Category Archives: Tech

Is the Brain Project the Apollo of Our Time?

Posted on August 21, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

This spring, President Obama announced what could be this generation’s defining national science effort — an ambitious mission to map the human brain. In its size and scope, the project could claim a place in human culture on par with … Continue reading →

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Connecting Cape Town: Inside South Africa’s TV white spaces experiment

Posted on August 19, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

In 2011, a United Nations commission came to a powerful conclusion: access to broadband internet is a basic human right, matched by the likes of housing, sustenance and healthcare. Arguments can be made that widespread access has transformed entire economies … Continue reading →

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Future finally arrives as Martin Jetpack approved for manned test-flights

Posted on August 14, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Every morning, we wake up knowing that the writers of the ’60s, who promised us pill-sized meals and flying cars by the year 2000, had lied to us. But now, a New Zealand-based avionics company has been granted permission to … Continue reading →

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The Sweat-to-Water Purifier: Real-Life Dune Still Suit Will Save Lives

Posted on July 23, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Nobody wants to drink their own processed urine like Kevin Costner did in Waterworld. Lord no, that’s disgusting. But drinking your own sweat like Kyle MacLachlan from Dune, now that’s the ticket. And with the help of this new distillation … Continue reading →

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Ubergizmo

Posted on July 18, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

We did talk about the Scanadu Scout at the end of last year, but back then, it was more or less just a pipe dream. Well, fast forward to July this year and we bring you word that the Scanadu … Continue reading →

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Android vs. iPhone: Why Apple still has the edge over Google’s operating system. – Slate Magazine

Posted on July 18, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Six years ago, Google launched an unconventional effort to gain a toehold in the growing smartphone business. Rather than make its own phones, the way Apple was beginning to do, the search company decided to make only half a phone: … Continue reading →

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Outlook Web App comes to iOS devices in native form

Posted on July 16, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

It hasn’t been hard to get Exchange support on iOS devices, but there’s some for whom third-party apps and web clients just won’t do. Microsoft has them covered today — it just repackaged the Outlook Web App as a pair … Continue reading →

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Were Closer Than You Think to Beating HIV

Posted on July 12, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

At least 35 million people around the planet live with HIV, and it kills over 1.7 million people each year, so the fact that it’s currently untreatable is one of the biggest medical problems of our time. But in recent … Continue reading →

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How to Lock Down Facebook Privacy

Posted on July 9, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Facebook privacy settings are complex and, to make things more difficult, they change on a regular basis.We explored how to lock down your Facebook accounts privacy settings, for both your public profile and under the hood. Follow this simple step-by-step … Continue reading →

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Leaked Windows 8.1 build points to the Start buttons return

Posted on May 30, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

When we last got a peek at Windows 8.1 “Blue,” most of the updates lurked under the surface: rumors of a Start button revival didnt pan out. Flash forward to Paul Thurrotts screenshots of a newer build, however, and its … Continue reading →