Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
For those that don't know, early this year Netflix started offering movies from their library for downloading or streaming. Currently there are over 12,000 movies and TV show box sets that you can watch instantly on your PC. Of course, most people prefer to watch movies on their TV, which ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Long ago, before the HD-DVD and Blu-ray formats were even on the market, I predicted Blu-ray would be the eventual format winner. It seemed like a no-brainer as the Playstation 3 was going to ship with a Blu-ray drive. Those with long memories may recall that the Playstation 2 helped ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Fortunately, this has nothing to do with smelling your friends over the Internet, as many of my friends tend to be unwashed computer geeks. No, SNIFF stands for Social Network Integrated Friend Finder, which is a service that allows you to use your cell phone or other portable devices ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
The machines continued their slow climb to total world domination and human annihilation last week when one of their own managed to scale the Grand Canyon in 7 hours powered by two AA batteries. Meanwhile, work continues on the robot-proof bomb shelter under my house.
June 2 - It may ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
It was reported yesterday that scientists have developed tiny microelectrodes that can be implanted in the brain in order to control robotic limbs. The long-term practical application of this technology would, of course, be to provide artificial replacement limbs to humans that function as normal limbs would.
One impractical application would ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Well, the year 2000 has come and went and still I have no flying car or jet pack to use to get to the office every morning. I had almost given up hope of this happening in my lifetime until I stumbled upon a video of a Swiss man ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
On May 3, 2008, spam turned 30. For those confused by this, as the web in its current form wasn't around 30 years ago, this is possible because the first spam actually predates the Internet. It was sent via Arpanet, a U.S. government computer network that was the ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
At $250,000 each to produce, hydrogen fuel cell cars are too expensive to be practical yet, but the technology does exist and it does work. These cars use no petroleum and emit zero greenhouse gases. The government needs to provide more incentives and rebates for hydrogen fuel cell ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
May 2 - Tesla Motors is opening its first car store at the launch of the new Tesla Roadster, the newest fully electric vehicle available in America.
The Tesla -- a two seater-- can travel 0 to 60 miles per hour in just over 3 seconds and over 200 miles on ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Apr. 17 - Long predicted to replace traditional book or newspaper pulp, e-paper is not yet printing money, but tech firms hope its popularity may eventually mimic the real thing.
Japanese companies already use electrophoretic display, or EPD, for everything from watches and mobile phones to e-readers, with limited color, lower ...
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