-method Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:30:00 -0600 #mindhacks The loci method, a millenia-old mnemonic strategy, uses the visualization of familiar locations to memorize a series of items, whether it be a grocery list or a series of talking points in a speech. Here's how to put it into practice. More » Lifehacker-5563160 http://lifehacker.com/5563084/diy-laptop-riser-is-a-convenient-surfing+in+bed-companion Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:30:00 -0600 #diy Your laptop screen may be bad news for sleeping, but if you're addicted to surfing or watching TV on your laptop in bed, DIY blog ManMade's DIY laptop riser is a perfect bed-side companion. More » Lifehacker-5563084