One of our little themes in Emerging Tech for while has been ambient displays, whether they be real or virtual. I really like the look of Chumby Industries. They’re starting with the clock radio as a low cost, low power, wifi connected device. I think a lot will depend on how low cost they can [...]

The U2 in SL event is 30 minutes away

Yossarian Seattle is getting married in Real Life today and has had a great present from Wagner James AU

For those of us in Hursley who are old fashioned enough to still have TVs, a must watch has always been, Dragons Den. People with ideas or businesses have to present to a set of investors with the hope that they will pay for a stake in their company. It can often seem very similar [...]

The Hursley lab is playing a major part in a large research project, known as ITA. ITA, is a joint US and UK programme of fundamental research into network centric systems. It’s lead by IBM, but with a number of industrial and academic partners (Boeing, LogiaCMG, Honeywell, UCLA, Cambridge, Columbia etc. – there’s a full [...]

Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus, discusses the future and current impact of Second Life

Some more people have joined eightbar in Second Life and a diverse set of skills has emerged.

When talking about Virtual Worlds with customers and other IBMers, I often start with some examples of the state of the art in Second Life. Here is my current list…

An example of how residents can collaborate in Second Life

The clue is in the title, Snowcrash is being represented in SL