Category: communication
1605 Podcast 144 with UMEK
Bird identification by Warblr app
Warblr is an audio recognition app for birdsong, using tech to connect people with nature and gather data to aid conservation. Currently set up for UK and wanting to expand worldwide.
WeWork is like LinkedIn
New Social Network Is a Lot Like LinkedIn, Only Actually Useful.
Record data transmission
TU/e-researchers demonstrate record data transmission over a specially fabricated fibre that boost data transfer 21 times
The Art of Timing: Alan Watts on the Perils of Hurrying and the Pleasures of Presence
“For the perfect accomplishment of any art, you must get this feeling of the eternal present into your bones — for it is the secret of proper timing. No rush. No dawdle. Just the sense of flowing with the course of events in the same way that you dance to music, neither trying to outpace it nor lagging behind. Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.”
Does It Matter? – Essays on Man’s Relation to Materiality by Alan Watts @ Amazon
Ant-sized radio chip
iWatch and iPhone 6 Photos
Pictured together at last, the iWatch and iPhone 6
To be introduced on September 9th
More info: Time’s magazine…
What Google Knows About Your Location
See What Google Knows About My Location
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Picasso To Teach Employees About Product Design
How Apple Uses Picasso To Teach Employees About Product Design
Send Texts Without Service
GoTenna: Watch How To Send Texts Without Service [VIDEO]
What if you could communicate via your smartphone in an area with no service? A startup called goTenna aims to make that possible with a new device that enables users to send texts and share locations without any need for central connectivity.