“Who Killed Captain Alex” is apparently Uganda’s first action movie. From the looks of the trailer, forcing someone to watch this would just be Uganda’s latest human rights violation”.
Do not miss this movie.for details www.ramonfilmproductions.com "
7/29/10
6/30/10
Strikes hit Greece, Spain as ECB deadline looms
"Protest turns violent in Athens, where riot police fired teargas at protesters who were hurling stones.
Imagine
ATHENS/FRANKFURT - Strikes in Greece and Spain highlighted resistance to Europe-wide austerity measures on Tuesday as the euro and shares tumbled ahead of a deadline for banks to repay a giant European Central Bank cash injection. The fifth major strike this year by Greek unions disrupted tourism and public transport in protest at planned pension cuts and later retirement, while Spanish workers shut down Madrid’s metro system in anger at a 5 percent public sector pay cut.
The risk premium on southern European government bonds over benchmark German bunds widened and the cost of insuring their debt against default rose as investors adjusted to the wider repercussions of the Greek debt crisis on the financial system at the end of the quarter, a traditional stress point. Euro zone policymakers sought to reassure markets that Thursday’s crunch date for banks to repay a record EUR 442 bln one-year liquidity injection would be managed smoothly. Spanish Economy Minister Elena Salgado said she hoped the ECB was aware of the situation of her country’s stressed banks, some of which have been shut out of inter-bank lending due to worries over bad debts and public finances. “The ECB says it doesn’t like governments to tell it what to do. I simply say I hope that in this occasion, as in others, the ECB will be aware of the needs of the Spanish financial system,” Salgado told Spanish radio.
Thursday’s repayment deadline coincides with the automatic date for some index-linked funds to dump Greek bonds from their portfolio after they were downgraded to junk status by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s in June.
In Athens, riot police fired teargas at protesters chanting “Burn parliament” just hours before lawmakers were to begin debating a sweeping pension reform to help tackle the country’s huge debt crisis. About 10,000 people took part in marches across Athens during a nationwide strike - well down from the 50,000 in the biggest demonstration against austerity measures needed to secure a EUR 110 bln bailout from the European Union and the IMF. “Burn parliament! Burn parliament!” a group of about 150 black-hooded youths shouted as they threw sticks, stones, bottles and petrol bombs at police guarding the building in central Athens.
Police fired teargas to disperse most of the crowd protesting during the fifth joint strike called by public and private sector unions this year. Banks and local media were shut, hospitals operated with emergency staff and public offices were mostly closed. Businesses in central Athens rolled down their metal shutters but many elsewhere were open as usual." source
Imagine
ATHENS/FRANKFURT - Strikes in Greece and Spain highlighted resistance to Europe-wide austerity measures on Tuesday as the euro and shares tumbled ahead of a deadline for banks to repay a giant European Central Bank cash injection. The fifth major strike this year by Greek unions disrupted tourism and public transport in protest at planned pension cuts and later retirement, while Spanish workers shut down Madrid’s metro system in anger at a 5 percent public sector pay cut.
The risk premium on southern European government bonds over benchmark German bunds widened and the cost of insuring their debt against default rose as investors adjusted to the wider repercussions of the Greek debt crisis on the financial system at the end of the quarter, a traditional stress point. Euro zone policymakers sought to reassure markets that Thursday’s crunch date for banks to repay a record EUR 442 bln one-year liquidity injection would be managed smoothly. Spanish Economy Minister Elena Salgado said she hoped the ECB was aware of the situation of her country’s stressed banks, some of which have been shut out of inter-bank lending due to worries over bad debts and public finances. “The ECB says it doesn’t like governments to tell it what to do. I simply say I hope that in this occasion, as in others, the ECB will be aware of the needs of the Spanish financial system,” Salgado told Spanish radio.
Thursday’s repayment deadline coincides with the automatic date for some index-linked funds to dump Greek bonds from their portfolio after they were downgraded to junk status by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s in June.
