Mitchell McKenna - imported from digg.com http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Exclusive: Behind Fluent Design, Microsoft’s Vision For The Future Of Interfaces http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17611/exclusive-behind-fluent-design-microsofts-vision-for-the-future-of-interfaces
No company has quite figured out how to integrate the old world of 2D devices with the new world of 3D or mixed reality hardware. Will Microsoft be able to?
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Thu, 11 May 2017 19:07:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17611/exclusive-behind-fluent-design-microsofts-vision-for-the-future-of-interfaces/exclusive-behind-fluent-design-microsofts-vision-for-the-future-of-interfaces
Techie Transforms His Cortana Personal Assistant Into A 'Halo'-Style Hologram http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17612/techie-transforms-his-cortana-personal-assistant-into-a-halo-style-hologram
Another step closer to living in the future we've always dreamed of.
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Thu, 11 May 2017 19:04:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17612/techie-transforms-his-cortana-personal-assistant-into-a-halo-style-hologram/techie-transforms-his-cortana-personal-assistant-into-a-halo-style-hologram
Pleasure, Pain And Food In 'Master Of None' http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17613/pleasure-pain-and-food-in-master-of-none
In Aziz Ansari's 'Master Of None,' food has a way of conveying both the high and low points of life. From stolen nachos to the perfect banana split — food is always there, in the good times and the bad.
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Thu, 11 May 2017 19:03:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17613/pleasure-pain-and-food-in-master-of-none/pleasure-pain-and-food-in-master-of-none
Why Leicester City's Premier League Title Is So Crazy http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16583/why-leicester-citys-premier-league-title-is-so-crazy
On Monday, tiny Leicester City clinched the England's Premier League title, one of the craziest sports stories in a long, long time. Here's what's going on.
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Tue, 03 May 2016 18:36:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16583/why-leicester-citys-premier-league-title-is-so-crazy/why-leicester-citys-premier-league-title-is-so-crazy
Harriet Tubman http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16398/harriet-tubman
​On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is expected to announce upcoming changes to the $20 bill — replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman. Here's what's going on.
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Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:44:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16398/harriet-tubman/harriet-tubman
A Demonstration Of The Tech That Might Replace LTE http://mitchmckenna.com/post/15210/a-demonstration-of-the-tech-that-might-replace-lte
They'll be building a network soon in San Francisco to see how well it works in practice.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:50:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/15210/a-demonstration-of-the-tech-that-might-replace-lte/a-demonstration-of-the-tech-that-might-replace-lte
Dimensions Browser Extension http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14749/dimensions-browser-extension
Measure between the following elements: images, input-fields, buttons, videos, gifs, text, icons. You can measure everything you see in the browser.
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Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:55:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14749/dimensions-browser-extension/dimensions-browser-extension
Twitpic is shutting down | Twitpic Blog http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14724/twitpic-is-shutting-down-twitpic-blog
Twitpic will be shutting down September 25th. You will be able to export all your photos and videos. We’ll let everyone know when this feature is live in the next few days.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:03:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14724/twitpic-is-shutting-down-twitpic-blog/twitpic-is-shutting-down-twitpic-blog
How did the Napa earthquake affect sleep? http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14688/how-did-the-napa-earthquake-affect-sleep
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Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:50:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14688/how-did-the-napa-earthquake-affect-sleep/how-did-the-napa-earthquake-affect-sleep
Ultra-Pure Water Tastes Like Nothing And Can Kill You http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14552/ultra-pure-water-tastes-like-nothing-and-can-kill-you
Internet-favorite David Rees did a whole episode of his new show "Going Deep with David Rees" on ice, and one of the things he learned is that the purest water in the world is not actually the water you want to be drinking. We have a feeling you're going to be seeing a lot of David Rees clips on Digg in the coming weeks.
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Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:50:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14552/ultra-pure-water-tastes-like-nothing-and-can-kill-you/ultra-pure-water-tastes-like-nothing-and-can-kill-you
What Fills The World's Cups http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14503/what-fills-the-worlds-cups
With the World Cup now underway, let's take a look what quenches the thirst of these 32 countries, and help you to authentically celebrate the teams through their homelands' beverages. Personally, we don't play favorites so we'll be imbibing all of these drinks in equal measure. See you in the hospital!
