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Dropbox for iPhone, virtual directory on the go

Mohamad — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:47:54 +0000

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10363889-233.html

9/9/2009 Steve Jobs is back, iTunes 9, and revamped iPods

Mohamad — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:41:34 +0000

A good link, start from the bottom up

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/live-from-apples-its-only-rock-and-roll-event/

Running (VM) Windows on iPhone

Mohamad — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:39:08 +0000

It's done via Wyse's PocketCloud app, which uses remote desktop; you can get it from the App store for $19.99 (offer ends Sept 6th).

http://www.wyse.com/products/software/pocketcloud/

Jordan – the cradle of internet start-ups

arrabi — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:08:16 +0000

Jordan – the cradle of internet start-ups

from Abu Dhabi's The National newspaper.
Hat tip to 360east.com

(first paragraph…)

Tom Gara

Last Updated: June 07. 2009 8:39PM UAE / June 7. 2009 4:39PM GMT

Thinking outside the box: driven by a need to create jobs for an educated young population, the heart of technological entrepreneurship beats fast in Jordan.

If you spend a lot of time reading about start-up internet companies in the Middle East, the same country pops up time and time again: Jordan.

It is one of the smallest nations in the Arab world, lacking the population of Egypt, the wealth of the Gulf or the history of Syria. But what it has, without a doubt, is the most exciting community of technology start-ups in the region.

Xbox vs Wii (MS Project Natal)

arrabi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:36:34 +0000

Hat tip to Husam

“I think Microsoft will kill Wii and PS3 with their new system. It is really amazing!”

Interesting research by Egyptian American

arrabi — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:51:33 +0000

Nanotechnology is a very promising and facinating science. Today I learned about Dr Mostafa El-Sayed's research in this space. Dr El-Sayed, an Egyptian American, got the 2007 (awarded in late 2008) National Medal for Science – the US highest honor in the field.

The father-and-son research team at Georgia Tech, Mostafa & Ivan El-Sayed, pioneered a very interesting cure for skin cancer using golden nanorods . This initial solution is able to cure 100% of cancer cases in lab animals. They expect to have a human-cure in about 7 years. The technique mainly consists of sending golden nanorods in the body that attach to cancer cells only. And then these rods are heated using low-power laser beams that kill only the cancer cells, leaving the body cancer-free.

I've heard the theoretical side of this technique several times as a possible futuristic solution for many of the tough diseases. However, it's very nice to read that this is becoming a reality fast.

Great job by the likes of Dr El-Sayed and his team.

Robot achieves scientific first

Basha3 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:12:24 +0000

"A laboratory robot called Adam has been hailed as the first machine in history to have discovered new scientific knowledge independently of its human creators."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2b97d9a-1f96-11de-a7a5-00144feabdc0.html

So you want to be a quant

basha — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:13:30 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10quant.html

[ted] Media Lab, using projector+camera for UI

Mohamad — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:44:39 +0000

httpv://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
Pretty original.

Printing Human Bones!

husam — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:49:44 +0000

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126984.700-thumbs-up-for-3d-bone-printer.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news