Re: ~e; final EM News & Views #162/162

[Joy Garnett <joyeria@walrus.com>]

dear brian,

thanks for your ~e list and all the work you've put into it -- I think 
reincarnation at some point as a blog with rss/xml feeds is an excellent idea. 
in the mean time good luck with everything.

best wishes,
joy
http://www.thebombproject.org


On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, brian carroll wrote:

> ===================================================
> Electromagnetic News & Views -- #162 of 162
> ===================================================
>
> 00) Electronetwork.org Commentary (01/28/2005)
>
> 01) Top Stories of Electromagnetism
> 02) Electromagnetic health & safety
> 03) Electromagnetic trash & treasure
> 04) Electromagnetic security & surveillance
> 05) Electromagnetic power & energy
> 06) Electromagnetic current & human affairs
> 07) Electromagnetic transport & communication
> 08) Electromagnetic matter & information
> 09) Electromagnetic trends & inventions
> 10) Electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
> 11) Electromagnetic business & economics
> 12) Electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
>
> ===================================================
> 00) --commentary--
>
> This is the last EM newsletter, #162 of 162. The idea of
> exploring electromagnetic culture in the daily news cycle
> has been demonstrated through the newsletter for some time
> now and I would like to focus the energy that goes into it
> towards other goals. The Electronetwork list is unmoderated
> so if anyone wants to share their ideas or work it would be
> welcomed and appreciated. If no one posts for a few months
> the list may go into hibernation, and may be reincarnated
> at another time and place, such as a blog with RSS, etc.
> In the meantime, it anyone has a list of 10 links that
> they'd like to share about their own EM work or interests,
> such as a few links to interesting papers or whatnot, one
> option would be for some of the ~130 people to share some
> of the content they find online that may interest others.
> Such as '10 links to e-art' or '5 links to EM medicine'
> or whatever it might be. It's wide-open, and by now most
> of what was in the newsletter can probably be deciphered
> in the news headlines. There are also archives to access.
> Therefore, the newsletter format is no longer going to be
> sent out, though other content may or may not be e-mailed.
> Thanks to those who helped contribute with links & ideas.
> I will be focusing on other aspects of the site/project.
> Brian
>
> ---
> * the ceremonies for remembering the anniversity of the
> Nazi holocaust involved the recorded sound of a train,
> with box cars opening their doors. there are instances
> where such audio effects are used in other applications,
> such as the sample of a camera's shutter on a digital
> camera without the same mechanism. yet the memorial or
> memories evoked through the sound of trains on the train-
> tracks, a ghost train, spoke through the television and
> was a powerful way of communicating events beyond words.
>
> ---
> * the recent software announcements out of Apple Computer have
> a unique requirement for hardware:  a DVD drive is necessary.
> that is, software is shipping on DVDs now so multiple CDs would
> likely not still be used, and if your computer does not have a
> DVD drive, it would seem another reason for machinery upgrades.
>
> ===================================================
> 01) --top stories--
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Plane Forced to Land; Dirty Bomb Link Investigated // .US (drudge)
> <http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=17053480-D960- 
> 4D97-9BF7-04A7492B7271>
>
> EU Makes No Headway on Iran Nuke Program
> <http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-europe- 
> iran,0,6254015.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
>
> 	'Iran publicly insists it only seeks to make low-grade enriched 
> uranium for nuclear fuel. But the summary of the last meeting on the issue 
> involving representatives of France, Britain, Germany and Iran says Tehran 
> acknowledged what Washington and its allies have argued all along -- that the 
> oil-rich country has no need for nuclear energy.' .. '"Iran recognizes 
> explicitly that its fuel cycle program cannot be justified on economic 
> grounds," the document says.'
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 02-- electromagnetic health & safety
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Plastic brains help the blind place sounds
> Brain areas for vision are co-opted for locating sound in space.
> http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050124/full/050124-6.html
>
> Bead 'slashes mobile radiation' // *** ferrite beads...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4203077.stm
>
> 	'Dr Porter, who has looked at the use of ferrite beads, said: 
> "Hands-free kits effectively have two currents, an intentional one that stays 
> within the wires and an unintentional one on the outside.' .. '"It is the 
> unintentional one the beads stop. They work by blocking the current, a bit 
> like a block in a water pipe."'
>
> [see] Ferrites // examples of above mentioned 'beads'...
> http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/products.asp?dept=1050
> http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=235&type=store
>
> Foot Massage Machine Snares Woman's Foot
> <http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-hong-kong- 
> trapped-foot,0,7157653.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
>
> Technology Reminds Sick to Take Pills // (gizmodo.com)
> http://allafrica.com/stories/200501240893.html
>
> 	'The patented bottle contains an electronic chip that sends an SMS to 
> a secure central server when the cap is removed. The SMS includes a unique 
> pill box identification number.' .... 'The patients' pill-taking schedules 
> were programmed into the tamper-proof pill bottles by the pharmacist who 
> dispenses their medicines, said Green.'
