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The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ibility of the website. Where do you go to get information like that? I recently came across the philoneist , a wiki that investigates and tells you what and who is behind a domain name. And with ou...

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Move Over Doctors...The Robots Are Here

Would you be willing to go under a scalpel held by a robot? Do not dismiss the idea as being bizarre. Doctors in the United Kingdom have begun to use a robotic arm to carry out intricate heart surgery. Surgeries that require a high degree of skill could be farmed out to specialist robots...

Fashion in Outer Space?

Are spacesuits on their way to becoming fashionable? Researchers at MIT have been designing and developing a slimmer and sleeker spacesuit for astronauts. However, this does not mean that NASA will have to become fashion conscious. These new space outfits are meant to be an improvement on the bu...

Bionic Hands for the Soldiers

Well, not all of them, just one in particular. A 27 year old iraq war veteran who lost his hand has been outfitted with a new robot hand that has movable fingers that flex. The hand is called the iLimb and is one of the first of its kind available to wounded soldiers. It contains 5 ind...

More Creepy Crawly Robots

Harvard University is proud to announce their first robot insect ! This insect is similar in both weight and size to a hornet and can land on branches, window panes, and light fixtures, and do all the things that real hornets can do. Is anyone ELSE wondering why? I mean, is it not bad e...

New Age Freebies

There are freebies and there are freebies. Leather bags with magazine subscriptions; ipods for the lucky cell phone buyers; a chance to meet your favorite celebs - these are freebies that we have been getting for years now. Well, the freebie business just took a great leap forward. Imagine a so...

Hailing a Taxi - Now an Eco-Friendly Choice

From the looks of this article , it seems that New York City is jumping on to the environmentally friendly bandwagon and going eco-friendly with their taxi system. All taxis are apparently going hybrid apparently. This is what Michael Bloomberg said on the Today Show the other day. But ...

Stem Cells Cure Diabetes

Another point for the team that is pro stem-cell research. In findings published by the Journal of the American Medical Association , a study indicated that stem cell therapy was helping patients with Type 1 Diabetes produce their own insulin. Sure hope someone whose last name rhymes ...

Smells Good, Prints Great!

You have to know there is something for everyone on the market when it comes to technology. Printers are no exception. It seems that Sagem's Zen Cube is something that is being attached to multifunctional printers to dispense aromatherapy in the office. Yes that's right. An arom...

Plastic - Heal Thyself!

A team at the University of Illinois have come up with a polymer that is developed using nanotechnology that can literally fill in its own cracks and tears. And no, they haven't exactly called it robotic plastic yet but that is what it sounds like to me. The plastic is virtually self-heal...

Electricity Going Wireless

MIT researchers have developed a new concept they are calling " WiTricity " which is essentially wireless electricity. The concept is that electricity will be transmitted as a magnetic field with receivers in strategic locations - kind of like cell towers. I can understand how this wi...

High Def Coming to the Mac

If you are a PC user, Mac is making it very difficult for you to find reasons to stay loyal to that choice. In this article we see talks of HDTV Coming to the MacBook or iMac. Digital TV tuners are being developed along with the current EyeTV software so that you can watch HDTV on your Ma...

Armani Trying to Put Design Into Technology

You had to know this was coming up just on the heels of the prada phone . Samsung is in talks with Armani on doing the same to produce an Armani line of cellular phones. But wait. There's more. It's not just phones, but televisions as well. Are they serious? Armani, Prada, design,...

Palm up for Grabs - Anyone?

It seems the rumors are true that Palm is on the market block. To date, Palm has hardly ever been sold and there is no real confusion on this matter. Not sure what is going to happen here, but given that Palm has had a huge number of issues with their Foleo it is not a huge surprise that no o...

MP3 Player with Removable Storage Devices

I have to say the Japanese are a little behind the times with this device . A new MP3 player is being developed with removable storage devices so you put your music on the storage cards, and stick them in when you want to play your tunes. So there is no hard drive. It is just a machine that pl...

