Posted: 5th May 2010 by admin in Transportation
The Maglev train has a top speed of 361 mph. It is a high speed train that is moved by electro magnets. The first place to majorly adopt it was Shang Hi China. In Shang hi it brings people 18.6 miles to the airport in just 7 minutes for a measly $8 ticket. I think it would be nice to build a complete maglev train system in America linking every major city. This could make high speed transit more affordable and green. Their are several Maglev proposals currently in the works in America. Imagine if you could just hop on a train in Miami and be in Orlando an hour later. Security checkpoints would be much faster. This could also reduce our dependency on foreign oil and greatly reduce air pollution. Just using the same cities for example why would you drive to Miami from Orlando if you could pay $20 bucks and get their much faster. I think the stimulus funds could of addressed this more. The funds could of been paid back with ticket sales from maglev trains therefore the tax payers would get a return on their investment. It could also help to stop sending American oil dollars overseas and provide as a double investment in that sense. Hopefully the private sector will pick this up and turn it into reality. American companies could reap the rewards if it was done right. America shouldn’t be running on slow amtrak technology and should invest in future high speed rail.
Posted: 4th May 2010 by admin in iphone
iPhone os 4.0 beta 3 is now out. The 4.0 update for the iPhone is a much anticipated update for the iPhone. It is in beta 3 wich means it will be released in as soon as a month. It will bring features like multitasking and folders. Finally real backrounds will be behind you apps. This will make the iPhone much more productive. You won’t have to exit out of apps anymore unless you want to. Apple did not wanna introduce multitasking untill it perfected It. Apple says they have implemented mulititasking without hurting system performance and battery life. I am sure it won’t be long before iPhone os 4.0 is jailbroken it is probably already in the works.
Posted: 2nd May 2010 by admin in Robotics
Honda asimo is a humanoid robot that has been around the block for awhile. This is a twelfth generation asimo in a line that began in 1986. Over the years he has become intelligent and can walk up stairs and even run. He can set up algorithms and remember what a certain item is like a hair brush. He will come up to you and make you feel like he is completely aware of you. The movements he makes are quiet and graceful. He is constantly improving with the further development of his software. Maybe open source software development could in the future give him a complete thought process. The development of an sdk could enable developers to create add-ons to his personality like it does with the iphone. High speed wireless networks are also always improving so he could use algorithms made by google to be aware of where he is and find out what something is if he doesn’t know. He could get indoors because he know it’s gonna rain. The ability to mass produce them in a cost effective manor may be in the not so distant future. The purposes they could serve could be vast. For example one day Walmart could have him watch secure parking lot at night. If something happens he could understand it and wirelessly notify police and record it or maybe intervene. It might not end up being a good thing and could be an invasion of privacy. If history repeats itself your kids will probably live to see the day.
Posted: 1st May 2010 by admin in Alternative Energy
Just look at the size of that tug boat next to Poseidon, a massive floating power plant off the coast of Denmark. He weighs about 350 tons. The alternative energy power plant generates electricity from three methods. First underwater turbines that harness underwater movement and currents. Second it has three wind turbines that tower over a beautiful white base that looks bigger in person. Finally it uses the movement from waves to produce as it floats at sea. It was built to withstand major storms and can produce electric in a cost effective manor at 10 cents per kilowatt hour. It is able to produce energy at such a low cost because it utilizes three methods of alternative energy technology. It is looked at from boats as a modern marvel and a milestone of the clean energy movement. Hopefully it has some lights on it because I wouldn’t like to see a tanker full of toxic oil run into it. The question is will it take hold and be adopted globally as a widespread method of alternative energy. I wonder how many of these babies it would take to power a portion of Americas energy needs.. Hopefully in conjunction with wind power on land this can make a significant impact on dependency of coal and oil.
Posted: 28th April 2010 by admin in Android
The android OS is being developed very rapidly. Since it’s intro into the mobile OS market it has rapidly expanded and is now on many phones. Android is also showing up on many low cost tablets. Tablets are being developed that can be mounted in the walls of you home. Tablets can also be wired in to your T.V and can serve media from the Internet sometimes in H.D. This would give you the ability to have apps and widgets on T.V screens all around you home. In the future the code will become even more advanced. You may be able to talk to an adroid device in your kitchen and tell it to play a song or look up something on wikipedia for you. It may also be able to shut off lights for you and tell you how the weather is. One day you will be able to wake up and say ” Android … What will the weather be like today?” After a long day of work you could say “good night android” and watch as the lights fade out and you T.V shuts off. This technology may be available sooner than we think. The Archos 7 and 8 home tablets are some of the first Android based home computers. Archos has announced it will be making apps specifically for android home automation. When these low cost android home computers hit the market, you can be sure developers will be working on many more home automation apps. The archos 7 has just become available for preorder for $199 here. 
Posted: 28th April 2010 by admin in Robotics
Drone warfare is being used more and more by the U.S army and military around the world. The “Predator” first began use by the army in 1995. It now has over 230 flying missions around the world being controlled from aircraft carriers and army bases. The U.S Army has just introduced unmanned helicopters into battlegrounds. Imagine and apache helicopter flying over a city in iraq with no one in the pilot seat carrying arsenal of firepower. The government estimates half of all Army aircraft will be unmanned by 2025. Robotics may also improve greatly by the year 2025. Open source developers and manufactures will probably be able to produce androids that are capable of war. If your a teenager today you will probably live to see a complete army of drones including airplanes, jets, androids and boats. We could all hope that this technology doesn’t need to be used by the year 2025 but the way things are going suggest otherwise.
Posted: 28th April 2010 by admin in Open source software
The open office project at openoffice.org is now a fully developed free rival of microsoft office. On October 28th 2009, the one hundred millionth person downloaded open office. The project will probably advance and be a lot better than microsoft office. More and more business are using the free software and saving money. It is unclear when large corporations will start using the free software and saving boatloads of money not having to buy microsoft office. walmart is know to try and save as much money as possible to lower prices for consumers. Imagine how much money Walmart would save and Microsoft would loose. Open office is available on every major operating system and can be found here.
Posted: 28th April 2010 by admin in Mac
The latest mac mini has improved greatly over the early 2009 model. Consumers are very happy with the performace of the new mac mini and it has recived five out of five stars on many reveiw sites. It can be hooked up to and LCD tv and stream H.D video from the Internet without a sputter. This is a great computer option for someone who has a nice LCD in the living room and want the power of mac while they sit on the couch with a wireless keyboard and mouse. The mac mini is also a good option for people who already have a nice monitor and want a mac. The unit is very small and has a simple elegant look. It is the most affordable mac ever at only $599. It can be found on amazon.com here. 
SPECS
Proccesor : Intel core 2 duo proccesor @ 2.26 ghz
Ram : 2 gb
Video Card : nVidia GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
Posted: 27th April 2010 by admin in Open source software
The future of an open source education system will be bright! Open source developers gather from all around the world and contribute code to projects that have so far proven to be great. For example “Android” google mobile phone operating system was developed using open source technology. Google and many developers around the world have used the Internet to build the amazing system. It is now on many phones around the world and is available free for download to anyone. In the future as open source progresses developers will be able to harness enormous power to build an open source education system. The system could be constantly updated by teachers, scientist, developers all across the planet. The power of wikipedia’s knowledge can built into the system. Teachers can work to together on course work that can be displayed using a visual talking avatar teacher. A database with every price of knowledge known to man could be built. Using a computer and your tv at home you could explore anything using your voice. Class rooms in poor countries would have access to a teacher that knows everything in the world using low cost computers, displays and even mobile phones. This could lower poverty and disease using education.
