World Community Grid – Zika
The World Community Grid has brought hundreds of thousands of people and millions of computers together from across the globe to create the largest non-profit computing grid benefiting humanity. It does this by pooling surplus computer processing power from users’ PCs. Although the PC will be the minority participant in the networked world compared to […]
3-D Printing with Stem Cells
The ultimate potential for 3-D printing is printing large tissues and organs. People die waiting for an organ transplant, and 3-D printing could ultimately prevent lost lives. The potential may be sooner than expected. An Israeli 3-D printer firm, Nano Dimension, has successfully lab-tested a 3-D bio-printer using human stem cells as the ink. 3-D printers are […]
Day 8: Home in Florida
The 200 mile ride to Palm Coast required one gas stop, the temperature at 98 was oppressive, but we got to our Florida home safely. Some new pictures are in the Facebook Motorcycle Trip 2016 album. On Day 15, we will be loading the Spyder on Amtrak’s Auto Train. More on that later. We will […]
Apple – A Platform Keynote
As usual, the Apple Keynote, which introduced updates to watchOS, macOS, iOS, and tvOS was done with great marketing aplomb. Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told them works every time. Apple has it down pat. Dan Frommer over at Quartz, believes that Apple Keynotes, made not […]
Motorcycle Trip 2016: Days 5-7
The trip will set a record for us with 1,600+ miles. I spent day 5 with my board colleagues in committee meetings of the OCLC Board of Trustees. I am privileged to serve on the executive and finance committees and to chair the technology planning committee. On Day 6 the OCLC board meeting convened early and concluded […]