Quantizing Humans And Tracking Supermen - RFID Chips Go Cyborg April 11, 2006
In a recent episode of Smallville, the TV show about young Clark Kent before he becomes Superman, Chloe and Clark are trying to find Lana Lang, who’s developed a deadly addiction to a drug made from Kryptonite. Chloe goes on about how she can find Lana if Lana is carrying her student id card. According to her, new college student id cards have tracking enabled.
I’m assuming that they’re talking RFID chips, and the show is of course fiction, but this is the first I’ve heard of such use of student id cards. Imagine, if you’re a parent, you could keep …
Managing Your Life With Rich Internet Applications March 18, 2006
According to Jep’s Rich User Interfaces blog, the KIKO online calendar application is ranked number one amongst Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) RIA (Rich Internet Application) apps. (The ranking is actually from Dan Grossman’s Ajax apps list.) I’ve been reviewing online calendaring systems lately and have come across a few nice apps (30 Boxes and RSS Calendar).
While I settled on 30 Boxes a few weeks ago, I’m liking KIKO’s features. I haven’t signed up yet, but KIKO has some incredibly appealing features, good for the global traveller. For example, I’m on the go enough that I …