In Athens, riot police fired teargas at protesters chanting “Burn parliament” just hours before lawmakers were to begin debating a sweeping pension reform to help tackle the country’s huge debt crisis. About 10,000 people took part in marches across Athens during a nationwide strike - well down from the 50,000 in the biggest demonstration against austerity measures needed to secure a EUR 110 bln bailout from the European Union and the IMF. “Burn parliament! Burn parliament!” a group of about 150 black-hooded youths shouted as they threw sticks, stones, bottles and petrol bombs at police guarding the building in central Athens.
Police fired teargas to disperse most of the crowd protesting during the fifth joint strike called by public and private sector unions this year. Banks and local media were shut, hospitals operated with emergency staff and public offices were mostly closed. Businesses in central Athens rolled down their metal shutters but many elsewhere were open as usual." source
Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time!
"For the third time in the last 6 days, another line of nasty storms rolled through Chicago on Wednesday evening. I love coming home and being able to watch and capture nature’s beauty from my balcony. “Wed’s storms towered up to 63,000 ft, unleashed 80 mph gusts, local 3″+ rains and 15,000 cloud to ground lightning strikes in a single hour.”
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Official Trailer
Film budget is 150 million pounds. The first part of the film will be released on November 19, 2010 in USA
6/24/10
Superb - Samsung 3D Projection
Samsung launched the Samsung 3D LED TV and they are in full promotion campaign. And what effect is even greater as more atypical campaign ... they rent an historic building in Amsterdam and have done so ....
Images from Italy's cantonment
Italy finished last in the group and returns home ...
We know that Squadra Azzurra training were banned from media ... nevertheless, we have some pictures from the last workout.
We know that Squadra Azzurra training were banned from media ... nevertheless, we have some pictures from the last workout.
Smoking can Kill
One of the finalists of the largest short film festival, Tropfest, 2010 edition. Raphael Sammi has a slightly different idea, from what to one used so far in the campaigns against smoking. Enjoy ... and remember, smoking can kill!
Battle of Santiago
"Battle of Santiago" is a football match between Italy and Chile held by the FIFA World Cup in 1962. This match with many red cards was the match that will remained in history with the name "Battle of Santiago". Read more on wikipedia
6/22/10
Apple iPhone 4, sales record
The newest and thinnest smartphone in the world, the iPhone 4 was launched and the company enjoys a tremendous success, the Americans managed to sell 600,000 units in just 24 hours.
The new gadget launched by Apple - iPhone 4 - is the most desirable mobile phone in the world. More than 600,000 people have ordered the phone the first day of pre-orders. Due to demand, on-line order system blocked, and Apple had to temporarily stop selling, while demanding an apology for offering insufficient.
How to wash a plane?
How to wash a plane is a commercial that I think you will find it interesting :)
Speed up your life
"The shopping carts — driven by fun.
Some carts are pimped with a skateboard. Up for some extra shopping fun?"
Some carts are pimped with a skateboard. Up for some extra shopping fun?"
6/21/10
Adidas Originals – Star Wars™ Cantina 2010
"Adidas Originals invites you to join David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel, DJ Neil Armstrong and some of your dear, old friends for an intergalactic 2010 FIFA World Cup™ viewing party that you’ll never forget."
Cafa allonga – Happy Hour
Cafa allonga – Happy Hour Animation
"Court métrage de 6 minutes
Réalisation: Maxime Paccalet
Scénario: Maxime Paccalet, Pierre Razetto, Dimitri Cohen-Tanugi
Création sonore, composition & mixage : Agence Face B agencefaceb.com/blog/
Production: Kawanimation / Alexis Laffaille"
"Court métrage de 6 minutes
Réalisation: Maxime Paccalet
Scénario: Maxime Paccalet, Pierre Razetto, Dimitri Cohen-Tanugi
Création sonore, composition & mixage : Agence Face B agencefaceb.com/blog/
Production: Kawanimation / Alexis Laffaille"
Café allongé / Happy hour- FILM COMPLET/COMPLETE SHORT FILM from kawastudio on Vimeo.
