Your brain consists of a network of neural cells that transport and combine charges or message fragments. The network configures new paths to accommodate learning (new information or perceptions). Per Wired Magazine, July 2016 issue, “Neural networks are changing the Internet. Inspired by the networks of neurons inside the human brain, these deep mathematical models can […]
Virtual Reality you can afford
Intercom, the Society of Technical Communications magazine,included an article called “Trying Virtual Reality on the Cheap With Google Cardboard” by Neil Perlin. If you have an Android phone, order a Google Virtual Reality cardboard viewer from Amazon for under $30. The viewer comes as a flat piece cardboard with built-in lenses and instructions to fold […]
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When I first entered the micro-computer world, I was the only one of my friends who purchased an assembled PC. All the guys in the NYC Amateur Computer Club built theirs. I bought Apple #3, a small white case with a keyboard and a cable to connect my TV as the screen. I loved that machine, carried it around […]
Technology Treats
Google is busy churning out magic glasses and cars that drive themselves. But I’ve found two ideal gadgets that utterly changed my life. Background: I am one-handed. My right hand ceased functioning several years ago. Try to hold a jar and twist the top off with one hand. Try to hold a traditional can opener […]
Thank goodness for search engine power
I lived in Santa Clara, CA at the end of the 20th century (late 1990s). Yahoo, created by Stanford college students, provided the default search engine. You searched by category, honing down your query from broad to narrower criteria. Yahoo, of course, was primarily a web site like it is today, with a home page that […]