JPL has two of these in one of the rooms in the Project Development Center (PDC). It has just the two mouse buttons (not the extra three that the “GO” models seem to have). Surprisingly, it’s only about $44.95 according … Continue reading →
The World According To Google (Page 5 of 5) It can also showcase fads at the expense of substance. “Popular does not make a site accurate, comprehensive, or even interesting,” Vaidhyanathan says, using his own first name as an example. … Continue reading →
I’ve read about active noise cancellation before, but here’s a good practical application: to quiet computer fans. The constant drone of a computer cooling fan can be annoying. But a professor at Brigham Young University has taken an unusual step … Continue reading →
In response to an article in the Daily Trojan, U.S. empire going way of the Romans. What made the USA into the superpower that it is? Military spending. Where did most of the nation’s major technological advances in the past … Continue reading →