Google Voice - Free Long Distance
Posted in Computer, Free, Innovation, Science, Technology, Telephony on Mar 17th, 2009
Category Archive for 'Innovation'
Google Taking a Step Into Power Metering
Posted in Alternative Energy, Computer, Consumer, Futuretech, Innovation, Science, Services, Technology on Feb 11th, 2009
Google will announce its entry Tuesday into the small but growing business of “smart grid,” digital technologies that seek to both keep the electrical system on an even keel and reduce electrical energy consumption.
Google is one of a number of companies devising ways to control the demand for electric power as an alternative to building [...]
Palm Reveals New Touchscreen Pre, WebOS at CES
Posted in Business, Consumer, Innovation, Products, Technology, Telephony on Jan 8th, 2009
Palm was under serious pressure to hit a home run at CES today—and boy, did it deliver. Running Palm’s gorgeous (if belated) new platform, dubbed WebOS, the touchscreen Pre could well be Palm’s savior, and perhaps its biggest hit.
So, as for the Pre itself (due on Sprint in the first half of this year, no [...]
Will ‘Upgrades’ Enhance Our Bodies?
Posted in Futuretech, Health, Innovation, Science, Technology on Jan 5th, 2009
People bent on betterment may well soon be able to turn to neural implants, wearable robotics, and brain-tweaking software to become smarter, stronger, and faster. We are entering the age of neuroengineering. This polymathic discipline capitalizes on new advances in neuroscience, computation, and biomedicine to engineer work-arounds to the frailties of humankind, be they brains [...]