March 26, 2012 It was a short flight, but a successful one for the team on the 'Arturo's Desert Eagle' project. Aeronautical engineers designed the plane, inspired by 12-year-old Tucson resident Arturo Valdenegro.
The 45-foot paper airplane with a 24-foot wingspan, was launched Wednesday by a team with the Pima Air & Space Museum.
Take the jump and watch the flight.
Angry Birds fans rejoice! Finnish developer Rovio Entertainment has just released the latest installment in its wildly successful Angry Birds franchise — Angry Birds Space.
March 23, 2012 More employers are asking potential job candidates to give up their Facebook password during job interviews. They want to see their pages to see if they have anything to hide and to try to figure out the kind of person you are.
How comfortable would you be with having to show your Facebook page to a potential employer? Even if you had nothing to hide, would this bother you?
March 21, 2012 I do this every weekend. I don't check email, turn on my cellphone, and I let the answering machine take phone calls for me. I spend time with the ones I love, enjoy time in Michigan's great out of doors, and seem to be better off for it.
A group is encouraging you to "go off the grid" for 24 hours this weekend.
March 14, 2012 I am a die-hard fan of the "Back To The Future" movie series. I love the concept, the characters, and that time machine! I was able to see a DeLorean at Back To The Bricks a few years back, and there were several of the slick sedans at last year's Bricks Flicks.
As much as I love the fantasy of it all, it looks like more and more of a reality. I brought you a story a few months back about Nike producing the Air Mag, the shoes Marty McFly wore in Part 2 during a stop in 2012. What else is a reality now? A flying DeLorean!
March 14, 2012 In the movie Back To The Future Part 2, Marty and Doc travel to the year 2015. Just a few years before they arrive, it looks like some of the technology we saw in the movie is becoming reality.
For example, Nike auctioned of 150 pair of it's Air Mag in 2011 with proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. If you have a pair of those shoes from the future, now you can buy a hoverboard to go with it.
The annual SXSW interactive conference in Austin is sometimes plagued with snail-slow internet speeds (when you can connect at all). But this year it’s been a little easier to find a wifi hotspot: just look for a homeless person. Yes, homeless people are now being used as wifi spots.
Social media has the changed the world in so many ways, there’s hardly anybody that hasn’t experienced its impact, no matter how big or small. Twitter in particular has opened doors to celebrities that us commoners never imagined. Why wait for a star outside a restaurant in Beverly Hills to get a scribbled autograph when you could just get a shout-out from them on Twitter? And it has worked for many.
March 7, 2012 Innocent, everyday things like tweeting or posting on Facebook couldn't possibly let the governments follow you, could they?
As it turns out, the reality is that Homeland Security of the United States may just be thinking about you.
March 6, 2012 In the "old days", thieves had to blow open the vault to get the money. Today you can do the same thing by "hacking". Just a few days ago it was announced that the digital vaults that secure Sony Music had been digitally penetrated by hackers who walked away with Michael Jackson‘s entire back catalog. Since it's report there has been an arrest made, a pair of UK men were arrested.
March 6, 2012 Having just completed the Harvard launch of her "Born This Way Foundation", Lady Gaga is on a roll with more reasons to celebrate. As of today, Lady Gaga has more than 20 million Twitter followers.
March 5, 2012 The ability to push the 'mute' button on others' loud cellphone conversations - it would be a superpower greater than X-Ray Vision or Shape-Shifting wouldn't it?
But what if someone else had that superpower, and you were not able to make calls in the grocery store, at a restaurant, or while using public transportation? Drat!
