Bionic Contact Lenses

I literally saw something like this on a science fiction show two weeks ago and though, “Hmm, pretty clever! That seems feasible in the near future.” I mean, not special goggles or bionic eyes or anything, just contact lenses.

Apparently that’s true for all values of “near future.”

Either that or someone at Torchwood is leaking alien technology into mainstream research firms again.

Categories: technologia, television
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One of my courses this semester is on rights in publishing (copyright, subsidiary rights, permissions, contracts, etc.). Sounds dry, but it’s been really interesting so far. And not only because of things like what I’m going to show you, though that helps, too.

Last week, we had Larry Lessig in as a guest speaker by virtue of this video. The whole thing is about 20 minutes and it’s very good — it’s a presentation he gave on creative freedom.

If you’re just looking for some funny, however, skip the video ahead to about 8:40, where Lessig presents three examples of what he calls “remix culture.” The first will particularly amuse fans of the Muppets. The second (at 9:30) becomes a bit of an eyesore, but just wait for it… And it only lasts a minute, because at 10:30 there’s a beautiful political romance.

In other news, a notice on the school website announces that the main dining hall “will be going trayless February 25th to 29th.” (I love the way they phrase it.) We’ve got about six inches of snow on the ground tonight — I guess the cafeteria-tray-as-makeshift-sled phenomena is universal.

Categories: college, grad school, just the weather
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I’d like to introduce you all to a new member of my little family: I’ve retired the IBM ThinkPad I’ve been using for the last five and a half years and replaced it with a white MacBook.

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Categories: technologia
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This is somewhat hilarious.

Highlights:

“The date on the calendar will say 1/29, but for Rudy Giuliani, Tuesday is a day that — like 9/11 — will undoubtedly define him for years to come.”

…groan. But wait for it:

“It’s a detachment that underscores a recurring but clearly documentable problem for Giuliani: The more voters see of him, the less they want to vote for him.

When his campaign spent $3 million on radio and TV ads in New Hampshire, his poll numbers went down, not up. The same thing happened when Giuliani, forever dressed in a dark suit and wing tips, descended into the pastel world of Republican Florida.”

Love it.

Categories: in the news
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