Robot helping simulate Mars mapping
LOVELAND – A robot developed by Loveland’s innovative RoadNarrows Robotics LLC has completed its mission to map the Mars-like high desert of Utah, aiding scientists’ objective to someday use similar technology to plot terrain features of faraway planets. RoadNarrows sent its Kuon robotic vehicle to rove the rugged terrain of the Mars Desert Research Center … Continued
Why it’s important to take out the trash
As Moore’s law has seen the regular doubling of processor power every two to three years, the cost of storage, both local and online, has declined at a steady, rapid pace, giving rise to a tremendous capacity for capturing our digital lives in words, photos, video and sound. What has accompanied, even compelled, the need … Continued
Living with specialization in User Land
We live in a world of special knowledge applied to special things. I realized this on a recent cross-country road trip. I crossed the U.S./Canada border on Interstate 5 listening to NPR’s Car Talk, Ray and Tom invoking laughter in the most stoic of listeners. A woman asked for advice before she traded her beloved … Continued
Solar-powered hot tub step toward grid parity
This summer I collaborated with three friends on the design and installation of a grid-tied, battery-backed 5.6KW, 24 panel photovoltaic array on a 260-acre ranch near Bailey, Colorado. Despite the challenges of a relatively large-scale renewable energy project, it was an incredible pleasure beginning to end, given the stunning beauty of the location and contagious … Continued
A consumer’s guide to adopting technology 4
This is the fourth and final entry in a guide to the adoption of technology into one’s personal life. In the previous columns we explored six of 10 questions concerning the adoption of technology. Last month we discussed: Does it help me to better understand or improve myself? Does it help me to better understand … Continued
A consumer’s guide to adopting technology III
This is the third in a series in what is unfolding as a guide to the adoption of technology into one’s personal life — a window to your own consumer behavior when considering new technology. In the previous column we explored three of 10 questions concerning the adoption of technology and how we, as the … Continued
Guide to adoption of technology, part 2
This is the second of a multi-part series in a guide to the adoption of technology into one’s personal life. This is not a guide to the latest gadgets, but a guide for you, the consumer, as a window into your own behavior when considering the technology you wish to adopt. Click here for part … Continued
A consumer’s guide to adoption of technology
As I walked out of the Miramont North gym this afternoon, I felt the warmth of the sun against the cool, crisp spring air. As I approached my car, however, the roar of gasoline powered hedge trimmers and leaf blowers filled the air. The foul stench of poorly combusted two-stroke engine pollution was unavoidable. I … Continued
The Last Will & Testament of the Book
Scene: An attorney’s office, sometime in the future. Attorney: I recognize this is hard for you, to have lost someone special, someone important to you. (pauses, looks down at the documents in his hands) In this time, we are honored by the giving of a few possessions. Of course, no amount of money, no gift … Continued
The inevitable loss of data and the last printed photo
How many digital photos, music and word processor documents do you store that you consider valuable? Do you have backups? What software was used to create them and when was the last time you attempted to open a five-year-old document? An article in the back pages of December’s issue of Rolling Stone magazine makes clear … Continued
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