Monday, July 16, 2007

Week 3, Thing 7 Interesting Technology

Playing catch-up here - the past few weeks have been extremely busy at work (summer is our Christmas time) and I'm training for and driving the day care van as a sub in Outreach. Plus multiple family (parental care) issues are using much time, travel,and energy.

So, over these last weeks, I have found the following news reports related to technology to be interesting:

1. CCT, 6/2/07 A new phone system, The Enforcer, is now in place at the CC Detention Center. It makes monitoring inmates' calls easier and can use security cameras to watch inmates while their calls are in progress.

2. CCT, 6/28/07 Robotic cameras have been installed in the Mount Airy Town Hall to air live broadcasts of the town hall meetings on Community Media Center Channel 23.

3. CCT, 6/30/07 The hyped iPhone became available to consumers @ 6 p.m. yesterday. The Apple product which is serviced by AT&T has touch screen, e-mail, Internet, music and video. Base price is $500.

4. CCT, 7/12/07 Pixar's "digital dazzle" animated movie, "Ratatouille" is doing well at the box office.

5. TV news 7/16/07 Pageant winner, Miss New Jersey, is allowed to keep her crown. Controversial photos of her on Facebook almost cost her the title.

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