Foul Tech Sours

Aside from the huge middle finger that the U.S. government has been giving it's citizens, there is other government news surfacing. It has been confirmed that researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) are coming together to develop what is known as a Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS). The suit is intended to "provide superhuman strength with greater ballistic protection" ( http://www.army.mil/ ), and therefore is being called the "Iron Man" suit by the public. The request from the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) was made back in May. Since then, RDECOM has been submitting proposals and looking for industry, government, and academic partners that could help develop such technology.  RDECOM and SOCOM understand that there is not a single industry or organization that can build the suit.  The suit is required to "bring together an exoskeleton wit...

When you begin to think about technology and the people involved, it's hard to imagine what life would be like today without Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and Tom Anderson. All leaders in technology and media, they have somehow made a contribution that has shaped the way we live life as we know it. It's hard to image life without these guys, but they all have a life cycle. With the passing of Steve Jobs and Myspace (RIP), it is clear that leaders come, leave their staple, and go, and life goes on. One day Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram will die and we will on go on to the next big social media craze. While some things are truly meant to be fads, it's hard to image a world without Microsoft, right? This thought may not be a reality anytime soon, but we do need to start wrapping our minds around the idea that Bill Gates might get the boot sooner than later. A recent report was released on Tuesday from Reuters.com that made it clear that three of twenty top investors wa...