Vive la difference! So much better and environ-friendly than that pesky yellow book that lands on your doorstep every year …
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June 30, 2010
News – UrbanDive by PagesJaunes (France) and Earthmine (Berkeley CA)
June 28, 2010
Data – Google Labs Public Data Explorer & EU Broadband
News – The passing of Sen. Robert Byrd and a lesson in conviction
June 27, 2010
Tools – Metanomy Beekgeek Twitter & RSS Interactive Map
June 22, 2010
News – NPR: FCC Eyes Broadband for Native America
June 21, 2010
News – Economist Tech Quarterly & ‘air’ power, retro & gumby robots, & typing cyber faux pas
All stories…
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-quarterly/
…. those with overt applicability to the LE, FOUO, HLS, and DoD domains….
Power from the air? – Re-incarnating Tesla (and no I am not referencing the stellar 80′s band) to change the game for urban C4ISR sensor deployment & obviate the need for plugs, cords, and car chargers for consumers…
http://www.economist.com/node/16295708?story_id=16295708
Old school steam power and autonomous, self fueling biomass robots – military might through mulch?
http://www.economist.com/node/16295752?story_id=16295752
Squishy robots that can meld into tight spots with compeling USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) and public health applications
http://www.economist.com/node/16295646?story_id=16295646
Self healing metal – Beyond the Tin Man from that fateful journey to Oz or simply commuting on the 405, great DoD applicability
http://www.economist.com/node/16295654?story_id=16295654
Loose clicks sink ships (solution, loud music at work is a good thing) – cybersecurity and the use of acoustic typing signatures to remotely hack computers (this could be as disasterously revealing as the un-encripted drone feeds in AfPak, i.e. with line of sight, intruders with a cheap laptop and laser / parabolic microphone could leap firewalls and air-gap systems like Parisienne parcour punks)
http://www.economist.com/node/16295574?story_id=16295574
June 19, 2010
News – NASA and potential Al Qaeda threat in 2003
June 18, 2010
News & Technology – USC Institute for Creative Technology
Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer (MCIT) Behind the Scenes
http://ict.usc.edu/projects/mobile_counter_ied_interactive_trainer_mcit/
News & Technology – Earthmine (Berkeley CA) is a game changer
With great applicability to a myriad of sectors (critical infrastructure, urban planning, facilities, special events, crisis mapping, immersive gaming, special effects, etc.), this technology is truly the ‘missing link’ between our various satellite/aerial ortho (top down) sensors, obliques (Pictometry), flat and contentious Google Streetview and the highly accurate, but slower HDS & BIM (Building Information Models) realms. Make sure to see their booth and team at the 2010 ESRI UC in San Diego. Bravo and well done, Earthmine…
June 11, 2010
News – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Geospatial Tools & Timeline
UPDATE 20100622
http://thegisinstitute.org/blog/deepwater-horizon/deepwater-gis-data-concerns/
http://ushahidi.labucketbrigade.org/
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/06/11/oil.spil.app/
Virtual USA Background
http://www.firstresponder.gov/Pages/VirtualUSA.aspx
BP ArcGIS Server Live Map
http://www.gulfofmexicoresponsemap.com/dwhi/
… and though this is not a subject to take lightly, the following faux CONOPS is telling …
