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Saturday, August 04, 2007

Some nifty Microsoft things

Two quick links to two new Microsoft technologies: the table computer (see a brief video and a link to a parody of it at http://geek.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/03/0634226. Move stuff around on a big flat table screen; draw and browse with your hands!

The other is Photosynth (see a video presentation of it at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129 and try out the tech preview on your own computer at http://labs.live.com/photosynth/). Intriguing visual technology that lets you easily zoom in and out of images while maintaining incredible resolution. Well, there's more to it than that, but take a look!

Mashups and Customized Search Engines

Here's a link to a presentation I gave recently (well, on Friday) on mashups and CSEs. Some interesting examples are linked from the site, and a few work in progress efforts of my own. Check it out: http://www.users.muohio.edu/burkejj/mashups.html