It’s the Stoopid Economy

Posted on November 14, 2009

 
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Phil Leigh

Phil Leigh

During the first three decades of the twentieth century the most promising invention was radio.

Scientists could see a clear evolutionary path for the technology that would revolutionize everyday life. The trip from the dots-and-dashes of Morse code, to audio transmission, and eventually to television, was all a matter of learning how to manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum. Unlike a fanciful speculation like teleportation, such things were undeniably possible within the theory underlying Maxwell’s equations. Read more…

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A Point-and-Shoot Camcorder for the Mass Market

Posted on July 11, 2007

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Owing to exponential growth at YouTube nearly everyone is conscious of Internet video. Increasingly, many of us want to make our own. As a result, companies are starting to market un-complex “point-and-shoot” camcorders that make the process simple enough for the mass market.
 
Today’s guest is Rich Phipps who is Director of Business Development at Thomson Audio Video, which markets under the venerable RCA brand. Recently they introduced a $129 “point-and-shoot” camcorder that stores the pictures in solid state memory, instead of tape.

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