State of the Art 02
In this episode:
The End of Privacy: Episode #12
Researchers have developed a way to effectively see through walls using interference from approximately 34 Zigbee mesh network transmitters. Zigbee is a commonly used mesh protocol that allows for low powered distributed communications (I have an XBee mesh module on one of my robots).
By distributing the nodes around an area and then monitoring the interference generated by movement the researchers were able to basically see into a room from outside (movement at least). Hmm... I must try this one day :) [via Technology Review]
Paid apps available on Palm Pre tomorrow?
Apparently paid apps is coming to the Palm Pre tomorrow for those in the US. Canadians will have to wait a bit longer unfortunately and, extrapolating from my Android experience, Australians may never actually get them. [via Engadget]
Lifehacker has a screenshot tour of the new Google Wave service. Are you one of the lucky elite that managed to score an invite? Is Google Wave really the game-changer it was hyped to be or just a ripple on the landscape of social communication? Let us know in the comments! [via Lifehacker]
Simple yet effective. Tweetalarm notifies you when the search terms you have entered show up on Twitter. Use it to track your interests or what people are saying about your websites. I really like the simplicity of this service. [Tweetalarm.com]