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Science
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How technology companies are improving voice recognition software
26 Nov 2012 by Chris Dodds / 1 Comment
While voice recognition software has certainly improved in the two decades, it hasn’t exactly been the blockbuster tech that Ray Kurzweil predicted. My first experiments with the technology were playing around with Microsoft’s Speech API (circa Windows 95) and early versions of Dragon Naturally Speaking. Both were interesting as “toys” but didn’t work well enough for me to put them to pr...
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What will technology be like when Generation Y gets old?
11 Jun 2012 by Craig Lloyd
When I think about the future, I wonder what technology will be 40 years from now. Today’s older generation love to boast to the younger crowd about how they got through life without computers, tablets, or smartphones. However, when I’m older, what am I going to say to the younger generation? “When I was your age, we didn’t have mind-controlled submarines!”? It’...
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Spice Up Your Android Wallpaper With Astronomy Picture of the Day
18 Oct 2011 by Kevin Schulte
Once you’ve grown tired of Android’s multitude of live wallpapers, or if (God forbid) you’re still rocking whatever default wallpaper your phone came with, it might be time for a change. Add some science to your day and keep your wallpaper fresh with Astronomy Picture of the Day. Astronomy Picture of the Day scrapes the NASA webpage of the same name and makes it easy to set the c...
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Progress Bars use Optical Illusions to Appear Faster
04 Jan 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 9 Comments
I’d rather not think about how many hours I’ve spent staring at progress bars in my life. They’re a lot faster than the used to be because of better processors and internet connections, but we still have to wait patiently while transferring large files, downloading video games on Steam, or streaming videos online. Have you ever wondered why modern progress bars have become so muc...
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One Small Step for Android, One Giant Leap for Synthetic Robotic Organisms
23 Dec 2010 by Evan Wondrasek / 1 Comment
You might remember that we gave away some pretty sweet limited edition Android collectibles a few months ago. As it turns out, these Androids had a few buddies that recently took a trip to the upper stratosphere (about 100,000 feet above the Earth’s surface) to take part in a research experiment by Google. Image Courtesy Google A team at Google built seven payloads equipped with Nexus S Androi...
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HP and Hynix are Creating the Next Generation of Memory
07 Sep 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 2 Comments
HP is currently working with Hynix Semiconductor to develop the next generation of computer memory. This new non-volatile memory, dubbed Resistive Random Access Memory, or ReRAM for short, will be built upon memristor technology. Memristor technology has been considered only theoretical since 1971, but changed in 2006 when HP Labs was able to develop the technology. Memristor technology has th...
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Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks Soon, Find the Best Time to Watch Where You Live
12 Aug 2010 by Evan Wondrasek
Depending on where you live, the Perseids meteor shower will be reaching its peak sometime during the night of August 12th and the morning of August 13th. Since many factors can impact the visibility of astronomical events like meteor showers, NASA provides a great Java applet called the Fluxtimator that can show you the best time to go stargazing. To use the Fluxtimator, select the meteor showe...
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