Ten Facts About GPS (Global Positioning System)

Ten Facts About GPS (Global Positioning System)
• Part of the inspiration for developing the GPS system was American scientists monitoring the location of the Russian launched Sputnik spacecraft.
• Global Positioning System utilizes a minimum of 24 medium earth orbit satellites that transmit microwave signals constantly so that any GPS receiving unit can immediately know it’s exact position.
• Military [...]

How Technology Is Being Used In The Classroom In Oklahoma

Check out how the Le Flore County School District is bringing technology and the internet to an area where most students don’t have much of that kind of thing in their own homes. School-issued IPODs and laptops enhance their learning experience. Next year there are plans to have students use what amounts to [...]

Bicycles… The New Gadget In The Bay Area

The Northern California area has long been home to the dot com and tech type people. It’s not just Google, thousands of tech related businesses call this place home. And what is the activity of choice amongst these techsters? It appears to be cycling. And as tech people do, bicycles have [...]

Altered Furbies!

Check out the pictures of this altered Furby. You remember the Furby don’t you? That fuzzy feel-good much hyped Christmas gift from years ago… everyone had to have one, well not you but everyone else. Someone here is playing Dr. Frankenstein with a furby.
Here is a different hacked Furby project where the [...]

Inventor’s Show Brings Out Radio Enthusiasts

In honor of National Inventor’s Day, check out these wild radio concept designs submitted by students at London’s Royal College of Art. My favorite is definitely the post-it note radio.

The History Of Commodore - The Dominating 1980’s Computer Company

A Brief Look At The History Of Commodore – A 1980’s Icon
If you were into computers in the 1980’s, then the words VIC-20 and Commodore 64 bring a smile to your face. These were two of the more popular early home computers. While not holding a candle to today’s models, at the time [...]

Need A Solution to Your Toe Nail Fungus Problem?

Need A Solution To Your Toe Nail Fungus Problem?
Toe nail fungus can be an embarrassing problem. It can cause both men and women to avoid going somewhere that requires they take their shoes off, or even make them avoid wearing sandals or other shoe types that expose their toes to public viewing. Nail [...]

Portable Hard Drive Requiring A PIN Number?

PCWorld has a great review about a new portable hard drive (EZSecu EZ850) manufactured under the name “Digital Cowboy” (we don’t quite understand that one yet) that comes complete with an ATM-like PIN number system for added security. It connects via USB, but if the proper PIN number isn’t entered the computer will not [...]

The History Of Flash Memory

Flash Drive History
With the recently influx of flash memory capable gadgets, it is easy to think that flash technology is one of the newer inventions. Like many technological advancements (the personal computer, electronic circuit, and more), there is often a great deal of time between the invention of a new technology and its introduction [...]