Welcome to Mimico
I was looking up directions today on Google Maps and tried to zoom and accidentally activated their Street View feature. I didn't know that they had mapped our neighborhood yet, the last time I had checked had been quite a while ago. From the looks of the photos they were taken over the summer.
So, anybody wondering what it looks like where I live in Canada but can't come for a visit, now you can see for yourself. And like any good trip to Mimico, we have to start at the Beer Store...
The Potential of Spintronics
In this Q & A session with Physics World, David Awschalom discusses the current uses and future possibilities of harnessing the spin of electrons. This emerging field is called spintronics, and it's potential applications range from massively increased memory storage to the building of functional quantum computers.
Sean Carroll and the Arrow of Time
Why does time move in only one direction? Why are some events cyclical and some others happen only once? What is the relationship between these two experiences we have of time? These are some of the questions that Dr. Carroll explores in this lecture he recently delivered at the Quantum 2 Consciousness festival in Waterloo, Ontario. I'm really glad that they made this lecture and others available online so those of us who couldn't make it can still listen in.
Soft Morphing Mobile Robot
Those folks at DARPA are again up to something strange again, this thing is called the Chembot. It's hard to watch, robots aren't supposed to be mushy.
There’s a Hero Coming to Canada
Right now it is mostly just speculation, the "smoking gun" seems to have been revealed on Isaiah's Tech blog. As he points out, the Hero is now listed on the Canadian portion of HTC's website in the support section. There are also rumors that Telus and Bell are going to be putting the Hero in their lineup this fall as they roll out their HSPA offering. I, personally, would be very happy if the HTC Hero came to Bell because they're my current carrier.
I've been collecting news and reviews about the HTC Hero on Twine for a while now and believe that it is looking to become the greatest smartphone rival to the iPhone over the next year. It may not be able to break the iPhone grip by itself, but a slew of other Android powered phones are in the works from multiple manufacturers, all offering slightly different features and setups.
The big winner? ARM Holdings of Great Britain, whose low power, ultra-efficient microchips are what power all of them, including the iPhone.
Real Transforming Robot
What else can I say, this is incredible. Maybe transforming robots are going to be a lot more than just science fiction.
