Do you want to change your password now? It is a most painful exercise to change one’s password. Especially when extended to a gazillion different accounts. Just as you have begun to remember that “memorable” password you created in a moment of creative ecstasy, you find you must change it. John Kelly, of the Washington…
The National Cyber Security Alliance builds partnerships to implement education and awareness efforts to empower users at home, work and school. The goal is to provide the information needed to keep safe and secure online. By making all internet users aware, sensitive information is more secure. We all work together to encourage a culture of…
Scientists Invent Technique to Create If that headline seems to overstate the case – unlimited source – we are talking about the sun. More or less, it is an unlimited source. If the source runs out, there won’t be anyone around to argue the point in any case. So it is reasonable to call the…
Should you invest in lithium or hydrogen? Is there a good, bad and ugly about batteries? Evidently. NiMH (Nickel-Metal Hydride) NiCad (Nickel-Cadmium), Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion), LiFePO4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate), Alkaline, Carbon Zinc and Lithium all have strengths that are good and weaknesses that are bad. The ugly? That’s the Carbon Zinc whose only strength is that…
Going through the news flow of LinkedIN, I saw a home experiment for kids. The mother used a simple experiment to show her kids what a suction bucket was. She had an aquarium with sand covered by water. She inserted a coke can with the top cut off. Then she inserted a straw into the…
Teleporting is still a dream of the future. So how does it work? What is the claim of 3D-Printed Sushi. It is 3D. It is sushi sort of. Just not teleported. Full disclosure would let you know that Japanese startup Open Meals has developed print cartridges that prints 5 mm blocks of water-based gels, which…
Ancient tools, technologically speaking, are not that ancient chronologically considered. Five years ago Reliable Tech News featured an article, “Seeing is Believing,” which presented several tools to help you see better what was on the screen. Do you remember that ancient day when “the screen” was a 15″ CRT that took up 50% of your desk…
(Alert – If you don’t enjoy creepy crawlers this article might not be suitable for you) Identified as insect inspired robots & intended to crawl inside your body on repair missions Soft, flexible and shaped like spiders, these squishy devices under development are the recent result of a team of roboticists from Harvard University’s Wyss…
Growing technology is sometimes as fuzzy in our minds as a cloud in the sky. Are you smarter than a 5th grader? No fuzzy answers. Just clear & clean definitions. Need help? Read on, my friend, read on. Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of computer power, database storage, applications and other IT resources through…
Not everyone wants to be facially recognized. We sympathize with those who feel that facial recognition has the look and feel of invasion of privacy. If China is monitoring jaywalking with facial recognition cameras, and Germany is loading passengers with facial boarding passes, and many US companies are using facial recognition for monitoring employee attendance,…