Technology

Favorite Things About Japan (Part 5)

May 31, 2021
I have written about my favorite anime already, but this time I am taking a different path with this article. And probably will be the shortest os well. Every person both young and old loves cartoons. In Poland, and I think the rest of eastern Europe on the local
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Assistive And Adaptive Technology

February 23, 2017
In my previous article about 1980's and 1990's, I have touched on the nostalgia we all lived through. Now computers are so advanced that have many different awesome features… how many terabytes or how fast is the processor, but speech Read More…

My Favorite Assistive Technologies

April 3, 2017
I have compiled a list with expensive hobbies in one of my articles. This time I'm going to list my favorite assistive technology we have today. I have written an article about assistive technology. And also I have wrote about my love for Apple and how Read More…

Virtual World Of Games

November 23, 2018
This is a review of the awesome gaming system, EVER! I have a first generation Xbox that I go for my 15th birthday in 2004 and couple of games. My favorite titles are Simpsons hit And Run, Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition Remix, Grand Theft Auto
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Robots

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I Don’t know where to start on this one. Since the new millennium we have been introduced to new technologies and ideas. In recent years robots are becoming helpful. Maybe not like these but like Romba vacuums or Asimo personal office assistant. Japan introduced us to robots in past centuries ago with mechanical windup dolls. These dolls used tiny gears, levers and connections. Today they are programed by software… there are robots that help you with heavy lifting or disarming bombs and even assist in medical therapies. Japanese are on top place for robot production and technology research. The robots pictured here are research prototypes and they can be used in entertainment industry. Sadly according to many articles and presentations, robots are used for short amount of time due to overheating. And battery like on HRP-4C (pictured above) lasts between 15 minutes to 2 hours. Regardless the short usage battery technology is getting more and more advanced. These robots are very impressive! One cool teaching tool is used in one dental school. Who developed a robot patient robot that uses reflexes when feeling pain and also can gag when operated on. Now when the students can predict and see how their future patients behave in office during operations. Inconceivably, we still use plastic dentures to study oral hygiene. And with artificial intelligence advancing sooner or later we will have an robotic partner. Honestly I would prefer a human being. Computer robot technology development began a little after a popular original anime Astroboy premiered back in the 1960's. No offense to Apple's Siri, the Japanese really hit this one out of the park. 

FACT: In some Japanese pancake stands, robots cooks and serve meals. In Arizona one McDonald’s location will have robots that will replace kitchen staff and cashiers. But there will be someone who will have maintain them. 

Luigi Colani

ColaniI am a car enthusiast but looking from an average person, you only want a seat, four tires and a steering wheel. Luigi Colani (1928-2019, he was still alive when I wrote this entry), is an industrial designer and the most impressive line of products are vehicles. His idea of design is to take inspiration from nature and implement it into the product. With focus on nature his vehicles the design looks like from many centuries ahead in the future. One of his known projects are his trucks. His claims and research states that you can improve mileage by improving aerodynamics by at least 50%. The other prototype is an rotor-home, 10x10m structure with 4 common rooms. Three of which are bedroom, kitchenette and bathroom that spin on a lazy-Suzan type mechanism to maximize space.

Steve Jobs


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I don't know if you would agree with me, but Steve Jobs is (in my opinion) the tech mogul and pioneer in the computer world. It is very hard for me to sum it up in one sentence. Jobs had found Apple in his garage with friend Steve Wozniak. The computers on the market were targeting people in the office and business fields. Steve Jobs and his team were creating products that are truly fantastic. At one point Steve Jobs was fired, but this have not stopped him. He created a new computer company, NEXT. During the absence of Jobs, Apple was on a edge of bankruptcy. He was brought back in 1997. I have no problem with other tech companies but I look up to Apple and how Steve Jobs overhauled the computer industry. No offense to Steve Ballmer, a former CEO of Microsoft but I feel like he way too bombastic. Just hear him scream in presentations and bash products like iPhone that they will not sell… boy he was wrong.   
DID YOU KNOW: Steve Jobs dropped out from college couple weeks into his freshman year.

Apple Technology

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Apple vs. Microsoft… When we will put this stupid fight to the end? There are many Apple fanboys that many people are sick of hearing, constantly bragging how much they love Apple. And yes, I am one of the Apple fans too! I am not saying that Microsoft sucks but somehow many people prefer Apple. I am a former PC user and my first Apple computer was purchased in late 2005 (well it was my mom's but we both used it) and we both had iPhone's since 2007. Personally I am using iMac since November 2014 and I never touched a PC based computer again, but everywhere there is a slow PC somewhere running outdated version of Windows, there is no way avoiding an old Dell hoping you will not get a blue screen of death. You might be thinking why I put the computer in the inspiration folder. Here is why… Computers are being used since the 1950's and made slow transition from the office in late 1970's to our living rooms or bedrooms. Now almost every other home has a computer. The story of a computer is quite old. The very first computer was invented by Charles Babbage in England in 1800's. During the victorian times he thought if machines can help with mass production, it can help with office work as well. Technically it was a marvel that used many gears and dials. When he showed it, the community praised the invention but the board was rather concerned that it would be way too expensive to put into mass production. I admire Steve Jobs because not he threw the general rule of cuping out the window. Becoming successful had many obstacles… Steve Jobs took his time by observing and studying others. Later he took that idea and improved it. What Apple had made is very astonishing and if Steve Jobs would be alive today, he proud where the company is heading. Thanks too many dedicated engineers and developers in both Microsoft, Goggle and many others, their products can offer so much.

Amazing Changes In 1980’s And 1990’s (Nostalgia)

November 9, 2016
The best decades in our lives were the 1980's and 1990's. A lot of and innovation, great ideas and breakthroughs in medicine. I grew up in the 1990's and I have witnessed it all. Let me start with computer technology. I have started using a Read More…

Favorite Things About Japan (Part 1)

July 25, 2017
In my inspirations I have briefly shared that I love Japan and animations like The Simpsons, Family Guy and Walt Disney. There is many things people like about Japan for the most part is their wide range of anime. Like many cartoons from any Read More…

Favorite Things About Japan (Part 2)

September 8, 2017
When I look at Japan, I can't stop to thinking about their rich culture, people, innovative ideas that shocked the world. Anime and punctual train system is one thing but there are a lot of things that most of us do not realize. In my inspirations Read More…

Favorite Things About Japan (Part 3)

December 7, 2017
I have already shared my favorite anime and unique things about Japan from post-war recovery to robots. This is what I want to have in my house. As it comes to your home, Japan is awesome. I never been inside a Japanese, but I have seen many Read More…

Favorite Things About Japan (Part 4)

February 10, 2018
Some of you might say that I am an weeboo because I like Japanese things such as anime. It is much more than cartoon and toilets that can wash your button. And I have written already all about it. Recently I written an entry about few things that I Read More…