Archive for the 'Technology' Category

January 13th, 2011

Man vs. Machine: IBM’s Watson x Jepoardy | Video

from ibm.com: The DeepQA project at IBM shapes a grand challenge in Computer Science that aims to illustrate how the wide and growing accessibility of natural language content and the integration and advancement of Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, and massively ...
January 7th, 2011

Sleek by 50 Wireless Headphones introduced at CES by 50 Cent

According to endgadget the headphones were designed by 50 and engineered by Sleek, and are the first headphones ever to offer 'Wireless Hybrid' technology with military-grade metals. (more...)
January 6th, 2011

CNBC Presents “The Facebook Obsession”

"The Facebook Obsession" is the real story behind the rise of the largest social-media site in the world, told through the company's founders, friends and foes. Correspondent Lester Holt delivers a comprehensive look at how this Internet phenomenon, with half a billion users, is affecting society in ways most people are unaware of.  Premiers ...
January 6th, 2011

Introducing the Nike+ Sportwatch GPS

Nothing like seeing sport and technology push the boundaries of what we are accustomed to. Nike continues this fusion of the two worlds with their new Nike+ Sportwatch. I'll let the video explain what it's all about better than I can. With my first marathon taking place in a couple of months, I think I'm going to have to try and get my hands on ...
January 4th, 2011

The Making of Tron: Legacy | Video

This is a cool 8 minute video showing the making of Tron:Legacy. If you havent seen it yet, you might want to go ahead and skip this video, there are definitely some spoilers in here. Video after the jump... (more...)
January 2nd, 2011

Lux Minimalist Foosball

If you have some spare change (just over $19,000) lying around following the holiday festivities and have a serious Foosball itch, then the crew over at Pool Table Portfolio has something very special for you, the Lux Minimalist Foosball Table. 'A truly minimalist foosball in stainless steel, aluminum and ESG unbreakable glass.  All options are ...
December 31st, 2010

EA Sports x iPad – FIFA Soccer 11

From the days of heading over to your boys house with the crew after class (I'm looking at you Cam and Zoli) to get some FIFA in before heading out to training (which randomly enough meant that the winner from the previous match day had to play as "Qatar" - yeah, never in a million years).... EA Sports has gotten together with iPad to drop FIFA Soccer ...
December 27th, 2010

NASA’s Personal Electric Aircraft

"Is it possible for a one-person electric plane to take off vertically and fly 300 mph? NASA says yes, and shows us how it's done with Puffin, a single-passenger aircraft that's 10 times quieter than the most hushed helicopters. The design, accomplishing the same goal as a jetpack with a cockpit, could be the closest man has ever come to flying ...