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Thriv’Ability: Human Antenna

Contributed by Rick DeVan on September 16, 2011 at 8:00 pm ET

Resource: Your Noise is My Command: Sensing Gestures Using the Body as an Antenna via Microsoft Research

It turns out that the human body is also a very effective antenna over a broad frequency range. The human body is an electrical conductor, and thus when exposed to electromagnetic fields, it behaves as an antenna with a frequency resonance determined by various factors including height,posture, etc.

First thing I thought of when I read this was the Theremin:

Wouldn’t it be fun to play your house?

Resource via Remote Control, With a Wave of a Hand at NYTimes.com.

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Media: Listen

Contributed by Rick DeVan on August 12, 2011 at 8:00 pm ET

As I am writing this I am hearing the Doppler sounds of my next door neighbor’s lawnmower on a reasonably warm morning. Rain clouds are welcomely threatening. Of course, the scent of fresh mowed grass is coming indoors on the breeze. You know the scene.

Listen. I am not sure it can be learned, though. Possibly only experienced. And, listening is not something done only with the eardrums.

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News: Weekend Blog

Contributed by Rick DeVan on August 8, 2011 at 12:00 am ET

The PW2 Web Blog will begin being updated on the weekends at 00:00 UTC on Saturdays (8:00 p.m. Friday Daylight Savings Time on the U.S. East Coast) starting August 13, or August 12, depending.

This move is in the interest of walking the thriv’ability walk. It will save a few resources in the form of time and clicks and help focus attention span for both you and I. That is what it is all about. Plus, your boss will be happier, or at least less unhappy.

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Thriv’Ability: Spatial Humanities

Contributed by Rick DeVan on July 29, 2011 at 7:01 am ET

Resource: Digital Maps Are Giving Scholars the Historical Lay of the Land via NYTimes.com.

Beyond the “wow” factor of this may be some very useful technology. You know what George Santayana said:

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Maybe, the more we know about history the more likely we will be able to understand it and ourselves.

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Technology, Thriv’Ability: Augmented Reality (AR) Part II

Contributed by Rick DeVan on July 3, 2011 at 10:26 am ET

Resource: Augmented Reality: The past, present and future via The Next Web.

The next five years should see some significant advances in AR technology, and you can expect to see it become far more integrated in our everyday lives. And that’s the real challenge — seamlessly merging the digital and physical worlds. Only then will we stop hearing cries of “wow, that’s cool…”, followed by “what do I do with this, exactly?”

A follow-up to the previous post, Technology, Thriv’Ability: Augmented Reality (AR).

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