Archive for January, 2009

Life on the GDrive: Cloud me up, Scotty!

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Google is at it again! The Internet giant is trying to render PCs obsolete, as evidenced by this recent article on The Observer: The Google Drive, or "GDrive", could kill off the desktop computer, which relies on a powerful hard drive. Instead a user's personal files and operating system could be ...

Thought Identification

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

It's not called mind reading, folks. A couple of neuroscientists from Carnegie Mellon are showing us how, in the not-so-distant future, computers will be able to know precisely what's on our minds. YouTube video after the break: Ring any bells? That's right. EPOC enhanced! (that is, of course, if we ...

Innovation and technology from a different perspective

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

When one thinks about technology and innovation, a hospital may not necessarily be the first place springing to mind. That certainly was my position until very recently. This of course changed when I, following a classmate's suggestion, studied Shouldice as part of a project in one of my classes at ...

One Wish 2

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

"I don't get it!", exclaimed the former zero bit. "I changed from zero to one and I'm still me. Where's the coveted sense of power, meaning and pride that supposedly surrounds the ones?!" The one bit pursed his mouth in a self-satisfied smirk. Subsequently, he said: "You are missing the point, mate. ...