Watch Live World Cup matches in South Africa !
Live World Cup matches in South Africa
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv
America’s Got Talent - Fighting Gravity
A band worthy of all praise made an appearance on American's Got Talent
California man with a gun is chased and shot by Police
California man with a gun is chased and shot by Police
The World Cup 2010 South Africa Ball from Adidas - Jabulani
The World Cup 2010 South Africa Ball from Adidas - Jabulani
World Cup’s song
Unofficial version of South Africa 2010 World Cup’s song edited. I hope you will enjoy it.
4/24/10
The new Volkswagen Passat will be announced in September at Paris
It became certainty that Volkswagen will launch this year at the Paris salon, the sixth generation of the Passat sedan and eventually change the entire range of cars (the only one who stayed with the old design is the Tiguan).
Interestingly, however, that Volkswagen has come to replace almost all models early, after about five years, on average, although the custom was that a car life will be three years to make the elevator and another 3 or 4 years after its review.
The current Passat was launched five years ago and was his lifelong best sellers for the share of part class. Main features of deisgn Golf and Polo will follow the recipe, ie a front part of new style already known, and a figure not much changed from the current generation. Ups could come in sizes and quality interior, and optional technologies.
Confirmation of the official release has not come yet, but sources within the company have hinted that the Passat is the last and most important launch of the Volkswagen Group in 2010, a long list announced or anticipated Extremely early. Thus, the exotic R Golf and Scirocco R, which supported the establishment of company R Gmbh to utility 4MOTION T5, Touareg sets included (most important model yet), Sharan, Amarok but do lifts Phaeton, Touran and Caddy, with new versions of Polo - BlueMotion Polo Cross and GTI.
As usual, the Passat will have two body styles, sedan and wagon, and engines will not leave the known list. Launch of Paris will be followed in the months of the last quarter of the successive launches in European markets.
4/21/10
Dog attack the police !
"A Chattanooga Police officer, while running radar at 1410 Workman Road on Sunday night, had his patrol car attacked by a ferocious dog.
Officer Clayton Holmes said he had stopped to work on a report when he felt his car shaking. He got out to investigate and what he found was a bulldog chewing on his patrol car.
The dog chewed two tires and the entire front bumper off of the car."
Officer Clayton Holmes said he had stopped to work on a report when he felt his car shaking. He got out to investigate and what he found was a bulldog chewing on his patrol car.
The dog chewed two tires and the entire front bumper off of the car."
TIME LAPSE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
"News, Weather & Sports – a year long time-lapse documents the seasonal changes and the recreational activities of visitors to a public park. This is a preview clip of a looping video art project by Dan Hudson (www.danhudson.ca). Location: Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Music: Chris Jennings. Support: Canada Council for the Arts."
Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncè Vs. Metallica - Telephone
Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncè Vs. Metallica - Telephone Vs. Enter Sandman (Djs From Mars Bootleg Remix)
4/20/10
Crisis and financial regulations
The global crisis brought about resurrecting a debate nearly as old as economics itself: the relationship between state and market. From W. Petty, F. Quesnay and A. Smith JM Keynes, L. von Mises, F. Hayek and M. Friedman, all the great economists of the world expressed their views over time on this important topic. Without going here into details of different argument positions, it appears that there are five major doctrinal guidelines, which correspond to as many as many forms of political action: 1) classical liberalism, 2) the welfare state, 3) keynesianismul, 4) direct interventionism ; 5) neoliberalism.
