sduford on Jan 07 2008 | Filed under: Technology
This Friday I will be speaking at the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference in Toronto. My subject will be “Disruptive Technology”, a presentation I borrowed from our CTO Jeff Kempiners.
What is a disruptive technology you might ask?
Disruptive Technology is defined as a technology trend that eventually overturns the dominant technology in the market. Disruptive technologies are [...]
sduford on Dec 13 2007 | Filed under: Panama, Renewable Energy, Technology
Panama’s boom means that the electricity supply is becoming really tight these days. There are a few small hydro-electric projects being built (amazingly, this tiny country has over 500 rivers), but now here news that a 400 MegaWatt wind farm will soon be built.
MADRID, Dec. 12, 2007 Fersa Energias Renovables SA will invest 700 mln [...]
sduford on Sep 07 2007 | Filed under: Mobile Devices, Technology
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Just 10 weeks ago, otherwise sane individuals were camping overnight in long lines for the privilege of paying $599 for a mobile phone. These people were fully aware that most wireless companies will give you a basic phone for free, but the object of their ardor was anything but basic. It was a lifestyle choice. [...]
sduford on Aug 31 2007 | Filed under: Computers, Technology
Every once in a while it looks like Moore’s Law is about to hit a brick wall, and every time, new advances come along to keep it alive and well. IBM just announced two great research breakthroughs that promise to increase both data storage density and transistor density by orders of magnitude!
This means that you [...]
sduford on Aug 06 2007 | Filed under: Hardware, Mobile Devices, Technology
Here’s an article on a very interesting wireless technology. The company behind this product is called Meraki and their goal is to bring the Internet to the next billion people, mostly in disadvantaged areas where they currently have no access. This kind of technology offers hope for free wireless access almost anywhere in the world [...]
sduford on Jul 31 2007 | Filed under: Aviation, Technology
The flying wing is an old design, but NASA aerospace engineers think it might be just what the airline industry needs. As part of their research into this concept, the agency recently tested out the X-48B flying wing prototype. If this design matches the developers’ ambitions, it could usher in a new class of aircraft [...]
sduford on May 23 2007 | Filed under: Technology
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the amazing Tesla Roadster electric sports car. Here’s a good news report on the car and the company.
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sduford on Mar 27 2007 | Filed under: Computers, Science, Technology
I’m sure many of you have heard of and even participated in the SETI@Home project. This project was all the rage in the 1990’s and it enabled the SETI program to solve its computational capacity problem; SETI was accumulating more radio data then it had the capacity to process, and it was looking at the [...]
sduford on Mar 18 2007 | Filed under: Mobile Devices, Technology, Travel
While in Redmond last week I was given the chance to go to the Microsoft Employee Store and I bought a copy of Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007 which came with a miniature GPS Receiver. The whole package cost me $85 and the main reason I bought it was that I was intrigued by the [...]
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