Musings from a complex world

[stuartgriffith]

Well it's been a while since i was here, but lots going on...

I have now been a proud owner of an Asus Transformer Prime for 2 months whilst many have not been able to get hold of one for love nor money.  I cannot remember the last time i was this excited about a new bit of tech...

Asus promised and delivered an boot loader unlocking tool which means the devices (as long as you don't mind voiding your warranty) should be able to dual boot Linux.

Someone already has it partially working.  I can't wait to try it out, especially if they (the people more technically gifted than me) get the touch interface talking to it...

I'm going to enjoy being cutting edge in the tablet world for a few more weeks until the new toys from MWC are released ;-)

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I love this concept of being able to video precisely what you are looking at without having to hold up a mobile phone endlessly.  I've been following this since it was announced on Kickstarter in the summer.  Aiming to raise $55000 and managed $343415.

Normal looking sunglasses which do 720p video, 2-3 hours use, bluetooth or wifi to phone / tablet and live streaming or 8GB on board!

I love this so much I put my money where my mouth is and given them 150 folding dollars.  There isn't even a product yet. Apparently Winter 2011.  

About now then?

Their PR machine is not running well however.  Updates to the community are vague and reasonably sporadic.  I like supporting new ideas, but I not desperate to burn money pointlessly.  We'll see..

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Launched a new tab for Kia motors UK on Monday to allow Kia owners to leave a review of their cars and have now nearly doubled their likes in a week.

Proud of all the people that made this happen under pressure.

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I love my contemporary dance / acrobatic shows and i recently saw A show called Dummy in Germany. An astonishing fusion of dance, acrobatics and tech in one of the most spellbinding shows i've ever seen in my life. 2 hours of magic...

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Well now, i missed this originally, but I believe his sincerity.. Things are going to get very messy and we are years away from the bottom...

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Great to see my last integrated project out in the wild: www.bulmers.co.uk

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Great music and beautiful SoundCloud integration...

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Limitless hydrogen...

It is great to see technological innovation coming through in this field.  For too long the hydrogen car has been seen as the panacea but i've always questioned the cost of hydrogen production, nuclear anyone?

It feels as though we are going full circle as the first cars were not petroleum based but hydrogen (+oxygen) in 1807 (Francois Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland).

Petrol only caught on when Henry ford came along and reduced production costs of petrol cars by 2/3, the power of the mass market.

It is also worth mentioning the first battery powered carriage is credited to Scottish inventor Robert Anderson between 1832-1839, just before American Thomas Davenport who arguably built the first practical application.

According to the Electric Vehicle Association of Canada, if electric cars are recharged from coal-powered electric generators that cuts carbon emission roughly in half. Electric cars recharged from cleaner forms of electrical power generation, such as hydropower and nuclear plants, can reduce carbon emissions to less than one percent of those currently produced by internal combustion engines.

Can we solve the recharge time and weight problems or will hydrogen win?  It is a race for for the builders of new technology...