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Tech Talk Radio Highlights
This week Tech Talk looked at how James Bond has
inspired the next generation of Army vehicles, DARPA's
controversial information awareness programs, the
latest results in the silicon retina program for the blind,
an innovative program to provide Internet access to
remote villages in Laos, software to manage
digital pictures, home computer security techniques,
and much more...
Listen now to the latest show using
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Check out all the links referenced during the show.
Tech Talk airs each Saturday at Noon on WMAL
Radio (AM630) and is sponsored by Stratford
University. WMAL is an ABC affiliate and the number
one AM radio station in the Washington, DC market.
Notice: The November 30 show has been preempted
by Navy football! Our next show will be December 7th, when
Joe Fuqua, Director of the AMS
Center for Advanced Technologies, will be our guest.
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| James Bond Inspires Army's New Vehicle | | |
TACOM,
the Army's Tank Automotive and Armaments Command, used James
Bond movies to inspire the features of its next generation
vehicle. The Smart
Truck is equipped with bulletproof glass, lightweight
armor, grenade launchers, lasers, blinding lights, high-voltage
door handles, and an assortment of ingenious countermeasures
with touch-screen computer controls. This SUV was designed
to evade the enemy while removing soldiers from hostile terrain
quickly.
Check
out the TechTV Story
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| A Better Way to Organize Digital Photos | | | Digital cameras are fun to use. However, organizing all
of those digital pictures is a drag. First generation
picture management software used the tedious file and
folder method. Picasa, which is a second generation
program, organizes the photos by topic and type,
regardless of location. Picasa will search your computer
for saved pictures and help you organize them by
subject (baby pictures, wedding pictures, vacations,
etc). This is a great tool for work or home. A trial
version of Picasa can be downloaded free. Registration
is only $29.
Download
Picasa Now
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| Straight Talk About Home Computer Security | | |
Confused
by all the discussion about home computer security: firewalls,
proxy servers, patches, and virus updates? CERT
has published a thirty-page report to help individual consumers
secure their home computer from Internet attack. This nine-step
tutorial-style report is easy to read and implement, even
for beginners.
Check
out the CERT Tutorial
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| Artificial Eyes for Blind Pass Critical Test | | | Second Sight, a California company, has developed a
silicon retina chip that connects directly to the optic
nerve. The chip is connected to a wireless receiver
implanted behind the ear, which receives transmissions
from a camera worn like glasses. Using this system two
blind test subjects have successfully "seen" a 16-pixel
image. The device, which won't be available for at least
another five years, is intended for individuals who had
sight and lost it. Final device resolution is expected to
be a 1000-pixel image (equivalent to low quality TV).
Check
out the ABC Coverage
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| Pedal Power Drives Computers in Laos | | |
The
Jhai Foundation,
funded by a couple of Vietnam Vets, has spearheaded a pilot
project to provide Internet access for five villages in
Laos. They developed computers that use solid state disks
to reduce power consumption. The computers are powered with
a 12-volt car battery that is charged with a bicycle crank.
The operating system is Linux with customized Lao script.
Internet access is provided by an 802.11b wireless link to
a solar-powered relay that is beamed to the closest town,
30 km away.
Use of the internet and basic software programs
will help the villagers to sell surplus rice, handicrafts,
and textiles, and allow them to talk to relatives via the
Internet.
Check
out the BBC Coverage
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