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Testing 2

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Testing 3

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The Future of Music

4/20/2005 10:26:00 AM

Authors Gerd Leonhard and Dave Kusek have released a book entitled "The Future of Music," which by all accounts looks to be an interesting read. From the book:

The record industry as we know it is dying. But the music industry is healthier and more vibrant than ever with limitless possibilities for change and growth due to the Internet and the digitization of music. The Future of Music punches gaping holes through the foundation of a record industry that refuses to adapt. If you love music, have discovered digital music and download or rip MP3 files on your computer, or download ring tones to your cell phone - then this book is for you.

The website for the book even features a 'Future of Music Crystal Ball' which delivers some very funny predictions, such as: "Record companies successfully take over the management of Guantanamo Bay", "Bill Gates buys up all existing sound masters and puts them in to the public domain after converting them to a proprietary format" and "You will join a Britney Spears tribute band." For those keen to learn more, you can even sign up to a 12 week course with the authors, run out of the illustrious Berklee College of Music

DJ of the Future

4/19/2005 12:44:00 PM

Attention vinyl-scratching, knob-turning, headphone-on-one-ear DJs: you are SO over.

Details have leaked out about a prototype Numark DJ mixer that can mix two iPods. Still in non-working concept phase at the moment, the idea is an interesting one.

Edible User Interfaces

4/18/2005 05:19:00 PM

via All things Bru This is one of those things that, at first glance, you say "They're kidding right?" Then, after a moment of reflection, think "That's actually pretty cool!" Dan Maynes-Aminzade (one of the guys behind You're in control/Urine control) is working on Edible User Interfaces. In particular the BeanCounter and the TasteScreen.

The BeanCounter is a low-resolution gustatory display made of six rods filled with jellybeans of different flavours. The center and bottom of each rod are sealed with electronically controlled valves. By controlling the valve positioning, the computer can dispense jellybeans at varying flow rates. Each column of the BeanCounter is associated with a different running process, so that the user can monitor memory usage in up to six concurrent processes. Calls that allocate memory drop jellybeans from the upper chamber to the lower one. Each time a call is made to the free routine, the bottom valve is opened, and jellybeans fall into the bowls below. The volume of jellybeans dispensed corresponds to the amount of memory associated with the operation. The TasteScreen system consists of an LCD monitor with a USB on the top. The internal chamber of the USB device contains twenty small plastic flavor cartridges filled with various flavoring agents. The TasteScreen device can drip controlled quantities of flavoring into a deployment chamber, where they are mixed and dispensed. When dispensed, the flavoring chemicals drip down to coat the monitor with a thin liquid residue. A user can sample the dispensed flavor by touching his tongue to the computer screen. Certain combinations of flavoring agents recreate a flavor appropriate to the user’s task.

Collar Cultivates Canine Cliques

4/12/2005 02:55:00 PM

via Wired Researchers at MIT's Physical Language Workshop, have a wearable computer for dogs that tracks pooches' social life. Called Social Networking in Fur, or SNIF, the project is a wearable computer system for dogs that allows their owners to monitor the animals' behavior and capture their social networks. By detecting Rover's friends, owners can avoid mutts their dogs don't like and seek out those most sniffed, a practice dubbed 'petworking.' Besides giving pet lovers a keener insight into their dog's favorite friends, it allows owners to play a stronger role in directing their pet's social networking. I can almost hear the civil libertarians jumping into action now.

Norway's Eurovision Entry

4/11/2005 10:10:00 AM

via Beware of the Blog Coming soon to a bus shelter near you are "WigWam" who are representing Norway in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest.

The significantly unnerving thing about this is that by all accounts, these guys are serious. Their 'hit' single "In My Dreams," requires no explanation. "Hard to be a Rock'n Roller"... Indeed.

A Very Random Thought

4/09/2005 02:50:00 PM

I wonder if barristers ever concern themselves over the fact that they spend 6+ years to achieve standing in the profession of law, only to share a job title with a person that makes coffee for a living? One might then ask, which is the more noble calling? [Must be spending too long in front of the computer again!]

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