Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

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The Fax Machine Uprising

June 24th, 2002 at 8:48 am » Comments (0)

Last week, the UK online community called Stand scored a dramatic victory over government plans to give all sorts of public bodies access to records of everyone’s e-mail and phone records.

They organized a fax campaign through an automated fax broadcast website. Using what is now seen as ancient fax technology, the managed to change […]



Russian Scientists March on Moscow

June 24th, 2002 at 8:37 am » Comments (0)

The BBC reports that Russian scientists have organised a march on Moscow in protest at the desperate state of affairs in Russian science.

About 150 scientists from across Russia are setting off on foot from a research centre 100 kilometres (62 miles) to the south of Moscow.

They plan to cover the distance in three days and […]



Personal Massager Module for your PDA

June 24th, 2002 at 1:15 am » Comments (0)

Personal Massager™ unveils the world first PDA-enabled body massaging device. It is a Springboard™ module that works on Handspring™ Visor™ handheld. By snapping the module onto the handheld, you massage your tense, tired or aching body while working, reading a book or just simply relaxing. Cool attachment. Who woulda thought.



Turn Anything into a Speaker System

June 24th, 2002 at 1:08 am » Comments (0)

Smaller than a computer mouse, Soundbug plugs into the standard 3.5mm headphone socket of any device. A sucker push ring attaches Soundbug firmly to any hard, glossy surface such as glass, metal or MDF. An MDF desk top, MDF cupboard door, a window or even a glass-framed picture will do perfectly.

Soundbug takes the signal from […]



Using Weather Balloons for Wireless

June 24th, 2002 at 12:15 am » Comments (0)

Space Data says its plan to create America’s first floating wireless network — by putting disposable transmitters on government weather balloons — has already undergone successful testing and is economically viable.

A trial run with text-messaging service in the Phoenix area is slated for this summer. The official launch of the messaging service would begin next […]