No Side Effects to Chemo?

This development is definitely a breakthrough. As if it isn't bad enough that those with cancer are dealing with well, cancer, but they also have to suffer from hair loss and nausea amongst a host of other horrific side effects from chemotherapy. Now scientists in Australia are wor...

Removing Humans From Police Lineups

This almost doesn't make sense, but don't lose faith in the justice system yet. The San Francisco Chronicle has reported in this article that digital technology is being created to transform humans into virtual beings that are placed in virtual settings for police lineups. The victi...

Cell Phones Sans Batteries

The New Scientist has been discussing some patents on the way for both Nokia and Motorola in the way of solar powered cell phones . I'm not sure about this one. Other companies have tried and failed here. But Motorola intends to use the solar cell as both the LCD display and the e...

Eye Spy With My Little Printer Dot....

Yikes! Did you know that your printer is spying on you? According to this article , when your printer spews out a page, there is a series of very cleverly hidden are dots that are invisible to the naked eye. Essentially, this means that any printed page can be tracked down to the person that ow...

Wave On - Wave Off

Remember The Clapper? That device you installed so that you just had to clap to turn the lights on or off? I don't know what was more annoying, the device or the commercial. At any rate, engineers in Australia have developed a box that will eventually replace your television's remote c...

New Digital Cameras Will See More Than You Think

Research at University of Central Florida is in the process of developing zoom lenses for the digital camera that most closely resembles the workings of the human eye.The difference between these and traditional zooms today is that they will be smaller but will offer more clarity. I lo...

Don't Text and Drive

A New York Senator, Carl Marcellino, is proposing that a law be passed making it illegal to send text messages when driving. This proposal seems to stem from the fact that a large number of teenagers do this, thus resulting in accidents. DUH! I didn't think we'd need an actual ...

Diagnosing and Treating Cancer Gets Easier Every Day

American researchers are making waves again with new diagnostic measures for cancer as seen here . Now they are using a grouping of cancer cell lines from the National Cancer Institute to develop a system that will match tumor profiles to the treatment and lend a better prognosis for th...

Dr. Robot

Robots really are pervading our everyday lives. Earlier they were no more than show pieces. These Days , we even find them by the side of our sick beds. If you were of the opinion that robots have no heart, this video-conferencing robot at Baltimore should change your mind. This particular...

Biometrics Meets Boxing

Rick the Hitman Hatton may not just be a pretty face with a big punch. This article shows that he is working to dispel the " boxers are dummies" myth. Biometrics teams at the University of Manchester are using technology to clock his punching speeds, force weights, and the wei...

A Robot INSIDE Your Body

In this blog , you will be able to read details on a robot that Israeli researchers are trying to create. This robot will go inside your body. Why you ask? It is going to be designed to creep through your arteries and veins and discover cancer. In fact, they are hoping to develop it enough so t...

A Car Powered by Nano-Batteries

With the eco-friendly world upon us, vehicles are turning greener than ever. We are constantly hearing about hybrid this or electric that. Take a look at this article and see the latest invention - nano-powered SUVs . This will be available for release in California this year through th...

X-Ray Imaging Jumping a Few Steps Ahead - Literally

Here is another medical breakthrough that will change the face, or maybe the gait of the medical community. This article tells us about a technology that is in the works at brown university . X-rays that illustrate movement is what it is essentially. Researchers are hoping this will eve...

Technology Is Taking Over - Is That What We Want?

It seems that just about anything that can be done, can be done with the use of some kind of a device. And if not, then that gadget is in the works. This article oohs over using the phone to check your email. I too got sucked into this phenomenon, and, at first, readily enjoyed it. But I soon...

Children Are Our Future

Here is an excellent article featuring some amazing new inventions arising from the teenage brain. These kids are so smart they've got companies like Cisco backing them up with additional funding. It just blows me away. I find it highly ironic that us old fogies, and even many olde...

