… and points beyond

It figures that I’d be upset about the lack of quality in the ETech presentations and walk right into an excellent talk by Nathan Eagle of MIT. Nathan’s research included giving phones to students and faculty at MIT that tracked location (both as a cell tower and as described by SMS), proximity to other Bluetooth-enabled [...]

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Lawrence Lessig speaks tonight in a keynote that I’m certainly looking forward to. Generally, ETech includes too few presentations that are delivered by alpha geeks and concerned with emerging technology. If this really is the next wave of innovation being presented here, what’s missing is why and how it will make a difference. A solid [...]

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I left my iPhone in a cab on Monday coming in from the airport. Bummer. On the bright side, I talked to a rep from Jaduka today. They have a web demo of their tools that I can use to make free calls from my hotel room. There are other options, for a variety of [...]

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Two talks stuck out today. One was a brief talk from Saul Griffith of Makani Power. What I took away from the talk was the impracticality of many renewable energy sources such as tidal power and wind power. A combination of all renewable options, with an emphasis on solar and a strong conservation element [...]

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