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Cisco and their skybox bling

Posted by robert in November 15th, 2006 | no comment 
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GMSV is chatting up Cisco’s vision of automating the ballpark.  In the late 90’s we looked a number of technology angles at the Charlotte Hornets where I was Director of IT.
The bottom line for these stadium technologies is that they are either venue-infrastructure or skybox fodder.  Putting technologies at the seat level is doable, but [...]

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KFC earth to space? More like earth to Earth

Posted by robert in November 15th, 2006 | no comment 
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Google Earth that is.  This Reuters article talks about the new KFC super logo near Area 51 as if it’s a direct link from Colonel Sanders to extraterrestrials.  The reality is, this is clearly designed as a satellite mapping system branding campaign. 
Consider that within just a few short months the imaging contractors used by Google, Yahoo, and MSN will [...]

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