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If you are a fan of Stellarium, then you will love the Universe Sandbox. It is the brainchild of Dan Dixon. And it allows you to play around with the universe. It is interactive and highly addictive.
I try to grab extremely critical vulnerabilities as they occur. Most of the other ones tend to be very anti climactic. The latest one is a nasty little exploit using Office’s snapshot viewer.
The Hirose Fukushima robotics lab has built an aquatic and terrestrial mobile robotic snake. This thing looks pretty natural on land and in water. They should skin it and make it look realistic. You could scare the tar out of someone with this thing.
Apparently they realized, with the help of the adamant NetFlix community, that this would be a friggin’ stupid move.
Some people like flying. They like the takeoff thrust, being up in the air, and going to new places. But for others, flying is painful. This is the case for people who have inner ear issues. The result can be intolerable pressure pain as the airplane ascends or descends quickly. Have to fear, EarPlanes are here.
The fight on cancer, post development, is always evolving. That means that as technology advances, researchers are creating new ways to attack this awful disease. The Cyberknife, by the Accuray Corporation, allows treatment professionals to target the tumors with pin point accuracy.
So, you want to buy a school type gift that is, let’s say, unique. But you also want something that will be really useful for them. Enter the Fly Fusion Pentop Computer. It will give them more time to
If you are holding out for a console or just a cheap skate, then this open source version of Guitar Hero should quench your thirst. Frets on Fire has its limitations, but it’s fun to use and the price is right. |
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OK, I don’t personally use Netflix, but I’ve heard the hoopla and buzz surrounding how simple and easy their service is to use. I was, therefore, surprised when I heard that they were going to eliminate individual user profiles “for simplicity’s sake”. User profiles, from what I understand, allow accounts with “multiple DVD check-out” privileges to allow individual users to specify what DVDs they want next, up to as many as the host account allows. Therefore, a family could maintain separate queues for action movies (Oorah?), romance movies (Nick Sparks), and kids movies (Anything Pixar…).
I get a fuzzy feeling in my stomach when technology helps to bring a happy ending. Biotechnicians have been working for a long time on gadgets that help people with disabilities, especially those with sight or hearing loss. From wearable cameras that interface with the brain to ear implants, science has some promising solutions. One solution involves implanting a microchip into the eye of a patient which directly interfaces with their optical nerves. Pretty crazy stuff, if you ask me.
Not too long ago, I did an article about how development on new standards of USB devices and controllers had halted with the release of USB 2.0. With a capped speed between two USB 2.0 devices of 480 Mbps, this is hardly ideal for increasingly complex computer systems. As file transfers are becoming bulked up with music, movies, games, and pictures, this once-blazing speed is starting to show its age. Thankfully, since then, Intel and the 
