Archive for August, 2008

I’ve been following the news and reviews of the iphone like everyone else, and have been quietly amazed by how few people actually use the phone. It’s all about the apps.

Lifehacker calls the bluff - why not just get an ipod touch?!?

It seems we have an Apple theme today. ithink ishould put a lowercase ‘i’ infront of as many words as ican.

Wouldn’t want to read War and Peace on a mobile device, but perhaps this app and mobile devices will make short stories popular on the daily commute.

I wouldn’t want to leave you wondering ” Geez, where can I get books for this cool Stanza app?” We here at imnotbored.net care far too much to let that happen to nice folks like you.

CITY AT THE END OF TIME

Check out the slideshow. looking forward to this, as I am ever so fond of novels that consider time to be a flexible, subjective medium.

E-Textile Pants Identify Fall-Prone Elderly

Gee….I neve thought granny would go cyborg before I did.
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) — A pair of pants may help determine if elderly individuals have a high risk of slipping and falling by sensing fluctuations in their walking gait.

Invention: Exoskeleton for grannies - tech - 04 August 2008 - New Scientist Tech

More on SuperGranny:
This week’s new patents include a robotic sleeve to boost the strength of ageing arms, a way to make new hair follicles grow on bald scalps, and a colour