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LED Throwies: A Hipster Movement…

May 12th, 2010 in General Interest, Technology, Technology: Hardware by ChromeDome
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Portrayed as a type of “graffiti”, LED throwies have become a bit of a phenomenon in recent months. In reality, it’s just a misdemeanor outlet for hipsters to feel like they’re saying something to The Man.

‘Recorded Future’: Google’s new Future Predicting software…

May 9th, 2010 in Technology, Technology: Internet, Tower Gaming by ChromeDome
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The future is apparently interpretable through delineation of existing information from the past(pertaining to the past, present, or future of any given subject). Recorded Future collects everything that’s “out there” and uses a super-secret algorithm to predict future events. It seems so legit and a little arbitrary at the same time.

Google How-To: Acquiring the Genius from your Competitor…

April 22nd, 2010 in Technology, Technology: Hardware by ChromeDome
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Agnilux was a new start-up company that opened its door less than a month ago. It was a collaboration of industry leading minds sought from the upper echelons of techno-corporate America.

It was a potent group put together to develop industry leading server hardware, most likely a chip(s). What happens when you put together such a dynamic group of genius? Google acquires you.

Smart-Phone GPS: The demise of stand-alone units.

April 21st, 2010 in Technology, Technology: Hardware by ChromeDome
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From 2005 to 2008, Tomtom and Garmin were made in the shade. They had the technology to turn even the worst co-pilot (my girlfriend) into an oracle of paved-road wisdom. She didn’t even have to talk! I just stick this magic box to my windshield and voila, I can get turn-by-turn directions to anywhere in this civilized world. But something happened. Enter – The Smart-Phone.

Happy Anniversary YouTube

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On this day in the year Two Thousand and Five the website YouTube was founded.

Robot Overlords: We welcome your Human herding bots with open arms. . .

April 9th, 2010 in Technology, Technology: Hardware, Tower Gaming by ChromeDome
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Demolition man, Judge Dred, STAR WARS. . . it’s all coming true! Take a look at our newest robotic overlords, everyone. Welcome them and embrace their efficient ways; for your resistance will make you late for your meeting. More…

Self-Powered Nanosensors

April 7th, 2010 in Technology, Technology: Hardware by Johan
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Researchers have developed self-powered nanometer-scale sensing devices by combining piezoelectric nanogenerators with two types of nanowire sensors.

These devices are able to draw power from different mechanical sources around them, which is all possible thanks to the piezoelectric effect.

iPad: Stream Video while giving Flash the finger!

April 6th, 2010 in Technology, Technology: Hardware by ChromeDome
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What’s in an iPad? Well, we know Flash isn’t since Apple waged war against Adobe and their resource hungry video platform over a year ago.

So what is going to happen when all of UK gets home with their fancy new iPad and goes to right to their favourite porn video streaming site? Product returns and a HUGE influx in customer service emails, that’s what’s going to happen!