10 Future Web Trends We're well into the current era of the Web, commonly referred to as Web 2.0. Features of this phase of the Web include search, social networks, online media (music, video, etc), content aggregation and syndication (RSS), mashups (APIs), and much more. Currently the Web is still mostly accessed via a PC, but we're starting to see more Web excitement from mobile devices (e.g. iPhone) and television sets (e.g. XBox Live 360). What then can we expect from the next 10 or so years on the Web? As NatC commented in this week's poll, the biggest impact of the Web in 10 years time won't necessarily be via a computer screen - "your online activity will be mixed with your presence, travels, objects you buy or act with." Bearing all that in mind, here are 10 Web trends to look out for over the next 10 years... 1. Sir Tim Berners-Lee's vision for a Semantic Web has been The Next Big Thing for a long time now. So when will the Semantic Web arrive? Semantic Web pic by dullhunk 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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Creating Google Custom Search Engines by Bernard Farrell 09/06/2007 Why Do You Need a Better Search Engine? It's early in the evening and some old school friends just called unexpectedly. They'll be at your house in 90 minutes and you want to make a quick meal with what you have in the house. There must be a better way to search just the sites that you'd normally use for recipes and return a smaller set of results that are more likely to help you get a meal on the table. What Is a Custom Search Engine? A custom search engine (CSE) tells Google which sites to search and which to avoid when dealing with a search query. You can tune this list of sites over time, adding and removing sites from the list. Here's an example of a custom search engine for Bermuda. A properly built CSE returns search results intended for specific audiences or areas of interest. Less Than 10 Minutes to a New Search Engine I'm going to create a custom search engine for recipes. Before you start, you need some basic information. Figure 1. Figure 2.
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Password Safe current work Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 32,000 breast augmentation surgeries in the U.S. every month. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. ~cj, Seattle, 2008
- Qwika Selling Photography on eBay Selling Your Photography You may be a beginner, an advanced amateur, or a professional photographer. No matter what your level of experience, selling your photographs can make a lot of sense. For a pro, sales are your lifeblood, and new markets are always welcome. For amateurs, sales can be a way to buy new equipment, or a path to joining the ranks of the professionals. There are a many kinds of markets for good photographs, but we are going to tell you how to take advance of a unique market that is largely unknown among photographers, the online auction market. Is it really possible to sell original photos on eBay? eBay has been around since 1995 and has grown to be the largest auction web site in the world. For most eBay sellers, finding good things to put up for auction is a constant effort. Getting Started First, you will need to set up an account at eBay. Next we recommend you go shopping! Feedback How do you know to trust a buyer or seller on eBay?
Miro - free, open source internet tv and video player Slife Labs Drive A Car 500 Miles on 5 Minutes of Electricity? | Inventor Sp The greatest challenge facing the electric car industry is battery storage. But a small, reclusive start-up company in Austin, Texas shows signs to be designing a car that can plug in for 5 minutes and drive 500 miles. Zenn Electric CarIn a recent patent, EEStor claims to be making "technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries." The details of the patent far exceed the abilities of current research in batteries for electric cars, which usually require overnight charging and provide about 50 miles of driving. Compared with the current state of things, EEStor's technology seems too good to be true--and many skeptics fear it is. The uncertainty didn't stop Toronto-based ZENN Motor Co. from buying the rights to EEStor's technology in 2005. The key to EEStor's technology is an ultracapacitor, a battery-like device that can store and quickly release energy, enabling the acceleration required by cars. Lisa Zyga Science BloggerInventor Spot