Return to Common Sense Is Needed
"I have these words Written at the time of the deepening Financial Crisis Causing Which is ricocheting worldwide and tremendous anguish and tremors, the spreading Economic Downturn. It is also not a long while after the European Parliament passed a report which I worked out together with a Dutch colleague, Ieke van de Burg, in which we argue in favour of an overhaul of the regulatory and supervision frameworks of financial markets in the EU. Also it is not a long while after the European Parliament passed a report Which I worked out together with a Dutch colleague, Ieke van de Burg, to argue in favor of WE Which year overhaul of the Regulatory and Supervision of Financial Markets frameworks in the EU . I should underline that the paradigmatic underpinnings of our report were not dawned upon us by a growing financial mess engulfing western economies; for a longer period of time both of us, though belonging to two different political groups in the European Parliament, had harboured similar views on what has been wrong with the dynamics of world finance. I should underline that the paradigmatic underpinnings of our report notes were dawned upon us by the growing mess engulfing Western Financial Economics, the longer Period of time for both of us, though belonging to different Political Groups in the Two European Parliament, had harboured similar views On What has been wrong with the dynamics of world finance. "
China in the current global economic crisis
After 30 Years of restructuring, high economic growth and development, China Could Make the global crisis from the very favourable position. Its prompt response with a comprehensive interventionist package seems to have yielded the expected results, but these results might prove unsustainable in the longer run if the chinese development model is not changed. Its interventionist prompt response with a comprehensive package seems to have yielded the results Expected, But Might tissue results prove unsustainable in the longer run if the Chinese development model is note changed.
More women than men get advanced degrees
" As a growing number of young women obtain advanced degrees, the U.S. Census Bureau predicts more women than men are expected to become doctors, lawyers and professors.
Nearly six out of ten adults holding advanced degrees between the ages of 25 and 29 are women, the census reported Tuesday.
The trend of more women holding advanced degrees than men is occurring among the white, Hispanic and black populations but not the Asian population.
The study also revealed the gap between men and women older than 25 holding advanced degrees has shrunk since 2000.
About 10 percent of women over 25 possessed an advanced degree compared to about 7 percent of women in 2000. In comparison, the growth for men over 25 holding advance degrees was much slower, the Census report shows. About 11 percent of men over 25 had an advanced degree compared to 10 percent in 2000.
The study also revealed an advanced degree can result in bigger earnings. Advanced degree holders earned an average of $83,144 in 2008. In contrast, people with a bachelors degree earned about $58,613 that same year. " Source CNN.COM
Nearly six out of ten adults holding advanced degrees between the ages of 25 and 29 are women, the census reported Tuesday.
The trend of more women holding advanced degrees than men is occurring among the white, Hispanic and black populations but not the Asian population.
The study also revealed the gap between men and women older than 25 holding advanced degrees has shrunk since 2000.
About 10 percent of women over 25 possessed an advanced degree compared to about 7 percent of women in 2000. In comparison, the growth for men over 25 holding advance degrees was much slower, the Census report shows. About 11 percent of men over 25 had an advanced degree compared to 10 percent in 2000.
The study also revealed an advanced degree can result in bigger earnings. Advanced degree holders earned an average of $83,144 in 2008. In contrast, people with a bachelors degree earned about $58,613 that same year. " Source CNN.COM
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano
Eyjafjallajökull (in translation "continental glacier) is a volcano covered by a glacier, the fifth largest in Iceland. The mountain is located west of Glacier Mýrdalsjökull southwest coast of Iceland at an altitude of 1666 m above the sea. Due eruption on April 2010, the cloud of volcanic ash nearly paralyzed air traffic throughout Europe.
Psycho American Idol contestant, Mary Roach !!!
Most Psycho American Idol contestant ever, Mary Roach !!!
"Mary isn’t all there…watch the entire video, she loses at the end…it’s worth it!"
"Mary isn’t all there…watch the entire video, she loses at the end…it’s worth it!"
4/19/10
LEGO Sequential Gearbox (7+R) on a Bugatti Veyron 16.4
LEGO Sequential Gearbox (7+R) on a Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Hair Waxed in public
My girlfriend put me up to have all of my body hair waxed in a very public location – Sydney’s Circular Quay! All dosh raised goes to Australian Red Cross, so once the pain subsided, it was replaced by a nice warm feeling.
You need a Boyfriend ?
