I can buy what?

Many companies have recently enabled users access the the information that has been data mined on them. For example, Google provides  data liberation, “Users should be able to control the data they store in any of Google’s products.  Our team’s goal is to make it easier to move data in and out.”

Microsoft has come out with Lifebrowser which will go through the information on your computer hard drive and compile landmark events about topics. It can provide a timeline interface. It does this by going through photos, emails, and calendar data. It matches up emails with calendar data to cross reference important events.

I can really see the application of such a device for the person who wants to write a biography, or someone who has a memory disorder such as amnesia. Certainly, I myself have thought about going back and making a chronicle of things so I could have them for my children.

It’s kind of a bit creepy how much information these companies actually datamine from you.

While not yet available, two different car companies are developing this concept, so is likely to be available within the next year. The concept is using a car window with touch technology. It currently looks like it is mainly being set to be used for keeping children entertained during a long car ride, however the applications could certainly be extended to mapping and something that would actually be useful.

“Windows of Opportunity” from GM

“Windows to the World” by Toyota

Window to the World (CIID/Toyota) from CIID on Vimeo.

When Honda, ATR and Shimadzu Jointly Developed a Brain-Machine Interface Technology Enabling Control of a Robot by Human Thought Alone in 2009, I bet they didn’t never thought they would be affecting the fashion industry. The latest in the “mind-machine interface” is clothing wear.

There are ears that perk up…

A dress that lights up and parts like a petal…

Everybody loves bacon, right? People love that sweet and salty combination it seems. Rather than just trail mix, there is a new source for your cravings.

Jack in the box is now serving a Bacon milkshake.

“Made with real vanilla ice cream, bacon flavored syrup, whipped topping and a maraschino cherry.”

The smaller shake has almost 800 calories coming consisting of 40 grams of fat and 75 grams of sugar.

Rainbow Donuts offers a bacon maple doughnut consisting of a maple glazed doughnut with bits of bacon slices on top.

I had understood that baconmania was coming to an end, but it seems that more than 2 decades later we are still seeing the effects and even the growth of bacon in america.
Here is a small sample of some of the great bacon buys you can find now a days:

Bacon and Maple Syrup Lollipop
Bakon Vodka

Skillet Bacon Jam Bacon Spread

Bacon Chocolate Bar

Bacon flavored popcorn

Baconnaise

Bacon Candy Canes

Jones Bacon Soda
Bacon Brittle
Bacon Syrup for your coffee