The bluetooth rear view car mirror is essentially three products in one. A Bluetooth headset which can pair with your phone to make it hands free, a digital display which can display who is calling without having to look at your phone and lastly a rear view mirror. My first impression of the device when […]
You may think shipping when you see FedEx, but the express transportation giant pioneered much of the technology used in the express industry today. FedEx has led the industry for more than 20 years with significant innovations, including the SuperTracker, PowerPad, FedEx shipping software and an interactive Web site widely noted as an example of […]
The Atlas of Technological Advance is an overview of the many strands of technological progress occurring throughout industry. It is a tool for CTOs who have to explore and navigate the technological future for their companies. In this presentation we discuss the structure of the Atlas and review the major features that it reveals. Transforming […]
RFID is known to act crazy while in the company of metals but here is SteelWING, a passive UHF tag from Confidex supporting EPC Class 1 Gen specification. SteelWING comes with an adhesive backing therefore it can be directly attached to metal surfaces and can still perform to the best of abilities without any type […]
Released last week under the shadow of Blast Corps, FIFA 17 (Fifa Ultimate Team ) may be one of the most overlooked games on the N64 platform. This game has a huge amount of replay potential with the FUT 17 and the American, British, French, Italian, and German leagues all present. Other features of FUT […]
The hacker ethic philisophy The hacker ethic is most commonly associated with computing, but it has a much wider application to our time. Hackers are, essentially, experts or enthusiasts of any kind. You could be a hacker in, say, astronomy or carpentry. Being a hacker is more of an approach or attitude than a label […]
Reflections on Gaming in School What comes as a shock to me, though, is how culturally relavent gaming is even in schooling today. When I go to school today, fliers line walls, informing people of when they can attend the next “Gamers United” official school video game club, public use televisions line an entire hallway […]
An “outside observer” named Ted has left a comment that deserves to be highlighted in a separate entry: It seems that many of you are members of guilds that are so weak and dysfunctional that you can’t even think straight. I’m a physician, and the difference between the guild(s) I’m in and academia are astounding. […]
The long wait for a top notch Nintendo 64 basketball game has finally ended. Unlike previous roundball efforts, Kobe Bryant’s NBA Courtside fully exploits the power of the N64. A joint effort of Nintendo and independent developer Left Field Productions, NBA Courtside exudes the quality that has become the hallmark of Nintendo in-house titles. Forget […]
I recently discovered a new weblog by another academic — and another mother who knows what it’s like to lug a large baby in a stroller up and down the NYC subway steps (permalink may be bloggered; scroll to Friday, August 08). Indeed, it sounds like she lugs two children up and down those steps. […]