You need a Boyfriend? Call now if you don’t wanna be broke, horny or hungry again
Anyone who says they're fat and happy is lying, says the Casualty star who lost 12 stone
"Walking into the shabby church hall in London's Shepherd's Bush, I felt dozens of eyes on me.
My face was burning with embarrassment as I shuffled towards a chair, praying that nobody would recognise me or talk to me.
As an actress - I spent four years in the BBC drama Casualty before joining talk show Loose Women - I've spent my whole working life in front of an audience.
Being the centre of attention had never fazed me. But this was different.
It was my first 'appearance' at a slimming class and I felt humiliated. I couldn't look anyone in the eye.
I knew I was fat. That's why I was there. At 5ft 11in and 24st 61/2lbs, I was the largest woman in the room. A dress size 32.
But I'd spent so long kidding myself I loved being large, that admitting the truth to myself - let alone to total strangers - was terribly painful.
The thought of putting myself through the humiliation of a diet club had always been anathema to me.
So walking through that door in May 2005 was one of the hardest things I'd done. It was born out of sheer desperation.
Acting as a voluptuously sexy woman was second nature to me. But I was sick of living a lie.
Casualty's larger-than-life receptionist Amy Howard may have been happy in herself. But Rebecca Wheatley wasn't.
I've battled with my weight for as long as I can remember. It runs in the family.
My mum Anne, a housewife, attended endless slimming classes when I was growing up. And they definitely rubbed off on me.
One day she came home with a papier maché pig which she'd 'won' at her slimming club. It was a booby prize, as she'd gained the most weight that week.
She just laughed, but I was furious. How could these women be so spiteful to my lovely cuddly mum?
Aged ten, I vowed I'd never put myself through the humiliation of being judged by my weight.
I loved eating and as Mum adored cooking, making fantastic casseroles, treacle tarts and cakes, I made the most of her meals.
And no one was going to force me to be slim." Source DailyMail Co UK
Big Catch Movie - Animation -
Big Catch Movie
3D : Maya
Compositing : Shake
Music : Baptiste Thiry
Shark voice : Rachel Chapiteau
3D : Maya
Compositing : Shake
Music : Baptiste Thiry
Shark voice : Rachel Chapiteau
BIG CATCH MOVIE from Moles Merlo on Vimeo.
Wesley Muresan – the youngest snowborder in the world ! Incredible !
Wesley is 3 years old and he hits jumps and rails… he learned to snowboard 2 months ago. Become his fan on Facebook! He was featured on NBC’s “The Today Show”
Jonas Steur feat. Jennifer Rene – Falling Into Pieces
Jonas Steur feat. Jennifer Rene – Falling Into Pieces
Magic with cards
James Galea at The 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala for Oxfam Australia.
Bank tax 'must be international'
"Banks will leave the UK and relocate overseas if there is not international co-operation on any tougher financial regulation, the chancellor has said.
Alistair Darling told the Commons Treasury Committee he did not want to take the risk of acting unilaterally.
The Conservatives have said they would create a new tax on banks even if other countries decided not to do so.
Mr Darling also said Labour's planned rise in National Insurance next year would have an "impact" on jobs.
The chancellor spoke as revised figures showed the UK economy grew more strongly than was previously thought - by 0.4% - in the last three months of 2009.
He said he was confident of a sustained economic recovery, adding: "It's modest growth, which is why I do think we have to be careful, but it's growth nonetheless.
"Taking away support now would be disastrous." "Source BBC
"Goldman Sachs accused of fraud by US regulator SEC"
Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street powerhouse, has been accused of defrauding investors by America's financial regulator.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges that Goldman failed to disclose conflicts of interest.
The claims concern Goldman's marketing of sub-prime mortgage investments just as the US housing market faltered.
Goldman rejected the SEC's allegations, saying that it would "vigorously" defend its reputation.
News that the SEC was pressing civil fraud charges against Goldman and one of its London-based vice presidents, Fabrice Tourre, sent shares in the investment bank tumbling 12%.
