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Making over the credit card tech landscape, one painful inch at a time
While the rest of the world has long been on a Chip-and-PIN credit card system — much more effective at preventing fraud than magstripes and signatures — the US has had be drawn kicking and screaming...
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All your gadget are belong to us
End User License Agreements? So 90s. DMCA restrictions on breaking into your digital stuff to back it up or modify it? So 00s. The big money now is in establishing patents that restrict how you can use...
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Back to the Sextant and Astrolabe Future
Kudos to the US Navy for thinking ahead by thinking behind. GPS is nice and accurate, but in case of a cyber-war where either the system signals, software, or even the satellite hardware itself is...
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Siri will answer any question … for the right price
Really, Apple? (By the way, "Okay, Google" answers the question just fine, routing over to Wikipedia and pulling up the appropriate page. The answer, as it happens, was Michael Jackson's "Billie...
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When machines are asked to make ethical decisions
Autonomous cars are going to bring to a head some interesting ethical issues — including the idea that people agree broadly on ethical concerns, but tend to differ — a lot — when it comes to specific...
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Who Watches the Bond Watches?
You've seen these for cars, for guns, but have you seen an infographic about the wristwatches of James Bond? Well, you have now. (Original via http://www.watches2u.com/hub/watches-of-bond.html) View...
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On the Slippery Slope of Time Travel
Nobody can kill just one. (Original: http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3918) View on Google+ The post On the Slippery Slope of Time Travel appeared first on ***Dave Does the Blog.
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The rise and fall of the hovercraft
Interesting article here on why hovercraft have faded from commercial use, their disadvantages (capacity, noise) outweighing their advantages (speed, lack of pier). It suggests that new hovercraft tech...
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The potential of TV outside of the cable box
If there's one trend I've seen in TV / video over the past five years that worries me, it's the fragmenting of the offerings (new content and old content), between the local cable / satellite vendor...
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Fusion with a Twist
Tokamaks may be old hat, as a new generation Stellerator fusion reactor comes online. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/350/6259/369.full I've been a huge fan of fusion as a long-term electrical source...
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RIP, Gene Amdahl
The first place I worked out of college, we used Amdahl mainframes in place of IBM versions. We had to license the IBM OS (both MVS and VM), and then patch it with Amdahl fixes to work on their...
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Looking for blame
The underlying article (https://www.grammarly.com/grammar-check) isn’t all that great, but I loved this image. #autocorrect View on Google+ The post Looking for blame appeared first on ***Dave Does the...
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This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (Smart Light Bulb Edition)
Smart light bulbs and fixtures, connected to this and that via external control and intelligent lighting systems … may not always work as you think....
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It's the advice I always give
Maybe I should put this in my medical directive. View on Google+ The post It's the advice I always give appeared first on ***Dave Does the Blog.
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Refurbing old iPods
Margie has an 80Gb iPod, and we love it. It holds all our music. It plays all our music. It doesn't suck up bandwidth. It is what we need and want. And Apple doesn't do that any more. Making a note of...
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Missing the Target: A Tale of Corporate Technology Disaster
This is a fascinating (and gobsmacking and depressing) look at Target's audacious plan to create a huge presence in Canada, and how it all went horribly, horribly wrong. Bottom lines: – Driving...
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We Know Where You Are
Actually looks like a reasonable app to download amidst the family. Might be useful when wandering about separately shopping or at an amusement park, too. Google’s new “Trusted Contacts” app lets you...
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Tweetizen Trump – 2016-12-06 "Air Force None"
Donald Trump has called for a cancellation of the current Air Force One program with Boeing. Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more...
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A safer and spiffier drone — but will it be cost efficient?
Using the same technology as “bladeless” fans, I would think these drones would be both safer for things they might run into and less prone to crash if they do bump into things … but will the cost make...
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“Back in my day …”
Heh. [h/t +Stan Pedzick, Original http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/09/06] View on Google+ The post “Back in my day …” appeared first on ***Dave Does the Blog.
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