http://www.tomorrownext.com Musings on What's Next Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:39:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A major breakthrough for the realm of miniature and microscopic devices and robotics was announced by MIT researchers who were able to combine electrode and electrolyte materials that self-assemble based on their surface structure and charges. The breakthrough is not only important for constructing power cells on that level but ... http://www.tomorrownext.com/2007/02/18/mit-researchers-develop-self-assembling-rechargeable-microscopic-batteries/ As if the resounding success of the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge wasn't enough. DARPA is back again with 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge scheduled for the November in which autonomous vehicles will have to navigate a simulated urban environment complete with traffic, intersections, and a variety of obstacles. The 2005 challenge ... http://www.tomorrownext.com/2007/02/18/stanford%e2%80%99s-junior-entry-for-2007-darpa-urban-challenge/ A challenge for developers wishing to use AJAX to incorporate dynamic content from another domain into their page is that AJAX was limited call back to the same domain that the page originated from. Workarounds have been implemented by having the AJAX call to a server process which then makes ... http://www.tomorrownext.com/2007/02/14/hermes-cross-domain-dynamic-script-attachment/