In today’s market there are a lot of good deals on refurbished machines. Here are two good refurb deals – one PC and one Mac. HP Compaq DC7700 Desktop Computer – Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86GHz, 2GB DDR2, 500GB HDD, Combo, Windows XP Pro 32-bit (Off-Lease) List Price: $329.99 Instant Savings: -$80.02 Price: […]
The BoT (Biology of Technology) Blog
Scary Smartphone Zombies – My PRECIOUS
Scary Smartphone zombies are everywhere. They walk aimlessly down the street without emotion, their eyes transfixed on their PRECIOUS. Much like Gollum thought the ring made him powerful, they think their Smartphone gives them power by connecting them to others, but it really just makes them invisible to the real world. Their PRECIOUS Smartphone is […]
Robot Pop Star
Watch Out Justin and Miley, the latest sensation is a robot pop star. So here she is – the HRP-4C sings and dances in sync with live, human background performers. She really works the crowd with those over-sized robot hands. At first I though the man-hands were creepy. But as the show progressed I found […]
Superman’s Facebook Kryptonite
You thought the only thing that can hurt Superman is kryptonite! But now even the man of steel is vulnerable to what is posted on Facebook. (Grin) Be careful what you and your family post on social media!
Lenovo Laptop Deal
If your laptop is outdated or trying to get a jump on Holiday shopping, here is a great deal. Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 0199-23U Laptop Computer – AMD Turion II Dual-Core P520 2.30GHz, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, DVDRW, 14″ Display, HDMI, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Black List Price: $799.99 Instant Savings: […]
TV to Entertain, Internet to Interact
As TV moves to the digital world will it be displaced by the Internet, the ruler of the digital realm? I don’t think so. Here’s why. As the boob-tube moves digital it will become more feature rich with things like HDTV and the how-did-we-live-without-it DVR. And TV will more off the wall and into your […]
Sock-Sorting Robot with Happy Ending
Here’s a for-real sock sorting robot. And when it is not sorting socks it can give you a “happy ending”. Do we really need a robot that sorts socks? And there’s no shortage of people ready-and-willing to provide a “happy ending”! Sorry robot – what else you got?
Internet Clutter Got You Climbing the Walls
Has all the Internet clutter got you climbing the walls? Seems that any idiot can post something on a blog and the next thing you know we all panic. We smugly laugh at all the gullible fools who jumped out of windows in fear of an alien invasion after the famous “War of the Worlds” […]
iPhone Security Update
The iPhone got a security update, 4.0.2. This update stops people from using malicious code to take over your phone. Obviously, it’s a smart move to sync your phone and install it right away. It’s on iTunes. The update takes about 9 – 11 minutes (depending on the speed of your Internet connection).
Keyboard Toss
At some time everyone wants toss their PC. Here are some guys who have found the next best think – the keyboard toss. You get most of the satisfaction at a fraction of the cost. However, the last guy in this video could use a little work on his technique. (Grin) What language are they […]
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