Technology

On Twitter, Hacking And Denial Of Service Attacks

If you’re a Twit... [um, no...] if you like Tweety... [still no...] if you’re a Twitter user [there, that works] you might have been frustrated on Thursday, when Twitter had service problems. So, apparently, did Facebook and LiveJournal, all three hit wit ...

Article - Barry Leiba - Aug 7 2009 - 7:28pm

Coolerado: Building A Better Air Conditioner

Air conditioning technology hasn't changed much in the last 50 years and though different climates have different optimal air conditioning requirements, economies of scale force companies into a one-size-fits-all method. Many western states are hot an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2009 - 11:48am

Open Up And Say "Zap'': Dentists Use Lasers For Oral Exams

How's this for something new: instead of a steel dental pick poking and prodding around your teeth at you next dentist appointment, imagine a laser doing all that work pain-free. Thanks to a group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan, this may be p ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2009 - 4:08pm

Metered Parking In A High-Tech World

I just spent an extended weekend in Montréal (Picasa album with some highlight photos), and one thing I noted is the parking payment system — New York is adopting a similar system. In some places, they still have the old parking meters (well, for some val ...

Article - Barry Leiba - Aug 24 2009 - 7:57pm

Green lights and left turns

While we’re on driving-related comments, there are (at least) two interesting things that differ between Montréal and New York: The signal for a protected left turn in New York is a green arrow pointing left. In Montréal, the regular green light blinks. I ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Aug 24 2009 - 7:40am

Speedometer accuracy

For the drive to Montréal, I borrowed a Tom-Tom GPS device — for fun, really; the way is straightforward. It’s the first time I’ve used one in my car, and I have to say that despite the advantage of portability, the built-in ones that I’ve seen in friends ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Aug 27 2009 - 5:23pm

Lose weight by watching TV (but you may cluck like a chicken)

Behold, I bring thee tidings of the secret to weight loss: it's all in the mind. Simple, eh? And you spent all that money on gym memberships, diet supplements, and Jenny Craig dinners. But before you chuck it all and send me your life savings in thank ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Aug 24 2009 - 9:37am

Real-Life Transformers

USC's lego-like autonomous robotic units show off ability to reconfigure into different systems for different tasks. Wei-Min Shen of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute recently reported to NASA significant prog ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2009 - 12:02pm

What the f**k is social media?

Given that this is a social media site, it might be good to know what social media is, and what it can do. Here is an interesting, humorous, but intelligent slide show with a few answers. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Aug 24 2009 - 3:46pm

New Trend: Consumers Design Their Own Products

Think you can design a better iPhone?  We think we can, mostly by eliminating whatever attracts the more smug Apple users.   And we're not alone.   From running shoes to ceiling fans (no, Apple will not let you design your own phone- they won't e ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2009 - 4:18pm