The retinal implant designed by IIP Technologies is a unique microchip that is implanted in the eye, it gives stimulation to the optic nerve through optical glasses.
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Retinal Implant gives vision to blind
June 16th, 2005 at 3:26 pmEngadget: Big TVs = Big electric bills
June 16th, 2005 at 10:48 am“Want to know why your electric bill’s been soaring lately? No, it’s not because you’ve got the AC cranked at 68 degrees in response to this freaking heat wave that’s been hitting the Northeast. According to a recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council it’s because of that ginormous TV set you just bought.”
Rumor: Matrix Online sold to Sony
June 16th, 2005 at 10:33 am“According to some unnamed sources, [The Matrix Online] has been sold. To Sony. And except for 26 people, everyone’s been given their 60 day notice. That includes event staff.”
CBC announces new podcasts…
June 14th, 2005 at 2:06 pmI’m not sure if the show is all that interesting, I can’t recall the last time I heard it, but nevertheless, CBC’s Metro Morning will be podcasting ‘a package of the show’s top stories’ every weekday.
TORONTO – Highlights from CBC Radio’s Metro Morning are now available online for fans of the show who want to download interviews and listen to them at their leisure.
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Alt Key Numeric Codes
June 13th, 2005 at 2:14 pmA useful list of Alt Key Numeric Codes. It’s a decent resource to have lying around.
Bookmarklet To Remove noWraps on the ‘digg / digall’ pages at digg.com
June 9th, 2005 at 10:58 amUpdate: This seems to be a bug with Firefox Deer Park Alpha 1, and doesn’t seem to happen on my Firefox 1.0.4 version at home. The issue deals with the divs inside the title# tds. The divs around the description have a style=”width:350″ attribute, but Deer Park doesn’t seem to respond to this value. I dont know if this is a problem with Deer Park or a problem with the style attribute not specifying a unit.
So, in case you haven’t noticed from the recent upswing in blog postings here, I’ve started getting into digg.com. I’ve been following the river of news from digg.com for a while but haven’t been a very active participant until recently.
Anywho, I’ve found the ‘digg / diggall‘ pages to be somewhat unpleasant with the TDs under the ‘title’ column having a noWrap=true property applied to them. So I whipped up a quick bookmarklet to fix the problem.
<a href=”javascript:(function(){ els=document.getElementsByTagName(‘td’); for(i=0;iFix Digg TDs
To use the bookmarklet simply drag it to your bookmarks toolbar / links bar, and click it after loading the digall page.
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CBC Radio 3 begins Podcasting to showcase independent Canadian music
June 9th, 2005 at 10:01 amFans of… independent Canadian music can experience the programming of CBC Radio 3 in a new way – podcasting…. Radio 3′s podcast is truly unique: it’s full of amazing, 100% Canadian music from new and emerging artists. It’s great news for music fans and it’s even better news for independent Canadian musicians.
Latest Firefox reintroduces 7-year-old security flaw
June 8th, 2005 at 12:31 pmMost browser vendors, including Mozilla, agreed and updated their products to remove the feature. But it has been reintroduced in Firefox 1.0.4, Mozilla 1.7.8 and Camino 0.x, according to the firm. Secunia has published an online demonstration of the flaw.
Engadget: Akimbo review
June 8th, 2005 at 3:17 amThere’s a lot to like… and there’s a lot of promise here. The service itself is fairly easy to use and the execution is flawless… but unless there’s something in their current offering that catches your eye, we’d suggest you want a few more months to see what other shows, movies, and channels they add to their catalog.
MAKE Blog: Sony Librie Hacking
June 8th, 2005 at 3:15 am“The Sony Librie is an e-ink ebook reader. It’s stunning. The display looks so “real” it appears as if it’s a sticker or printed on the screen. The bad news is, the ebook format is some wacky DRM Sony put on it. …[But with] the step by step how-to I’m writing up you can… for now here are some photos of some tests”