Computers and Technology
Harvesting Energy From Motion: New Fiber Technology Unlocks The Power Of Piezos
Imagine a cell phone that recharges its battery as it rides on your hip. Or a wireless sensor that gets its electrical power from the motions the device is sensing. Read more →Has OSHA Written Standards for Humanoid Robots Yet?
We have OSHA standards for nearly every industry and human commercial endeavor. Often these regulations like all government rules go overboard to the point of protecting the irresponsible. Read more →Has Technology Actually Made Us Worse Off?
I will give you time to ponder the title question as I give you two examples. Heart disease and heart related problems are one of the leading causes of death in this country. Read more →Have You Downloaded Firefox Yet?
The internet browser market has long been dominated by Internet Explorer, but a new kid on the block -- Firefox -- is making strong inroads against the Microsoft product's dominance. Read more →Have You Ever Crashed Your Computer?
If you have been using computers for almost any amount of time, you most likely have experienced a computer crash. Computer crashes can range from the benign little GPF (general protection fault) error that forces you to reboot your machine, to complete and utter hardware meltdown that cannot be recovered from at all. Read more →Have You Ever Wondered About Cookies?
Do you remember the first time you was offered a cookie from a web site? If you were new to the Internet it was a surprise. A web site wanted to put a cookie on your computer. Read more →HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray: The Great Optical Disc Battle
Long gone are the times when all we had were compact discs, first for music, then for data storage and movies. The DVDs came next, boasting of what seemed then as tons of data storage. Read more →HDCP - The Worst HDTV Consumer Nightmare, or the Best Digital Content Protection?
Why HDCP?As far as the content industry is concerned, all channels of distribution - whether it be through over-the-air signals, Blu-ray or HD DVD, and cable and satellite HDTV, need to be secured. Read more →HDMI or Component: Which is Best?
You've just bought a new HDTV, complete with HDMI connector and are delighted that you had the foresight to buy a DVD player with HDMI interface a while ago, even though you couldn't use HDMI at the time. Read more →HDTV is What Technology is All About
If you have not yet watched TV on an HDTV you do not know what you are missing. When they promote high definition they aren?t kidding. When my daughter was born I knew I? Read more →1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158
Aphorism
I claim that in losing the spinning wheel we lost our left lung. We are, therefore, suffering from galloping consumption. The restoration of the wheel arrests the progress of the fell disease.
