3D shmee D: how about holograms?3D television may be the talk of techo town at the moment but a new technology being developed by the University of Arizona could soon trump it: Star Wars inspired holograms viewable from all angles without requiring special glasses, writes Esther Shein.
November, 2010
Fashion and First Blokes: who cares?
Shock jock journo Andrew Bolt recently wrote a column critiquing the dress sense of Australia’s First Bloke, Tim Mathieson. Such commentary may be par for the course but who cares? Perhaps it’s time to get back to policy, writes Sue Cato.
Benjamin Law’s speech delivered at this week’s FRSA conference “Diversity: Everyone Benefits.”
As you’re aware by now, the theme of this year’s FRSA conference is “Diversity: Everyone Benefits.” Bonnie Montgomery, the Communications Officer of FRSA, told me they were looking for someone to talk about — and represent — diversity. And so, they immediately reached for the nearest young Asian homosexual. Several minority groups, and only one stone.
Media and regulation: times are a-changin’
The ongoing debate about how to regulate the media to protect against anti-competitive behaviour is muddied by the ever-changing platforms the digital world creates, writes James Chessell.
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Murray Murmurings: Postcard from Mildura
Simon O’Connor from the Australian Conservation Foundation traveled to Mildura where he discovered that the national debate about the Murray-Darling has failed to focus on what is really important: how to save the river while looking after communities dependent on it.
EU pushing for an online “right to be forgotten”
A proposed set of rules from the European Union to be submitted as legislation next year endorses the creation of an online “right to be forgotten,” which may heighten tension between advertising companies and online giants such as Google and Facebook, writes John W. Miller.
2010 Victorian Election Comparing state and federal election results
The ABC’s Antony Green compares 2010 federal election results with Victorian 2006 election results.
Introducing the Crikey 2012 Presidential Election Indicator
The Democrats’ shellacking this week at the US midterms actually had no impact on which party the markets think will deliver the President in 2012. The Crikey Presidential Election Indicator assesses the probability of victory for the Democrats at around 60%.
Comet Hartley 2 up close
A new close-up photograph of Comet Hartley 2 by NASA’s Deep Impact/Epoxi spacecraft reveals a complex and highly active object. The smooth ‘neck’ of the comet nucleus is about 400 metres in diameter and the long axis appears to be around 2200 metres, writes Ben Sandilands.
Qantas was lucky to avoid disaster
The seriousness of the Qantas A380 incident at Singapore and over Batam Island yesterday has been made apparent by photographs of the damage taken by some of the passengers. Check Ben Sandilands’ blog Plane Talking for images and commentary.
Cancer and Indigenous health: the pitfalls of assumption-based policy
Why is there so little policy attention to the toll that cancer takes upon Indigenous Australians? Perhaps, as Daniel Vujcich explains, policy is being based on assumptions rather than the evidence.
Victorian election: week one highlights
In preparation for John Brumby and Ted Baillieu’s leaders debate tonight, WIlliam Bowe recaps the notable happenings from the first week of the Victorian election campaign.
first dog My life as a book promoting author/dog
First Dog on the Moon wrote a book. It’s called “The story of The Christmas Story” and it is both adorable and hilarious.
Turnbull, rent seeking and patenting genes
It does no good in the long term to encourage rent seeking by damaging the inventors and companies who are trying to bring genetic products to the marketplace, writes Glen Gordon, registered Australian patent and trademark attorney.
Why property investment is like owning a dodgy pub
For the past few years by investing in the median capital city property (using finance) you actually lose money — in fact, the only way to profit from an investment in property is to hope that there is a “bigger fool” who is willing to pay even more for an asset which generates a negative return.
NT education policy is a giant croc
From the forensic team on the Chamberlain case, to the UFO-spotting and croc-wrestling of the NT News, the Territory has a solid reputation for frontier fringery, writes Piers Kelly, of Fully (Sic)
Comprehensive, constructive approach to mental health reform needed
The Greens believe that what is needed is a joined-up and comprehensive approach that better integrates the funding and support of mental health services into the wider health system, writes Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens spokesperson on mental health and chair of the recent Senate inquiry into suicide in Australia.
US midterm elections Tea Party has 40 year plan, but will they last that long?
The Tea Party movement was jubilant over its impact on the US mid-term elections, with some 40 candidates on their way to Washington. Harley Dennett joined the Tea Party Patriots in DC and found the movement has long-term thinking but splintered support.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s mid-terms: when the squall hit — Obama after the GOP deluge
Should the Senate prove the bulwark that preserves enough of the first two years of the Obama administration’s reforms for them to be entrenched, that most amazing of historical events will have come to pass — it will be the Tea Party wot done it, a thing become its opposite, the salve of the Obama era.
US mid-terms: a rout, not a realignment
The scorecard for the Democrats was bad, very bad, although it certainly could have been worse.
Republican-slide stifles clean energy plan
US President Barack Obama’s plans for climate reform look dead and buried by the widespread Republican victories in the nation’s midterm elections. But at least there’s California, writes Climate Spectator’s Giles Parkinson.
US mid-terms: Republicans ready to play House
The Republicans have gained control of the US House of Representatives, while cutting back on the size of the Democratic majority in the Senate to a handful of Senators.
Sorry, but there’s bigger issues than house mortgages
For all the media focus on residential mortgage rates, there are more serious issues in our banking system that need to be dealt with.
Radio National staff unplugged: new skills needed, so jobs on the line
Radio National staff are up in arms over a looming decision to dump seven veteran employees at a cost of up to $1 million as part of a root and branch restructure of the network’s tight-knit website team.
Citizen journalism is dead, long live crowdsourcing
Citizen journalism is dead, delegates to the Future of Crowdsourcing Summit were told yesterday. But the new tools for crowdsourcing remain an exciting opportunity for journalism.
