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Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Social Networking

March 25, 2008 by Erika · Leave a Comment 

I just ran across this on Mashable and decided to share the post with you via Flock.

My thoughts are that it’s interesting how MySpace is declining in unique audience, although people are spending a lot MORE time on the site overall. Why? Well, as someone who has a MySpace network that has reached the up side of huge, and given that many of my “friends” are actually REAL friends on there that I physically friended, (as in met in person and know), and as such requiring things like occasional posting, chatting and updates or I start to get hoards of “Where are you???” email…… I can understand why people are spending more time on MySpace when they do get up the courage to go there and deal with the upkeep. Read more

Are Bloggers real Journalists?

March 14, 2008 by Erika · Leave a Comment 

With Web 2.0 blogging becoming the mainstream news network, once again we are facing questions about who is considered a “journalist” or “professional” writer, and given the same access to sporting and press conference venues.The news item below about bloggers being banned from the Mavericks locker room caught my eye because as bloggers I feel we are a unique breed of reporter that is on the edge of the web 2.0 revolution, and not yet fully credentialed by more traditional “press” corps… Or are we? Read more

Cosmo: Apple Stores THE place to meet men

March 4, 2008 by Erika · Leave a Comment 

Ok,  I have to say that anyone who thinks Tech is NOT a hot dating draw is seriously offline. Technology is sexy, women who are into technology are sexy and this trend will only get bigger. Helen Fisher in “Why We Love” goes into detail how dopamine effects love and attraction, and well, nothing gets the dopamine going like the lastest cool gadgetry for both men AND women.  Read more

MySpace joins with MTV in the UK

March 4, 2008 by Erika · Leave a Comment 

MySpace and Viacom’s MTV are partnering again, on a weekly TV show. The program is called “MySpace Chart” and will only air on the UK Network MTV Two. So far there are no solid plans to bring the show to US fans. Read more

New Free Interactive Brain Map allows you to see the brain as never before.

March 4, 2008 by Erika · Leave a Comment 

Interactive Brain MapBrainMaps.org is an interactive multiresolution next-generation brain atlas that is based on over 20 million megapixels of sub-micron resolution, annotated, scanned images of serial sections of both primate and non-primate brains and that is integrated with a high-speed database for querying and retrieving data about brain structure and function over the internet. Currently featured are complete brain atlas datasets for various species, including Macaca mulatta, Chlorocebus aethiops, Felis catus, Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus, and Tyto alba. Read more

Google’s Future: Neuro-Google?

March 4, 2008 by Erika · Leave a Comment 

Instant SearchThe future of nanotechnology screens that instantly access and translate all information presented to them, and the neurotechnology we already have makes a future where we “think” of what we want to know or access, and it instantly appears in front of us, through our nanoscreens like the one shown here, or other possibilities like glasses and virtual holopraphic screens that we can carry with us all the time. Read more

New Ultra-efficient LED will vastly improve LCD screens

March 3, 2008 by Erika · Leave a Comment 

Student wins $30,000 for his LED discovery
ScienceDaily (2008-03-03) — In recent years, light emitting diodes (LEDs) have begun to change the way we see the world. Now, a student has developed a new type of LED that could allow for their widespread use as light sources for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) on everything from televisions and computers to cell phones and cameras. This first polarized LED holds promise to vastly improve LCD screens, conserve energy, and usher in the next generation of ultra-efficient LEDs. Read more

Future of Nanotech Screens and Neuro sensors?

March 2, 2008 by Erika · Leave a Comment 

nanotech screens

nanotech screen

Something that at this moment is still in concept stage like Nokia’s new nanotech phone, but…… Wouldn’t we ALL love to have this?  Your lost so you hold up the transparent nanotech screen and see the arrows directing you to your destination, and instantly translate any language or have access to any information. Read more

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