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Unexpected Trip to Washington DC next week. I get back to Hawaii on Thursday, will make a decision on Monday show in next day or so. Listen today to get your name in the hat for the show 750 giveaway. Download the Audio Show File Links to articles talked about in this Podcast are on the Show Notes Page [Click Here]
Jon Wurm of F5 Live: Refreshing Technology talked to Jessica Bell of Eco Alkalines about their Earth-friendly batteries. They tested the Eco Alkaline batteries with national brands and found they matched Duracell and Energizer in life expectancy. The Eco Alkalines are bio-degradable, with no harmful mercury, cadmium or lead getting into the ground. You can just throw them out with
Andy (Head Hard Hat) Smith from Geocaching World talks to Eric Waters of Magellan GPS about their new line of hand-held GPS units made with the Geocaching Hobbyist in mind. The Magellan eXplorist line of GPS units. Instead of having to type in a waypoint, the explorist units have a number of geocaches in the unit already. The Explorist 610
Scott Ertz from F5 talked with Ohad Akiva about the IonRoad app. All you have to do is mount your mobile device to a windshield, and iOnRoad will use augmented reality to tell you how far you are away from other traffic and other hazzards. I have tested this app and it does a great job of keeping you on
These days when we think of Motorola we think of some of the hottest Android phones on the market, but the hardware maker does more that just smartphones. Last month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas they unveiled the MotoACTV, a new Fitness Tracker and MP3 player. The MotoACTV can be worn on your wrist like a watch
VESA, the Video Electronics Standards Association has been responsible for defining many video-related standards, starting with SVGA in the late 80s. More recently VESA has been defining and promoting DisplayPort, the latest video interconnect. Andy and Dave chat to Craig Wiley, VESA Chairman, to understand the technology. In developing DisplayPort, VESA has worked to ensure that the standard meets the
CourseSmart is a higher education content delivery system that delivers e-textbooks to over 2.5 million students and faculty members. Sean Devine, CEO of CourseSmart talks to Jeffrey and Andy about the system. CourseSmart brings together content producers and content consumers, typically publishers, lecturers and students in over 7,000 universities and colleges. The organisation is owned by a group of publishers but
Jeffrey Powers and Andy “Hardhathead” Smith talked to Johannes Kristensson of Ford about the research that Ford is involved in now and into the future. Ford showed off the Evo Concept car at CES 2012. It shows off the technology that they are working on and maybe in their full line of cars five to seven years from now. For
Ford showed off the Focus Electric Vehicle at CES 2012. Instead of starting from scratch, they took a vehicle that was both familiar and popular with the consumer and the critics and turned it into an electric vehicle. Unlike many of their competitors electric cars which can take up to 8 hours to do a full charge on a 240
Did you know that there are 78 million baby boomers in the US and over 1 billion world wide. That the fastest growing age group are adults over the age of 85. Many of these adults are separated from their children and grandchildren and live alone often in isolation. A coalition called AgeTek was created to try to solve this
If you've got a pair of earphones or earbuds that just don't quite fit your ears properly, then you'll want to take a look at this interview with Nate from ComplyFoam. ComplyFoam produce replacement tips for earphones and earbuds from a huge range of manufacturers - SkullCandy, Monster, Shure, Sony to name but a few. The difference between the OEM tips
From time to time you may feel like pounding your keyboard in frustration, but Mionix has actually invented a keyboard that makes that possible. Now, we aren't recommending that you take out your rage on an inanimate object, just pointing out that they claim that this thing is pretty much indestructible. Every key on this new keyboard is mounted on a steel
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