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Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:53:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14503/what-fills-the-worlds-cups/what-fills-the-worlds-cups
The Six Seconds Between Love and Hate: A Vine Romance Gone Wrong http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14445/the-six-seconds-between-love-and-hate-a-vine-romance-gone-wrong
They were Vine's first superstars, falling in love online, and making lots of money from it. But once they met in the real world, things went horribly wrong.
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Thu, 22 May 2014 13:37:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14445/the-six-seconds-between-love-and-hate-a-vine-romance-gone-wrong/the-six-seconds-between-love-and-hate-a-vine-romance-gone-wrong
Ancient Egyptians transported pyramid stones over wet sand http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14395/ancient-egyptians-transported-pyramid-stones-over-wet-sand
Physicists from the FOM Foundation and the University of Amsterdam have discovered that the ancient Egyptians used a clever trick to make it easier to transport heavy pyramid stones by sledge.
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Thu, 01 May 2014 16:10:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14395/ancient-egyptians-transported-pyramid-stones-over-wet-sand/ancient-egyptians-transported-pyramid-stones-over-wet-sand
The Invention of the Slurpee http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14323/the-invention-of-the-slurpee
They stain tongues green, red, and blue; they send blood sugar levels on Odyssean voyages; they induce brain-freezes that crumble even the most stoic men. Every year, 7,290,000 gallons of Slurpee are consumed worldwide — enough to fill 12 Olympic-size pools.
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Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:02:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14323/the-invention-of-the-slurpee/the-invention-of-the-slurpee
Tobacco Body http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14111/tobacco-body
To create a successful digital anti-smoking campaign, the Cancer Society of Finland created a microsite that will quietly scare you into quitting.
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Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:28:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14111/tobacco-body/tobacco-body
The Design Studio Behind Xbox Reviews The PlayStation 4 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14110/the-design-studio-behind-xbox-reviews-the-playstation-4
Even if you don't know the design consultancy Teague, you know their work. They were the firm Microsoft tapped to design their original Xbox, conceptualize controllers for the Xbox brand, and create the Xbox 360 racing wheel. Here's what they think of Sony's PlayStation 4.
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Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:04:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14110/the-design-studio-behind-xbox-reviews-the-playstation-4/the-design-studio-behind-xbox-reviews-the-playstation-4
As Close To Teleportation As We're Going To Get, For Now http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13661/as-close-to-teleportation-as-were-going-to-get-for-now
inFORM is a Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way. inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table's surface.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:01:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13661/as-close-to-teleportation-as-were-going-to-get-for-now/as-close-to-teleportation-as-were-going-to-get-for-now
A Big Family, at the Beach : The New Yorker http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13578/a-big-family-at-the-beach-the-new-yorker
A person expects his parents to die. But a sibling? I felt I’d lost the identity I’d enjoyed since 1968, when my younger brother was born.
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Sun, 27 Oct 2013 04:13:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13578/a-big-family-at-the-beach-the-new-yorker/a-big-family-at-the-beach-the-new-yorker
I challenged hackers to investigate me and what they found out is chilling http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13573/i-challenged-hackers-to-investigate-me-and-what-they-found-out-is-chilling
All it takes is a person or persons with enough patience and know-how to pierce anyone’s privacy — and, if they choose, to wreak havoc on your finances and destroy your reputation.
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Sun, 27 Oct 2013 03:37:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13573/i-challenged-hackers-to-investigate-me-and-what-they-found-out-is-chilling/i-challenged-hackers-to-investigate-me-and-what-they-found-out-is-chilling
Iris scans are the new school IDs http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13377/iris-scans-are-the-new-school-ids
Kids lose their school IDs but they don't often lose their eyeballs.
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Sun, 08 Sep 2013 17:33:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13377/iris-scans-are-the-new-school-ids/iris-scans-are-the-new-school-ids