Tag Archives: Technology

May 31

Wired on 3-D Printing’s Legal Morass

You have to admit that 3-D printing is pretty cool. Just build a model in software and see it made real before your eyes. It’s like half of a Star Trek transporter. But of course, it’s just like everything: fun … Read More

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May 23

Bob Moog: How he changed music forever

Folks of, um, a certain age will no doubt recall the Moog synthesizer and its unique sound. Today would have been the 78th birthday of its inventor, Bob Moog, and Google has an interactive Moog synth you can actually play … Read More

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Mar 13

Reversing the Loss of STEM Careers

Lots of politicians and business leaders says lots of things about education, jobs and technology but until we reform the H-1B visa program jobs are going to leave the US for overseas. The only shortage is in the number of … Read More

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Jan 11

Help Chris Fenton boot his Cray-1 supercomputer

Chris Fenton built a 1/10th scale Cray-1 supercomputer that actually runs Cray code. But despite receiving a Cray disk pack he’s unable to boot the machine, so if you have experience booting a Cray-1 let Chris know.

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Oct 11

Do small businesses actually innovate?

A new study suggests very few startup businesses are dynamic. I worked for a couple of small tech businesses over the years. Neither was a big innovator. One was in telecom and I worked on devices to extract call information … Read More

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Aug 22

Why Amazon Can’t Make A Kindle In the USA

Steve Denning, writing in Forbes, explains Why Amazon Can’t Make A Kindle In the USA. Please read this article. Then read it again. Then read parts 2 and 3 twice. I’ve been talking about this for years but it takes … Read More

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