The US educates many foreigners in science and technology. We give them degrees and then often kick them out of the country. Many want to open this up because it prevents the US from being as competitive. Germany kicked out scientists in WWII and never recovered their complete dominance in science. I agree that we [...]
I eagerly await word from Boulder, Arizona, and CREOL for PhD programs. Hopefully they mail acceptance/laugh-in-your-face letters to my parents and not my mailbox here. My research for this quarter looks to be making a wiimote that will work off-axis (pointed away from TV) with good accuracy. I eat a good deal of chicken and [...]
I want to take you through what I feel are the needs of modern computing. Caveat: I do not have completely typical use. I currently have three laptops and two desktops. Nobody should buy a desktop unless they already have two laptops. This is more for my record keeping: Laptops Dell Mini 9, netbook, $350, [...]
60 Minutes recently ran a piece on Bloom Boxes. They are heralded as a device that can replace the electrical grid. Do not get excited. These fuel cell devices are nothing special. I do not trust the man in charge of the company one single bit. This, to a more muted sense, is the general [...]