by mnikolic | Sep 15, 2010 | Tech & Innovation
Never drunk dial again. That is the promise from Intel CTO, Justin Rattner, as he discussed context aware computing and the next generation of personal devices, at the annual Intel Develop Forum in San Francisco. Combining GPS technology with data from microphones,...
by mnikolic | Sep 13, 2010 | Ramblings
Uptime. It’s all about uptime; ask any sysadmin. Components fail and networks go down. Power goes out. Users download viruses on to systems. Apophis could go to eleven on the Torino impact hazard scale, smack right into Euro Disney, and the call from marketing...
by mnikolic | Sep 2, 2010 | Tech & Innovation
According to Science News, researchers at Rice University have created the first two-terminal, pure silicon memory chips, easily adaptable to nanoelectric manufacturing. Researchers discovered that silicon oxide could replace carbon in the process. When an electric...
by mnikolic | Aug 31, 2010 | Ramblings
When I was a kid, there was a t.v. show called Beyond 2000. It showcased cutting edge technology that was supposed to change the way we worked and lived. I guess, at the time, the siren song of the millennium still held its allure. Then we got American Idol and it all...
by mnikolic | Aug 26, 2010 | Ramblings
“Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology…Better, stronger, faster.” -from The Six Million Dollar Man Memresistors and human engineering. Artificial intelligence and supercomputers. Biosynthetic corneal implants and facebook updates....
