With the goal at Project54 being to produce solutions in order to create a safer environment in which the police officer can control all of the lights, radar, and various devices within his/her police car, it is interesting to see the need for similar technology within regular cars to solve the problem of distracted drivers. …
Category Archive: Just for fun
Sep
10
Jul
24
Computers and technology thus far…
So this last week in technology was all about the moon landing that happened on July 20th, 40 years ago. And I found this youtube video that makes you think of the possibilities for our future: Erick Janampa
Jul
07
Twittruth
For everyone with a Twitter account, there’s a new service called TwitTruth that can tell you details about your use of the social networking site. Unlike tools that analyze publicly available tweets, this application asks for access to your account and then analyzes if you’ve been tweeting links, re-tweeting, or just updating followers on your …
Apr
17
The next step in sharing visual media – The new Micro Projector 3M MPro110
A few days ago I ran across an interesting device in a local electronic store. Finally it is time when such device arrived at our lives with satisfying performance for an affordable price. I found that buying it as a new PDA/phone accessory would be worth considering. It is an ultra-mobile (size: 2.0×0.9×4.5″, weight: 5.6 …
Apr
11
Hotmaps
Have you ever wondered about where people most often look at when searching online maps? Microsoft Research has the answer. I recently found out that they released a free tool called “Hotmaps“, which collects statistical information about the frequency of people looking at different areas on the world map, and then displays collected data as …
Jan
22
Entertainment meets product placement on Dilbert (sigh)
January 19 Dilbert: And yes, there is in fact a dilbertfiles.com. Well, I don’t think Scott Adams ever claimed to be pure. Andrew Kun
Jan
14
ImagineCup SDI
Hey everyone! My name is Mark Taipan and in addition to working for the fine folks here at Project54, I also am the Microsoft Student Partner here at UNH. One of the topics that I’ve been discussing with students last semester is the ImagineCup competition. So what is the ImagineCup? And what is SDI? The …
Nov
12
New Star Trek movie coming
Yes, the new movie is on its way – check out this link. I don’t know how I feel about Sylar as Spock… That’s a major re-casting of character. Andrew Kun
Oct
07
One slide presentation?
Periodically someone will ask me to prepare a one slide presentation and I wish I could do something along these lines: Andrew Kun
Aug
04
Visit to Rusea's High School, Jamaica
Hello ecebloggers, Here’s another post about Jamaica Jamaicans are very proud with their high schools. In the 60′s Jamaica didn’t have as many high schools as it has today. Students from different parishes (parish is like a province, Jamaica has 14 parishes) were given a choice to go to two or three high schools. As …