Many objects serve multiple purposes. This is often strived for in the name of efficiency. An object serving two purposes will sometimes do so simply by means of reciprocal actions. For example, a needle & syringe can put drugs into you or draw your blood, depending on the direction of the plunger. One rule that…
There’s this idea that engineers serve the public, and it’s kind of sick in some cases. For example, I was reading an article authored by some PhD junkie and it was about defining an architectural framework that supports multimedia service delivery. I don’t understand even half of the article and it’s peppered with abbreviations, but…
I envision a future where power is delivered wirelessly, time passes faster for one circuit element than it does for another, and small wind turbines are installed behind the front grille of vehicles.
We are faced with certain social quirks unique to this technology saturated age. One being: receipt of an email from someone who says yes thanks for the interest and promises they’ll try to give you what you want/find what you’re looking for. To this you could reply in kind immediately with a thanks hope to…
It used to be that when you saw people talking alone, you knew right away that they were interesting people. When this happens now, it’s far more likely that the person is talking into a cell phone or headset. The ease of pinpointing skewed reality processors is lost. I trust they will develop other methods…
Today rained. There were lots of umbrellas out. Umbrellas give me a kick. I think they’re nice. It’s as if they were extracted from a long lost romantic period in history and deposited at the feet of our cell phone technobabble society. spiral dial phones–>touch tone–>cordless. vinyl–>cassette–>cd and yet umbrellas have stood the test of…
Elevators. Three things: 1. Elevator etiquette dictates that the last one on is the first off. 2. People waiting to get on will repeatedly hit the button on the wall, as if this will make the elevator respond faster, despite the fact that it runs on electronics, and once the button on the wall is…