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Arthrobots

How cool!

Mecharaneae aurum. Courtesy Tom Hardwidge.

Artist Tom Hardwidge's arthrobots: arthropod-robot hybrids, which he describes as "steampunk" sculptures.



Read Article Welcome Our New Insect Overlords BY ANNETTE HEIST

Google Drive

I always say how much I wish I had a flash stick back in college instead of ZIPs and hard disk. Cloud computing is even better. First, DropBox, and now Google Drive allows you a free 5GB of online storage. Beautiful.

Google Announces Project Glass Wearable HUD

A follow up to my brief Future of Electronics

Get notifications, video chat and send text messages with the power of your glasses.

Also see Microsoft's Futuristic Transparent 3D Desktop

Alternate Universe: Twitter Invented in the ’80s, Facebook in the ’90s

By Doug Aamoth | @daamoth | April 3, 2012


Good, classic stuff... Facebook in the 90's, Twitter in the 80's

Go to Time's Techland or Squirrel Monkey for more! [via Laughing Squid]

8-Bit NES Google Maps

Google Maps is exploring a brand new frontier with its next expansion: the Nintendo Entertainment System. Go to http://maps.google.com/ and map out your destination in QUEST mode!

A view of the United States in Google Maps using "Quest" view. Google

Make Free Phone Calls From Google+

I was talking about this last week, and the same day I saw this article explaining how to place free phone calls through Google+. I tested it out using my speakers and a microphone.

Here's the article with instructions...
Make Free Phone Calls From Google+

Microsoft Windows 8

Designing the Start screenSteven Sinofsky
Microsoft Corporation
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Say Goodbye to the Start Button

The Future of Electronics

The Future of Electronics

We've seen them in movies, but I believe hands-free, transparent screens superimposed over the real world are what we are striving to achieve in technology. The technology exists, but I wonder when it will catch up to some of our most fantastic concepts. My prediction, this technology will be one of the most innovative features of my future. I just hope by the time the advancement is made, I'm not like a current 90 year old figuring out what Facebook is.

Prototype transparent screens have already been demonstrated
at technology shows - so the idea of 'wearable' computer glasses
is not as out-there as it sounds.

BCS Computer Rankings

BCS Computer Rankings

Have you ever wondered how the BCS standings were formulated?

This is a rare photo of the computer "system" at work. Supposedly, Jerry the Hamster spins a cage full of balls with high-income football colleges. When Jerry poops on a selected ball, an electrical impulse is sent from the ball through a wire to a top-of-the-line 1981 IBM computer, which displays the team and its rankings in order of Jerry's bowel movements.

It's high-tech science. Most people wouldn't understand.

High-tech BCS Rankings Technology

Amazon Kindle Fire

Amazon's winning tablet feature: Price

Amazon announces the Kindle Fire to be realeased for $199.

Before USB Flash Drives

Before USB Flash Drives
William D. SIEMER II

I came across an amusing note I had written in a process book back in college. Up until the point I wrote this I had saved all my AutoCAD drawings on floppy disks, most of design files on ZIP disks, and backed-up on CD-ROMS.

A Small Inspiration

One day I was at my place of work and a co-worker showed me a keychain that her boyfriend had bought her. She said that it could hold a gig of memory and be transferred to different computers.

This was a big inspiration for me.  Sometimes inspiration comes in small forms.  When you are a designer, your mind never turns off.  Everything around you becomes an idea.

I can use this kind of system in a car design. I can have this gig of memory be the vehicles' key and give each car its own identity.  This key could start the car, hold various car settings, and store mp3s for the radio system.

An old sketch: Flash Sticks the future of vehicle customization? wdsiemer

I was referring to a USB Flash Drive. This must have been the first time I had seen one. I wouldn't have had to tote around a case full of 20 ZIP drives full-time during college. It seems every generation of designers have new luxuries afforded them through our advancing technology. I always anticipate the next innovation...

Netflix Spoof

An update to my NETPROFIT spoof... Not looking so pretty now

NETFLIX LOGO SPOOF wdsiemer

Higher Netflix prices equals fewer subscribers
Horror show: Netflix losing more customers than expected on price hike, stock plunges 19 pct

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Yotel Hotel Review (New York)

Outside Yotel. wdsiemer ii

Yotel Hotel Review

Times Square, New York

I recently stayed at the new Yotel Hotel at Times Square in New York City. Actually, the Yotel (10th and 42nd Street) is a few blocks from Times Square (7th and 42nd), but is less than a 10 minute walk. Its rooms are larger than those in capsule hotels but are very small relative to traditional hotel rooms.* It's marketed as high-tech at an affordable price.

Business Plan 1

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