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Whither The Hard Stuff? via Futurismic: Norman Spinrad on “hard” sci-fi (tags: fiction literature scifi essay todo) Bluetooth Proximity Detection on OS X The Technocrat (via TUAW) — an intriguing hack w/r/t/ your Mac and Bluetooth… (tags: Mac OSX security Bluetooth essay todo hack)
The folks “at work” have created an RFID-like device that’s about the size of a flea. It can be sprinkled anywhere on a person’s body to transmit GPS-type coordinates, temperature, pressure and speed, and a bouquet of other data. They’re all excited about it and explain that it’s best installed in someone’s shoe (better for […]