Category Archives: Blog

Nokia Sports Tracker

I’ve just tested Nokia Sports Tracker (sportstracker.nokia.com) with my new Nokia N82. Using its internal GPS receiver, it recorded my bike tour which, after uploading the data to the Nokia Sports Tracker website, is shown in a nice Google Map, along with max/min/average speed, distance, altitude, etc. A really nifty application of handheld GPS.

Apollo image recognition: the eye-Phone

Now that is a novel idea how to combine technologies to create a product that’s much more than the sum of its parts, a technology mashup if you will: the eye-Phone (okay, they still need to work on the name). Combining GPS, image recoginition, and the Internet, Ernst Pechtl and Hans Geiger of SuperWise Technologies

Facebook

I’ve finally submitted to the peer pressure and created a facebook profile. Just so you know, if you care .

Boston Dynamics “Big Dog”

See how far robotics and AI software development have come with this video of Boston Dynamics’ “Big Dog”. Fascinating technology.