About 40% of the human genome has apparently been covered under one patent or another and the matter of whether that’s something that should be permitted has now come before the Supreme Court, according to this story. Those holding the current patents, of course, say yes and suggest that if it’s not allowed, scientific endeavor [...]
Welcome to the new year. So this is what life after the end of the world looks like. Who knew? 2012 was certainly a year of ups and downs, and plenty of the latter. It’s no secret that the elections didn’t turn out the way I wanted to see them go and I do believe [...]
OK, it’s been a while since I’ve waxxed all techie here at HoodaThunk? so I figure I’m due. Today’s topic: WiFi networks and the importance of channel selection. Most home users of WiFi tend to not worry about the radio channel their wireless routed is using. The router is usually smart enough to seek an [...]
Now into the 2nd decade of the 21st century, the FAA is finally going to look into the idea of letting passenger use their electronic devices a bit more. The story specifically mentions the iPad and how the FAA official dismisses the idea that you’ll be using them any time soon. Considering how an increasing [...]
This story was from a while ago, during the Chick-fil-A dustup, but I saw a prime example of something I feel isn’t handled with enough care by our colleagues in the news media. The story was reporting on how social media can tend to skew your perception of the world. Author Gregory Ferenstein had been [...]
( #didntbuildthat ) Once again, Obama has shown why he uses a teleprompter for virtually every exchange he has in public. When he starts to speak off the cuff, he just can’t hide his true feelings. At a speech in Roanoke, VA Obama had this to say about business owners – all business owners: …if [...]
The series of storms that raced though the DC area on Friday, 1 June, were quite strong and had all the potential of spawning tornadoes. But, despite multiple “tornado warning” announcements during the afternoon and evening, I didn’t hear a single confirmation that a tornado had actually been spotted. Now comes confirmation that there were, [...]
I’m playing some catch-up this morning and I wanted to lead off with a round of applause to SpaceX and the silky-smooth first mission of the Dragon. The unmanned Dragon spacecraft was designed to answer NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Its mission is to haul stuff into orbit and return stuff back home. [...]
THIS is cool! The LEAP system is a small peripheral device that sits in front of your keyboard, creating a 3-dimensional space above it where any motion of your hands and arms will be monitored. Those motions will be translated into control movements for various applications. For those of you with Xbox Kinect, this is [...]
THIS is cool! The LEAP system is a small peripheral device that sits in front of your keyboard, creating a 3-dimensional space above it where any motion of your hands and arms will be monitored. Those motions will be translated into control movements for various applications. For those of you with Xbox Kinect, this is [...]
