Advancements in Computer Technology by Jordi Shoman
With technology progressing as fast as it is at the present, it is a wonder we do not have a new mass-marketed gadget appearing every few minutes. Personal computers, once predicted to be owned by a mere handful of individuals, are everywhere nowadays. ... The more purposeful advancements in computer technology revolve around those, which increase the computers ability to manage certain tasks and those, which increase the storage space of the computer. ... Though it may not be every few minutes, it seems as though every couple of months we hear about a computer with more storage space or a...

Computer Games; Sci Fiction Military and Space Discussion by Lance Winslow
If you are a designer and programmer of computer games and you are considering the genre of a science-fiction military video game or computer game, which is put into a setting of planetary war with the use of space applications then you'll need to think a little ahead to the year 2100. ... You see if you want to make your computer science-fiction military space games realistic in every way and you want to thrill gamers then you need to be up on the current technology and study all the possible futures which will be here within a few decades or at least on the drawing board for the future.

2007 Future Technology and Trends to Watch For by Lance Winslow
What will be the biggest news and trends in 2007? What are some of the technologies we should watch? What can we expect and what should we be keeping an eye on these days? Well not long ago our Online Think Tank considered this subject and it was deemed that the list of trends was growing and it... Below is a partial list of notable things we considered; High Tech Sport Equipment Environmental Technologies Clean Water Technologies Earthquake Prediction Volcanic Research Global Warming Chinese Pollution Hurricane Research Middle Eastern Politics Alternative Fuels Brain Research...

Touch Screen LCD by Kent Pinkerton
There are two kinds of touch screen displays. The more conventional display is the CRT or the Cathode Ray Tube, whereas the LCD or the Liquid Crystal Display is the more modern display technology. Most people know about the Cathode Ray Tube from the good old television set but LCD is a newer,... Typically, an LCD touch screen will take up only a third of the space occupied by a CRT touch screen of the same size. ... Despite its apparent newness, LCD is making big waves in display technology. ... LCD is gaining in popularity primarily because it saves both space and energy.

An Overview of Biometric Face Recognition and Video Identifying Technologies by Alice Osborn
Biometric face recognition technologies are a new and evolving measure that governments and firms use to identify criminals and protect innocent people. However, the makers of this biometric face technology must contend with the inevitable ethical issues: what if the wrong person is identified... Some of these concerns have kept face recognition products from reaching their full potential, but these concerns will fall by the wayside when governments and firms acknowledge that face recognition technology is the best passive and non-intrusive recognition technology available.

Technology Acceptance Model by Nida Mazhar
Advances in computing and information technology are changing the way people meet and communicate. People can meet, talk, and work together outside traditional meeting and office spaces. For instance, with the introduction of software designed to help people schedule meetings and facilitate... Although this definition focuses on planned and intended uses of technology, studies report that individual perceptions of information technologies are likely to be influenced by the objective characteristics of technology, as well as interaction with other users.

Where does technology come from? by Lance Winslow
Ever wonder where all the cool gadgets come from? Ever wonder who gets to try this stuff out first? Usually the war machine scientists get it first, try it out and find an application by using it for destruction; an obvious outlet for the human species and our desire to blow things up. ... It then moves into the private sector for important projects like, Microwave Ovens, Nuclear Energy, aviation space travel, telecommunications, Internet (which of course Al gore created first?), even Hummers, the ultimate SUV was created to cruise troops around in, Helicopters, hydrofoils, you name it man...

History of the Computer; the Emergence of Electronics by Tony Stockill
The history of the computer inevitably includes the development of electronics, we look at the explosive (!) growth of electronics in the late 1930s and early 1940s. If anything could be said in favor of war, it may be that it speeds up the development of technology. ... In parallel with the development of radar, other fields of electronics were also advancing, under pressure from the requirement to improve the technology. ... We knew how to tackle large calculations with speed, and we had developed a new concept in electronics:- Pulse Technology .

Finding A Bar Code Printer For You by Christopher Luck
For years, I used handmade price tags in my small business. This was not only time consuming in terms of creating the price tags, it also made it difficult to keep track of my inventory. Bar code printing, in any business, can bar code printing reduce costs, improve data management and... More recently, it is possible to use a bar code printer with wireless technology like Bluetooth or 802.11b. ... Once you have decided to make use of bar code technology in your small business, you have to decide what type of bar code printer you need.

Small Wonders: Single Board Computers by Paolo Basauri
What are Single Board Computers When most people think of computers, the image of a PC or laptop comes to mind. Some may even recall the football field size computers of the 1960's and 70's before the emergence of the PC. Very few people would picture single board computers , even if there was... While these tiny computers can host a full size operating system such as Windows XP, most SBC's have internal operating systems that take up much less space. ... Since the early 1980's, the technology behind this type of computers has been used in industrial manufacturing and computerized product...