The Chumby

Hmm. Check out this new little thing . It is cute. I will grant you that. However, it took me a minute to figure out what it was. It is a portable Internet connection which is always on. It provides you with just about anything you want that is Internet related - horoscopes , weather, mo...

The Latest in Air Dry Technology

This article is just one of those things that make me groan when I read them. I really don't see the need for hand dryers that are "more efficient". Do you? I understand the need to decrease paper consumption, but are we not negating the eco-friendly effect of not using pa...

No More Shopping Till You Drop

Now this gadget is something I can get excited about. This is a gadget designed to make your grocery shopping hassle free, and give you more time to do the things you want. Scan your items into the doodad as you run out and voila - shopping is practically taken care of. So this means n...

Who Else Is Sick of Hearing About the iPhone?

Yes, count me in on that one. I am sure it is a fabulous piece of technology. Believe me, while researching technology, this is almost all that I am hearing about. So yes, I know it is a masterpiece. This entry from the NY Times blog (mentioned in my previous post) made me laugh, yes, out lou...

New York Times With a Tech Blog

It is kind of ironic, how one of The most progressive newspapers in the United States of America, is also getting on to the tech blog bandwagon. I read about it in this article , and you can find their blog listed there as well. They are calling it BITS - for Business, Innovation, Technolog...

Some People Talk to Their Plants. Now Your Plants Can Talk to You!

The researchers at University of Colorado are on to something, check it out in this article . Here you are going to read about a technology that gets clipped to plants so that the plants let you know when they need water. This is an eco-friendly alternative to excessive irrigation. By usin...

A New Twist on Gaming for the Sports Fanatic

Sim is really rising in the popularity charts today. You can get Sim games on just about any aspect of daily living, including Sim Pets. Now, if you are a sports fanatic who cares more about the "behind the scenes" of the sport, you may want to take a look at this site for some ...

Looks Like a Duck. Talks Like a Duck. Not a Duck.

This development falls into a host of categories as the author suggests - anywhere along the crazy to logical spectrum. Scientists are trying to figure out a way to re-structure DNA in animals to make them more human. What would the point be? Well, research purposes. It is not ethical to cond...

More Futuristic, Less Technological

I was reading this article about the 20th anniversary of the famous Reagan speech "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall". Even reading it today gives me the chills. Has it been 20 years already?? The author opines subtly that it is possible that the wall would have come down with or w...

Web-Based Tool Predicting Cancer Outcomes

When I first read this blog , I kind of went "sheesh". Here is a web-based model that is allowing doctors to predict the survival of cancer patients. The model uses tumor markers and tumor-specific information to make predictions on the likelihood of prognosis and remission. I...

GPS Wired Phones - Don't Let Your Kids Leave Home Without Them

I really don't know what to think about this one . You can give your kid a Disney phone with GPS enabled so that you know where he is at all times. Top up your bill by an extra 10 bucks with Verizon and you will get a text message when they head out of your previously instructed &quo...

The New Wave of Batteries

I just love how even the simplest things like batteries are changing to make our lives easier. Now this is technology that makes sense. Plug the battery into your USB port to recharge. For $19 a pair I think it's a great buy, since Duracells cost almost that much to use. I see this as bei...

I Still Don't Quite Understand the Concept

I am not too clear about the idea of a concept vehicle. The true essence of the concept car is that it is an image booster for the manufacturers. Reading this article had me confused. The author did not seem to know what fence he was sitting on. Let's go all-American on this and restrict ...

Where Will Our Cars Take Us in the Future?

Not so much where will we go, but how will we get there? If our lives our truly going to become George Jetsonesque, then perhaps a better term to call them would be vehicles. Or we can resort to the historical term of "automobile" since that is essentially what a car is. But will a car...

How Is Entertainment Going to Change?

Well with advancements such as digital cable, satellite systems, flat screen televisions and plasma screens on top of the new wireless home entertainment systems, it is difficult to predict what could possibly top these technologies. For the lay person anyway, but in this article the author ma...