The SEC says Goldman failed to disclose "vital information" that one of its clients, Paulson & Co, helped choose which securities were packaged into the mortgage portfolio.
These securities were sold to investors in 2007.
But Goldman did not disclose that Paulson, one of the world's largest hedge funds, had bet that the value of the securities would fall.
The SEC said: "Unbeknownst to investors, Paulson... which was posed to benefit if the [securities] defaulted, played a significant role in selecting which [securities] should make up the portfolio."
"In sum, Goldman Sachs arranged a transaction at Paulson's request in which Paulson heavily influenced the selection of the portfolio to suit its economic interests," said the Commission.
Housing collapse
The SEC alleges that investors in the mortgage securities, packaged into a vehicle called Abacus, lost more than $1bn (£650m) in the US housing collapse.
"Toyota agrees to pay $16.4m fine"
"Japanese car maker Toyota has agreed to pay a record $16.4m (£10.7m) to US safety regulators following recent safety concerns.
Toyota was asked to pay the fine for failing to inform the US government of safety concerns surrounding faulty accelerator pedals.
Millions of Toyotas were recalled earlier this year amid reports that the pedals could become stuck.
The fine is the largest ever handed out by the US transportation department.
Accelerator pedal problems forced Toyota to recall 2.3 million cars in the US in January, part of the eight million car recall worldwide.
"I am pleased that Toyota has accepted responsibility for violating its legal obligations to report any defects promptly," said transportation department secretary Ray LaHood in a statement.
"By failing to report known safety problems as it is required to do under the law, Toyota put consumers at risk. "
On Monday, Toyota said it would recall its 2010 Lexus GX 460 - after concerns were raised about its potential for rolling over.
There have been about 9,400 of the vehicles sold since the SUV went on sale in late December."
source BBC.CO.UK
"Microsoft's Skinput turns hands, arms into buttons"
"In Chris Harrison's ideal world, mobile phones would be the size of matchbooks. They'd have full-size keyboards. They'd browse the Web. They'd play videos.
And, most importantly, you'd never have to touch them.
Sound like too much to ask? Maybe not.
Harrison, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University and a former intern at Microsoft Research, has developed a working prototype of a system called Skinput that does just that, essentially by turning a person's hand and forearm into a keyboard and screen.
"People don't love the iPhone keyboard. They use them. But they don't love them," Harrison said in a interview at the recent Computer-Human Interaction conference. "If you could make the iPhone keyboard as big as an arm -- that would be huge."
Using Skinput, a person could tap their thumb and middle finger together to answer a call; touch their forearm to go to the next track on a music player; or flick the center of their palm to select a menu item.
All of these sign-language-like movements, which are customizable, would control a gadget in a person's pocket through a Bluetooth connection.
When fitted with a pico-projector, the Skinput system could display an image of a digital keyboard on a person's forearm. So, using Skinput, someone could send text messages by tapping his or her arm in certain places -- without pulling the phone out of a pocket or purse.
"You could pretty much do a lot of what you do on your iPhone," said Harrison, who says Skinput "is [like having] your iPhone on your palm."
The system, which has been under development for eight months, won't be commercially available for two to seven years, said Dan Morris, a Microsoft researcher who is working with Harrison on Skinput.
Before that can happen, Skinput's sensors need to get more accurate, he said. In a 13-person trial in Seattle, Washington, Skinput was found to be 96 percent accurate. But that test only used five buttons. The system would have to improve for people to make use of a full keyboard, which would be the "holy grail," Morris said.
"The accuracy is good, but it's not quite consumer-level yet," he said.
Skinput is one of a number of prototypes, ideas and near-products aiming to make computing more natural.
These devices seek to move beyond the mouse and physical keyboard, letting people communicate with their gadgets by gesturing, using sign language or, in the case of Skinput, tapping on their hands, fingers and forearms." source CNN.COM
more
And, most importantly, you'd never have to touch them.
Sound like too much to ask? Maybe not.
