Thursday, February 24, 2011

11th Street Bridge Project is a $300 MILLION DOLLAR project

How much of this project would include technology to improve public safety and security? If you have any insight regarding the number of local jobs created and sustained in the community as a result of this project please post a comment. In fact, if you are aware of any technology being utilized for this project that warrant additional reporting please post comment and resources can be allocated to report progress to visiters. The following survey and flyer are circulated around District of Columbia, leave a comment if you have noteworthy information.


Wolverine PASS verse VuPoint Magic Wand

The previous post launched a full fledge feature comparison in the Shaw urban neighborhood! Read the full story at http://www.examiner.com/urban-technology-in-washington-dc/a-digital-imaging-tool-for-the-hand.

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Be sure to click on the slideshow to see the column by column comparison!




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Monday, February 21, 2011

VuPoint Magic Wand for the weary hand

In digital imaging, an image scanner—often abbreviated to just scanner— is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or even an object, and converts it to a digital image. Personally, scanners have always been helpful when I wanted to copy important document, a resume from a friend, an article from a magazine or other objects or interest. Common examples of what I found in my twenty three years of ICT experience are variations of the desktop (or flatbed) scanner where the document is placed on a glass window for scanning. In some cases, the 3D scanners are used for industrial design, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming, animation, engineering, and other applications. Basically, mechanically driven scanners that move the large-format document where a flatbed design would be impractical.
Magic Wand Portable Scanner Kit

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Urban digital polluters clean up after yourself!

As an advocate for technological advancement, I’m constantly criticized about the harm machines do to our planet. Just recently, as I was talking to someone at a conference in Washington, DC about digital technology being the wave of the future, this person response sounded like the concerns I hear more and more frequently. “What about the pollution? What about the toxins in our water supply? What are we going to do with all that waste metal? ... (Read more)

Reference:

The Economics of Electronics Recycling: New Approaches to Extended Producer Responsibility

High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health

Recycling of Electronic Waste II: Proceedings of the Second Symposium

Recycling Electrical and Electronic Equipment 4: Conference Proceedings, 6-7 November 2001