(Thanks to [Aaron] for the tip) As a promo for [Calvin Harris], some of the creative minds at Sony Music have put together an Arduino-based sythesizer composed of 15 bikini clad babes. By analyzing which circuits are closed, the Arduino Mega is able to tell a sequencer which sample to play. The only innovation happens to be that the circuits are painted onto the aforementioned girls with a conductive body paint known as Bare.
Developed by students at the Royal College of Art, the paint is not available for purchase, but they are willing to mix a batch up for art installations or performances. Technical stats (such as resistance) have not…

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IBM and the Indian School of Business (ISB) on Monday said they have established a research “collaboratory” at the ISB campus for furthering research in service science. IBM and ISB have been working closely on service science research for last few years. This collaboratory marks the beginning of a new phase of an expanded relationship between the two organisations. An IBM collaboratory is a laboratory where IBM researchers co-locate with a university, the government, or commercial partner to share skills, assets, and resources to achieve a common research goal. The new collaboratory will initially have a team of 10 full-time…

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The Hong Kong government will hire more contract IT staffers in the next few years, said government CIO Jeremy Godfrey Friday. According to Godfrey, there are currently more than 1,300 IT contract staffers engaged through 10 contractors working in different government departments. He estimated that the government will need an additional 200 contract IT workers. “As one of Hong Kong’s largest users of IT, the government’s IT expenditure has a major impact on the healthy development of the ICT sector. Our strategy for facilitating the ICT sector is twofold,” said Godfrey. “While keeping IT spending at a high level by…

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The current global financial crisis has not deterred governments such as Hong Kong from investing in technology innovations that deliver results to its citizens. Questex publication Enterprise Innovation talks with Hong Kong government CIO Jeremy Godfrey to find out the key priorities within the next few months. Enterprise Innovation: There has been talk of economies bottoming out. But if the worst is over does your focus or key priorities within government shift at all? Jeremy Godfrey: I don’t think that anything has happened in the last two months to significantly change the way we view things. It’s great there are…

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Mozilla Firefox faster more secure easier to use and sporting a new look this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation Mozilla Firefox project formerly Firebird which was formerly Phoenix is a redesign of Mozilla 39 s browser component written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross platform It is small fast and easy to use and offers many advantages over other web browsers such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop up windows Firefox has the most ways to customize your online experience specifically for the way you…

Mozilla Firefox faster more secure easier to use and sporting a new look this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation Mozilla Firefox project formerly Firebird which was formerly Phoenix is a redesign of Mozilla 39 s browser component written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross platform It is small fast and easy to use and offers many advantages over other web browsers such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop up windows Mozilla Firefox 3 is focused on improved memory handling performance and stability improved XUL and…

We’ve already brought you a homemade Twitter-enabled washing machine, and toilet, but now a new innovation is being brought to the table by a bigger player. IBM is working on a tweeting television remote, which would allow the user to inform the world what they are watching. Although unfiltered reporting could create awkward situations, the combination of America’s love for television and Twitter is sure to yield interesting results. They also mentioned that it could be configured to report to other sites, such as Facebook or joost. Any ideas why IBM would have in such a patent are welcome in…

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