AMD and Pixelux Entertainment have announced the Open Physics Initiative. Pixelux is the developer of the physics system used in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
I’ll be all over getting affordable LED lightbulbs. Lots better than those mercury filled bulbs. Looks like Philips might have done it.
Robert Goldman created a device that can target tumors in cancer patients. It just got FDA approval.
Ever wonder what it’s like inside a Netflix Warehouse, with all those red envelopes coming in every day? Come to think of it, have you ever even seen a Netflix warehouse? Well, the reporting in this story has, and it’s very a very interesting read.
In 2006, Netflix announced a contest to improve the recommendation engine it uses by at least 10%. Yesterday it was announced that a team was able to reach 10.05%. Read more about it in Wired.com.
The winning team wins $1,000,000.
A web connected printer? I’m not even sure where to start with this. I don’t think it’s a very good idea for websites to start integrating special software that will only print particularly well on one type of printer.
Maybe there’s more to it than that, I’ll have to see the demo to be sure I’m [...]
If you want a good reason to open your purchases in front of a Best Buy employee before you leave the store, check this out.
You might find a brick instead.
Microsoft did the right thing and broadcast their E3 announcements today. Good idea!
They broadcast the video of the announcer standing in front of a field of dots. Bad idea…
The video of this was bigger, and the dots were very distracting.
Sprint will start selling the Palm Pre on June 6th, for $199.
Palm is taking a real gamble by not having the ability to run older Palm apps on this new device, and an even bigger gamble by waiting until just two days before Apple’s developer’s conference to start selling this.
I think it’s clear Apple is [...]
