Monthly Archives: December 2013
Are Common Household Appliances Spying on You?
Two network / information security concerns showed up on my radar this week. They aren’t from normally anticipated places, so I thought I’d share. The first one originated in Chinese manufacturing plants. Apparently, some Russian inspectors found rogue WiFi hardware inside of random goods where they should’t find them. Concerned? Do you have a new… Read More »
I am Definitely Seeing a Trend. Everything is in 3D.
If you had the ability to scan and print in 3D, what would you make first? What would you make a thousand of so you could make a business out of it? This is like large format printing when ink jet plotters became available years ago. The Sense 3D scanner from Cubify. Yet another 3D… Read More »
A Little Colony Art for the Fire Ant Lovers
I recently posted a video showing the excavation of a massive ant colony. That one was filled in with cement. A lot of it. After seeing the arduous effort the team spent uncovering the structure, you can’t help but admire the work of the ants. It looked like a sculpture, quite artistic and clever. Upon… Read More »
There’s Something to be Said for Living Small
Is small the new big? Maybe. It’s something to think about. The who, why, how and where about this tiny house: http://www.viralnova.com/tiny-house I’m not what you would call doomsday prepper, but enough related topics have caught my attention recently that I’m paying attention. E.G., the Soylent food alternative and some really cool survivalist tools. It… Read More »
Soylent Anyone? It’s Green, Environmentally Speaking.
I just may have to get some of this new Soylent food alternative. Here’s what they have to say: What if you never had to worry about food again? For many people, on many occasions, food is a hassle, especially when trying to eat well. Suppose we had a default meal that was the nutritional… Read More »
Cutting edge shades on the way from Pivothead
Step aside Glass. Pivothead has you in their sights! They don’t look as geeky, and can record full HD for 3 hours! A well engineered design that includes add-on options they call mods – for power and connectivity. In a word, nice. Check out the details on their Indiegogo campaign. It’s active through Dec 12 and… Read More »
3D Scanning in the dark with an iPad?
Move over Kinect. Occipital just one-upped you with Structure. The first 3D sensor for mobile devices. Check out this demo they shot at Ripley’s: One quoted author said it best, “It’s like giving some sort of super power to average-joe devices.” 3D is going mainstream. I won’t go as far as saying basic 2D videos… Read More »