Cutting the Cord with Smarter TV’s
Big name brands are starting to cut the cord with their new inventions. Companies like Apple, Roku and more recently, Google have all created a piece of hand-held technology that streams online media through Wi-Fi straight to your television screen. Although we used to enjoy our TV a la carte, these new inventions are paving …
Read moreWearable Technology
Convenience is at the heart of some up and coming technologies. With the consumer in mind, companies are racking their brains to invent products that will give the consumer the accessibility they desire. Furthermore, the dawn of wearable gadgets is beginning to make a name for itself in the world of technology. Inventions like the …
Read moreRobots Doing the Work
Vacuuming, cleaning the windows and mowing the lawn; these are just a few of the household chores that most of us don’t enjoy. Luckily, companies are now inventing robots that will perform these mundane tasks to allow more time for the things that we do enjoy. Roomba– From the moment the user presses the “clean” …
Read moreA Moment of Silence for a Man of Sound
Amar Bose, the founder and chairman of the privately-held company, Bose Corporation, passed away on July 12, 2013. Dr. Bose focused relentlessly on acoustic engineering innovation, creating speakers that earned a reputation for creating concert-hall-quality audio in the home, car and auditoriums. Amar Gopal Bose was born on November 2, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His …
Read moreFlying Burgers & Sushi On The Go
Founded in 1997 by British entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe, YO! Sushi is a chain of Japanese food restaurants with over 75 locations worldwide that prides itself in providing not only delicious and unique menu items to patrons, but delivering them within a fun, innovative atmosphere as well. For example, once you have decided what you’d like …
Read moreHistory Tuesday: Video Games
Yesterday, June 17th, marks a milestone anniversary in American culture (and no, we’re not talking about the Battle of Bunker Hill or the Watergate break-in). What we are talking about is the 1980 copywriting by Atari of the video games Asteroids and Lunar Lander. You remember Atari, the originator of many of the games that …
Read moreInvention Spotlight: The Pen & Pencil
Writing and drawing tools are considered some of mankind’s greatest inventions. They have allowed the recording and conveying of thoughts, feelings, ideas – and grocery lists – for thousands of years. They are the very reason we know the history of us. Pencils and pens have given everyone in this world quick, easy and affordable …
Read moreHistory Tuesday: The Invention of Rockets
April has an important place in space history since two seminal events happened in this month. First, on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, traveling aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok I to an altitude of 187 miles above the earth. Then, exactly twenty years later, on April 12, …
Read moreFuture Friday: Why Aren’t Hologram TVs Here Yet?!
People have been dreaming about it since Princess Leia pleaded for Obi-Wan Kenobi’s help, “You’re my only hope.” The hologram is a part of science-fiction history that may be a lot closer to reality than you’d think! Dr. Roel Vertegaal of Queen’s University’s School of Computing in Kingston, Ontario, is on the cutting edge of …
Read moreFrom Creationeer Extraordinaire, Lucky… 3D Designs Comes to iOS!
In the past, three dimensional design, rendering, and capture required powerful computers, training, expensive software, and equipment, and was generally inaccessible to the general public. Even three dimensional scanning and replication was considered something seen only in movies, or the subject of science fiction stories. Well, thanks to Autodesk, makers of AutoCad, Maya, and 3ds …
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