This week, New Scientist reports that a robot has mastered the art of deception while playing hide and seek with other robots. “A robot that tricks its opponent in a game of hide and seek is a step towards machines that can intuit our thoughts, intentions and feelings” The behaviour of the deceptive Rovio represents [...]
I am a terrible artist, which is a real bummer sometimes, but those are the cards I’ve been dealt. Which brings me to this evening, I was actually looking for something to induce a gushing flow of creative artwork, when I stumbled across the Make your Stick Figure Family at FreeFlashToys.com You know those family [...]
Casual Gamer Girl’s husband, Alex Kearns, has put together his list of the Top 30 HTML5 games currently on the internet. HTML5 is the new web standard for HTML, but is currently only supported in newer browsers such as Chrome, Firefox or Safari. However, it will be supported in the soon to be released IE [...]
Now this looks interesting: Apparently the design has been around for at least ten years, but later this year, Dell is releasing a notebook/tablet pc that runs Windows 7 on a dual-core Atom N550 processor. Its most striking feature is the ability to transform from a netbook to a tablet via its swivel screen. Not [...]
And you thought your job was tough, this guy gets to work by free climbing the last 168 feet of a 1768 ft transmission tower. OSHA allows free climbing because clipping, climbing unclipping, etc is tiring, especially when carrying a 30lb tool bag at the end of a length of rope. With views stretching fifty [...]
Every once in a while I stumble across something on the Internet that makes me think to myself, “Now why didn’t I think of that." As a perfect example, check out www.youtubedoubler.com, which provides the ability to play two YouTube videos side by side, and with a specific start time offset. The beauty in this [...]
When I started Quantum of Geek, my sole source of inspiration, or my muse as they say, came from the technical challenges I faced on a day-to-day basis as a Systems Administrator in corporate IT. However, since moving back into an IT management role, I simply don’t have the time to write articles with the [...]
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I have to admit, I had a bit of buyers remorse after purchasing my Xoom Wifi. I had been wanting a tablet for some time, primarily for 4 things: Reading eBooks, surfing the web, reading email and watching Netflix while I run on the Treadmill. Three of those things it did flawlessly. However, when I [...]
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I was recently looking into purchasing an iPhone for my wife, and was looking through the AT&T options when it dawned on me just how much the Text, or Instant Message service, is a scam. My wife doesn’t even use SMS or text messaging, and with a smart phone like an iPhone, why not just [...]
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This week, New Scientist reports that a robot has mastered the art of deception while playing hide and seek with other robots. “A robot that tricks its opponent in a game of hide and seek is a step towards machines that can intuit our thoughts, intentions and feelings” The behaviour of the deceptive Rovio represents [...]
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I am a terrible artist, which is a real bummer sometimes, but those are the cards I’ve been dealt. Which brings me to this evening, I was actually looking for something to induce a gushing flow of creative artwork, when I stumbled across the Make your Stick Figure Family at FreeFlashToys.com You know those family [...]
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