RSSThe Internet Super Highway Coming to the Friendly Skies as Some Airlines Offer In-Flight Internet Service
Gone are the days of meals and playing cards on airlines; however, now you will hear when you get on a plane … “you got mail.” Gone are the days of getting an extra package of nuts, but the world wide web will be available. In a post 911 world where due to terrorism concerns passengers cannot bring on a multitude of items, we will now have access to the web and direct IM communication. Let’s think this one out first to its full conclusion before we have to deal with the laws of unintended consequences and a terrorism plane disaster. So we don’t allow liquids on a plane, but we allow internet access … Hmmm.
Passengers may soon hear a new in-flight announcement: “You can now log on.”
Starting next week and over the next few months, several American airlines will test Internet service on their planes.
On Tuesday, JetBlue Airways will begin offering a free e-mail and instant messaging service on one aircraft, while American Airlines, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines plan to offer a broader Web experience in the coming months, probably priced at about $10 a flight.
Posted December 7, 2007 by Scared Monkeys Homeland Security, Internet, Technology, Travel, WTF, War on Terror | no comments |
Cyber Monday Kicks Off the On-line Holiday Shopping Season for Retailers
Black Friday, the first shopping day after Thanksgiving appears to have been a major success for retailers. Reports show that sales on Friday and Saturday combined rose 7.2 percent to $16.4 billion from the same two-day period a year ago. Now comes Cyber Monday. Are you planning on buying on-line? Maybe you have already started.
Retailers are hoping last week’s strong start to the holiday shopping season at malls and stores translates into a busy buying season online, which officially begins Monday.
The Monday after Thanksgiving, tagged “Cyber Monday” by the National Retail Federation, marks the first big online shopping surge for many merchants as consumers return to their work computers.
Chimpanzees Choose more Rationally than Humans
Tell us something we already don’t know … Chimps choose more rationally than 
humans. In other words, Monkeys do not make irrational choices to punish someone they perceive as unfair. Its not a matter of getting even, its a matter of self interest and self preservation. End result when it comes to choice, monkeys are rational. So how does this rational decision making play into stories that have been commented on this site?
The researchers concluded chimpanzees do not show a willingness to make fair offers and reject unfair ones. In this way, they protect their self interest and are unwilling to pay a cost to punish someone they perceive as unfair.
And sometimes Monkeys choose even more rationally than certain humans.
21st Century Milk Carton … National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Missing Kid Saver
The internet can be a very valuable tool for missing person cases. We have heard and read many stories when the internet is used for evil. Here is a tremendous case when the internet is used for good.
In the continuing effort to have computer technology aide in missing persons cases, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has developed the new 21st century milk carton.
Posted August 10, 2007 by Scared Monkeys Child Welfare, Internet, Missing Persons, Technology | 2 comments |
The Hollywood Movie Machine … So You Want to be in the Movies, Now Its a Reality.
Imagine playing Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca? Or dream you are Judy Garland in The Wizard of OZ or more recently, any one of the numerous characters from The Lord of the Rings? Think it is impossible, not any more. Thanks to an innovative and amazing new video experience, The Hollywood Movie Machine. You too can be a star.
(Hollywood Movie Machine, retail version)
The Hollywood Movie Machine is the brainchild of Dennis Fountaine and Jamie Day. After about three years of putting in their due diligence, the once small idea has now developed a life of its own. As Jamie Day stated, “we wanted to be able to provide the opportunity to put people in the movies and provide them with their 15 minutes of fame.” Jamie also said they wanted to create a family friendly product as well, “what a great way for parents and their children to spend time together, The Hollywood Movie Machine provides a great outlet for the entire family to be involved in an activity at home.”
You can be your favorite star for a day and get your 15 minutes of fame without having to have an embarrassing video pop up on You Tube that requires more explaining than fame. However, in this case with The Hollywood Movie Machine Experience you can replay your 15 minutes of fame over and over again.
The Hollywood Movie Machineâ„¢ makes it possible for the consumer to magically appear on-screen as if they actually are that famous actor, singer or celebrity - granting them their very own 15 Minutes of Fame.
Through a fun and interactive “Hollywood Movie Making Experience”, a participant’s face and voice electronically replaces the original performer’s face and voice in a clip from a variety of famous Movies, TV Programs, Music Videos, Cartoons, or even Video Games.
Each participant’s expressions, movements, and words are captured live and in real time as they see themselves on-screen becoming the actor or singer from their chosen Movieoke Clipâ„¢. (Hollywood Movie Machine)
(Hollywood Movie Machine Home prototype)
The Hollywood Movie Machine will come in a retail and home version. However, it does not stop there. Larry Garrison, President of Silvercreek is developing the concept for a reality TV series and a feature based on The Hollywood Movie Machine. Move over, American Idol … The Hollywood Movie Machine Reality “SCREEN TEST” is coming. For all those individuals who participate in reality series to gain fame and fortune or their 15 minutes within the music industry, one for acting is right around the corner. Imagine being discovered by those in the movie industry, this reality TV show is the next big reality show vehicle to do just that.
Larry Garrison known as “The NewsBreaker” and also of President of SilverCreek Entertainment in Los Angeles, CA is in development of a reality series and a feature based on “The Hollywood Movie Machine.” Pixie Monroe has been tapped for casting. Garrison states that The Hollywood Movie Machine will sweep the nation in movie theatres and malls, and equates the home version to be a family oriented innovation for young and old alike.
Dante Grayson has been instrumental in making Jamie and Dennis’s dream come true. He has worked aiding in financing the development of the machines. He has also been influential on the series and feature, and will work producing with his company and Executive Producer Larry Garrison.
