Category: Technology

Wired: Man Successfully Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings

A project started by engineers grandfather is realized using modern technology. Using videogame controllers, an Android phone and custom-built wings, a Dutch engineer named Jarno Smeets has achieved birdlike flight. Smeets flew like an albatross, the bird that inspired his winged-man invention, on March 18 at a park in The Hague. “I have always dreamed […]

Wednesday March 21st, 2012 in Family Safety, Technology | No Comments »

Feds are thrilled with connected TV’s.. Will transform ‘transform clandestine tradecraft’

When people download a film from Netflix to a flatscreen, or turn on web radio, they could be alerting unwanted watchers to exactly what they are doing and where they are. Spies will no longer have to plant bugs in your home – the rise of ‘connected’ gadgets controlled by apps will mean that people […]

Can computer viruses effect human health? YES!

What an interesting story from Sky News.. A cybernetics profession implanted with an RFID chip has contracted a computer virus and he has spread it to all of the security keys in his building.. What would happen if the electronics in your pacemaker get a some sort of virus? Pretty scary stuff!

Thursday March 8th, 2012 in Family Safety, Technology, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Hooked – LightWave Animated Short

NewTek received an awesome letter from LightWave artist..Ben Cooper. I had to share the letter and his fantastic animated short with you! Hooked from Character Matters on Vimeo. My name is Ben Cooper and i am the lead-lighting artist at Character Matters Animation Studios in South Africa. Our short-film “Hooked” was lit, shaded and rendered […]

Friday March 2nd, 2012 in Entertainment, Music, Technology | No Comments »

Article: How One Tech Company Got MTV to Embrace Live Music

How One Tech Company Got MTV to Embrace Live Music Seven years ago a Texas company called NewTek launched TriCaster, a product that essentially puts all the equipment from a TV news truck into one box. It’s affordable as broadcasting equipment goes, with rigs as cheap as $5000. There is even a video interview with […]

Monday February 27th, 2012 in Entertainment, Interview, Music, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

Want to TROLL your mac owning friends?

I’ll start by saying, I’m a Mac user…. We all know those irritating mac people who really think they are better than anyone without an apple on their computer. Our friends at MakeUseOf.com give us this handy guide to getting back.

DHS Officers Armed With Semiautomatics Set Up Unannounced ID Checkpoint

Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals. “With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was […]

Thursday January 5th, 2012 in Family Safety, Technology, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

10 Worst Christmas Gifts

Every blog has great gift list but here at PhilipNelson.org, we give you a list that will help you pick the perfect gift for that irritating relative or coworker.. Enjoy the 2012 Worst Gift list! 1. 3B Scientific W43014 Testicle Self Exam Form Who wouldn’t want a realistic pair of testicles? 2. Fresh Whole Rabbit […]

Monday December 19th, 2011 in Entertainment, Technology, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

The ultimate Christmas lights – MUST SEE!

At my house we are doing good to get the tree up in early December! I can’t imagine how much work went into this Christmas light display synced.

Thursday December 15th, 2011 in Technology, World Gone Wild | No Comments »