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FCC Wants National WiFi Strong Enough to Reach The Boonies

Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm by JM Ashby

According to The Washington Post, the FCC has unveiled a proposal to blanket much of the nation in long-range WiFi that will extend to locations that traditional broadband can’t reach. The airwaves that FCC officials want to hand over to … Continue reading →
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National Day of Civic Hacking

Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

This is real. This summer, on June 1-2, 2013, citizens in cities across the Nation will join together to improve their communities and governments as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. Civic Hacking Day is an opportunity for … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Technology: They’re Working On It

Posted on January 10, 2013 at 12:00 pm by Bob Cesca

I give you actual holodecks: And — seriously — they’re working on warp drive within our lifetimes: “Perhaps a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility.” These are the words of Dr. Harold “Sonny” White, … Continue reading →

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The Future of Computer Interfaces

Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:01 am by Bob Cesca

Soon, we won’t have to touch a damn thing: Leap Motion claims its device is 200 times more accurate than anything on the market and can track your finger movements down to 1/100th of a millimeter. Microsoft’s Kinect seems archaic … Continue reading →

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Obviously Another Solyndra Waiting to Happen

Posted on April 12, 2012 at 6:15 pm by JM Ashby

The U.S. Army announced the creation of a new green-energy laboratory in Warren, Michigan yesterday which will design, develope, and test alternative energy technology to be used in our nation’s military vehicles. The new lab, called the Ground Systems Power … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Steve Jobs

Posted on October 6, 2011 at 10:06 am by Bob Cesca

Jobs will be regarded by history as an innovator who truly brought technology to the masses. One of the gripes I’ve always had with home computing (in the old-timey vernacular) is that it was far too complicated and fraught with … Continue reading →

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I Want One

Posted on April 18, 2010 at 4:02 pm by Bob Cesca

Winscape gives you any view you want — complete with changes in perspective as you move.

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Bring On The Flying Cars!

Posted on January 1, 2010 at 11:56 am by Bob Cesca

Now that it’s 2010, we deserve a practical flying car. But we’re not there yet — and it’s not for a lack of trying. Here’s the 1937 Arrowbile by Studebaker. That’s not a typo. It was called the Arrowbile. Consolidated-Vultee … Continue reading →

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Internet? I'd Say Internet

Posted on December 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm by Bob Cesca

Pranav Mistry talks about his SixthSense device. This is really amazing. I suspect the next step would be to link up your eyes as the input camera and the images would be projected directly into your brain, but I don’t … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Awesome

Posted on May 19, 2009 at 3:50 pm by Bob Cesca

The Internets, as envisioned in 1969. Source

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