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Revenge of the electric car
Looking forward to seeing this If only I could drive home from the theatre in one of these:
View ArticleFlavourCrusader at Social Innovation Camp
A little while back I put a call out for folks that were social media savvy and interested in food to do some interviews for a uni assignment. The interviews went really well (thanks to everyone...
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Reflections on Flavour Crusader at Social Innovation Sydney
I’ve just gotten back after running a very short workshop session to test the Flavour Crusader application at today’s Social Innovation Sydney meetup and I wanted to take a short moment to “braindump”...
View ArticleFollow-up: TripIt confirmed bug
Just a quick update on the whole TripIt debacle. The TripIt support team were very good in responding to the problem. While I didn’t get any money back, they didn’t throw me any legalese/boilerplate...
View ArticleThoughts on the iPad vs. MacBook
I mentioned the other day on Twitter that I’ve decided to give up trying to use my iPad as my sole machine when travelling… just doesn’t cut it. It was a comment that seemed to pick up a bit of...
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Where is my robotic companion?
I bought this t-shirt from Threadless some time ago — it was a tongue-in-cheek reflection on all the fanciful things that we saw in movies and cartoons as a child growing up that hadn’t quite come to...
View ArticleMazda’s approach to sustainability
Reading “Mazda SkyActiv is a novel approach to fuel efficiency; will it work?” over at Autoblog Green got me thinking. The article outlines how Mazda is eschewing hybrid and EV technologies (in the...
View ArticleRobots at TED
Anyone that’s gotten to know me reasonably well is aware of my love of robots. There’s been a feast of stuff on TED recently on the topic—below are two standouts for me. Raffaello D’Andrea: The...
View Article“Growing” 3D printed objects
I found this demonstration and talk by Joseph DeSimone of Carbon 3D, explaining a new method of 3D printing where the elements are sort of “grown”, really interesting. I’ve been fortunate enough in my...
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Arduino + ESP8266 hacking
This post is quite a deal more technical than my usual fare. I’m doing this as a write-up of some of the learnings, in part to share with participants at the OzBerryPi IoT meetup that occurred last...
View ArticleTechnology, Humans, Music and Magic
As most people who know me will be aware, I love technology, and I love music. The two have been intertwined in my journey, since I was a teenager. From the outside it might seem like a cold and...
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Sorry Apple, you’ve lost me…
I’ve had this title for a post in my mind for some time. Apple’s offerings have always had a high price, but have made up for it in other ways. This is no longer the case. Yet as I write this, I still...
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