A new MacGyver-esque cellphone hack could bring cheap, on-the-spot disease detection to even the most remote villages on the planet, reports Wired. It could revolutionize disease detection in the field. An off-the-shelf Sony Ericsson cellphone has been modded using only an LED, plastic light filter and some wires. The bulge is the filtered light source [...]
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin does not see much chance of getting his free broadband proposal out the door before he exits in mid-January, says Broadcast and Cable Magazine. Martin talked about that and more with B&C Washington Bureau Chief John Eggerton in the January 5, 2009, issue of Broadcasting & Cable. What is the status [...]
Nokia has become the world’s largest computer maker, says Tomi T Ahonen, author of Communities Dominate Brand. And not by its sales of all phones, only by counting smartphones. “If you accept the premise that smartphones are computers, (as Nokia calls the N-Series or as Apple calls the iPhone), then the numbers are clear, says [...]
The NY Times says carriers are ripping off people with text messaging fees. The cost of delivering text messaging is virtually nothing. Text messages are tiny free riders, tucked into what’s called a “control channel“, space reserved for operation of the wireless network. It’s pure profit for cellular carriers because it doesn’t require a phone [...]
Here’s some festive holiday revelry from The Richter Scales: Their “Here Comes Another Bubble,” won a Webby Award. Can I get you another eggnog?
“The truth is that promoting science isn’t just about providing resources—it’s about protecting free and open inquiry,” said President-elect Obama in his weekly video chat. President-elect Obama announced his appointment of Dr. John Holdren as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on [...]
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