A phone that really works.

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UPDATE: Then there is this LOL video from Conan.
And Steve Jobs iWitch from madtv.
And yeah let's see.

Got Robie Robot on my six with nice jewelry

The recent DARPA sponsored robot race (which you can watch via Nova in it's entirety here.) sent me futurcasting about robotic AI use in transport technologies.

The first obvious one is autonomous support caravans in a wartime invasion.

The 2nd is automated diesel trucks. Imagine driverless 18 wheelers deadheading crosscountry to get you your Walmart goods.

It's the 80's: Where is our Rocket Packs

Segway Mod

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Cucumber Ice Pepsi

Pepsi is planning to release Ice Cucumber-flavored drink in Japan this summer. I like cucumber.

Segway Mommy

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What was life like before the Segway?

In The Know: Do You Remember Life Before The Segway?

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Cool site if u r from romania

BETTER FASTER LOUDER

Distopian Romanian web site 2020:

choice quotes:

"..Have you learned nothing from Running Man or Total Recall?"

"2020 will make it easier for you to accept cloning, gene-sequencing techniques, food health-scares and space-tourism."

"It offers you the pre-crime departments of tomorrow."

They even claim to have a manifesto although I cannot find it.

Cory dishes bad Whuffie to Fox Rent a Car

It sounds like Fox needs to adjust it's business practices and train and update it's customer service. I find it interesting that an 'A list' blogger like Mr.Doctorow uses the social network to retaliate for poor service. Pretty darn effective. On his merit alone I would avoid Fox. How will this change the face of future business modeling? Negative trackable whuffie. Learn more on the clue train here.

update: some don't find it interesting at all, like 'advocate' at the newly published and blogrolled BoredOfBoingBoing.

update: Apollo Lee says Fox has never done him wrong but had a very similar experience at Alamo right here in Boise, Idaho no less.

Verdict rental car and hosptitality operations need clearly understood policy on debit cards. Banks could do better at explaining the difference between the two, also.

Smoking Jacket with See through Lungs

Fiona Carswell an Apple User Interface Engineer creates a jacket that has lungs on it that gradually turn brown over time. She is into using humor to encourage risk taking and truths about society.

Her other works (worth checking) are a bikini that develops moles when exposed to direct sunlight, and "Codependnet Gloves" that heat your hands only when holding someone else's hand.

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Nanobots Replacing Neurons

mindblowing creepy 30 clip

Claytronics

Synthetic Reality project at Carnegie Mellon.

Neuro Chips

Ker Than at Live Science said living brain cells and silicon circuits are bieng coupled together to create "neuro-chips".

"..The proteins allowed the neuro-chip's electronic components and its living cells to communicate with each other."

Important Futuristic Things

Things that the internet can bring you that you could not or would not normally see or do. This is AWSOME!

Nano Video

We are learning crazy-licious stuff via nanotechnology. See this easy to follow video. (10:30 minutes long.)

Dune+Lolcats=2 points

A quick look at Sony Sony OLED

quote:

"There's a very long, interesting story about how Walt came to Orlando and bought land under the radar, as he planned his new theme park - the Magic Kingdom. He decided he wanted people to be able to escape reality and needed a way to keep cast members in their designated areas. The tunnels were born - and if you really want to sound like you know what you're talking about, they're called the "Utilidor," short for utilities corridor." Ekday | Orlando Realestate Blog
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"Disneyland is operated by child slaves on treadmills living in underground tunnels" Dale Gribble/King Of the Hill

Lumalite Textiles

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Buy Stock in E-Ink Corp

I still want me some E-paper as seen on video in fantasies like Minority Report, Red Planet, and blogged about by me sometime ago as the future of newsprint. It might be available by 2008 according to this at DailyTech. Refresh rate at 1 frame per second and res of 200 dpi. Not clear if it is wirelessly fed via bluetooth or not.

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