Know Your Cell Phone Coverage

Written by John DeSio on April 10, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

The AARP is praising a new bill, chiefly sponsored by State Senator John Flanagan and Manhattan Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell that would require cell phone companies to provide more detailed coverage maps, including where the e-911 function works during an emergency, and allow people to cancel their contract fifteen days after receiving their first bill without
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Mobi-Mats Come to New York Beaches

Written by Kari Milchman on April 2, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

Don’t we all just love a day at the beach? Baking in the hot sun with no shade in sight, bathing beside thousands of other sweaty urban refugees, getting sand in unmentionable places only to unwittingly set it free back home in your teeny tiny apartment—it’s the perfect summer treat. And starting in June, it
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Charity Begins At Your Desktop

Written by John DeSio on March 29, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

Tomorrow in The Bronx, Manhattan City Councilwoman Gale Brewer (pictured) and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion will co-host a forum on bridging the so-called "digital divide," particularly when it comes to broadband Internet access. You see, broadband costs money, and its more money than some people are able to spend. The solution: make broadband free!
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Phone Booth Claimed Two Lives

Written by Kari Milchman on March 9, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

Not only are payphones antiquated, but it seems they’re also extremely dangerous. Some charge that one such booth on the northwest corner of 45th Street and 9th Avenue may have contributed to the deaths of two pedestrians. The New York Sun reports that Community Board 4 approved a letter yesterday requesting that the commissioner of
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Man’s New Best Friend

Written by Kari Milchman on March 8, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

A former Long Island man has created a fridge that throws beer. You heard me. John Cornwell, a 22-year-old Duke graduate with a degree in electrical and computer engineering, has designed the couch potato’s dream—you sit on the couch, and let your fridge toss you a cold one. It works like this: Take a fridge
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Supercomputer To Save The Children

Written by Kari Milchman on March 6, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

It seems the city will foot a hefty $80 million bill to purchase a “supercomputer” named Aris (Achievement Reporting and Innovation System) that will facilitate tracking its 1.1 million school kids. From the Daily News: The system will combine existing data on kids – from a child’s gender and race to whether he or she
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Who Will Speak For The Rectifiers?

Written by Kari Milchman on February 6, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

We’ve just received a call from Con Ed representative Chris Olert who assures us that the rectifiers, which the Post reported yesterday may be unsafe, are in fact just peachy keen. Olert says that these are merely “charges from a disgruntled vendor,” namely Kinetics Industries Inc., and that “these devices are definitely safe.” He adds
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More Elevator Evil-Doing

Written by Kari Milchman on February 5, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

It seems we don’t need the evil ways of man to kill someone via elevator shaft. The elevators might just do it all by themselves. Weird. Con Ed’s latest venture into modernizing electric service in thousands of Manhattan buildings is now under investigation by state utility regulators thanks to charges that the equipment used in
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Some Things Are Better Left To Robots

Written by Kari Milchman on January 29, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

First, Lexus comes out with a car that can park itself, now New York gets its first robotic parking garage. What people dream up. This February, up to 67 cars will be squeezed in an apartment building basement in Chinatown that would normally only fit 24. The technology has been successful overseas, but the only
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The Future Is Here, And It Ain’t Pretty

Written by Kari Milchman on January 26, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

A plan to utilize hand geometry scanners in all New York City government agencies has led to union cries of “geoslavery” (creative, no?) and fears that technology developed for security purposes will be used to monitor and otherwise control the workforce. It’s just like Gattaca or V For Vendetta or The Minority Report or The
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