Category: Toys

  • Logins and Media Centers

    Just some quick thoughts that started at the start of the day and dumped to the screen at the end. In the office we have been talking about media centers quite a bit – how to create them, what hardware/software and whatever else. But when we came to comparing the different media centers – Windows…

  • Projector in your Pocket

    It was just over two years ago that I found an article about a company (Microvision) trying to put a projector into a cell phone (and late last year, 3M‘s pico projector), now there is a phone that has a production model. Logic Wireless has upped the ante on the ubergadget, especially on the smartphone…

  • Zii – Stem Cell Computing

    Another pass on from a colleague this morning – Zii is a new processor that uses the ideas or theme (at best) of stem cells to configure different types of processors as needed. It certainly is an interesting idea, and it it comes to fruition, it will certainly put old Creative Labs back ont the…

  • My Digital Home Evolves

    Back in Oct/Nov I wrote a post on why I didn’t go with the PS3 as a BD player – citing it as overkill for the immediate needs of my home and noting that moving to a digital only format didn’t fit. I think part of the lack of fit was a result of a…

  • Smarter Boards

    I’m no fan of smart boards, mostly because of the lack of training and related infrastructure that comes along with them, but when I saw this, I just had to laugh. I can just imagine what will happen to these boards when the classroom teacher forgets the password to transfer the information – they will…