Augmented Reality: Gimmick or a New Way to Look at the World?

Published on 1 September 2010 21:09 by Jim Peters

One of the more intriguing technologies emerging from the smartphone revolution is Augmented Reality. A sci-fi term for using your phone's camera to get a view of what is physically around you through a graphical and textual overlay of the camera's view.

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Moore's Law and Intel's never-ending "Bang for the Buck"

Published on 16 July 2010 16:07 by Jim Peters

Intel announced their Quarterly results recently, and they continue to dominate and grow in the microprocessor chip space. Their chips continue to go faster and do more for less.

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The Tesla IPO and Green Crude

Published on 2 July 2010 15:07 by Jim Peters

The electric car company Tesla IPO'd this week, pricing at $17 and ending the first day of trading up 40% above that.

As commentators point out, this IPO is a tracking indicator of the overall "green economy" with a game-changing technology.

Tesla's all-electric Roadster Sport goes from 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds, and there is no engine noise, which must be kind of freaky (I wonder if owners of this car make engine revving noises to themselves while driving?)

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iPad Mania!

Published on 18 June 2010 19:06 by Jim Peters

On 3 April, Apple firmly planted the iPad as the Next Big Thing. 300,000 were sold on the first day alone, 500,000 in the first week. Within 5 days, 3.5 million iPad apps and 600,000 iBooks were downloaded. In less than 2 months, 2 million iPads have been sold in the U.S. alone. International sales just started on 28 May, so those numbers will surely skyrocket. Developers have created 5,000 new apps to take advantage of the iPad's Multi-Touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.

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Making a difference with IT in air transport

Published on 3 June 2010 22:06 by Jim Peters

In today's air transport industry, one does not have to look very far or hard to see the huge challenges the industry faces. IATA is diligent in publishing regular updates on the state of the industry, and these have come to be more doomsday reports, with losses of $9.4B in 2009 and estimated losses of $2.8B in 2010.

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