Amazing Device for Paraplegics

This device is incredible! It allows a paraplegic to do so many things that they couldn't accomplish with a wheelchair. It allows them to stand and move and leave their hands free so that they can do many normal activities.  There is a video here.  Very amazing!  I can see this improving the lives of so many.

Self Healing Plastic

Technology is incredible. A new plastic has been developed that turns red when it is damaged and repairs itself when placed in bright light, either sunlight or artificial.  There have been similar attempts but they can usually only repair themselves one time.  This one can do it repeatedly. The applications for this are virtually unlimited.  Every time that I see something like this I am amazed at what we are capable of developing.

Self Healing Plastic

BrowserQuest - Web Browser Based MMO

One of my interests is game development.  I have experimented with it as a hobby for years.  I have been a huge fan of the Blitz Research family of products for the last 10 years.  Their latest project is called Monkey.  It is a cross platform tool that allows you to code once and publish to many different platforms.  Some of them are: iOS, Androind, PC, Mac, XNA and HTML5.  HTML 5 is pretty exciting from a gaming perspective because it gives programmers a powerful tool to write web browser based games.  Here is a link on Ars Technica about a browser based MMO that was specifically written to show the power of the platform.

BrowserQuest

And here is a link to anyone interested in checking out Monkey.  There is a free demo available:

Monkey

Why The Blog?

Hi all and welcome to Eclectic Cogitations! I have a broad range of interests and there are so many fascinating things that I find myself wanting to share.  I normally send links to friends and post some things to Facebook, but I don't like to spam anyone so I thought I could post about interesting things here and anyone that is interested can check it out from time to time.