As Gomer Pyle used to say “Surprise, Surprise!” According to a recent article in Computerworld, “Fewer businesses are now considering the move to Windows Vista than seven months ago…”
Category: Engineering
Gardening Experiment with Cucumbers
This year we planted cucumbers from hanging baskets as well as the traditional ground cover. The photograph on the top left shows the cucumber plant with vegetables growing in the traditional horizontal orientation. The photo on the top right shows
Mars Attacks
I received this email about Mars (see below) from someone close to me… while its appeared to be spectacular, I questioned its authenticity. Thus, I did a little research using sites such as NASA and UrbanLegends… As you could probably guess,
Everything in Moderation
When I graduated from college (many years ago), I used to seek out medical knowledge in arcane places such as the New England Journal of Medicine. For those of you not aware, the NEJM is one of the most respected
New Apple Electronic Device
Apple Computer announced today that it has developed a computer chip that can store and play high fidelity music in women’s breast implants. The iTit will cost $499 or $599 depending on speaker size. This is considered to be a
Interesting Facts About Einstein
The Neatorama site has an interesting article covering “10 Strange Facts about Albert Einstein”. For example, did you know that Einstein failed his entrance exam for the Swiss Federal Polytechnical College?… or did you know that Einstein was a ladies
Newton Mixed Science & Religion
If you missed it, there was an interesting story of science and religion in the USA Today… Evidently, someone discovered 300 year-old manuscripts from Isaac Newton where he calculated the exact date of the apocalypse, detailed the precise dimensions of
Very Light Jets
There are a new breed of smaller, cheaper jets, powered by compact, superlight engines that could transform the face of aviation. These are planes from companies with names such as Eclipse, Adam, etc. They typically carry three to four passengers (in addition
Alternative Energy Production
In life, there is the simple belief that “there is no such thing as a free lunch.” In science and engineering, there is a law that nothing comes for free. This is known as the conservation of energy — you
Wireless Electricity?
An interesting technical project at MIT… they appear to have discovered a way to provide electricity without wires. Details about WiTricity, or wireless electricity, are scheduled to be reported today in Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science.