Rodney Brooks is Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also Chief Technical Officer and sits on the Board of iRobot Corp. From…
Paul Spoerry has some great visual aids to help us understand the motivations behind the US’s middle east policies. Like this: ****** Meanwhile, you have to love the…
From the Washington Post: … The key to boosting the image and effectiveness of U.S. military operations around the world involves “shaping” both the product and the marketplace,…
It’s currently 7.50pm in Australia, 1.50am US PDT. Facebook has been down for the last ten minutes. According to an entry in the Wikipedia profile for Facebook: IT…
Today I had the fortune to chat with another living legend – Vernor Vinge (pronounced “vin-jee” as in, he explained off air, “stingy”). While VV may not have…
I’m amused this morning that Duncan wrote up my “Telstra Bans Facebook” in TechCrunch and the rash of comments accusing him of being a Facebook shill. I often…
Shoe-lovin’ Telstran CathyE has created a Twitter profile purely for announcing Melbourne tech events. Very handy. Don’t forget MODM this Thursday night! We’ve got our biggest registrations to…
Richard Giles joins me tonight to talk about a bunch of questions that have been on my mind: Are we all suffering from Affluenza? Are the Government, the…
What does driving a Prius *say* about you? As a person? What a load of crap. You aren’t defined as a person by what clothes you wear or…
A few months ago I had the opportunity to chat with Tony Smith, CEO of new online accommodation booking startup, Roamfree. I was asked to keep the interview…