June 12, 2008

Choreographic Nibbles from the Tech and Science World

If I were a choreographer, I'd want to use the following stories as the basis for new dance works. If you've created something along these lines or know of others who have, I'd be delighted to hear about them.

- Build your own bionic body with this Flash-based application. Automaton

- The GPS functionality of the new iPhone could lead to an increase in location-based services. Mashable

- Developing successful social web applications that are people-centric and where content changes based upon input from large numbers of participants. Robin Good

- Cooperative, robotic fish communicate and collaborate underwater without human intervention. Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends

- Airport body scanners are getting scary - they see through clothing to expose naked body. Walyou

- Study of 100,000 mobile phone users shows that people's daily movement patterns are limited and predictable. BBC News

- New location-based service shows you where everybody is hanging-out. TechCrunch

- Flexible, foldable computers are coming and can take any form or shape. Gizmodo

- Monkey feeds itself through thoughts alone -- no hand movement required. ScienceDaily

- Body sensors can be worn by patients to allow real-time monitoring from any location by medical professionals. MedGadget

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