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 03-- electromagnetic trash & treasure
> ---------------------------------------------------
> [none]
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 04-- electromagnetic security & surveillance
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Mobile virus infects Lexus cars // ** via engadget.com
> <http://www.scmagazine.com/news/ 
> index.cfm?fuseaction=newsDetails&newsUID=bc5789cf-e448-4a6e-bee9- 
> a5dd291405ed&newsType=News>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 05-- electromagnetic power & energy
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> No more secrets for 'central bank of oil' // ** Aramco. reg.req
> http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5202669.html
>
> [and] Welcome to the AramcoBrats Website!
> http://www.aramco-brats.com/
>
> 	'AramcoBrats are the folks who grew up in the oil camps of the 
> Arabian-American Oil Company (ARAMCO) in Saudi Arabia. AramcoBrats, Inc. 
> (ABI) was formed to help us stay in touch with one another.'
>
> Massively magnetic stars forged in supernovae // magnetars
> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6942
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 06-- Electromagnetic current & human affairs
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Watching brain waves could quantify libido // p300 amplitude
> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6928
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 07-- electromagnetic transport & communication
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Nokia to produce single-chip mobile phone from Texas Instruments
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/001014.html
>
> [and] Chip ushers in the disposable mobile
> By squeezing most of the computing functions needed by a mobile phone onto 
> one chip, Texas Instruments might make handsets so cheap that companies can 
> dish them out like confetti. Bad news for the environment?
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020354,39185441,00.htm
>
> 	'Dean Bubley, founder of analyst firm Disruptive Analysis, believes 
> that it could help to push the cost of making a basic mobile phone as low as 
> $25 within a couple of years, which would mean handsets could actually be 
> given away.'
>
> Block I -Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)
> How to build one in your basement // via engadget.com
> http://starfish.osfn.org/AGCreplica/
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 08-- electromagnetic matter & information
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Dark matter clouds may float through Earth // 'phantom clouds'
> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6933
>
> Computational Electromagnetism
> http://elap.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/services/elm/general_en.html
>
> 	'the  mathematical and numerical modeling of electromagnetic 
> phenomena in nonlinear  three-dimensional systems taking mechanical and 
> thermal effects into account.' .... '... high frequencies (from a few hundred 
> kilohertz to several gigahertz) are becoming widespread in electrotechnical 
> applications, and this may obscure the classical distinction between purely 
> electrotechnical applications and wave propagation applications.  In other 
> words, industrial needs of numerical model tend to become more and more 
> multidisciplinary and complex. They often necessitate a true coupled model 
> which implies  the simultaneous solving of several strongly coupled physical 
> fields.'
>
> [google] mirror neurons
> http://www.google.com/search?q=mirror+neurons
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 09-- electromagnetic trends & inventions
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Google to branch into television // audiovisual indices...
> <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/ 
> aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Google%20Television>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 10-- electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> [headline] Video plea by US hostage in Iraq
>
> US 'terminates' Iranian website
> Iran has accused the US government of ordering an American internet service 
> provider to stop hosting the website of an official Iranian news agency.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4202617.stm
>
> 	'A senior official in the Iranian ministry of Islamic guidance, which 
> handles the media, accused the US government of breaching human rights by 
> allegedly ordering the move.' .. 'He said it was a sign that Iran could not 
> trust the US or Europe.' .. 'The BBC's Frances Harrison in Tehran says the 
> incident has prompted renewed pressure on Iran and other Islamic nations to 
> build up their own satellite communications technology.'
>
> [relevant] Al Qaeda's New Front // via drudgereport.com
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/press/2306.html
>
> 	'"It might come as a surprise to many Americans," says correspondent 
> Lowell Bergman, "But the most pressing threat to the United States is not the 
> suspected Al Qaeda cells at home, but rather the cells operating overseas, 
> especially in Western Europe."' .. 'Home to an estimated 18 million Muslims, 
> Western Europe has become the new and deadly battleground in the war on 
> terror...'
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 11-- electromagnetic business & economics
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> [none]
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 12-- electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> [quote] Codework Self-Negated
> http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0501/msg00060.html
>
> 	'Agency always produces circuitry.'
>
> Arthur Ganson MACHINES // kinetic sculpture. via nova...
> http://www.arthurganson.com/
>
> hard wired devices // via engadget.com
> http://www.inicia.es/de/rogeribars/self_made_objects/index.htm
>
> multishelf // remote control storage...
> http://mocoloco.com/archives/000773.php
>
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