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  • Wow! Perspective #Anthro Grads came, saw, and rocked #cornell It was a great weekend. But now its back to work. #
  • *sigh* … I've managed to get a cold *just* before sping break. #
  • @MikeShatzkin with a smart little piece that any one who wants to market/create tech for pub industry should read! http://tiny.cc/e2ITC #
  • Woot! @pixellounge is going ahead and hosting an #ignite in #Ithaca April 15th. Info here -> http://igniteithaca.tumblr.com/ #
  • Follow the #Ignite #Ithaca (April 15th @pixellounge) via twitter @IgniteIthaca & submit your presentation ideas – 5 min x 20 slides #
  • Dear MLM/Get-Rich-Twitter-Accounts, I'm not going to follow you. Don't bother trying. – Matt #
  • sigh… cold is moving in the wrong direction… #
  • A must read on media/copyright from @EFF: Viacom working to rewrite DCMA through the courts: #toccon #
  • RT @calreid @hmccormack: Another NF Reviewer of Yr: Martha Cornog, who offers 33 graphic novels for reluctant readers #
  • Ben Zimmer, a #Lingustic #Anthro & Silverstienian joins the NYT – round up here: (tnx @soclinganth) #metapragmatics #

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  • RT @Liza: My submission for #toccon 2010: 'Agile XML Workflow: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire' … me: I'm waiting for the film… #
  • RT @pachecod: View all presentations from O'Reilly Tools of Change: http://is.gd/9Z9dK, & Rewiring Journalism: http://is.gd/9Z9md #
  • RT @timoreilly: Obama Appoints Edward Tufte to Recovery Advisory Panel–Big Victory for #Data Visualization #
  • Godizlla Haiku , you just need to experience it – http://godzillahaiku.tumblr.com/ #
  • @littlehands the BBQ Ham beer might have been from Blue Point … not sure… in reply to littlehands #
  • Rethinking the iconic image from "Say Anything" 21 years! later: #
  • Reread Horkheimer and Adorno's "The Culture Industry" – There's a lot to unpack in the idea of move from exchange to consumption of culture #
  • Unscientific #survey : #Chrome or #Firefox #
  • @ljc just installed chrome – so I'm even later to the game… in reply to ljc #
  • CruD1 Just broke my french press pot… before I started to make coffee… Today is going to be one of tose days. #
  • RT @nizzer: I don't know why I find this amusing, I just do (PIC) http://ow.ly/1gRSf (So do I… and it has @ljc written all over it) #
  • RT @ProfSnarky: "Prof, can you *really* tell which students have done the reading?" *sigh* "Oh, yes. Absolutely." #dotheythinkweareidiots #
  • It's the perspective weekend at #Cornell #Anthro… I'm totally blow away by everyone's projects… #
  • @pameladayton – Thnx for the replacement carafe info! I can haz teh franch prezz… #
  • RT @alogemann: Philip K. Dick on seeing a snippet of Blade Runner right before he died. (Dick: BR is "super-realism") #
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  • For those who didn't make it to #toccon I've posted a video of Qualcomm's #Mirosal display tech (a #eInk killer): #
  • Thanks @iupress @MITPress! – Neutra Face: An Ode On A Typeface http://ow.ly/1dhlX <- I'm sure #RIT #typo peeps have already seen this… #
  • Looking for well grounded arguements against #drm See @kirkbiglione's brilliant TOC presentation: http://ow.ly/1cRYe #
  • @ljc – our cats have turned over garbage and chewed through things. But stewie ate a toub of cucumber facewash!? Is he ok? #
  • RT @nprmonkeysee: Yay! Sarah Wendell/ @SmartBitches presents: Romance Titles Emphasize Husbands And Cowboys. No, duh. #
  • RT @juliaroy: Hooking up Google Analytics on our Facebook Page. What, what! (<- Man that is brilliant and useful) #
  • Man, I wish this pile of papers would grade it self! Where's the app for that? #
  • RT @EFF: Viacom Will Sue Bloggers Who Post Unauthorized "Daily Show" Clips <- So much for the concept of fair use. #
  • Color #eInk coming next year – Good! It's going to be static only – bad! Video capible eInk is 3 years out – #fail#
  • RT @akvbroek: It's a comic about Levi-Strauss because I am that big of a nerd. :) <-Definitely of interest to #anthro #
  • A great example of savvy social media use: RT @sleekness: New post: Discoverability + Author Follow-Up = WIN! – http://is.gd/9Gl8S #
  • RT @mikecane Books in the age of the iPad <- Incredibly beautiful and thoughtful #
  • Mircrosoft Courier is being commmercialized and will be available q3/q4 – the year of the #tablet continues – #

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One of the many technologies on displays at this year’s TOC was Qualcomm’s new Mirosal display technology. This and Pixel QI‘s tech will probably kill the eInk reader. Both technologies are low powered, “quick” refreshing (though not as quick as a traditional LCD, color displays. While they do consume more power than eInk, my understanding is that they are far lower draw than a traditional LCD. That means that the battery on an eReader (or tablet) powered by this technology should be able to easily last between routine charges. Note that all of the smaller displays in the background are demoing Mirosal as well.

Qualcomm Mirasol Color Display from Matt Bernius on Vimeo.

A couple points of clarification. The handheld unit running the video-loop is not an eReader. Nor is Qualcomm/Mirasol getting into the eReader business. They are, at this point, just providing the displays. The Qualcomm rep confirmed that we would see Mirasol on an eReader by years end, but could not confirm the manufacturer/marketer. My guess, based on Qualcomm’s previous relations and the desire to make a big splash with this technology, is that it will either be a Sony or Kindle reader. I don’t think there are other players big enough out there to compete with those two for the technology.

[Rendering of Notion Ink Adam]

As far as it’s competitor, PixelQi… we will see that premier on Notion’s Ink Adam tablet (pictured above) later this year. The Ink Adam is a really interesting device that has the potential to give the iPad a real run for its money in terms of feature/price set (see comparison chart below – click for higher resolution version).

(BTW, you get my narration in the video because I was not able to synch up with the official Qualcomm rep, and the nice fellow working the booth isn’t allowed to be interviewed)