The Hollywood Movie Machine idea and concept has been a work in process. Obviously in the visual world we live in and the advent of reality TV, the people behind the Hollywood Movie Machine are really on to something. When asked what was the most difficult part of the process was Jamie stated, “finding the right movie clip. One that is memorable to a movie, yet one that does not have a tremendous amount of head movement.” She also stated that they are in talks with numerous movie studios for the licensing rights for film usage. Jamie stated, “right now anyone could become Fay Wray from the original 1933 King Kong or Carry Grant, Eva Marie Saint or James Mason from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest.”
The Hollywood Movie Machine, great for the family, entertainment for all ages, providing you with your moment of fame and soon to be a TV acting reality series.
The Hollywood Movie Machine asks, “Are you ready for YOUR Close-Up?”
For more Information & Publicity contact:
Larry Garrison
President
SilverCreek Entertainment
805-370-3630
Posted March 28, 2007 by Scared Monkeys Business, Celebrity, Fun, Hollywood, Technology, Toys | 12 comments |
Its in the GPS Shoes … Gimmick … or Effective GPS Gadget?
Quantum Satellite Technology and the brain child of Isaac Daniel will be putting out next month a line of adult GPS shoes ranging in price from $325 to $350. A children’s line will be offered this summer. The purpose of the shoe is to locate the wearer; “It promises to locate the wearer anywhere in the world with the press of a button”. A question arises, what happens if the wearer can’t push the button?
It’s the latest implementation of satellite-based navigation into everyday life - technology that can be found in everything from cell phones that help keep kids away from sexual predators to fitness watches that track heart rate and distance. Shoes aren’t as easy to lose, unlike phones, watches and bracelets.
The sneakers work when the wearer presses a button on the shoe to activate the GPS. A wireless alert detailing the location is sent to a 24-hour monitoring service that costs an additional $19.95 a month. (AP)
They claim that the shoe is not meant for “non-emergencies.”
… like to find out if a teen is really at the library or a spouse is really on a business trip. If authorities are called and it is not an emergency, the wearer will incur all law enforcement costs, Daniel said.
In theory, this is a great idea. Any idea to keep children safe or find missing children or adults. However, with this type of technology out there wouldn’t the sexual predators know it exists too? I could see the very first thing a sexual predator does is takes a child’s shoes off and throws them in the garbage or along the road side. A micro-chip on or in any article of clothing can be rendered useless by removing the article of clothing. The criminal mind knows these things.
Posted February 9, 2007 by Scared Monkeys Child Welfare, Islamofascist, Technology, Toys | 4 comments |
State Senator: No More Walking and Talking (and listening) in New York
A state senator in New York is proposing a ban on talking on a cell phone or listening to an ipod in Buffalo or New York City if you are walking on the street. I used to live in Manhattan and I have to tell you, the streets are not a social place. If you stop and say hello to someone you do not know, odds are you will get maced before you will get a reply. With the advent of cell phones and ipods, New Yorkers could add another insulating layer from those around them.
Now a Brooklyn state senator is asking to treat listening to an ipod or talking on a cell phone as a crime? Fo Getta Bout It. You would have a better chance of getting these people to smile at a stranger. The intelligencia will rise up as if you were asking to raise the price of a latte at Starbucks.
The ipod is popular in New York because these very same people who desperately want to live in the Big Apple also want to tone it out. This Brooklyn state senator will learn that quickly.
Brain Calisthenics - The Next Big Thing
As the baby boomers age, they are fearful of the brain going soft so to speak. A new trend has just started gaining traction that focuses on the keeping the brain active and vibrant with tools and tricks.
From “brain gyms” on the Internet to “brain-healthy” foods and activities at assisted living centers, the programs are aimed at baby boomers anxious about entering their golden years and at their parents trying to stave off memory loss or dementia.
This is going to be one of the hottest topics in the next five years — it’s going to be huge,” said Nancy Ceridwyn, co-director of special projects for the American Society on Aging. “The challenge we have is it’s going to be a lot like the anti-aging industry: how much science is there behind this?” Read the rest at the New York Times.
The Nintendo DS has a game out called Brain Age
Have Scientists Found a Cure For Diabetes?
If the news is true, a new cure for diabetes may be in the works. Scientist in a Toronto hospital have discovered a cure for diabetes in mice that cures them almost overnight. If this can be translated to humans, the millions who suffer from diabetes may have a chance to recover and not have the intrusion that diabetes causes in their daily lives.
“I couldn’t believe it,” said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. “Mice with diabetes suddenly didn’t have diabetes any more.”
The researchers caution they have yet to confirm their findings in people, but say they expect results from human studies within a year or so. Any treatment that may emerge to help at least some patients would likely be years away from hitting the market.
But the excitement of the team from Sick Kids, whose work is being published today in the journal Cell, is almost palpable.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Dr. Hans Michael Dosch, an immunologist at the hospital and a leader of the studies. “In my career, this is unique.”
Read the rest in the National Post.
Top 10 Scams For 2006
Consumer Affairs has come out with their top 10 scams of 2006. While most people will see through these fairly easily, they each ensnare thousands a year and can be devestating for those affected. Many of these scams occur online, so if you see one on the list, go to the article about it. They are safe sites, I promise.
- Fake Lottery Scam
- Phishing-Vishing Scams
- Phony Job Scam
- Negative Option Scams
- Nigerian 419 Scams
- Pump & Dump Scam
- Bogus Fuel Saving Devices
- Grandparents Scam
- Oprah Ticket Scam
- craigslist Scam
