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Tag Archives: technology
Science and Technology: Why’d you have to go an make things so complicated?
It turns out that I am in the market to buy a second PC for our household and businesses. We’ve tried for just about a year to function with one PC and various mobile devices, and we’ve found that there’s just enough overlap between our need to use the PC that sometimes it gets annoying. […] Continue reading
Science and Technology: It’s impossible, eh?
So, Amazon engaged in an amazing bit of free advertising Sunday night when it announced its research initiative, Prime Air, on 60 Minutes. From the moment the piece aired, sectors of the internet have been abuzz with the news. But what has amused me the most has been the response of the technology media, led […] Continue reading
Posted in Robotics, Science and Technology, Smartphones
Tagged Amazon, ideas, Prime Air, Progress, research, technology, technology Luddites
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Science and Technology: The science of do as I say
For whatever reason, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about science recently, especially as it applies to getting kids interested in science and keeping them interested. One of the points I keep coming back to in this thinking is how often science is sold to kids in a very narrow and limited view of […] Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science and Technology
Tagged ideas, kids, preconceptions, science, technology
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Tool finder
Somebody needs to invent a system that allows people like me to find the tools I constantly misplace on the farm. No, really. We have 185 acres. Even if I limit myself to the area of our farm buildings, we’re … Continue reading → Continue reading
Science and Technology: Samsung Galaxy Note II, First Impression
It’s huge. No really. In most ways, it’s just another current generation Android device. Other than the interesting addition of a stylus and some apps that use it, nothing else really stands out other than the battery life and the fact that it has a nearly tablet-sized screen. In other words, it’s huge. Now, for […] Continue reading
Posted in Science and Technology, Smartphones
Tagged first impressions, Samsung Galaxy Note II, technology
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