When it comes to cool products, it is hard not to think of outer space. After all, what is cooler than space exploration? Unfortunately for space-loving consumers everywhere nothing, yet, has come from space. In fact, the cool items most associated with the space program have merely been popularized by their use in the space program, not developed for it or by humanity’s exploration of space. Read more »
Environmentalism is becoming chic again and the technology sector is adapting remarkably quickly to the trend. In fact, with technology improving and making access to educational tools easier, computer and electronics manufacturers must adapt to environmentalist policies or be left behind. Apple is, unsurprisingly, the computer company leading the charge toward more transparent environmental policy. While most of Apple’s manufacturing is done in China, a country with little regard to reducing the carbon footprint of companies there, independent auditors have found that even the Chinese facilities are better complying with Apple’s requests to reduce carbon emissions. Read more »
Sometimes, it takes time for people to realize just how cool an idea or device actually is. When Dr. Michael Schuette developed the Neural Impulse Actuator for OCZ Technologies, he thought he was taking the first step toward thought-activated and thought-controlled computers. Schuette was introducing consumers to the first logical step toward a new way of controlling computers, but the commercial release of the OCZ NIA focused on gaming. Unfortunately for Schuette, OCZ and those who wanted to see radical technological improvement, OCZ Technologies released the NIA right when the video game market took an especially drastic hit due to the worldwide economic downturn. Recently, though, consumers are discovering and rediscovering the incredibly cool OCZ NIA. Read more »
The rise of the Internet social network has happened with such a speed that it is often difficult to say what the real enduring impact of the Internet social network has been and will be. To understand what Twitter is trying to convey, as far as what the service might mean to communications and history, a very specific analytic tool had to be built. That tool was TagWalk and the inventor of TagWalk is Tim Hastings! Read more »
With identity theft remaining one of the enduring problems with modern communications, it is unsurprising how many products and services there are that offer to protect your data. When it comes to data storage, there are several products that encrypt your files to protect them, like the industry-leading Ironkey Flash Drive that makes transporting your data incredibly risk-free. It is hard to find an analogous product when it comes to communications technology, though. That is about to change, thanks to Silent Circle. Read more »
Most computer peripherals have remained largely unchanged over the last ten years. Ergonomic keyboards, for example, remain the most significant change in keyboards that has even partially stuck with consumers. The computer mouse, since the optical mouse became the standard for the device, has not made any significant changes that consumers have adopted . . . until now. With the millionth 3-D mouse shipped from 3Dconnexion, the 3-D mouse appears to be a radical redesign that consumers are actually interested in. The latest model is the SpaceMouse Pro. Read more »
When your company is a multinational operation with many different divisions, the human resources department faces several challenges not faced by smaller businesses. In the tech sector, many companies have corporate structures that are specialized to each continent or part of the world. While having mirrored operations throughout the world may allow the company to specialize to capitalize on the abilities of the facilities in each area, it can create a real human resources nightmare. To keep a company like that growing, you need a human resources specialist who can hire the executives needed to manage all of the disparate operations of the corporation. For Imation, that person is Patricia Hamm. Read more »
Anyone who has enjoyed the recent advances in high definition digital video technology knows there are two issues that frequently stymie video enthusiasts: battery life and video memory card storage capacity. Batteries running out of power are a real downer, but when your power supply is uninterrupted, you may easily make long, memory-intensive videos that quickly fill up your video memory cards. To avoid that, you need a video memory card that has great capacity and is durable. Easily meeting those criteria is the 64 GB CombatFlash685 CF memory card. Read more »
In the computer world, there are so many technologies that it is hard to keep up with all of them. Indeed, you might be surprised to learn that 3Dconnexion recently shipped its one millionth 3-D computer mouse; clearly it is not an obscure product, but somehow it has never drawn mainstream media attention. Creations like the 3-D computer mouse are the result of tireless research and development by inventors. In the case of the 3-D computer mouse, the ultimate design was the result of the efforts of Douglas Engelbart. Read more »
It is easy to suspect that the more popular digital music becomes, the more people will load up their MP3 players and discover that they have created pretty massive collections of music. As people come to the realization that they have spent a lot of money on digital music, one suspects they will want to continue going through their musical library more and more. When you do that, you are equally likely to enjoy all that you have accumulated and eliminate mediocre tracks from your collection before refilling your MP3 player. Given that there are only so many hours in the day to enjoy these massive music libraries, accessories that allow you to play music you know and love where traditionally you have had a radio are becoming more and more popular. For those who have Apple iPods, the XtremeMac Luna Voyager II Alarm Clock Radio is becoming an increasingly popular device for exactly that reason! Read more »