Brighton Robotics Finishes 22nd out of 40 Schools
Competition started Thursday and our team was determined to do better then they did last week. We were able to engineer a more efficient arm, better capable of bringing the bridge down. This arm was a breaking point for our team. It gave our robot independence when it came to…
How to Get the Most From Your 3D HDTV
Gamers, tech enthusiasts, and early adopters were the first to benefit from the shift to HDTV, and now they’re reaping the rewards of jumping on the 3D train before everyone else. Good 3D TV programming and Blu-ray movies are still in short supply, but the amount of killer stereoscopic games…
Android Phones, Android Tablets, News, Tech, Gadgets And More, Thedroidguy
Everyone is looking for Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich for their Android powered smartphone. Samsung customers are screaming the loudest as ICS was introduced on a Samsung device (Galaxy Nexus). Well Samsung Mobile Israel has announced that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be available for Galaxy S II users How soon?…
Local School’s Robotics Team Earns World Championship Bid
A local high school’s robotics team has earned a spot at the FIRST World Championships in St. Louis later this month. FIRST Robotics Competition Team 2914 from Woodrow Wilson High School was one of three teams in an alliance that earned top honors after three days of competition that concluded FIRST,…
MORT hosts district Robotics competition
More than 2,500 people were in attendance as the Mount Olive High School Robotics Team hosted the 2012 FIRST Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC District event yesterday. The 2012 Rebound Rumble was A link to this page will be included in your message
iPhone and Smartphone Up, BlackBerry Falls
iPhone and Android smartphones continue to see high adoption in the United States, according to Nielsen. On the flip side, RIM continues to see BlackBerry’s share drop. Apple’s iPhone and devices based on Google’s Android operating system are running away in a rapidly growing smartphone market that is now as…
Tracking Twitter, Raising Red Flags
Louisville Coach Rick Pitino, left, bars his players from using Twitter during the season. The business plan of Varsity Monitor is simple. Major universities like North Carolina, Nebraska and Oklahoma pay $7,000 to $10,000 a year and Varsity Monitor keeps an online eye on their athletes. Gerry Broome/Associated Press A message…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says Japan Users Doubled in Six Months
Facebook is useful during a disaster “allowing victims to share information,” Noda told Zuckerberg during the meeting at the prime minister’s residence today. The social network is “also useful for startups to raise capital,” Noda said. Online networks’ popularity in Japan gained since the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, Facebook…
Mac Owners 3X More Likely to Preview Next OS Than Windows Users
Mac users are nearly three times more likely to be running an early version of the OS X Mountain Lion operating system than PC owners testing Microsoft’s Windows 8, the Chitika online ad network said. During a week following Mountain Lion’s release, its share of the Macs that accessed Chitika’s network…
Kevin Hunt: Sony says its HDTVs punch up low-rez video
HDTV manufacturers, which several years ago sold the nation on the beauty of a high-definition picture, are now in the peculiar position of advocating the sloppy, grainy low-resolution video that populates the Web. By force-feeding Internet connectivity into their televisions, they’re pushing into living rooms YouTube-type video that HDTVs are…