Harrison, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University and a former intern at Microsoft Research, has developed a working prototype of a system called Skinput that does just that, essentially by turning a person's hand and forearm into a keyboard and screen.
"People don't love the iPhone keyboard. They use them. But they don't love them," Harrison said in a interview at the recent Computer-Human Interaction conference. "If you could make the iPhone keyboard as big as an arm -- that would be huge."
Using Skinput, a person could tap their thumb and middle finger together to answer a call; touch their forearm to go to the next track on a music player; or flick the center of their palm to select a menu item.
All of these sign-language-like movements, which are customizable, would control a gadget in a person's pocket through a Bluetooth connection.
When fitted with a pico-projector, the Skinput system could display an image of a digital keyboard on a person's forearm. So, using Skinput, someone could send text messages by tapping his or her arm in certain places -- without pulling the phone out of a pocket or purse.
"You could pretty much do a lot of what you do on your iPhone," said Harrison, who says Skinput "is [like having] your iPhone on your palm."
The system, which has been under development for eight months, won't be commercially available for two to seven years, said Dan Morris, a Microsoft researcher who is working with Harrison on Skinput.
Before that can happen, Skinput's sensors need to get more accurate, he said. In a 13-person trial in Seattle, Washington, Skinput was found to be 96 percent accurate. But that test only used five buttons. The system would have to improve for people to make use of a full keyboard, which would be the "holy grail," Morris said.
"The accuracy is good, but it's not quite consumer-level yet," he said.
Skinput is one of a number of prototypes, ideas and near-products aiming to make computing more natural.
These devices seek to move beyond the mouse and physical keyboard, letting people communicate with their gadgets by gesturing, using sign language or, in the case of Skinput, tapping on their hands, fingers and forearms." source CNN.COM
more
Volcano cloud casts over European economy
"The cloud of ash from an Iceland volcano is casting a shadow over the nascent economic recovery in Europe as the cancellation of flights in key markets entered its fifth day.
By the end of the day on Sunday, a total of 63,000 flights had been canceled in the four days since ash from a volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland closed the airspace of a large swath of Europe, according to air traffic authority Eurocontrol. The air travel and freight disruptions are costing airlines at least $200 million a day and perhaps billions more to the affected economies, one industry group warned.
Should the airlines be bailed out?
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso ordered formation of a group to study the impact of the volcanic ash cloud on the European economy. "The volcanic ash cloud has created an unprecedented situation," Barroso said in a statement Sunday. "I have asked Vice President Kallas to coordinate the Commission's response and fully assess the impact of the situation created by volcanic ash cloud on the economy, and the air travel industry in particular."
The Eurozone -- the 16 European nations united under the euro currency -- is in the midst of a shaky recovery. After shrinking 4 percent last year, the Eurozone is expected to grow only 1 percent this year, according to a forecast by Ernst & Young released last Friday.
"The key is how long this eruption and the disruption last," said Frederic Neumann, an HSBC economist in Hong Kong. "If it's just a couple weeks, from a macroeconomic standpoint it's just a blip on the radar ... if it lasts for months and months, then it's a different story."
Right now, how long it will last is anyone's guess.
"Each day we've gone to check out Virgin (Atlantic Airlines) and each day they just tell us to keep checking on the Internet," said Andy Loftus, who is stranded in New York. "But when we check the Internet, the Internet doesn't tell you anything. So you have to keep going back to the airport."
The last time the volcano under Eyjafjallajokull glacier blew was 1821 and continued for two years. The amount of ash and its concentration over European flight paths is constantly changing due to geological and meteorological forces." source CNN.COM
3/25/10
I want to fly
I want to fly
In to the sky
To fly away
and feel like a poet
I tell you my dreams
To know how I fell
When I want to fly
made by sa1an in a early morning watching the Cloud
In to the sky
To fly away
and feel like a poet
I tell you my dreams
To know how I fell
When I want to fly
made by sa1an in a early morning watching the Cloud
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)