Ziggy

Is The Tipping Point In Five Years?

by Douglas Black, enerficiency/ENERSPEC,  May 24, 2013 In his opening to the 40 year old iconic Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, was David Bowie singing prophetic of these days when he proclaimed Five Years? Climatologist saying we have

Ziggy

Is The Tipping Point In Five Years?

by Douglas Black, enerficiency/ENERSPEC,  May 24, 2013 In his opening to the 40 year old iconic Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, was David Bowie singing prophetic of these days when he proclaimed Five Years? Climatologist saying we have

White advanced

Robot Learns After School

ANOTHER STEP TOWARD “SKYNET” by Douglas Black, May 8, 2013 After the floor was swept, doors shut, and all the technicians went home, HERB was alone.  Within sight and arms reach, a couple of items from the lunch menu were

White advanced

Robot Learns After School

ANOTHER STEP TOWARD “SKYNET” by Douglas Black, May 8, 2013 After the floor was swept, doors shut, and all the technicians went home, HERB was alone.  Within sight and arms reach, a couple of items from the lunch menu were

Window Socket Solar Charger

Want Simple? We Got Your Simple.

by Douglas Black, April 29, 2013 Some of us want things less complicated, not more.  There are so many options on SmartGadgets and SmartGizmos that simply baffle me. If you also fall into that same category, (on/off is good) then

Window Socket Solar Charger

Want Simple? We Got Your Simple.

by Douglas Black, April 29, 2013 Some of us want things less complicated, not more.  There are so many options on SmartGadgets and SmartGizmos that simply baffle me. If you also fall into that same category, (on/off is good) then

Snapzoom with Smartphone Attached

Another Wild Photog-Idea Kickstarting

this is kinda cool, if not bulky-strange by Douglas Black, April 26, 2013 We caught this today from Snapzoom and the Kickstarter feed.   while there are plenty of gizmos you can hook to your smartphone to add telephoto capability of

Snapzoom with Smartphone Attached

Another Wild Photog-Idea Kickstarting

this is kinda cool, if not bulky-strange by Douglas Black, April 26, 2013 We caught this today from Snapzoom and the Kickstarter feed.   while there are plenty of gizmos you can hook to your smartphone to add telephoto capability of

hacker-attack

WordPress Sites Under Attack !

April 13, 2013 via John Kennedy at siliconerepublic.com . A large distributed brute force attack against WordPress sites is understood to be occurring. A large botnet with more than 90,000 servers is attempting to log in by cycling through different

hacker-attack

WordPress Sites Under Attack !

April 13, 2013 via John Kennedy at siliconerepublic.com . A large distributed brute force attack against WordPress sites is understood to be occurring. A large botnet with more than 90,000 servers is attempting to log in by cycling through different

WoodBurner LLangton

3D Printing? Meh. Let’s Add Fire

by Douglas Black, April 10, 2013 Inkjet and laserjet printing are routine.   3D Printing?  Meh.   Let’s add fire. Anyone my age (boomer) had some sort of experience as a kid with the wonderful world of wood burning.  You got your

WoodBurner LLangton

3D Printing? Meh. Let’s Add Fire

by Douglas Black, April 10, 2013 Inkjet and laserjet printing are routine.   3D Printing?  Meh.   Let’s add fire. Anyone my age (boomer) had some sort of experience as a kid with the wonderful world of wood burning.  You got your

Flying Human

A View of the Robopacolypse

by Douglas Black, ENERSPEC / enerficiency , April 7, 2013 Yes, Robots will learn, or teach themselves, how to fly. I really don’t need to write much about this.  Again, from our friends at DARPA, further leaps, or steps as

Flying Human

A View of the Robopacolypse

by Douglas Black, ENERSPEC / enerficiency , April 7, 2013 Yes, Robots will learn, or teach themselves, how to fly. I really don’t need to write much about this.  Again, from our friends at DARPA, further leaps, or steps as