Idea Warehouse

Court Decision regarding pivacy of emails

A federal appeals court today made a startling decision about the privacy of emails: they determined that 3rd part ISPs must consider their subscribers' message content private unless they notify them that it is not or allow them permission to read them, if I read this article right. That is a turnabout from what we've been expected to believe, essentially, as the writer of this article describes, making email more like a sealed letter than an open postcard.

Wearable Code

Julia Vallera has created these readable private/public t-shirts that have QR code on them that are readable by cell phones after you take a picture of the code that's on them. Incredible! Also loved the link she put on there-- textually.org--that features a "juice bag" at the top of the list, a tote bag that charges all of your electronic gadgets while they're in there.

IPod Speaker/Case

With IPods connected so directly to personal listening, I always wonder why there isn't an easy just-as-small gadget or accessory to go with it to turn it into a personal stereo. Sure, there's IHome, and all these cool speaker setups, but this one gadget seems just right to fit the bill (not trying to sound like a commercial or anything...): the Sandbar Soundmate. Although I have to give up my regular-size 80GB IPod this week, this thing would be good to know about if/when I get another.