Apple Store Stockton St Pano
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Maiden Lane Pano
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Union Square Pano
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New Camera to Auto-document Your Life
I’m excited to see this story about the next evolution of the SenseCam, which I wrote about a few months ago. A camera you can wear as a pendant to record every moment of your life will soon be launched by a UK-based firm. Originally invented to help jog the memories of people with Alzheimer’s ...
10/GUI Concept
10/GUI is an interesting take on a possible multi-touch system by R. Clayton Miller. The concept re-imagines the desktop UI by proposing a multi-touch system that doesn’t rely on the screen, but adapts a multi-touch replacement for a keyboard. I like the idea, except I’m not convinced the proposed linear model of “stitching” windows together ...
The Moment Before the Music
My parents flew in from the east coast and we went to see Michael Tilson Thomas conduct Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 at Davies Symphony Hall as part of the Mahler 2009 Festival. This is the moment as the symphony warmed up just before MTT entered the stage. Click for a larger view. Taken with the ...
Muir Woods
If you’re in the Bay area, you’ve got to visit the Muir Woods National Monument north of the city in Mill Valley. The redwood trees are between 500 and 800 years old with the oldest being at least 1200 years old!
de Young Museum
Visiting the de Young Museum with my folks who are in town visiting.
Honda U3-X Personal Mobility Concept
Honda is literally reinventing the wheel with its new concept, the U3-X Personal Mobility Concept, an experimental personal mobility device that provides 360 degree movement. The concept relies on technologies derived while working on the ASIMO humanoid robot, which I’ve mentioned before. When walking, we perform forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonal movements, the latter of ...