The popularity of drones, any unmanned aerial vehicles, have skyrocketed (pun intended). Simple remote toy helicopters, quadcopters, and even larger military-grade drones could be used to invade your airspace or privacy. This could be particularly important for airports wanting to prevent collisions or movie studios wanting to keep leaks to a minimum as many of these vehicles … [Read more...]

The documentary she++ is a quick 12-minute film to motivate and inspire girls to seek jobs in technology. It encourages females to break away from the stereotypes and be innovative, transforming, and empowering. she++ shares stats and interviews about females in the technology industry, from recent grads to academics to CEOs. The video is available on YouTube and embedded … [Read more...]

Amazon proposed their drone delivery with Amazon Prime Air. Google follows up with Project Wing, a similar-in-concept delivery system of using drones to fly small objects to individuals. To explain the project, Google released the following video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTNvWcx9Oo Project Wing is a Google[x] project that is developing a delivery system that uses … [Read more...]

Automation is inevitable. We will reach a point where humans need not apply as entire industries of jobs are replaced with robots that are cheaper to maintain or more productive. What can we do when a large percentage of the population is obsolete and has no need to work. This video dives into the topic with these assumptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU … [Read more...]

The guy always on the phone, the IT guy can't get a girlfriend, and other stereotypes run rampant in this video series from VMware. Usually when I go out with co-workers, it's mandated to not talk about work. IT Pros are still humans that have interests outside of work like family, TV, movies, and sports. There's more to talk about than the same thing over and over, apparently … [Read more...]