This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: Graphene super capacitors: Researchers at UCLA, while working on an unrelated project with Graphene, they discovered that their process essentially made a super capacitor out of carbon. This is like a battery except that it charges and discharges a hundred to a thousand…
I’ve been having great success with Kickstarter lately as all of the projects I’ve backed have shipped their rewards (albeit almost all have been late). The Nifty Mini Drive is the latest to land in my mailbox. They had originally wanted $11,000 to fund the project but was wildly successful and raised nearly $400,000. It’s…
I was on the radio for another fun App Wednesday with Steve Dotto, David Hathaway and Art Factora and was hoping that my pick would take the crown for best app and it appears that it did. The video and photo above were showing Cycloramic in action. I found the app a few weeks ago…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Ubuntu based smartphones are coming: Later this year, a new smartphone platform is expected to debut. Smartphones running on the Linux based Ubuntu operating system will be available. Basically a desktop computer in a handheld form factor, you’ll be able to dock…
I’ve been to a lot of concerts in my time but can’t remember the last time I was on my feet for 6 hours and it felt like 10 minutes. I guess it helps that I enjoyed every act that performed at the Get Together show at the Pacific Coliseum on February 10th. Blueprint Events…
Just got back from spending a few amazing days in Tofino to celebrate my girlfriend’s birthday. We also brought our friend’s dog who loves to run around the beaches. We had a few stormy days followed by some sunshine the day we left. We visited Middle, Chesterman, Mackenzie and Long Beaches. Shot with my Nikon…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: DNA Gun will tag felons for weeks: The UK based Selectamark has created a DNA gun that is being used by law enforcement and the military to tag felons using non-lethal pellets that are similar to paintball rounds. These pellets will leave specifically…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: Neptune Pine Smart Watch: Smartwatches have been around for awhile now but have always been used as an extention to your smartphone. The Neptune Pine wants to be the watch that replaces your smartphone with it’s integrated Android operating system, wifi, built in…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: 3D printed building: Coming in 2014, 3d printing goes to a whole new level as Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars plans to make the worlds first 3d printed home using the Italian designed DShape printer. This is the same printer that made the Rygo…
App Wednesdays on Dottotech are one of my favorite shows to be on since we’ve made it somewhat of a game as we try to outdo each other with the cool apps that we’ve found each month. Head over to Steve’s site to get the full run down of all the apps Paul Demera, David…