All Things Tech

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Wow!

Things have changed a lot! Quite a few years ago now when our department was more into research I remember trying out a companies system in which electrodes were fixed to my head and I had to control something, probably by simple switches. I don't remember much about it except that it was not easy but it did work to some extent.

Science IS catching up with science fiction.

I've written science fiction short stories and some of my predictions have come true! There is an element of truth when it comes to science fiction: perhaps they are visions of the future.

Manufacturing processes are vital to implementing scientific theories into technology.

In our 21st century we have so many technological applications: we have access to electronics and gadgets that make life much, much easier. And I do believe we owe all this to our scientists and engineers throughout human history.

Unfortunately greed does drive many companies. But that is just the way of things. I guess I just accept that companies are there to make a profit through their services. And they only like customers who pay their bills.

It's amazing what they come up with but just one question. Your introducing something foreign to an open wound. Could that create an opportunity for an infection to occur?  

www.rochester.edu/newscenter/parkinsons-disease-symptoms-early-diagnosis-algorithm-501592/

Technology is the greatest!

Matchmaker Annie....

They are a better idea

This might be a little surprising.




According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the forest growth rate in the US has more than quadrupled between today and 1920. The majority of this growth has been happening on the East Coast, where the number of trees in the area has doubled within the last 70 years.

Heather, I know what you mean. Around central Florida the growth is out of control with thousands of houses going up just in my area. No planning at all, just the bottom line is all they are worried about. What amazes me is they continue to approve all this development. 

This week, technology was not my friend. Earlier this week, I had to re-enter some contacts in my iPhone. Thursday, a Win10 update went horribly wrong. I still don't know exactly what happened or how it was repaired.

I noticed the Update icon on my taskbar, indicating an update was installed and restart required. When I entered my PIN after reboot, I got a blank screen and a mouse pointer. After trying a couple more times, I conducted several successful system tests. Windows Repair function didn't work, either. I was able to back up some resident files (like browser favorites and .PSTs) and system settings. Luckily, all of my important files are on the NAS, so I required only 5 GB of space. (In case I needed to reinstall Win10.)

So, when it got to the point of restoring to a previous state, it requested the password for my hotmail account. Luckily, I installed the app for my Password vault on my iPhone. So, I retrieved it there, only to be met with "invalid password" several times.  WTF?!   I successfully tested the password by accessing my hotmail account on the iPhone.  WTF?!  Of course, MS sent an authorization code to my Yahoo! account, so I had to sign into that one as well. (Earlier that day, I told a coworker I hardly used email on my phone. Ironic, huh?)

Somewhere/somehow/sometime through this entire process, I ended up having to change my PIN as well. (??)   At no time did I notice that Windows reverted...it usually tells you what it's doing. I was eventually able to get to my Windows Desktop and noticed nothing out of the ordinary. I checked for updates and installed the latest one without issue.

...still scratching my head. Maybe a a bit flipped its lid.  

My IT sent me a link to connect to Office 365. I have to familiarize myself to it, especially the meeting feature.