By Mark O’Neill An interesting little article has cropped up on PC World about “five sci-fi scenarios that will eventually become true”. They are : Biometric Security (as seen in Minority Report) Space Tourism (as seen in 2001 : A Space Odyssey) The Holodeck (as seen in Star Trek) Self-Aware Computers (as seen in 2001 […]
A few years ago when I first heard of you, I thought you had the coolest name. It was like love at first sight. You gave me great hope for the long-term, I believed in everything you said, and I invested in our relationship. But today, I heard the terrible news. You literally broke my […]
By Mark O’Neill “I’d like to thank George for making my light-sabre a nice shade of red….” The writers strike has been resolved and the Oscars back on track for February 24th. But before Daniel Day-Lewis can pick up his Oscar, we need to first have the “Scientific and Technical Awards of the Academy of […]
We’ve all come to know and love our favorite brand logos. Nike, Apple, Logitech, Motorola, whatever. It’s almost like they’ve been around so long that you don’t actually recognise them as company insignia anymore, but rather as proofs of quality and authenticity. Logos undergo drastic changes as much as their respective companies. They are changed to […]
As early as only a year ago, AMD was the number one processor choice for computer geeks world wide. Sure, their mobile platform would suck batteries like a hoover and could melt through your desk at the drop of a hat, but they were the favorite. The underdog. The company we supported because they stood up to […]
By Rob Dunn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Undoubtedly, you’re probably aware on some level that the United States government mandated that all broadcasted television signals be transmitted in digital format on and after February 19, 2009. In the good ol’ days, televisions, VCR’s, and other similar appliances were manufactured with a NTSC (National Television System Committee) […]
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:
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]