Thursday, April 22, 2010

Thursday, April 15, 2010

No 3D TV for Pregnant Women?

So says Samsung.  Classic!

Pregnant women, drunk people and "those who are sleep deprived" should not watch 3-D television because of potential health issues, electronics manufacturer Samsung says on its Web site.


The company also says people at risk for stroke or epileptic seizures should consult a medical professional before watching TV in three dimensions.



http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/15/samsung-issues-warnings-about-3-d-tv/?hpt=T2

Monday, April 5, 2010

NYCTA Paging Announcements Getting Better?


One of the very few attempts at quantifying paging system quality for a system I've ever read.

Emmaco did work on this system back in the early 1990's for http://wcbstv.com/local/subway.mta.announcements.2.1611880.html

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Ed Roberts, Computer Genius, Dead at 68

This is the guy that got Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak going with his Altair computer back in the 1970's. 

Gates dropped out of Harvard and moved to Albuquerque to found Microsoft because of this guy.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304871704575159680960424558.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_tech