Chicago Tribune | Cops to patrol airports on high-tech scooters

The Daley administration has signed a $128,000 contract to buy 28 Segway Human Transporters, and most of the machines will be in service at Midway and O’Hare, zooming down concourses and cruising around terminals with officers at the controls.

Mark/Space: · Missing Sync for hiptop

Missing Sync for hiptop enables synchronization of iCal events and To Do’s list and Mac OS X Address Book contacts with the hiptop desktop interface and hiptop handheld (including the Sidekick). Share contacts, calendar events and to do items across multiple devices using iSync.

Markspace already makes a version of Missing Sync for the Sony Clié, now they are working on a version for the Sidekick. Website says coming soon…

Tuttle SVC: January 04, 2004 Archives
Tom lays out a wishlist for 2004 related to technology and education. One that stands out for me is his wish for thin clients.

Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Home

The Mars Exploration Rover Mission Home is a good starting point for information on yesterday’s landing of Spirit on Mars.

Blogging and RSS
Will’s article published in Multimedia & Internet@Schools is available online at the link above.

Opera’s Small-Screen Rendering(tm)

The Opera web browser for Smartphones and PDA’s is really amazing. Just about any page I have pulled up on it looks good and is readable. Much more useful than the default browser that came with my Nokia 3650.

The Windows version of the Opera browser has a very nice feature that will preview any web page as it would show up on the Opera handheld browser. For example, the image to the right is how this site looks on my Nokia 3650.

Instant messaging, long a part of teenagers’ lives, is working its way into the broader fabric of the American family. [NY Times Technology]