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looking for investors Keyglove 2.0

thumpad.com — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:02:25 +0000

Since our first article about the Keyglove end of last year Jeff Rowberg kept working and improving his Open Source Hardware project – the Keyglove.
The Keyglove is is based on the Arduino/AVR and acts as wireless input for electronic devices like computers and potentially for computer controlled equipment.
What sets the Keyglove apart from many other sensing glove products/concepts is the combination of 34 strategically placed contact sensors and smart controller software which makes it possible t……

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in the age of social media Knowledge management

thumpad.com — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:19:46 +0000

The shift to the adoption of social computing, somewhat driven by consumerization, points to one emergent observat……

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Will you use mobile payment? Open question

thumpad.com — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:12:48 +0000

The flurry of activity around mobile payment is exciting to watch, but consumer adoption will ultimately determine its trajectory. Is a mobil……

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cheap to meter? Will data be too

thumpad.com — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:12:48 +0000

The data acquisition process should be increasingly automatic, and so increasingly cheap. I'm hoping for a world where information producers are p……

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the Samsung Galaxy S2 unveiling at MWC 2011, New teasers confirm

thumpad.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:57:36 +0000

Samsung just released a new batch of new Galaxy S2 teaser videos to get the excitement going again. With just 12 days left to the MWC in Barcelona, who knows what Sammy will throw at us next.

Unfortunately, the videos don’t reveal much of the device itself. They only suggest that the Galaxy S2 looks ridiculously thin, which is probably due to its sAMOLED plus screen.

Here are the teasers themselves:

Just to refresh your memory, a Korean newspaper leaked some specs of the Samsung Gala……

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Livestream Livepack: a ‘satellite television truck in a backpack’

thumpad.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:26:02 +0000

“Game changing” is thrown around way too frequently these days, but man, this thing just might be. The Livepack is being described as “a satellite television truck in a backpack” by creator Livestream, and for all intents and purposes, it is. Put simply (or as simply as possible), the pack includes everythin……

Palin’s e-Book Delayed by Publishers, DWT More Dangerous Than DUI?

thumpad.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:26:01 +0000

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines….

In hopes of increasing hardcover sales of Sarah Palin's upcoming book, 'Going Rogue: An American Life,' (available November 17th), News Corp announced Tuesday that the e-reader version won't be available until December 26th…….

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