The disastrous earthquake that hit Haiti January 12, 2010 has affected an estimated 3 million people and is one of the most catastrophic natural disasters recorded. Here are some of the most notable natural disasters the human race has ever seen, a little about what causes them and the deadliest ones on record.
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What’s the coolest piece of technology in Star Trek? One word, three syllables: Holodeck. Screw tri-corders and tractor beams, every man, woman and child that watched Gene Roddenberry’s TV cult classic secretly dreamed of the day when they would be able to walk through an automatic doorway and into a far away land.
Well, we’ve got the automatic doors, an iPod is practically a tri-corder, we’ve already got virtual data rooms, and I’m sure that some particle physicist somewhere almost has a lock on the tractor beam. So, the question remains, where’s our Virtual Reality room?
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The thought of having an endoscope passed through your anus, up your rectum and into your colon can be dreadfully intimidating, but with colon cancer being such a widespread disease that has claimed its victims with few symptoms and warning signs, taking the uncomfortable test has proved most effective in the prevention and diagnosis of various medical problems related to the colon. And the good news is, in this technologically advanced world we live in today, now your doctor can colonoscopize you, without the insertion of an invasive tube between your hams, well, mostly.
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The Internet provides a wide range of online learning options, whether it’s a language, an instrument or even completing a college degree. After having taken some photography classes in university, I was a wee bit skeptical about how much one would learn about photography in front of a computer. Yet leaping strides in technology have made it easier than ever to communicate and share quality images over the Internet and this has made an enormous difference in the quality of online photography courses. You can take courses specific to your camera and learn alongside students from all over the world. The main thing is to marry the learning with constant practice.
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The projected image changed the face of human entertainment, with moving pictures fooling our brains and transporting us to other worlds. As technologies have evolved, so have the artistic ambitious around them, and while we generally think of technology as trending towards reductions in size, these mapping examples show us how to live large. Here are six creative building projections to get you thinking big.
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So my editor approaches me with an exciting new topic for my next article. “Top internet deaths” he tells me, all bright eyed and bushy-tailed. “Kinda morbid don’t you think?” I ask, which is about as close to “please don’t make me write this for the love of god!” as my non-confrontational, cowardly nature will allow. “Are you kidding? It’ll be hilarious.” Of course it will, human roadkill left on the side of the information superhighway; my sides are splitting already.
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For a disease epidemic to achieve the illustrious status of being pandemic, it needs to do a little globetrotting. It needs to spread from person to person, from country to country. Well, with cases of Swine flu, which originated in Mexico, turning up in the U.S., Canada, Spain, New Zealand, the U.K. and the Middle East, the World Health Organization has raised the global pandemic alarm to 4 out of a 6 phase system.
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Having been a network administrator for close to 5 years, I’ve come to have a particular hatred for spam. I’ve wasted many hours adjusting spam filters, fixing computers infected by virus laden emails and constantly reminding my users that unsolicited business offers made by exiled African princes might not be as legitimate as they sound.
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It is nearly impossible to keep up with the world’s ever changing technologies. One thing that can’t be ignored is the world’s attempts at reducing our carbon footprint. The auto industry is racing to come up with stable solutions to replace their existing lineup of fuel hungry vehicles.
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If you are one of those people that believes that robots will one day take over the human race, you may not be far off. Already software takes away a lot of our work, whether it’s bid management software or flight booking online, but it’s the hardware where things really get fun. While we go about our daily lives, inventors from all around the world are working tirelessly in their secret laboratories, creating robots to do everything a human can do and more. Still in their more primitive stages, these robots are admittedly pretty adorable and fun to watch. Let’s just hope they don’t get too smart on us…
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