I recently posted about an iPhone App from Fonix for handling voice-dialing with the iPhone. The app still isn’t out, but Fonix recently released a demo video of the application. Check it out: [youtube 4oFRYQjyIWg] It looks great. My only remaining issue is initiating a voice command. It appears I will still need to be…
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There comes a time in ones life when you get the opportunity to do something that you will most likely never do again. Today, that opportunity came for me to shoot one of the largest guns legally possess-able to a non-military (or police) citizen. My work is trying to have a bit of a party…
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You know you’ve dreamed about it. You want a bionic eye. Everyone does. Since you were a kid watching The Six Mission Dollar Man, you’ve dreamed of the day when bionics could become a reality. Most of the bionic parts of Steve Austin already exist in some form (although not usually exceptionally powerful). But the…
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Second Life (an online virtual 3D world) has been around a while now. It’s incredibly popular and even has its own economy. You can enter Second Life and “live” a life completely different from who you really are. It’s somewhat of a game, but it mimics real life as much as possible. Companies (mainly IBM)…
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Another one of those, “Wow! Science is cool,” moments just happened in California. In Berkley to be more precise. Researchers as the University of California, Berkeley have for the first time demonstrated the ability to cloak three dimensional objects! Cool! I mentioned this before, but didn’t think it would become a reality so soon. The…
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In celebration of the Olympic Games that start today in Bejing, China, Google has created a widget that contains a medal tracker as well as event and venue information. All built on their mapping technology. And here it is: [If you don’t see the embedded map, view the web original post on the site] Be…
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