Technology sucks. It really does. Yes, it saves lives, puts us in contact with people we don’t see often, makes things more efficient, and much more. BUT… Technology has evolved like crazy. Suddenly these mobile phones of ours are consuming our lives. I love a good social media website like any of us, but though […]
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This past week was a very exciting time for the “techies” of the world as Apple held their annual Keynote Conference in San Francisco, California, where they revealed all their new and upcoming products that will hit the store fronts later in September. The most anticipated product in the lineup was unarguably the iPhone 7. […]
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Hello, fellow Germs! With the new year upon us, I thought I would review a product that I have been using for the past few months and have grown quite attached to. I recently moved up to Seattle, and my lifestyle has taken quite a change. Living in the city, driving isn’t always an option, so […]
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Before you freak out about the possibility of self-driving cars, think about all of the human drivers on the road right now. All of the people texting or eating cheeseburgers or putting on lipstick or drinking their seventh beer or swatting their kids or sleeping WHILE DRIVING… Self-driving cars — or at least the ones detailed in the above […]
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We hear a lot about it, but what is dyslexia? It’s defined as “a learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words.” Some symptoms include difficulty reading — especially reading aloud — trouble learning new words and languages, poor time management skills, […]
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A tenfold spike in methane has been measured by the Curiosity rover on Mars, and organic molecules have also been discovered. Now the question is: Are these organics biological or non-biological? All that methane can only mean one thing, in my mind: Martian cows. But I could be wrong. What do you think?
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3D technology has helped a dog named Derby run for the first time.
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The Magic Leap site says that Magic Leap is “an idea based in the belief that people should not have to choose between technology or safety, technology or privacy, the virtual world or the real world.” The above video gives a little more information, but there’s evidently not much else to know yet. Could this […]
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The Orion spacecraft may soon — depending on your definition of “soon” — take a crew of actual humans to Mars (no, not cardboard cut-outs of humans; not even chimpanzees dressed up as humans). But, for now, check out the take-off of its first test flight.
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