Links for 16-06-2007
IBM’s metaverse passports, Karl Schroeder on home fabrication, computer issues on the ISS…
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1 – IBM Thinking of Virtual Passports
“… the company is considering ways in which avatars might travel between virtual worlds while keeping their essential appearance and possessions intact.”
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2 – $7500 to Make the Virtual Real
“The technology is evolving so rapidly, in fact, that we’re likely to see a kind of Moore’s Law liftoff in the next several years … Fab technology is rapidly tipping over into home hobbyist territory and, once that happens, expect things to accelerate.”
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3 – Mom’s Baby Monitor Picks Up Shuttle Atlantis Video
“I’m going why am I picking up NASA or the space station, then I just went to bed. Sure enough put it on in the morning and screamed… ‘It’s NASA! It’s a space station! Why are we getting this?’” OMG – what if terrorists can see it too?
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4 – Computer Glitch Continues Aboard Space Station
“Efforts to reboot critical Russian computer systems aboard the ISS continued Friday after a long night of troubleshooting by the outpost’s cosmonaut crew.” Note the emphasis on the Russian-ness of the hardware. Cute.
