New technology sometimes draws from nature's inspirations...

Posted on April 26, 2009

Festo, an industrial control and automation company based in Germany, has links with universities, institutes and development companies through their Bionic Learning Network program. They are using this to explore ideas and initiatives which go beyond the core business of automation and didactics and may lead to future products and product areas, currently these projects involve their new line of pneumatic actuators.

Some of these projects are the Aqua Jelly, the Aqua Ray, Airic’s_arm, and the Airacuda which are showcased in this video.

Windows 7 security will have even tougher security

Posted on April 22, 2009

Scott Charney, Corporate VP of Microsoft, goes into some detail as to how Microsoft's OS security improves with the Windows 7 release.

In case you haven't heard the Windows 7 release candidate is set for May 5th, which leads some to speculate that a full OS for the public to purchase will be available in late Fall 2009. I've got my hopes up now so they better not push this targeted release date back.

CNET.com wraps up some of the top stories in the Tech industry today

Posted on April 20, 2009

Oracle has acquired Sun Microsystems, the new T-Mobile Sidekick is due to be released, the first solar powered cell phone is coming, Google gets to know your family, and Obama has finally found a CTO for the USA.

Cool take on image collaboration

Posted on April 18, 2009

Just happened to come across this video, and the technology and idea is brilliant. Even though the video was originally posted up a long time ago, it is still interesting to see.

Hottest Web Vids of the week

Posted on April 17, 2009

Since the world of news decided to give us next to nothing interesting this week, Cnet.com decided to not report the news and instead share some of the best videos online.

By the way, here's the direct link to the "Britain's got Talent" video. I was seriously surprised.

Adobe highlights new ways to create Flash Apps

Posted on April 13, 2009

Adobe's CTO, Kevin Lynch, shows some new interesting techniques on how to design and build Flash applications. Specifically headlining their new Flash Catalyst.

'Google Moderator' in the spotlight

Posted on April 13, 2009

This is a cool (fairly) new Google software that has the ability to impress the White House. It's certainly worth a listen.

Updates from the world of Apple

Posted on April 13, 2009

CNET.com gives a nice little video for updates in the world of Apple along with a nice tip for the iPhone.

Two parts Emergency Response Vehicle, One part concept car...

Posted on April 7, 2009

"New designs showing the possible future for the UK's ambulances have been unveiled at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London. The concepts are the result of a two year project called Healthcare on the 'Move: The Smart Pods Project', funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)." ~BBC

Web 2.0 Expo 2009 did not goes as well as last year...

Posted on April 4, 2009

The third edition of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco has come to a close, and with it a looking towards an ever changing web future has everyone wondering what's next.