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Michael and Michael welcome back Effie Seiberg to the show this week. Given that the election is finally over, we’ve decided to take a look at the use of technology from the campaigns, websites, and the news networks. Social networks, Holograms, Maps, Location Based Services, Mashups, and iPhone Apps are all on the agenda. We even show you how to make your own Hologram! We also thank Andy for doing a quick 12Seconds video of the arrival of his Dogear Nation Swag!

Show Links

Political
Change.gov
iPhone application
Tax calculator

CNN board
Holographic interviews
How to do your own hologram

Kottke roundup
The Forbidden Zone

Magic wall
Google roundup
New York Times map

Swag!
Andy’s new Swag!

Final Thoughts
Michael M. – UNC Homecoming and Tuba Playing
Michael R. – 2008 Cool tech – Water bottle
Effie S. – 2012 Real Holograms by then

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Michael and Michael welcome Pranab Sharma from IBM’s Virtual Universe Community. We focus on Signing Avatars, Real Race cars, Cool Software and $5 Dollar Water.

Communication Section:
Tuba Hero – http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales?utm_source=digg_1
IBM Creates Signing Avatars – http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
Mastor Speech to Speech Translation – http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/r.uit.innovation.html
40 Watt Club – http://www.40watt.com/
The Man Cave – http://www.baekdal.com/design/architecture/qube-private-space/

Virtual Worlds Section:
Cisco Virtual Worlds Blog – http://blogs.cisco.com/virtualworlds/
ePredator’s real world drive – http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
IAC Acquires Majority share of GarageGames – http://www.garagegames.com/news/13587
Only a Lad Paroday – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD7aI45cRrE

Software Section:
Notes code added to Open Office – http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YQUYWPGKNHSQCQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201805296
Lotus Symphony – http://tahoe.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa
Graphics for Mac – http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/

Environmental Section:
$5 Bottle of Water – http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html
Eco Drive – http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/09/12/frankfurt-2007-fiat-and-microsoft-announce-ecodrive-datalogging/

Listener Tag -
Google Zietgeist – http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

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