Monday, July 23, 2007

Africa investing opportunities

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister for Nigeria (and the first woman to hold that job), talks about the good in Africa as opposed to what the media potrays.



http://www.ted.com

Photosynth demo

ohh this is amazing, the possibilities and of course dude works for Microsoft.




"Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation. Its architect, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, shows it off in this standing-ovation demo. Curious about that speck in corner? Dive into a freefall and watch as the speck becomes a gargoyle. With an unpleasant grimace. And an ant-sized chip in its lower left molar. "Perhaps the most amazing demo I've seen this year," wrote Ethan Zuckerman, after TED2007. Indeed, Photosynth might utterly transform the way we manipulate and experience digital images."

http://www.ted.com

Digital sweetness

Wow the digital world. Microsoft has come up with some really cool touch screen
ways of manipulating data on a an interactive table. This is probably how people are going to be shopping in the future.
Check this out http://www.microsoft.com/surface/