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Seven Things – Tagged by Shaun Farrell

“Seven Things” is a fun little exercise that is rapidly spreading around. I was tagged (i.e. told to do this) by Shaun Farrell, college friend and Web Developer at the Library of Congress.
Seven things about me you may or may not know:

I started my college education at Cape Cod Community College -  I was not [...]

“Objectified” Trailer

Objectified is an industrial design documentary from Gary Hustwit, the director of “Helvetica”. “Helvetica” was one of the best documentaries I have seen relating to design, and I can’t wait for “Objectified” because it’s a little closer to home. Check out the trailer:

Revolutionary New Laptop with No Keyboard

The Onion just released one of its funniest Mac-bashing videos yet. It’s the day before the last (and Steve Job-less) Apple keynote at MacWorld, and I think this video is a great follow-up to my last post on Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs). BCIs are keyboardless and so is this new laptop dreamed up by The Onion [...]

Brain-Computer Interfaces

Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) are both scary and very promising at the same time. As evidenced by this 60 Minutes video, BCIs are an essential tool already for many disabled individuals. BCIs can provide the ability to use thought in order to type,  produce speech, and control prosthetic limbs.
Could BCIs finally replace the old WIMP (window, [...]