Entries Tagged as ‘Tech’

November 4, 2009

Gizmodo Android 2.0 Review

It’s finally here.  The next iteration of the Google Android operating system which by all accounts is a solid improvement.  Here is the Gizmodo review. Almost human indeed.

May 27, 2009

The Plastic Logic E-Reader – Move Over Kindle

The Kindle isn’t the only reader in the market. Apparently several companies are working feverishly on ways to replace paper and allow for updated content on a flat portable screen.  This one looks very sleek, and although it isn’t available yet, I’m standing in line for one already.  Or anything like it.  I would rather [...]

April 30, 2009

Apple Is Ready to Announce iPad

It is looking more and more like Apple will announce a tablet PC in early June.  Think larger iPhone, smaller notebook, multimedia computer.  Can’t wait to see what they’ve been working on.
Here is a link to the CNET story in full.

March 21, 2009

Scenes from 30,000 meters up

The Meteotek08 team has collected their images and data on both their blog and flickr page, and has kindly given others permission to share these photos with you. Very cool images and compelling to watch as the trip unfolds.
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February 22, 2009

Marc Andreessen to Charlie Rose: ‘You Have to Kill the Print Edition’

But what will we wrap fish with?

January 8, 2009

LG Watch Phone Is For Real

James Bond and Dick Tracy fans are likely to queue up for this soon. The new watch-phone from LG is one of the coolest gadgets at CES 2009 show.
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January 5, 2009

Obama Landing on the Moon

This is very exciting news.  Several blog reports and this report from Bloomberg suggest that the Obama administration may be planning to escalate another space race, this time with China.  Regardless of the merits of racing someone back to the moon, the race itself is bound to creat jobs and advance our badly deficient technology [...]

December 31, 2008

Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in Fall ‘09

Techcrunch has this from three independent sources close to Apple: expect a large screen iPod touch device to be released in the Fall of ‘09, with a 7 or 9 inch screen. Great, a new expensive gadget which I have to find a use for!
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November 18, 2008

Race on to build world’s first space elevator

This is fascinating. Read this article if you want to know more about science fiction that might become a reality within the next 5 to 10 years. It sounds like the technology to do this isn’t far away. Nanotech baby! Aerosmith’s Love in an Elevator will have a second life.
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October 12, 2008

GE builds an OLED printer – A Revolution in Lighting is Just Around the Corner

GE R&D guys have produced a machine that prints OLED materials newspaper-style onto 8-inch sheets of metal foil in hopes that the sheets — which can be pinned to just about any surface — will start the process of home lighting biz regime change in 2010.
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