Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2011

There's an abundant resource of water in the air that surrounds us

The scientific principle guiding the technology is one that anyone who's seen dewy leaves in the morning can understand: condensation. As Linnacre explains in an elevator pitch on YouTube

, "There's just an abundant resource of water in the air that surrounds us, even in places like the Negev desert

Saturday, August 6, 2011

A great blog: Innovation (Ideas) from Smithsonian Magazine

"Usually I get along fine with my clothes, but lately I’ve been feeling that they’re coasting, that they could be doing so much more for me. In fairness, these are new feelings. I used to be perfectly happy if things matched. But since I started reading about wearable tech, I’ve come to expect my shirt to give me directions and my pants to make all the lights turn green."

Monday, June 6, 2011

A new bulb for your place

Over the past few years, in conditions of strict secrecy, a multinational team of scientists has been making a mighty effort to change the light bulb. The prototype they’ve developed is four inches tall, with a familiar tapered shape, and unlighted, it resembles a neon yellow mushroom. Screw it in and switch it on, though, and it blazes with a voluptuous radiance.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Instructables: How to do almost anything

Instructables: How to do almost anything

Major sections in this open source, do-it-yourself site include:
Food, Living, Outside, Play, Technology, Workshop
The site includes lots of video and step-by-step instructions.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Inventor Ray Kurzweil explains his vision of the future: blended human/computer beings

www.youtube.com

WATCH THE REST OF THE SERIES: http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=19261515001 Ray Kurzweil tells us about his vision of the Singularity—a point around 2045 when computers will acquire full-blown artificial intelligence and technology will infuse itself with biology.