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Foam finds new life

At the AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., J. Brian Hennessy, chief marketing officer of Mobius Technologies, explains how the company has found a way to turn industrial waste--things like old insulation and the foam from car seats--into resins and glues. These glues are strong enough to be...

Tags: Car, Manufacturing, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, green, recycling, waste, industrial, chemical, glue, foam, building

Videos 2008-12-05

They died for Reddi-Wip?

Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia...

Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Foam, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-11

Foams with good memory for space applications

The U.S. National Science Foundation NSF has recently reported that two research teams have developed a new porous foam of an alloy that changes shape when exposed to a magnetic field. The NSF states that this new material is able to remember its original shape after it's been deformed by...

Tags: National Science Foundation, Foam, Memory, Material, Team Management, Nanotechnology, Management, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-01

Flexible transistors for your clothes

Physicists from Austria and the U.S. have built ultra-thin pressure sensors which can be woven into sensitive textiles. In "Haute couture from the experimental physics lab," they say that their new thin-film transistors TFTs can switch back and forth in reaction to pressure. To achieve this effect, they coupled TFTs...

Tags: transistor

Blog posts 2006-10-01

NASA grounds shuttle fleet

NASA grounds shuttle fleetfuel tankWhy don't the rocket scientists just put a mesh over the foam on the tank? A gillnet should take carre of the problem.Maybe even a simple canvas sheath?Canvas is pretty light. And cheap. Treated, it could withstand the initial temperatures I'm sure. Strap one on,...

Tags: Shuttle, foam, NASA, HERE IS

Discussion threads 2005-07-27

Additional Resources

Apple seeks injunction to end Psystar Mac clones ... oh, and $2.1m

Let's cheer the death of competition!!!Competition is good... as long as it doesn't hurt Apple. Cue the double standards...Apple, congrats for winning in the legal court. Maybe you can take that $2.1M (that you won't get) and add it to your PR budget to repair the damage you've done in...

Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, gizmo

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Ballmer: Zune services coming to 'next release' of Windows Mobile

As if Windows Mobile wasn't slow or bloated enough already...not much left to say. Windows Mobile is toward the horse's heiney of mobile platforms, right now and I doubt Apple or RIM will screw up their products just to let proven crapware back in... In a socialized world,...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, phone, Steve Ballmer, strategy, Internet, smart phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Zune, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Brickbats over bricks

This is an IT Tech site, Mr. Fuller.ntCodes as gatekeepers?As an architect, I have never once consulted a building code to determine which product I should use for a building, especially considering that neither clay brick or fly ash brick is likely to be used in a structural capacity. ...

Tags: Performance management, CalStar

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Grado PS1000

Grado is one of America's oldest hi-fi companies. In the 1950s it manufactured phono cartridges, turntables, and speakers. While Grado still makes a full line of highly regarded cartridges (budget-priced all the way up to high-end models), it's perhaps better known today for its headphones, which spring from the professional...

Tags: ear cushion, Grado, headphone

Product reviews 2009-10-15

JayBird Tiger Eyes Sound Isolating Earphones

JayBird first made a name for itself as a Bluetooth company, pushing out a line of stereo headphones with discreet-yet-secure designs that were made with the iPod in mind. So it was both surprising and not when the company elected to move into the wired market with two in-ear models...

Tags: Tiger Eyes, Jaybird

Product reviews 2009-10-06

Jabra Halo

Most cell phones these days come with stereo Bluetooth because even the more basic handsets have some kind of built-in music player. We're happy to see this development, as it allows us to listen to music cord-free. Still, stereo Bluetooth headsets generally suffer an image problem of being too dorky-looking....

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Engineering, Halo, ear pad, Jabra

Product reviews 2009-09-24

Falcon Northwest Talon (Intel Core i7)

Falcon Northwest was first to ship us a PC with Intel's new mainstream Core i7 CPUs, and based on this $2,495 Talon configuration, we can say that Intel has met its goal of enabling system builders to sell fast PCs at lower prices than they could previously. Falcon Northwest has...

Tags: Intel Core Microarchitecture, TALON, Falcon Northwest

Product reviews 2009-09-08

Blue Microphones Snowball

Getting a great recording into your computer requires a great microphone. Unfortunately, the amount of effort it takes to adapt a professional microphone for use with your computer can be a daunting task, often involving outboard sound cards, bulky pro-audio cables, and cumbersome microphone mounts. To bridge the gap between...

Tags: microphone, Snowball

Product reviews 2009-08-31

Razer Megalodon headset

We recently took a look at two wired PC gaming headsets that rest in the midrange spectrum. While the P21 from Turtle Beach performed well as a PC headset, we wish it offered an option to expand to surround sound. The G330 from Logitech also performed well--not to...

Tags: Games, Razer Megalodon, headset, microphone, ear cup

Product reviews 2009-08-27

Westone 1 True-Fit Earphones

In 2006, we got our hands on professional audio manufacturer Westone's only two pairs of consumer earphones--the UM1 and the UM2--both of which received high marks for their good looks, comfortable fit, and excellent sound quality. Rather than toy with two winning products, the company then added a third headphone...

Tags: Cable, Westone 1 True-Fit Earphones, Westone 1, Westone 3 True-Fit Earphones

Product reviews 2009-08-26

Logitech Gaming Headset G330

Last year we looked at a pair of wireless headsets designed for gaming, but recently we've concentrated more on the wired variety. We've looked at offerings from Razer and Turtle Beach--both of which were a bit on the pricier side. All in all, the G330 Gaming Headset from...

Tags: earcup, G330 Gaming Headset, headset, microphone, Logitech

Product reviews 2009-08-18

M-Audio Studiophile AV 30

The M-Audio brand name may mean more to musicians and music producers than gamers and iTunes junkies, but all you really need to know is that the company makes one of the best-sounding PC and multimedia speakers you can buy. Unfortunately, those speakers are called the Studiophile AV 40, they...

Tags: speaker, Studiophile AV 30, AV 40

Product reviews 2009-08-13

Lack of media monitoring by Apple = arrogance

I think that arrogance can be measured by how much a company pays attention to what is being said about it in the mediasphere. By mediasphere I mean the entire landscape of traditional media through to social networks, blogs, Twitter and anywhere else there is a...

Tags: Monitoring, Apple Inc., Social Networking, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Auvio In-Ear Armature Headphones (blue)

It seems like every Tom, Dick, and Harry is putting out headphones these days, and far be it for Radio Shack to be left out in the cold. The electronics retailer is turning out a line of earphones sporting the brand name Auvio. The line includes a handful of models...

Tags: Branding, Auvio In-Ear headphone, earpiece

Product reviews 2009-07-30

Klipsch Image S2m headphones with mic

There's nothing like good, old competition to keep tech prices in check. Case in point: earphones. The headphone market is heavily saturated, and we can all thank that fact for the existence of many worthy earbud contenders in the sub-$100 price range. Klipsch is one company in particular that has...

Tags: Bass, Klipsch Image S2m, Image S2m, Image S4, headphone, microphone

Product reviews 2009-07-28