This one falls under the category of hmmmmm…. A University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineering doctoral student, Adam Wilson is among a growing group of researchers worldwide who aim to perfect a communication system for users whose bodies do not work, but whose brains function normally. Among those are people who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), brain-stem stroke or high spinal cord injury. Just 23 characters long, his message, “using EEG to send tweet,” demonstrates a natural, manageable way in which “locked-in” patients can couple brain-computer interface technologies with modern communication tools. They say, “This is one of the first examples where we’ve found something that would be immediately useful to a much larger community of people with neurological deficits.” See http://twitter.com/uwbci or @uwbci
Archives for April 20, 2009
The Imagery Alert Center from DigitalGlobe
Current imagery is a critical component within many apps and now DigitalGlobe wants to notify you when they have collected new imagery for your apps. DigitalGlobe is continuously collecting accurate, high resolution imagery around the globe and now has the ability to keep customers informed when updates are available. From the alert center you can register to recive notices about the following image updates: New Ortho Imagery – Aerial and Satellite, Online Country Coverage , Oil & Gas , ImageScape – 3D Imagery Models
Special Event/Disasters. From the comany… With our new Imagery Alert service (available free), you receive customized, email notification of new coverage for the region and type you choose delivered right to your inbox. Simply go to the new Imagery Alert subscription center to sign up www.digitalglobe.com/alertcenter
Maponics International Neighborhood Boundaries Data
An interesting data update from maponics… Maponics has announced the launch of Maponics International Neighborhood Boundaries This spatial dataset will include neighborhoods for approximately 100 cities in over 15 European countries by the end of 2009. Maponics International Neighborhood Boundaries is available for quarterly delivery in SHP, KML, many additional file formats and can be accessed via the recently released Maponics Spatial API. See more on this new data product here