'Vision of Students' video takes the Web by storm; shaking hands with a bionic hand; why you'll want a Chumby; a Web site to help you script that next blockbuster; and UnPlugFest, explained.
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WHAT IS GOING ON I'M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV...AND YOU ARE IN THE QUEUE...
LET'S GET YOU STARTED WITH YOUR MUST CLICK MOMENT...
A VISION OF STUDENTS TODAY...
THE VIDEO CREATED BY 200 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A KANSAS STATE ANTHROPOLOGY CLASS...
THE BASIC IDEA - CREATE A 3 MINUTE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF STUDENTS - HOW THEY LEARN, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IT, THEIR GOALS, HOPES, DREAMS AND CHALLENGES...
A SHARED GOOGLE DOCUMENT LET EVERYONE COLLABORATE ON THE PROJECT...
FROM THAT A SCRIPT AND AN IN-CLASS VIDEO SHOOT...
BIONIC WOMAN MIGHT BE A HIT FOR NBC...
BUT THE COOL TECHNOLOGY BEHIND A HUMANIOD HAS HAD SCIENTISTS AND SCI-FI ADDICTS DROOLING FOR YEARS...
PROBABLY WHY SCOTT KIRSNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE WAS SO EAGER TO GET A SNEEK PEAK AT A ROBOTIC ARM...
IT'S BEING DEVELOPED BY DEAN KAMEN - THE BRAN BEHIND THE SEGWAY - AND THE GOVERNMENT...
THIS VIDEO SO FAR THE MOST COMPLETE LOOK AT THE PROTOYPE...
THE 9 POUND MIX OF METAL, WIRES AND CARBON CAN WAVE, CURL AND EVEN SHAKE HANDS.
ALTHOUGH CREATORS DON'T HOPE FOR A LARGE MARKET...THE ARM COULD HELP HUNDREDS OF INJURED SOLDIERS.
HERE'S A TECH FAIR YOU HARDLY HEAR ABOUT...
IT'S UNPLUGFEST 2007!
FROM THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF BLUETOOTH...
HUNDREDS OF ENGINEERS HAVE GATHERED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO SHOW OFF THEIR LATEST DEVICES...
BUT THE POINT HERE ISN'T TO GLOAT THAT YOUR RANGE IS LONGER THAN MINE...
IT'S TO TEST DOZENS OF PLATFORMS AND PROTOTYPES FOR SECURITY AND INTEROPERABILITY...
ALL SO THAT WHEN YOU AND I PRESS CONNECT TO PAIR UP - IT GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.
UNPLUGFEST'S ARE HELD IN THREE LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD EACH YEAR.
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF CONSTANTLY RUNNING TO THE COMPUTER TO CHECK LITTLE THINGS...LIKE SCORES, WEATHER OR NEWS...
CHUMBY COULD BE JUST THE DEVICE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE 200 DOLLAR DEVICE BASICALLY SITS ANYWHERE AND COLLECTS INFO FROM THE NET VIA WI-FI...
TO SET IT UP...YOU JUST PLOP IT SOMEHWERE AND USE YOUR COMPUTER TO CHOOSE A PLAYLIST OF WIDGETS...
THEN, CHUMBY COLLECTS THE INFO AND DISPLAYS IT IN AN EVER ROTATING DISPLAY...
THERE'S ALSO A TOUCHSCREEN AND MOTION SENSOR.
THE SERVICE IS FREE THANKS TO SPONSORS WHO WILL OCCASSIONALY SEND AD-SUPPORTED WIDGETS.
CHUMBY IS ALREADY SHIPPING TO SOME VIPS...
TIME FOR THE BETA...
I'VE WRITTEN EXACTLY ONE SCREENPLAY IN MY LIFETIME...I USED FINAL DRAFT...BUT THAT WAS BEFORE THE WORLD OF AJAX AND WEB 2 POINT 0...
NOW PLOTBOT TAKES WRITER'S BLOCK TO A WHOLE WIRED LEVEL.
THE WEBSITE - CREATED BY SOME FELLOW USC ALUMS I DON'T PERSONALLY KNOW...
LETS YOU WRITE SCREENPLAYS...
THINK OF IT AS A MUST HAVE GOOGLE DOCS APPS FOR THE HOLLYWOOD SET...
YOU CAN USE ALMOST ANY BROWSER TO ADD DIALOGUE, SLUGLINES AND MORE.
THE NEAT PART IS THAT YOU CAN SHARE A PROJECT WITH A WRITING PARTNER AND BOTH CONTRIBUTE WITHOUT EXCHANGING A TON OF OUTDATED FILES.
YOU CAN ALSO SHARE YOUR WORK WITH ANYONE, OR KEEP IT PRIVATE.
WHICH IS WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY SECOND DRAFT...
UNTIL IT HITS THE BIG SCREEN.
I'M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV...
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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The Queue: Week in reviewby CNETTV20,383 views
can u do a queue on a physics cards and some new games
deathblade979 4 years ago
New Layout. Cool. The internet prevails again.
SLoWz3R 4 years ago