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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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All right! More news I can use. The New York Times recently
reported on the latest in biometric convenience -- the fingerprint-scanning
home door lock . Unlike ultra-high end biometrics used for corporate or military
security, the SmartScan lock is simple, relatively cheap ($199), and
self-contained. That is to say, the fingerprint recognition system is strictly
local and built into the mechanical hardware of the door lock itself. It can't
be hacked.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Monday, 21 May 2007 |
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You know, the researchers I like to hang with -- extrasolar metallurgists, notional physicists -- tend to diss gamers. But I can tell you for a fact that these kids today have synaptic reflex numbers and hand-eye coordination stats that are simply off the charts. My nephew Aaron, for instance, is a complete savant with massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs).
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Monday, 21 May 2007 |
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Here's a perfectly good example of industrial design scaled down to my practical concerns -- the Kitty Keyboard Kover. As many home office workers can attest, cats simply love to walk over keyboards. Whether this is due to some primal creative writing instinct, or is simply a byproduct of the feline genius for annoying, it's certainly a familiar modern dilemma. The Kitty Keyboard Kover, despite that unfortunate acronym, takes an admirably direct, low-tech approach.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Monday, 21 May 2007 |
Somehow I suspected it would come to this: "By 2012, it will be safe to say that televisions will use more power than the average refrigerator in an average household." That's my old friend Keith Jones of Digital CEnergy Australia, consultant to the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) and former General Manager of Panasonic TV (Australia). Keith and I anchored the Pan-Pacific Volleyball Team back at Stanford in the late '70s.
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