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Silly Silly Surveys - Hilton Hotels plays 20 million questions

Posted Mon, 10/16/2006 - 09:21 by Isaac

I recently stayed at a Hilton Hotel. The stay was very nice with no major complaints (larger selection of cable channels would be nice). Service and people were very professional. And then I get this email asking for a feedback from my experience: Read more

Tracking airport passengers with RFID

Posted Sun, 10/15/2006 - 18:05 by Isaac

Airport travellers may be given RFID braclets rather than boarding passes to increase airport security.

This technology improvement would use embedded RFID tags into wrist bands or boarding passes to allow authorities to track passenger movement around terminal buildings. The technology could be linked with a record of the flyer which could include photos or other bio-unique data. Read more

Alternatives to Windows Explorer

Posted Sun, 10/15/2006 - 13:58 by Isaac

Here is a great overview site of various alternativess to windows explorer. Many of them are free and the article includes screenshots for a quick review.

15 Windows Explorer alternatives compared and reviewed

Here is a chart with direct links to the site's review Read more

Safety and Security through inconvenience - Seattle's 911 website

Posted Sat, 10/14/2006 - 23:25 by Isaac

An article appeared on the Seattle Post-Intellegencer regarding a website that displayed the Seattle Live 911 website feed on a Google map. The city's response? Change the text to images in an attempt to prevent the map display for security reasons.

The Seattle Fire Department's Real-Time 911 Fire Dispatch response: Read more

EV (electric vehicle) beats Porsche, Ferrari, Lambo and oh ya... an SUV

Posted Tue, 09/26/2006 - 09:41 by Isaac

I recently watched a movie called "Who Killed the Electric Car" and yes it was a little biased as they did present electric cars as the only salvation of the future. At the time, only a week ago, I was complaining that this movie's opinion of EV success was a little short as the battery capacity of EV cars failed to satisfy anyone outside of Hollywood. What's good for Mel Gibson may not be good for me.

Then I heard about EEStor's top secret ultra capacitor. Read more

Formula 1 in Schools Technology Challenge

Posted Tue, 09/19/2006 - 21:22 by Isaac

I was watching the 2006 F1 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway from ITV1 , a UK station, and they had a great side story about this school program called "F1 in Schools" which gives kids a chance to learn about engineering and project management. Read more

Installing a multi-site system on Drupal in less than 10 minutes

Posted Mon, 07/24/2006 - 16:27 by Isaac

Someone had posted a comment on my Setting Up Drupal in 10 minutes. This is the response to that reader's questions. Hi Isaac, Great job with the install post! I can't wait for the Testing, Site Structure and Creating Content episodes. You had mentioned previously that you had setup two installs running a total of 10 sites. The multi-site funcionalty sounds amazing! Can you walk me through how you implemented those multi-func setups? Read more

Goodyear uses RFID for tire leasing to NASCAR

Posted Thu, 07/06/2006 - 20:04 by Isaac

Goodyear will start the 2006 racing season with a new tire leasing program for NASCAR's top three series and racing's first deployment of Radio Frequency Identification technology (RFID) in the form of an embedded computer chip in the tires to help manage the leased inventory.

Goodyear has been evaluating RFID tracking applications for its tires since 1984 and is currently using the technology to also manage its vendor relationship with Walmart. Read more

14 day forecasts with NASA's Ames Research Center

Posted Tue, 07/04/2006 - 17:58 by Isaac

The Ames Research Center, at Moffat Field, has over $3.0 billion in capital equipment, 4,000 research personnel and a $775 million annual budget. Ames plays a critical role in virtually all of NASA missions in support of America's space and aeronautics programs. Its role expands beyond the realm of space and into things that impact our daily lives. Ames used synthetic brainpower to design antennas for use on three small ST5 satellites that were launched into Earth orbit in March 2006. Read more