Cathi brings us the ‘moon cup’, a re-usable ‘cup’ for women to use during their periods. Nora thinks it’s a bunch of New Age hoo-ha. (via Medgadget)
Meanwhile, Nora brings you the eminently sensible Technori-On, a smooth sleek electronic tablet that you play “like finger painting” as the story says. With so many beautiful electronics, will we ever lose our taste for acoustic music? (via CNN)
In this podcast, Nora Young talks about a new project out of MIT’s Sociable Media Lab. According to Technology Review, it combines real-world foosball with Second Life foosball in intriguing ways.
Meanwhile, Cathi Bond finds that in the Japanese tabloids, talk is all about “idiot parents”: children of baby boomers having children of their own, but being too stupid and self-absorbed to take care of them. (Via Japan Times)
The Telegraph reports that British bobbies just raided Elton John’s pad and grabbed a Nan Goldin photograph. Goldin is famous for shooting young, semi-clothed girls. What do you think? I think we’re going to be seeing more and more of this sort of thing in the future.
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In this podcast, Cathi Bond talks about Barbie Girl, the new virtual home for Barbie, and its place as part of the new trend towards toys having a real presence, and a virtual “Second Life”-esque presence. Cathi thinks it reduces kids’ opportunities for imagination. What do you think?
Meanwhile, Nora Young has a new outlet for her robot obsession. The i-Sobot, set to come out this Fall, is the smallest humanoid robot for consumers. (via Robots Dreams) Don’t you want one, or does it just remind you of Karen Black in Trilogy of TERROR! Forgotten the movie? Take a peek!
Check out the video of i-Sobot…holy Uncanny Valley!
In this trendwatching podcast, Nora Young points to the Fast Forward blog’s coining of the term “the artisanal economy”. It strikes a chord with some of the things Nora and Cathi Bond have been talking about, but does it turn society into one of ‘haves’ who can afford to buy local and ‘have nots’ who can’t?
Meanwhile, Cathi Bond relates a personal story about the trade-offs of paying what something is really worth, and an alarming experience in ‘high end’ shopping.
In this trendspotting podcast, Cathi Bond checks out the new Tom Ford cologne ads. Is it ironic? Post-feminist? Sexist?
Nora Young hails the return of a 1940s aesthetic in fashion, and says it’s time to kiss the girly girl looks goodbye.
Cathi also points to this Garmin device for tracking everything you do on your bike.
Check out Nora Young’s new CBC Radio show, Spark, available as a podcast here
In this podcast, Nora Young talks about the Personal Performance Coach, one of a string of projects that aim to automate the personal coaching world. (via Technology Review)
Cathi Bond talks about these supercool earbuds.
Plus, the Dutch Royals are caught changing their wikipedia entry (via New York Times blog)
On this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond pinpoints the hot new trend in immersive displays. Nora Young thinks it’s terribly Minority Report. (Via Gizmag)
Meanwhile, Nora pulls together a few stories on the snags that municipal wi-fi plans have run into in U.S. cities.
In this first tech podcast of the new season, Nora Young talks about NBC Universal’s decision to get out of its relationship with iTunes for TV content. Do you think NBC/Newscorp’s new HULU project for online video content has a future?
Meanwhile, Cathi Bond brings together two of her favourite things: mag lev technology and wind turbines! Could these huge turbines be a key to green wind tech? (via Gizmag)
All this amidst the noise of the annual Air Show. Yes, people love it, but it’s dang noisy!
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