Tag Archive: computers


Your iPad Could Be Hazardous To Your Health

Filed Under: Computers/The Web, iPod, iPhone, iPad, i by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
January 26, 2012

Remember that I’m sitting at a computer while bringing this article from breitbart.com to your attention!

>>Users of tablet computers should place their device on the table and tilt its screen, rather than have it flat on their lap, to avoid potentially painful hunching of the neck, a study suggested Wednesday.

“Tablet users may be at high risk to develop neck discomfort based on current behaviours and tablet designs,” it warned.

A team led by environmental health researcher Jack Dennerlein of the Harvard School of Public Health asked seven men and eight women who were experienced tablet users to carry out tasks on an iPad2 and a Motorola Xoom.

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Computer Defeats Humans At ‘Jeopardy’

Filed Under: Beliefs, Computers/The Web, Science Fiction, Television/Movies by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
February 17, 2011

It’s an old sci-fi staple that computers would one day be better than humans at everyday tasks.

Well, the syndicated show Jeopardy found that computers were better than humans when it comes to playing that game.

Here’s the story from myway.com:

>>Final score on ‘Jeopardy!’: Computer 1, humans 0
By FRAZIER MOORE

NEW YORK (AP) – Note to self: Never play “Jeopardy!” with a supercomputer.

That’s a useful lesson for me or any mortal who has followed the Man vs. Machine faceoff this week on the popular trivia game show, where on Wednesday the second of two exhibition matches sealed the deal: Watson, the IBM-created megabrain, officially buried his flesh-and-blood opponents, veteran “Jeopardy!” champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.

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Americans View TV And Computer Screens

Filed Under: Beliefs, Computers/The Web by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
December 14, 2010

Do you spend as much time in front of your computer as you do watching television? Then you could be an American!

According to NewsCore via myfoxdc.com, here’s the story:

>>Americans Use Internet As Much As Television, Study Shows

Americans now spend as many hours online as they do watching television, a new Forrester survey released Monday showed.

More than 30,000 media consumers were interviewed for the study, which showed that, on average, Americans spend about 13 hours a week on the internet and the pass the same amount of time watching television offline.

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Your Medicine May Be Watching You

Filed Under: Beliefs, Computers/The Web by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
November 9, 2010

I’m the first person in line when wanting computers to do more for us. It’s effortless, after all! But now, our medicines may have a microchip in them to dish on us!

Here’s the story from Reuters:

>>(Reuters) – Novartis AG plans to seek regulatory approval within 18 months for a pioneering tablet containing an embedded microchip, bringing the concept of “smart-pill” technology a step closer.

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The Future Of Comics?

Filed Under: Batman, Comics by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
July 26, 2010

Now that the San Diego Comic-Con is history for 2010, it is time to look forward. Where will comics be in five or ten years?

Every once in a while, someone comes along and announces they are going to “save the comics industry.”  They usually start up a company that does well for a while.  But comics are an expensive proposition, and eventually even the wealthiest of investors cuts his or her losses, then disappears.

Also, occasionally the word is that comics are all going digital.  One comic I can think of in particular is only available online.  And some of the older comics have been available on PDF for a while now.  Will we make our weekly trek to the local comics shop to pick up a disc of the comics we want on it?  Or will we download them from an FTP site and save ourselves the trip?

Predicting the future is always a tricky thing.  I’m always amazed at the project that appears “out of the blue,” taking people by surprise, and being a big hit.  I always refer to the Harry Potter books as a good example.  Since most of you know that story, I won’t repeat it again here.  Let’s just say that J.K. Rowling went from abject poverty to being the richest woman in the U.K.  And no one expected it.

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Look Out Above For The ‘Spy Pigeon’ Drone!

Filed Under: Computers/The Web, What-everrr! by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
July 11, 2010

A prototype of the Air Force Research Laboratory's bird-like micro air vehicle is shown. Researchers say the so-called spy pigeon will flap its wings like a real bird, and even be able to land on power lines.

I’m always impressed by the amazing advances in technology we see from day to day.  Computers and robots can do so much more than even those of us who are science-fiction fans ever conceived of years ago.

Take, for example, the “spy pigeon” aerial drone. This amazing little aircraft could save lives, or it could mean the end of privacy.  Here’s the story from AOL News:

>>In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, U.S. officials often had to rely on grainy satellite photos to decide whether facilities on the ground were intended for producing weapons of mass destruction. Now imagine that instead of overhead satellite imagery–or even high-flying unmanned aircraft–they could send in a flock of microdrones that could actually fly right over, or even inside, such facilities.

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