By David Nelson Painstaking task of identifying remains of war victims and matching them to living relatives. The bones of a young man in his twenties rest on a metal table in the Bosnian town of Tuzla. He has no name, but the International Commission on Missing Persons hopes to give him one soon. The skeletal […]
Changes of Mind – Ends, Means and Goals
In this article, author Phin Upham examines the surprisingly complex philosophical implications of the simple act of changing your mind. What does it mean to change one’s mind? In discussing this problem we must come to an understanding of what it means to have an intention, what is relevant in changing that intention, […]
iPhone 3G: REVIEW AND SPECS
It’s hard to think of any other device that’s enjoyed the level of exposure and hype that Apple found in the launch of the first iPhone. Who could forget it? Everyone got to be a gadget nerd; even those completely disinterested in technology seemed to come down with iPhone fever. But the original device was still […]
MY POCKET FULL OF NEW GIZMOS
Air Guitar Shirt by CSIRO CSIRO has built a shirt that allows you to play air guitar and actually hear music! Dr Richard Helmer and a team of researchers at CSIRO Textiles and Fibre Technology in Geelong have created a ‘wearable instrument shirt’ (WIS) that consists of a wearable sensor interface that uses custom software […]
Protecting Data
The personal data of every citizen of a small country consisting of SSN or ID number as well as passport reference, name, address, date of birth, phone, email, credit card and bank account numbers, utility and driving license details and a dozen other items of information require less than the storage capacity available on […]