Deane Rimerman

Deane was formerly a writer for ReadWriteWeb, especially about the Internet of Things. He has a Master's in Public Administration degree with a focus on International Forest Governance. Deane has been developing mobile-based watershed monitoring tools with non-profits in Northern California and is in the earliest stages of earning a PHD in Geolocation.

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Wednesday, 25th August 2010

Internet of Things

Top 10 YouTube Videos About Internet of Things

The Internet of Things is what happens when you take everyday ordinary objects and put Internet-connected microchips inside them. These microchips help you not only keep track of your belongings, but many of these devices sense their surroundings and report it to other machines as well as to you when you most need it. From RFID to the Nabaztag…

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Monday, 9th August 2010

Internet of Things

6 Ways Eye Tracking Is Changing the Web

Tracking eye movement is more than just a great way to test website usability. It's also a way to help the disabled, to remotely drive cars and to reinvent multimedia reading. From open-source software that runs on hardware built of old webcams to expensive contact lenses and glasses, a new era of eye-controlled tools are developing at a rapid…

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Tuesday, 20th July 2010

Internet of Things

6 Brain Sensors You'll Be Using Soon

Brain Computer Interface (BCI) - a technology that creates a direct connection from our brains to our computers - is beginning to reach the market via toys and game controllers. In the process, these thought-controlled sensors are inspiring innovations that, for instance, allow you to call someone on your phone by simply thinking about them. From…

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Thursday, 15th July 2010

Top 10 YouTube Videos About the Internet Going Down

At any moment it can happen - at work or at home the Internet can go down. If we happen to be in our offices when it happens we have to make sure we're prepared. Likewise kids and families have to prepare too. Offices may need to do what kids do when the Internet goes down. From breaking out toy weapons, to talent shows, to impromptu movie…

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Every Machine Can Be Used To Watch You. Interested in Privacy?

What if your activities were watched and recorded so we could not only catch you for any crime but could maximize how much money we make selling you stuff? An editorial by Toby Considine over at Automated Buildings suggests that this is fast becoming the future we're moving into. Considine gives one example of a British murder conviction that…

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Wednesday, 14th July 2010

Top 25 Facebook Posts on ReadWriteWeb in 2010

Our recent coverage of trends in the first half of 2010 have not fully touched on Facebook. The dominance of the world's most popular online social network has gone beyond being just a trend. It has become much bigger than that. This week alone we have posted about use cases for Facebook's OpenGraph as well as the introduction of OpenGraph for…

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Saturday, 10th July 2010

Top 10 YouTube Videos About Your Web Interface

The graphical user interface or GUI shapes and defines how we interact with the Web. These YouTube videos on GUI innovation can guide us to a more fluid and natural way to interact with not just the web, but with computers in general. There are no iPads or iPhones in this collection. Their groundbreaking contributions to GUI have been noted on…

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Thursday, 8th July 2010

10 ReadWriteWeb Readers Explain What Our Internet is Turning Into

How do we explain the Web and what it means? With so many innovations changing our lives, that's a complex explanation. Now what if you had to do it in only a few words? Marshall Kirkpatrick recently asked some of our readers that very question. We then picked 10 responses most worth sharing. Congratulations to those who made the list. And if…

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Wednesday, 7th July 2010

Top 10 YouTube Videos About The BP Oil Spill

As we pass the 80 day mark in the greatest underwater oil spill of all time, here's a chance to pause and reflect on the most-viewed YouTube videos about the spill. Our selection doesn't include popular videos that claim environmentalists caused the spill to further their own agenda, nor does it include any official videos from the company whose…

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Tuesday, 6th July 2010

Agents of Digital: New Cartoon Series About Webworkers

A new cartoon series called Agents of Digital is a compilation of stories that are all too familiar to those who work in Web development and Web marketing. ReadWriteWeb reader Fred Roed, co-founder of World Wide Creative, is behind this new series. He says it's "a cartoon strip about a fictional digital marketing agency called Schitzen…

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