In Memoriam of the Floppy Disk
In the last week my father-in-law sent me an email which I quote: Sher – Trying to clean up my room. I have a bunch of 3.5″ diskettes – some blank and some with info. Are they of any use to me? I […]
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Breakfast Will Never be the Same – Your Selfie on Toast?
I have discovered the best Holiday gift for that person on your list that is hard to purchase for. Keep in mind though, this takes “Unique” gifts to a whole new level. Forget that monogrammed sweater or custom mouse pad, get a Selfie toaster! When
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Kids React To – Old Cameras (video)
I love these ‘kids react to old technology’ videos. The thing with kids is that their innocence can often lead to brutal honesty. Here, we see some youngsters struggling to come to grips with old film-type cameras. “Okay, so now, how do I see the
Robots Serving Customers – A new beginning or the last straw? (video)
As if technology hasn’t taken over enough of our lives already, it now appears that the future of retail shopping is heading toward robotic shop assistants: http://youtu.be/Sp9176vm7Co The robots have been developed per medium of a partnership between Lowe’s and Fellow Robots, a Silicon
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Do Your Sound Bites Satisfy You?
The sound bite is to television what the fang bite was to Dracula. It was whilst watching the floppy fringed Hugh Grant giving an interview to The Guardian about his latest flick, when some subconscious buttons must have been pressed in my mind and set
Awesome Computer Graphics Demonstration
This awesome interactive graphics demonstration comes to us courtesy of Evan Wallace whose CV is almost as impressive as his work: I’m Evan Wallace, a software developer with a Computer Science degree from Brown University. In the past I’ve worked as an intern for Microsoft
Awesome Drone Footage of Erupting Volcano (video)
The folks at drone company DJI recently trekked to Iceland to capture the massive Bardarbunga Volcano erupting, and the result is nothing short of amazing. The team used Phantom 2 quadcopter drones with GoPro cameras attached, and DJI’s Lightbridge wireless high-definition remote video system to
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A Look Back – 14 Retro Tech Commercials (videos)
Nostalgia Warning!! We’ll start off with a young(ish) Steve Ballmer screaming the virtues of Windows 1.0 in his own inimitable style, proving once and for all that he was always a nutcase…. but wait, there’s more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk There was no shortage of big
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Oldies Reaction to Google Glass (video)
A few months back we presented a video showing how kids today react to older technology… you can catch up with that video here: Kids Reaction to Old Computers. This video reverses that situation showing how older people react to new technology… namely Google Glass.
New iPhones and, Finally, the Apple Watch
With the Flint Center in Cupertino, California packed, Apple CEO Tim Cook started off Tuesday’s Apple event. Typically, he would start out talking about how many gazillion iPhones have sold, how the adoption rate of the latest iOS version eclipses that of Android adoption and
Reversible USB Connectors – Coming Soon!
Are you fed up with the frustrations caused by USB connectors having a right side up? Or from needing different cables with different connectors for different devices? It’s taken some 18 years, but finally, a new standard, USB Type-C, is ready for mass production. The
Meet JIBO, the World’s First Family Robot (video)
Billed as the “World’s First Family Robot”, JIBO has the ability to see, hear, learn, help, speak, and relate. Not convinced? – check out the video: http://youtu.be/3N1Q8oFpX1Y JIBO is the brainchild of social robotics pioneer Dr. Cynthia Breazeal and the startup has raised in
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How Surface Pro & Xbox Helped Severely Injured Man
Modern technology is simply awesome, I often reflect on how much of today’s technology would have been so very useful during my working years. What most of us take for granted though can often be an extremely difficult exercise for those less fortunate. Such is
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Live Cams – Bears Fishing in Alaska & Wild Africa
Live Cam #1 – Brown Bears Salmon Fishing in Alaska Seems this week is developing into a video and cam theme. I am continually amazed at the sheer number of amazing innovations provided by technology. Live cams is just another example that blows this old
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