The world of tablets these days is full of competitors with just one thought in mind, beating the iPad2. Samsung took one look at the latest iPad and sent their efforts back to the drawing board. The answer they found seems to be, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Last year, Android brought pretty […]
Each Segues column starts with something tech-related before quickly branching out from there into a tangentially related thread. These articles are born from my thought and speech patterns that regularly contain quickfire transitions. For one of my birthdays, a friend made me a crown that said “King of the Segues”. Actually, it said “King of […]
Time for Olde Tyme Techcitement, when we take a look back at technology relics. It’s basically your grampa talking about the good old days, but sooner and totally more reasonable than dumb boring stories about how all this used to be farmland. November 20, 2000. We were still reeling from the devastation of Y2K, Creed’s […]
I know the iPad2 isn’t brand new, but it is the market (re)definer. As we’ll compare many future tablets against it, it’s only fair to give it a hard look. Apple’s goal with the iPad line was to displace the netbook as your “third screen” (desktop/laptop, phone, netbook), but for it to remain a supplemental […]
This was a pretty big week for tablets, as every company under the sun seems to be rushing to exploit the market. While it may seem like their fighting for Apple’s table scraps, there are a huge number of potential tablet users out there, and everyone seems to be trying to grab them. The most […]
Somebody’s making a mech. Not just for entertainment purposes to make all the nerds drool with the prospect of having a giant robot, but as an actual, industrial tool. That company is Mechanized Propulsion Systems, Incorporated, a company out of Southern California. They’re building giant, bi-pedal, human-driven robots, primarily for industrial purposes and search and rescue, but […]
Digital Lighting technology isn’t a new thing. It’s been used in large scale concert tours and shows for a few years now, but unless you’ve worked in the entertainment lighting industry you probably aren’t familiar with it. However, you should be as it is one of the sexiest things ever created. Forget the calendar with […]
On The Cheap is a feature where we investigate low-cost solutions to staying high tech. It comes out every two weeks. Like a Paycheck. Aren’t we clever? Would you like to own an iPad2 for less than $105? Caught your attention there? If you’re the sort of person who gets techcited, then you either hate […]
Guest article by Joan Weiner For fans of Google’s ebook site (are there any of you out there?), Google announced yesterday their release of an ebook reader device designed specifically to link to the Google eBookstore. Similar to the way Kindle owners have to buy books from Amazon, owners of the iRiver Story HD will […]
Grossed out yet? Then you may not want to read about the Forward Osmosis Bag. The Forward Osmosis Bag (FOB) system is designed to convert dirty water into a liquid that is safe to drink using a semi-permeable membrane and a concentrated sugar solution. FOB looks at the forward osmosis membrane in a space flight […]
