Is the world ready for Romo, the smartphone robot?

Robot-loving developers Romotive offer a chance to turn your iOS or Android phone into your mobile robot buddy. Where would your smartphone go if it had its own set of wheels? If the makers of Romo the SmartPhone Robot make good on their Kickstarter campaign promise, we’ll soon know the answer [...]

Japanese Company Develops Robot Guide Dog

Japanese Company Develops Robot Guide Dog By NICK BILTON NSK, a Japanese robotics company, is hard at work on a robot seeing-eye dog that can roll across floors, climb stairs and assist the visually impaired. The robots, which can be seen in the video above, have been in the works for several … Read [...]

Samsung Galaxy S II – My First Smartphone

Sprint Epic 4G Touch

So I finally entered the world of the smart phone.  When I first started researching phones a couple of weeks ago I considered waiting for the iPhone 5.  Good thing I decided not to wait.  It doesn’t exist.

I came across the Android Samsung Galaxy S2 in my research [...]

Review of LEGO Winter Village Post Office 10222

For the past couple of years, LEGO has released an exclusive set around the holidays as part of a Holiday Village collection (though the sets do not appear to be officially part of some grander plan).  The first two sets were pure holiday magic with the Winter Toy Shop (10199) and Holiday Bakery (10216).

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Is College still necessary these days?

I am beginning to think that college is becoming irrelevant in today’s world.  The cost to attend is absolutely ridiculous… does it really pay off as an investment?  The statistics still say yes, but how can that be true?  And will it continue to be true?

I recently ran across the article “The College [...]

Thought I Killed My Mac Mini!

I was messing around with importing video from an old, tape video camcorder via Firewire when I killed my Mac Mini.  I looked at the back of the Mini, not remembering whether or not it had a Firewire port.  I saw something that looked like that kind of port and started to shove the [...]

Why would you want to paddle standing up?

What is the allure of stand-up paddle boarding?  I just don’t understand why I’m seeing this sport all over the place now.  Seems like a marketing gimmick milking the “new and different” angle.  As a kayaker, it just doesn’t make any sense to me.  Why would you want to stand-up while paddling to go [...]

The Best New Comic Strips

I’m a huge fan of the comic FoxTrot and I own all of the FoxTrot Treasuries.  My son has also been reading and re-reading them since he learned how to read.  In fact, it was FoxTrot that actually helped him learn how to read.  He has read those books so many times that he [...]

Choosing a Hobie Kayak Cart

I just bought the Hobie Trax 2 kayak cart and I wonder if I should have done a little more research before hand.  I already own the standard Hobie kayak cart, but last summer I discovered that it is useless on soft sand!  I guess I should have realized this considering Hobie sells two completely [...]

Space Shuttle Museum Announcement

NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden unveiled which museums will house the retired space shuttle vehicles during a ceremony on April 12, the 30th anniversary of the program’s first launching.

The future homes of the Shuttles are:

Discovery to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Atlantis to the Kennedy Space Center Endeavour [...]