Michael, Michael, and Matt are all back at their normal locations. Discussions focus on digital earth, data visualization, simulations, remote workers, and the curvature of the earth. Michael invites listeners to stop by and say “Hi!” at the Virtual Worlds 2007 Conference on Oct. 10th and 11th in San Jose.

Digital Earth:
The Sensing Earth – http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/07/the_sensing_ear.html
The Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth – http://www.isde5.org/
The Google Earth Flight Simulator – http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/

Remote Work:
The Worker you have to Plug-in – http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/13/guardianweeklytechnologysection.news
Roomba Hacks – http://www.roombareview.com/hack/
Roomba Skeletons – http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Roomba_20Development_20Toolkit

The Curvature of the Earth:
Joe Kittinger – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
The Skydive – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81gn2oLeC_U
Terminal Velocity – http://hypertextbook.com/facts/JianHuang.shtml

IBM:
Sametime 7.5.1 Success story – http://w3.ibm.com/news/w3news/top_stories/2007/08/eodt_sametime751connect_innovation.html

Mashups:
Political Mashups on Yahoo – http://potw.news.yahoo.com/
Ask.com’s City Map mashup – http://city.ask.com/city
The Future of Web Apps – http://www.futureofwebapps.com/

Virtual Worlds:
Virtual Worlds 2007 Conference – http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/