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NASA has decided to delay the launch of the five unmanned rockets that it planned on shooting into the sky on March 14, 2012. The rockets were part of the Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) project. The purpose of the project is to gather more information about the process that is responsible for the high-altitude jet stream that exists 60
The OED (@OEDonline) has been tweeting on geeks today. The word 'geek' was first applied to overly diligent students in the 1950s, and to computer obsessives from around 1984. However, as early as 1876 'geek' was an English regional (northern) term for a foolish, offensive, or worthless fellow... In 1920's U.S. slang, 'geek' also meant a circus performer with a
If you live on the East coast of the United States, be sure to watch the skies tonight. NASA will be launching five rockets in five minutes from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on March 14, 2012. The launches will take place late at night. Each rocket will release a chemical tracer that will create a milky-white tracer cloud
The Buffalo AirStation N450 USB adapter (aka WLI-UC-G450) is a 2.4 GHz 11n wireless adapter capable of a theoretical 450 Mb/s using a 3x3 antenna array. Sweet. If you are used to small wireless adaptors and tiny memory sticks, then the N450 will be a bit of surprise. It's a pretty chunky number at a little under 9.5 cm long,
Yahoo has filed a patent infringement suit against Facebook. The case has been filed in federal court in San Jose, California. Yahoo says that it is suing over ten patents that are related to web-based advertising. Yahoo is also suing because the company says that Facebook is using a social networking model that is based on Yahoo's patented social networking
Had a great first day here in Silicon Valley. Had some really good meeting plus one additional meeting here at the hotel that really could open up distribution of this shows and those of our content creators at RawVoice. Download the Audio Show File Links to all the articles talked about in this Podcast are on the GNC Show Notes Page
The buzz is spreading about a marketing firm's unique attempt to draw attention (and contributions) to the homeless population in Austin during the annual tech portion of SXSW. BBH Labs, with offices in NYC and London, is the brains (some would argue otherwise) behind this publicity stunt where homeless folks are outfitted with a wireless internet transmitter and dispatched
NASA ended the Space Shuttle Program in July of 2011, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis made its return trip to Earth. The program lasted for 30 years, and had a total of 135 missions. There will not be any more opportunities for you to watch the launch of a Space Shuttle. However, it is still possible for you to take
On review here is Buffalo's AirStation Nfiniti HighPower dual band wireless-n router and access point with DD-WRT pre-installed, aka WZR-HP-AG300H. I've had the AirStation on loan from Buffalo for a couple of months and it's really rather good. As you can see from the pictures, it's black and about 18 cm tall, excluding the antennae which swivel and tilt to
Every person has a large variety of devices, and most of us have a rats nest of charging cords. It has gotten so bad at my house that my wife has went to extreme measures to hide cords and figure out a way to manage the mess of having 2 adults and 3 kids with a variety of devices. The
For those looking to be more Eco friendly and eliminate the need to buy batteries or plugging in an alarm clock, you will want to check out the Bedol Water Powered Alarm Clock. The Bedol Water Clock uses ions in ordinary tap water to power the clock. Powering your clock is as simple as filling it up from the tap,
The other day, as I was working on editing the most recent novel I've drafted, I realized there was just something I could not find on Google. I'm a big fan of "getting it right" when it comes to how people interact in a novel, and I needed to understand better how men interact with each other, how they talk
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