Museums have always struggled to make their exhibits more interesting to people who may not know the history behind a specific exhibit. Whether they are art, history or other types of museum, in the past they have often had little more than a paragraph on a plaque to explain the exhibit. If you didn’t … Continue reading Enhancing the Experience of Museums With QR Codes
2014 is the year, that many believe, will be explosive for the advancement in 3D printing technology. The reason being the US patent for “Apparatus for producing parts by selective sintering” expired at the beginning of the year. This is one of the core patents related to 3D printing, allowing 3D printing companies to charge … Continue reading 3D Printing Technology Becomes Less Expensive Now That the Patent Expired
3D printing or Additive manufacturing is the process of making a three-dimensional object of just about any shape from a digital model. 3D printing is achieved by adding successive layers of material applied in different shapes. This is called an additive process, opposite of the subtractive process which is the traditional machining technique that relies … Continue reading What is 3D Printing
In the world of gaming, what’s more exciting than virtual reality? Pretty much nothing! Nothing could be better than being right there, front and center, in the middle of all the action. Living the game. We are getting closer to a system that will achieve just that. Here is an update of what you … Continue reading The Future of Virtual Reality Games
Node.js is a software platform which is used for scalable server-side and networking applications. Written in JavaScript, Node.js, just Node as its known, applications can be run within the Node.js runtime on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux without changes. Node.js applications are designed to maximize throughput and efficiency, using non-blocking I/O and asynchronous … Continue reading Node.js Hosting
At the Center for Research in Advanced Materials (CIMAV), scientists found a way to “capture” the energy that people produce from walking. They designed a pill-shaped cylinder that they adapted to fit a shoe to store the mechanical-vibrational energy a person generates when walking. With this captured energy the scientists were able to recharge … Continue reading Recharge Your Batteries While You Walk
Zimbra is a groupware email server and web client that connects people and information with unified collaboration software which includes email, calendaring, file sharing, activity streams, social communities and more. Zimbra is used by thousands of companies, service providers and government agencies including well known businesses like Comcast, Dell, Investec, Red Hat, Mozilla, H&R … Continue reading Zimbra
BuddyPress is an open source social networking software package owned by the web company Automattic since 2008. It is a plugin that can be installed on a WordPress site to transform the site into a social network platform. BuddyPress is designed to allow schools, companies, sports teams or any other niche community to start their … Continue reading BuddyPress
In a parody of the cult Japanese TV program, “Iron Chef,” here is an excellent video where a live audience at the Exploratorium, in San Francisco, cheer on competitors in a fun science cook-off, where teachers compete for the sought-after title, “Iron Science Teacher.” The Exploratorium’s Iron Science Teacher competition showcases science teachers as … Continue reading Webcast About Great Battery Experiments from Iron Science Teacher
Mobile point of sale (POS) systems are wireless devices used for completing sales transactions. They have become an excellent tool to ring up and track sales in any business, especially restaurants. Their use in all types of businesses continue to increase and will become the norm in the near future. This year, shipments of … Continue reading Mobile POS Can Boost Your Restaurant Business
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