Gavin
Culture of the Multitool
A tool is something we use in order to complete a specific task. Thus it follows that any tool that can be used for more than one task is a better tool and more suited to survive the test of time. There are many famous examples of this like the Swiss Army Knife which has...
Picking Up the Pace
With Mark Zuckerberg pushing out internet as far as he can to bring more people into having the ability to access it, we are experiencing a large increase in the number of users we encounter. This is both important and nearly crisis inducing as infrastructure we have made and rely on slowly buckles under the...
The Slow Trudging Advance of Robotics
As time marches on, so does the presence and ability of machines and computers marching with us. Many people fear the day when computers and machines begin to walk on their own, but whether it is due to science fiction or actual issues present in the progressing system, they still have a far way to...
A Different Reality but Still the Same
Many people have had some sort of experience with virtual reality. Whether in a game, on the internet, or any other way to show information electronically, these are all just different ways of presenting the same information. Virtual reality is more than just a supplement to video games and the internet though. More and more...
Our security blankets have a few holes in them
Take a moment and see if you can get a friend to tell you their mothers middle name. This might be done by asking them if the name was such and such and having them reply with what it actually is. Such a simple trick and you have one of the answers to what might...
Translating the World, One Word at a Time
Anywhere you go and to anyone you talk, people will agree that there are many problems in the world in which we live. One of the biggest happens to be communication. I know that this sounds a bit far fetched but think about it. We are humans. We are separated by insurmountable barriers that keep...
Net Neutrality and Expanding the Internet to Everyone
I’m sure that most of you reading this have heard of the battle that has continued on for years now over Net Neutrality. While the FCC hearing on February 26th struck a major blow for those in favor of a neutral practice, we are still seeing the fighting and bickering that accompanied any altercation before...