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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You Can (Kinda) Smoke In Public!

Written by Kari Milchman on January 10, 2007. Posted in Posts, Technology

Good news for all your cigarette smokers out there still bitching about ex-smoker Bloomberg’s smoking ban (just ’cause he has no self-control doesn’t mean everyone else has none). Walgreen Co. will be stocking a new cream called Nicogel, which is quick-evaporating and made with tobacco extracts to satisfy users’ ciggy cravings. Within a couple of
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