Recent postsSince 1998 BusinessWeek is annually compiling a list of the best performing tech companies. Although Amazon and Apple top this list, US companies are fewer in number than ever before, a sign of IT spread to many parts of the world.
The 33 US companies this year were 43 the year before (!) and 75 in [...]
The automotive industry has been many times described as old and out of fashion. It is not a secret that in many cases automotive companies had to be virtual dragged by customer demand or sheer competition for new innovations and features. In the last two decades the value percentage attributed to car electronics is steadily [...]
[Source: Gumpert]
In recent years, there has been a growing number of people that are repulsed by the technical stalemate plaguing motorsport. Regulation versions refer mostly to horsepower limits, aerodynamic details, electronic aid systems and driver safety. It is difficult to forget the rally group B monsters that were banned in the eighties after a long [...]
Having now watched Iron Man, I can express relief that it is a rare sample of a movie that is as good as the comic deserves. I believe that after the Batman Begins movie we have entered a new superhero cinema era and that from now on comic heroes will not be used just for [...]
Airlines are already aware of the virtues of 2D barcodes and we will possibly see airline electronic boarding passes in the near future. Google has been quick to foresee the advantages of 2D barcodes, one of them being that a mobile telephone with a camera can read it, and with the right software automatically convert [...]
From all countries, Japan seems to be the best prepared to start widely using e-paper. As Reuters reports, Japanese companies are already very active in e-paper R&D, while the first colour versions have started to appear. We are talking about thin sheets of fabric that accept electronic signals and can be bent or even folded [...]
According to Reuters, the paradigm of military UAVs is soon to be replicated by Miami police in Miami, Florida. Military UAVs are being continuously improved in the Iraq and Afghanistan battlefields, to a degree that they are now regarded as indispensable tools for a modern army.
This success has apparently not gone unnoticed among law enforcement [...]
Modern cellphones sport an outstanding array of functions that could not even be imagined a decade ago. Now their use is extended beyond voice and data to special two dimensional barcodes that can replace paper boarding passes. Continental Airlines is currently offering that functionality to its US customers and is a step ahead of electronic [...]
Source: Northrop Grumman
Usable laser guns are one of the technological aims of the American military. Northrop Grumman is one of a handful of companies that have the experience and financial background to push R&D to levels that could potentially spawn weapons that be used in the battlefield. It has recently succeeded in producing a laser [...]
I started writing this post because of two events:
My time in the Euroshop 2008 show, that I document in photos in part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4.
After the Euroshop 2008 show, I came across a very interesting article in ReadWriteWeb that more or less argues that paper is not necessary any more.
So [...]
We have happily arrived to the fourth and last part of the Euroshop 2008 photo report. The show only takes place once every three years, I suppose once every two years would be much better. It’s all a massive, modern, feel-good shop and if you are interested in shop design and equipment be sure to [...]
Part 3 of the Euroshop 2008 report continues with more photos from the show!
Is this the meeting of the future? None of these people seem to sit comfortably…
Print is dead. Welcome its successor, the LED wall.
In this second part of ElectronRun’s Euroshop 2008 photo report we continue with more eye feasting…
Throughout the show, in virtually all halls, I could not believe how many screens were everywhere! Since flat screens became commonplace, designers use them in mass, in very creative ways. The idea here is not to show off resolution, black [...]
This year I was one of the lucky exhibitors in Euroshop 2008, Dusseldorf, Germany. I participated throughout the show’s duration as well as in the preparatory stage. Thus, this 4 part photo series! I am lucky that my wife was also present and patient enough to take the largest part of those photos.
For those that [...]
In the fourth and last part of this series I am going to look at a special case in the US. It is related to Internet courses and the degree to which they replace traditional human taught courses.
At the moment there is two course types:
Those using the Internet as a supplement to classes where students [...]
