BMW augmented reality: Fixing a BMW is now child’s play
Thanks to the augmented reality project currently in development at BMW, fixing your luxury car may soon become as easy as assembling an IKEA desk. Don’t believe me? Then check this out:
Category Archives: Technology
Electric transportation on the cheap
Fully electric transportation is still years off for the modern consumer. Sure, anyone can snag a Segway for about four thousand dollars on eBay, but as far as full sized cars go; don’t bet on it. The closest thing to an electric car right now is the Tesla roadster and that bad-boy will run you […]
Super-spies rejoice: Self-erasing paper!
By Rob Dunn Contributing Writer, [GAS] From the evil empire of Xerox (an old former employer), comes an interesting concept in the age of a “paperless society”: paper that actually erases itself after 16 hours! The idea behind the self-erasing printer paper is to help eliminate the waste generated when people print off documents for […]
Introducing the gPhone (Video)
We’ve all heard about the gPhone in the past few months, and up to now, most people were thinking that this Google powered phone was only a myth. Well lo and behold, it’s not! Yes, the gPhone isn’t really a phone, it’s a software platform for mobiles, which could revolutionize the way people use their […]
How to Make a Cheap USB Solar Charger
I am a huge fan of solar technology and I love to see it continue to progress, so imagine my surprise when I found a video on how to make a cheap, portable USB solar charger. I really enjoyed this video, and would love to see more projects like this if anyone knows of any.
In the Spirit of Gutenberg: Blogs and the Democracy of Ideas
By Lyle Bateman Contributing Writer, [GAS] From a perspective of some six centuries later, it’s pretty easy to see the revolution inherent in the idea of movable type and the printing press. Once a hugely expensive endeavor confined to the scriptoriums of only super-wealthy patrons, book production was suddenly a fraction of the cost. Books, once highly […]
Google GrandCentral: One (Phone) Ring to Rule Them All
By Rob Dunn Contributing Writer, [GAS] GrandCentral is a new and exciting telco/Web 2.0 service. Created by Craig Walker (ex-CEO Dialpad Communications) and Vincent Paquet (ex-Director of Business Development at Yahoo!), their new service offers users a way to take some serious control over their “tele-identity.” GrandCentral boasts a myriad of features that would surely […]
Blocking Network Packets – The Comcast Fiasco
Sometimes you just can’t be neutral. That, apparently, is the reasoning behind Comcast’s recently revealed actions regarding several peer-to-peer applications, including BitTorrent. In case you haven’t been following the story, here’s a quick rundown. It started five days ago when the Associated Press ran a story called “Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic.” In this story, […]
Google and IBM help students reach for the clouds
By Sterling Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] It’s always a challenge for colleges and universities to keep up with advancing technology. Back when I was hiring people, I was often disappointed by the lack of exposure to current practice obtained by new graduates during the course of their matriculation. Technology advances so rapidly that unless you […]
Sony XEL-1: Large OLED displays now a reality
If you had problems sorting through the different kinds of display technologies in the past, here’s news that may discourage some of you even further. Sony announced yesterday that in early December, they will launch a new television featuring organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. This technology is already being used in many products that have […]