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IPSApps ClearIt 1.0 (Windows)

ClearIt is an addicting game where you must click on 'strands' of similar characters in order to clear them. The remaining characters above will drop down to create a new configuration of the board. When a column is cleared, everything will shift left. Points are earned based on the number...

Tags: Strand, Board, Microsoft Windows, IPSApps, ClearIt, Points, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2009-11-11

UPDATED: HolidayLEDs celebrates Christmas on Earth Day

Update: Apparently you and I managed to crash the HolidayLEDs.com site this morning. Congratulations! That means no lights have been given away. SO we'll try again at noon Eastern. If you're still interested and haven't been too frustrated by the outage,  go visit HolidayLEDs.com at Noon Eastern time (a half-hour...

Tags: Strand, Light, Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Nanodisks used to encrypt information

PhysOrg.com reports that U.S. researchers have used nanotechnology tricks to develop nanodisks which could be useful to create codes to encrypt information. This method, which conceptually is similar to barcodes, could be used for DNA tagging or tracking goods and people. Even if this looks interesting, the best part is...

Tags: Researcher, Disk, DNA, Northeastern University, Strand, Northwestern University, Author, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-28

OnScreen DNA Lite 1.0.2 (Windows)

OnScreen DNA Lite gives everyone a painless way to grasp the details of the double helix structure of DNA. This is accomplished by on-screen tutorials that guide you through an exploration of a virtual 3D model. Numerous aids to learning and understanding, including popup labels, an auxiliary linear representation of...

Tags: DNA, Strand, Microsoft Windows, OnScreen Science, Biotechnology

Software downloads 2007-11-20

OnScreen DNA Lite 1.0.2 (Mac)

OnScreen DNA Lite gives everyone a painless way to grasp the details of the double helix structure of DNA. This is accomplished by on-screen tutorials that guide you through an exploration of a virtual 3D model. Numerous aids to learning and understanding, including popup labels, an auxiliary linear representation of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNA, Strand, OnScreen Science, Biotechnology

Software downloads 2007-11-20

Additional Resources

Deck the halls with LED

Sounds OKSounds like a reasonable idea although the cost of LED lights is quite high ($30?).lehnerus2000$30 for LED lights?We buy sets here for $15... and considering that the power consumption is so much lower that they quite literally pay for themselves in the savings on my electric bill, they're worth...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Gauging our future

bout her personality. In many ways,

Tags: hair, bridesmaid, hairstyle, attendant

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

Can IBM's DNA transistor someday take genetic sequencing mainstream?

sweet!is the genome xprize over? I lost track of it... it doesn't seem to be in the news as much...RE: Can IBM's DNA transistor someday take genetic sequencing mainstream?Oh, come on. To control the speed the DNA strand passes through the reader, it's just a matter of using...

Tags: Biotechnology, Semiconductors, DNA, chip, transistor, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Can IBM's DNA transistor someday take genetic sequencing mainstream?

IBM Research on Tuesday unveiled plans to create a "DNA transistor" that would result in personalized genetic testing for about $100 to $1,000. If successful, IBM could take genetic testing mainstream. In other words, your future Best Buy shopping list may look like this: PC, digital camera,...

Tags: DNA, Transistor, IBM Corp., Biotechnology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Works of Gustave Flaubert . FREE Author's biography & prose in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-14

Works of Gustave Flaubert. FREE Author's biography & prose in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-14

Open source enterprise software shakeout

Open source enterprise software shakeoutNo shake out hereI see FOSS doing very well while M$ is 'shaking' thousands of jobs every quarter.The FOSS strategy is working!I didn't blog it because...I couldn't. I have too much skin in that game. But if you check Twitter, you'll see that I...

Tags: FOSS strategy, open source project, open source, commercial open source company, Open source enterprise software shakeout, enterprise software shakeout, Sun Microsystems Inc., enterprise software

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

RIM's secret weapon: Carriers' profitability and lower bandwidth consumption

RIM's fourth quarter was impressive on many fronts: Inventories were low and carriers have to restock, consumer and business demand was strong, gross margins were better than expected and earnings and the company's outlook handily topped estimates. But the real secret weapon: RIM is the most profitable device for carriers...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Network, Carrier, Smart Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Your every day carry (EDC) gear

What tool, equipment and accessories can you not live without? Here's a look at some of my every day carry EDC gear. Nokia E71 Put simply, the Nokia E71 is the best cellphone I've ever owned (which is interesting because my previous favorite was...

Tags: Apple iPod, Nokia Corp., Apple iPod Touch, SureFire E2D LED, Engineering, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Policing Holiday Light Violations

Having been brought up Jewish, my wife and and I never had the opportunity to actually decorate our homes with holiday lights. That being said, we appreciate a nice display, and have come to think of ourselves as connoisseurs and critics of the very best and worst in holiday light...

Tags: Light, Music, Holiday Light, Display, Santa, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-11

The Green Enterprise: Foam finds new life [video]

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, Video, Manufacturing, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-10

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

Jeepers, it's not even Halloween and here I am talking about Christmas (LED) lights

Jeepers, it's not even Halloween and here I am talking about Christmas LED lightsI see."before his favorite day, Halloween, is past."That explains why environmentalists are so in love with gloom and doom . . .RE: Jeepers, it's not even Halloween and here I am talking about ChristmasWhen I can buy...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, Halloween, Jeepers

Discussion threads 2008-10-23

Alabama's Broadband Tide

BROADBAND INITIATIVE â€" If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you’ll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called “Redneck Riviera,” at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. â€" No more...

Tags: Initiative, Broadband, Alabama, DirecWay, RV, Johnson, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-18

IBM to cool chips with H20

Much like a Porsche boxer engine -- only much, much smaller -- scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micro pipes of water to cool itself, IBM announced this morning. The chip's components are...

Tags: IBM Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-06-05