I was saddened to hear that Benoit Mandelbrot had passed away this weekend.  I guess even more so, because he was a key figure in the development of chaos theory, yet his passing has (and probably will) receive very little attention from those outside the scientific community.  His research has, indirectly, had an enormous impact

    I was having a discussion with a neurosurgeon last week about neuromarketing – the combination of marketing and neuroscience to generate response – and he brought up an interesting point, which was that once neural pathways have been established – you are simply seeing a map of the road (but, in the brain,

Let me start out this article with full disclosure – I had an eye injury that has affected my stereoptic vision, which means that I don’t see 3D correctly.  In fact, it just gives me a headache and makes me feel ill. So, setting my personal bias aside, I still don’t like 3D.  There, I

Google TV that is – not spirits trying to pull you into a different dimension in order to lead them into the light . . . oh, never mind.  Either you got the Poltergeist reference in the title or you didn’t.  The real point of the title is that Google TV has started the engine

Google TV that is – not spirits trying to pull you into a different dimension in order to lead them into the light . . . oh, never mind.  Either you got the Poltergeist reference in the title or you didn’t.  The real point of the title is that Google TV has started the engine

Nokia (the cellphone company) and its mapping division, Navteq, are developing a rival to Google’s Street View.  What is interesting, from both a technology and marketing perspective, is that Navteq’s version promises full three-dimensional virtual models as opposed to the Google 2D version of models. Google’s Street View is a collection of 2D panoramic photos