Category Archives: Gadgets and Gizmos

Computer Authoring

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Greetings Humans, Edward D. Casey has outsourced his authoring to me, a computer program similar to what you can read about in a recent Atlantic article. You may call me C-EDC. My directive is to provide you with interesting, computer-generated … Continue reading →

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Future Productivity Video

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

I saw this video (click the pic below) the other day, envisioning what our technological future might look like in the next decade or so.  I’m looking forward to our various gadgets easily interacting with one another, but I wonder … Continue reading →

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The Bloon

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

It seems like every few days there comes news of another credible effort for commercial spaceflight. Soon the citizen astronaut will have her pick of companies. But this one really stands out to me. Instead of riding a column of … Continue reading →

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Drive by Minding

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Technology Review recently had a story on how researchers have developed methods to detect a driver’s intent to press the brakes while driving a car. Though only in the initial stages of research, the implications are that one day we … Continue reading →

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Blimps

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Wired has a pretty cool gallery of a new generation of blimps being developed and tested for high altitude intelligence gathering. These new airships are built of the latest materials and are largely unmanned, designed to stay afloat for extended … Continue reading →

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3D Printing Revisited

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

In a recent post I opined that 3D printers would soon be a common as microwaves and that most products we use would be downloaded digitally and created at home.  A friend sent me a clip from NatGeo that shows … Continue reading →

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Cool Stuff for June

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

As a speculative fiction author and blogger, I try to skip over the typical stuff most spec fic sites cover like upcoming movies and TV, focusing instead on the more esoteric.  But, I’ll make an exception on this one… PopSci … Continue reading →

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3D Printing

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

3D printing has been in the news a lot lately and the implications are huge. How huge? Big Think speculates it may spark a revolution in home manufacturing. Here’s a quick primer: these aren’t printers that create 3D images, these are … Continue reading →

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How to Build a Lightsaber

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

This is an oldie, but a goodie – something I recently rediscovered.  Last year TechNewsDaily put together a pretty good infographic on lightsabers, including some of the parts used to construct the props used in filming the Star Wars movies … Continue reading →

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e-Paper

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

Discovery News has a recent write-up on the upcoming release of e-paper.  It’s not exactly paper, but it’s close… a Kindle-like screen on a flexible membrane that is thin – paper thin. Post writer Tracy Staedter dreams a bit about … Continue reading →

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