Technology – Page 7

Pre-Computer Internet

Early 1980s intercontinental internet traffic followed (geographically) the same basic infrastructure that had existed for much of the previous century. The image above illustrates early submarine telecommunications lines. Map of Undersea Cables from 1901

Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2010

Real-Time Search. Plants that sweat fuel. Cloud Programming. Here are MIT’s top ten emerging technologies for 2010. Technology Review: TR10.

Lose your Time Warner Internet connection (again)? You could try Open DNS | Technology | Los Angeles Times

If you live in Greater Los Angeles and are fed up with Time Warner Cable, there’s probably not much you can do about it (unless you’re the L.A. city attorney, in which case you can sue). The frequent outages, slow customer service and small number of high-definition channels are a fact of life. But theContinue reading “Lose your Time Warner Internet connection (again)? You could try Open DNS | Technology | Los Angeles Times”

How To Hide An Airplane Factory

During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air. via Think or Thwim » How To Hide An AirplaneContinue reading “How To Hide An Airplane Factory”

Ray Kurzweil on the future of digital books | Technology | Los Angeles Times

Big fan of Kurzweil. May he live to see the singularity. Inventor and technology futurist Ray Kurzweil thought the same thing. So the man who developed optical character recognition and voice recognition came up with Blio, a digital book software program that promises to put those gray-scale displays to shame. via Ray Kurzweil on theContinue reading “Ray Kurzweil on the future of digital books | Technology | Los Angeles Times”