Wednesday, April 13, 2011

What part of you could you lose...

And what lengths would you go to to get it back? Roger Ebert, who one could say used his voice to make a career, takes us on his fascinating journey through losing it to throat cancer and his subsequent attempts to get it back, literally! Through text-to-speech, emotional readings from his wife and friends, and even a synthesized version of his own speech, he describes what it has been like to create a new "voice," both auditory and in print.  It is also fun to hear about Mr. Ebert's love and early adoption of technology, see his optimism despite his "disability," and hear his take on the new "voice" media and the internet can give people. Two thumbs up, Mr. Ebert.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

For those who remember Space Camp, and those who keep dreaming of the stars


Google and Qwiki celebrate the First Man in space, Yuri Gagarin 50 years ago today,
View Yuri Gagarin and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.

NASA honors the men and women who have given their minds, hearts and lives to the 30 year Shuttle Program, with a refreshingly metered William Shatner. I cannot get over what they were able to accomplish, with less than a quarter of the "technology" we have today. It was like Odyssey of the Mind on steroids...


Speaking of amazing feats in engineering and innovation, when the Opportunity and Spirit rovers landed on Mars 6 years ago, the "giant-space-air-bag/bounce-to-a-stop" method of landing seemed, well, crazy, but of course it totally worked. So when the Curiosity Rover launches later this year seems logical to use that proven system right, wait, no? Oh yeah.. thats's how I would have done it..

Here's to Boldly Going...



Friday, April 8, 2011

Friday, April 1, 2011