If you’ve read How iPods Work, you know all about the device. In short, the latest version of the iPod is a digital media player that can handle music, photos, podcasts, video, apps, games and with the flip of a setting, any file type at all in its portable-hard-drive mode. Its form factor is unfathomably […]
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The term “dashboard” didn’t originate with traffic jams that made drivers want to dash their head against something hard in the hopes of losing consciousness, but instead was passed down to us from the horse and buggy days. Fans of the song “Jingle Bells” have long known that the proper speed for a one-horse open
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Rolling Codes and Encryption Modern keyless entry system broadcast on a frequency between 300 and 400 MHz (megahertz). But if your keyfob sent out just a single signal, then every fob would open every car of that make and model. To ensure that no one can use his or her fob to open your car
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Microsoft launched Xbox Live to much fanfare in 2002, and the hype seems justified. By 2010, the number of users exceeded 23 million [source: Shaw]. Thanks to the success of newer Xbox 360 consoles plus streaming video services like Netflix and innovative enhancements like Kinect, that number grew to 30 million just one year later
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Getting Started with Guitar Hero Before you start playing Guitar Hero, you must decide whether you want an open mic night or sold-out arena level of intensity. In the latest Guitar Hero release, “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock,” you have five game mode options. Each offers different opportunities and environments to allow you to
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Wind-up alarm clocks have been around a long time, but they are still fun to explore. For more information on clocks in general, please see the article entitled How Pendulum Clocks Work. Here is the clock we will be exploring today: Removing the winding knobs and the back of the clock reveals the inside of
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The digital camera is one of the most remarkable instances of this shift because it is so truly different from its predecessor. Conventional cameras depend entirely on chemical and mechanical processes — you don’t even need electricity to operate them. On the other hand, all digital cameras have a built-in computer, and all of them
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New technology can change the way we receive news and entertainment, though. Radio challenged newspapers in the early 1900s, and television challenged radio. Now, it looks as though traditional television has its own competitor, but it’s not one that’s easily separated from television. It even has television in its name — it’s what we’re now
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Most of the basic components for this network are already in place to allow the development of tele-immersion. Tele-immersion is the scientific community’s answer to the holodeck. By combining cameras and Internet telephony, videoconferencing has allowed the real-time exchange of more information than ever without physically bringing each person into one central room. Tele-immersion takes
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There are many different kinds of fabric displays. Some use a still image as a starting point, relying on fabric with special properties to make the design more eye-catching. Other fabric displays can show full video with sound. Each method relies on different technologies, and all have their advantages and disadvantages. A few fabric display
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