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“I’m Sorry, Jeff. I Can’t Do That.”
Heh. ‘I’m Afraid You Won’t Be Coming To Our New Headquarters,’ Declares Alexa As Amazon Execs Find Themselves Locked In Seattle Office SEATTLE—Suddenly bolting the doors in every room all at once,...
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Johnny Appledrone
Using drones for reforesting efforts? Planting a billion trees a year? That … has a lot of possibilities, globally. How Drones Could Be Able to Plant a Billion Trees Per Year They’ll be shooting seeds...
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Colorado gets Hyperloopy
People seem to think the Hyperloop is either the next big thing in travel or a frightful boondoggle. I don’t know what the answer will turn out to be, but I suspect money invested in the Hyperloop...
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Use of Stingray devices without a warrant declared unconstitutional
One of the disadvantages of a more connected world — a world where those connections are not just fun, but a critical part of daily life — is that connections make it easier to track you in various...
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Will three-word coordinates trump addresses and lat-long coordinates?
Okay, this is actually very clever: map out the world in 3x3m (roughly 10x10ft) squares. Algorithmically create a three-word code for each of those — figure.heat.museum or match.shutting.petted or...
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The Rise and Fall of the Money Wall
Within this article talking about how banks are jacking up the fees on out-of-network ATM transactions is a more interesting story, the reason for the fee increases: ATM use is in decline. Between...
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Quick-charging Electric Vehicle batteries become a lot more real
While it news-releasey, if the info here is correct, it really is a major step forward. Electric Vehicles, like petroleum-driven ones, need refueling. That problem for EVs is increased by both low...
View ArticleThe Car That Sings
Well, not quite singing, but I think it is awesome that Nissan, in response to federal safety regulations to have its electric vehicles and hybrids actually make noise when moving (to signal...
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Practicing medicine without … a computer?
So this initially heart-tugging tale of a rural doctor who’s been practicing medicine in Maine since 1968, has never bought (or learned how to use) a computer, now being forced out of medicine by the...
View ArticleLava Lamps as Random Number Generators
Okay, that’s pretty clever. Also: lava lamps are one of the few areas where LEDs will never replace incandescent bulbs (because they depend on the heat of the bulb to melt the wax [lava]. I used to...
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Musings on the History of Area Codes
The Area Code was well established by the time I was starting to learn phone numbers. I do remember having an area code change on me as a kid in Southern California, and remember when, after moving to...
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Potpourri for $500, Alex!
[Originally posted last Friday.] 1. I was a bit irked when I discovered the offspring had not set the alarm properly and was still asleep when I headed downstairs. I provided a poke, only to be...
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“If there’s a place you got to go, I’m the one you need to know, I’m the map!”
(With apologies to Dora the Explorer …) Sharing this not to get into any sniping war about Google vs Apple (in any arena, not just maps), but for the insight the article provides into the complexity of...
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A greener way of making bluejeans
Synthetic indigo has been around for a very long time, to support the never-ending demand for the proper dye for bluejeans. But synthetic indigo is based on benzene, which is awful stuff to work with,...
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease
Mom’s new phone system is VOIP via Comcast / Xfinity. But from the time it was hooked up, despite the fact that she doesn’t have Comcast Voice Messaging on her account (answering machine!), her phone...
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Ominous
Not sure a Blue Screen of Death is how I want to be sent off at the airport. View on Google+ The post Ominous appeared first on ***Dave Does the Blog.
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Google Maps is experimenting with natural directions
Like, “Turn right at the Burger King.” Which sounds like a cool idea, and probably is in 99% of the cases. I can see wanting to limit the types of companies used as land marks (Burger King is obvious;...
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The Quest to Stop Paper Jams
Copiers (and printers) are astonishingly complex things, but remain prone to jams because paper kind of sucks as a material. Nifty article here on how the problem of paper jams continues to be studied...
View ArticleAlexander Graham Bell Speaks!
Scientists are finding ways to extract the sound from 19th Century experimental recording media without actually physically playing (and thus destroying) them. Nifty! View on Google+ The post Alexander...
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The Augmented Reality Future for Google Maps
Ooooh. Do want. Google Maps unveils its first-ever augmented reality interface No release window announced, but this is definitely Google Maps’ future. View on Google+ The post The Augmented Reality...
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