Technology Still Surprises Us, and Always Will

In this article , the author talks about the growth of the Internet and how essentially no one saw it coming. And even when it did arrive, no one nearly predicted the explosion that it would make on everyday life today. I can relate to this, as can anyone who has watched this phenomenon grow fr...

More Proof That Technology Is Curing Disease

It's great to have the cool cell phones and the top of the line televisions, but when it comes right down to it, technology is supposed to be making our lives better, not just more entertaining. There is no better way to enhance the quality of our lives than through medical breakthroughs and...

Technology Really Is Making Our World a Better Place

If you take a look at this article you will see some pretty exciting things happening in the world right now, as we speak. The article shows a graphic of the world's countries indicating by color which are the more developed ones. Back in 1975, the UN had reported that only 20 nations at t...

Flushable Technology!

Okay, it's not actually flushable. Well, it is, but why would you want to? However, as a dad of a very inquisitive four year old, anytime someone tells me that a techno -gadget is virtually waterproof, I am happy. You understand where I am coming from if you too have stood in line endl...

What Will the Next Generation's Cell Phone Look Like?

Now here is something thought-provoking with ends limited only by your own imagination. Check out this article where the author postulates on the aesthetic future of the cell phone. The look of the mobile phone today has not only changed significantly since they first hit the market, but it is...

This One's for the Boys

Okay, so when we are talking cell phones and gadgets and cool buttons and nifty things to do with them, Nokia has come up with something that will make the XY-ers very pleased. If you are wondering what the next craze in cell phones is going to be, wonder no more. It is a laptop-style gadget tha...

The Walk for the Morning Paper Is Getting Shorter

If you want an interesting take on the hard copy newspaper going retro, a thing of the past, read this . The author here takes a look at a New York Times review by Andy Kessler who apparently made an attempt to scrutinize every form of media in 1,000 words or less. I agree with the author. This...

Reaching out and Texting Mom

The authors of this article made a point of reminding you to call your mom on Mother's Day. Oh sorry, that was "text" your mom on Mother's Day. Okay boys, a live phone call would be really nice actually, but if my Mom is to be believed, points are earned just by thinking of t...

TV Going Techno

Well with the past few years seeing the launch of HDTV, DVRs, PVRs, and so on, you had to know that it was just a matter of time. Techno wizards have figured out a way to marry the PC and the TV - sort of. Take a look at this article . I have to admit, since the launch of digital cable and d...

There Must Be a Reason Everyone Is Talking About Facebook

Gone are the days of MySpace, sort of. The current thing to ask is "are you on Facebook?" And hey, for those needing a quickie pick-up icebreaker, the phrase alone is groundbreaking. But do you think Facebook can really own your soul as is postulated in this post . I am not going to b...

Prada Phone: It's Just Good Fashion Cents

Well you don't need to read the byline to know that this post was written by a man. Here we have some slams against Verizon's capabilities for launching a phone that is a competitive response to Apple's iPhone. What is it called you ask? Prada. So the boys are thinking, it doesn...

Robots Taking Over the World

One heated issue cropped up here with some very intelligently represented views on the "Robots Taking over the World" fear. I think it's a substantiated fear. The ethics of AI (artificial intelligence) is discussed in this article, as is the future of AI with thoughts wandering h...

Smiley! You're on Camera!

How many times a day do you smiley? I think it's safe to bet that anyone that uses the Internet at all, smileys at least once a day. So anyone who does a lot of chatting, or just about anything on a personal level on the Internet will be happy about this one. Face Alive is a new program deve...

Little Letters

Kindergarteners are going to have to come up with a new term for Big letter A and little letter a. Well, at least for the little letters anyway. Either that or the team of this new product is going to have to stick with the microscopic. Or, we could just confuse these poor little 5 year old so...

Cancer Cure Moves Forward Right Before Our Eyes

Researchers have come up with something that is going to change the face, literally, of cancer tumors. It is a hologram imaging system that is designed to examine cancer tumor cells while anticancer drugs are working in the system. Check out the details on this blog . Laser holograms are being ...