As the DARPA approaches its self-imposed deadline to make high-tech prosthetics that begin to approach the abilities of natural limbs by 2009, the research communities that have made it happen are beginning to ask, “Can we create companies that can turn a mind-blowing prototype or demo into real products?” Veterans, amputees and other people living [...]
Last week’s big news was that Apple pushed up its Snow Leopard release by a month to provide a 60-day buffer between it and Microsoft’s biggest launch of the decade. Apple can’t match either Microsoft’s resources or price, but the feat of snagging an unchallenged 60 days during the back-to-school and early holiday shopping season [...]
You know it’s a good day when included among all the dry-as-dust press releases that arrive on your virtual desk is one that promises to combine Linux, Twitter and “dangerously outrageous” fun. Sure enough, from none other than the Linux Foundation came the tantalizing announcement of the “Fake Linus Torvalds” promotion, which it kicked off [...]
