Fab @ Home - 3D Printing
Friday, December 21st, 2007Imagine fabricating or constructing actual working objects, patents and materials with the help of a printer. Sound too farfetched? Read on to find out how it works.
Archive for December, 2007
At $1 per Watt, the iTunes of Solar Energy Has Arrived
Thursday, December 20th, 2007A Silicon Valley start-up called Nanosolar shipped its first solar panels — priced at $1 a watt. That’s the price at which solar energy gets cheaper than coal. According to one reader, paying the $3,000 initial investment is the biggest problem here. You will start breaking even in 2 1/2 years and then you will not have to pay any more electricity bills ever(or atleast until the panels bust which is in about 25 years).
Good read.
XBox 360 died
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
So tonight my brothers are finally back from college and decide to get in on some XBox action. I make up my mind to join them later once I’ve finished some work. Fifteen minutes later, I walk into the family room and find that my XBox 360 finally died - we were finally members of the Red Ring of Death. (It’s really not as cool as it sounds) Well, it had to happen one day…I am still glad it didn’t happen when Halo 3 came out. Need to wait till Monday to return it.
My new MacBook Pro is here!
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
It’s taken a few more days than I would have liked but I finally got my MacBook Pro in the mail today. More details when I feel like sharing them with you. Still, kind of sore from the Windows to OS X move but I think it is the right decision. For now, I am breathing deep… the air smells a bit more cleaner for some reason.
Microsoft Wants One Laptop Per Child System To Run Windows XP
Thursday, December 6th, 2007 
Another one of Microsoft’s attempts to dominate the PC market. The target this time is developing third world countries. Shame on them! If Microsoft does indeed want to play “fair and square”, they might want to release an open-source version of their OS to keep the OLPC project financially feasible for other countries. Sorry, I am not seeing it with Microsoft… not going to hold my breath… the cynic in me knows what Microsoft wants… more market share.
For some reason, this latest move of theirs reminds me of what tobacco companies will do… they already got the adults hooked, now go after the (third-world) children!
