posted by admin on Oct 16

Hello again, and welcome to this months Latest Inventions Blog Carnival about the newest Apple technology and the latest iProduct reviews!

It’s turned cold and the leaves are falling off the trees – but this can only mean more time spent indoors watching new movies and playing the latest games – as well as buying and receiving those great festive gifts!

So, lets get straight on with the articles so that you can hopefully find out a few things you didn’t know before!

Not the longest article about the iPod I’ve ever seen, but Ipod Blogger offers us links to plenty of their other articles which do: Ipod Touch 4th Generation Review | Ipod Touch 4. However, if you are ‘anti-Apple’ then maybe you will like Kimberly Crawley personal, extensive and very purple article: kimcrawley.com- Bright Ideas: Why I will never spend a dime on Apple products…

I’m not sure every teacher will have access to these gadgets for their classes, but Michael Erins offers up an idea of what scholl could be like with these 12 iPad Apps to Help You Become a More Effective Teacher, and along the same lines, george.janet866 follows with some apps for those learning at home: Top 50 iPad Apps for e-Learners.

However – the ultimate resource seems to be summed up in this great article by Victoria Kennedy: Open Courseware & Public Domain Books on the iPad ? The Ultimate Guide. Imagine all your coursework, articles, magazines and textbooks in one place: on your iPad – perfect wouldn’t you say?

Benjamin Kubelsky is next with a short and sweet article highlighting the difference between the Top 20 Health and Fitness Mobile Apps: iPhone vs. Android, then let’s hop to Francis Thomas’ article where you can find a list of Apple Apps for the engineer in you: 25 iPad Apps Every Engineer Needs – or the web designer in you: 50 iPad Apps for Web Designers from Bailey Digger.

Well, how about the traveler in you? Use your iPad to learn about the places you are visiting – like restaurants, hotels, education, jobs and even the language with 15 iPad Apps for the Study Abroad Student with some great screen shots from Casey Markee.

And finally – 1 for those gift-seeking shoppers: 12 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Serious Bargain Shoppers from Omar Adams should help you out! I mean – the more you save – the more you can buy!

Happy Halloween!

posted by admin on Sep 16

Another month has passed and another million pages and articles have appeared online!  So lets get a look at some of them right here……..

So, let’s get straight to business with a light look at the new Google search engine – and what it has to offer both the business and the searcher! Follow Hudson Horizons with their ‘explain all’ article: Keeping Up with Google Caffeine and How the New Platform Affects SEO.

Then lets jump to the short but strange GPS Underwear from Good News Weekly presents – I mean; why underwear and not pets, car keys or something more important?

Leslie Yoelson offers up a new branch of science with this brief article with 7 Ways to Learn About Informatics.

And this starts us of with the whole ‘numbers game again’. Science people love lists of resources! So furst up is Adam Park with Top 20 Tech Blogs, closely followed by Zach Macias’ concise list of only 5 Excellent iPad Apps to Learn About the Human Body.

Up next is Natalie Thomas with a plentiful Top 50 Twitter Feeds to Follow Tech News and finishing with Olivia Davis and her helping hand for teachers of all ilks: 20 Amazing iPad Apps for Educators.

Saved by the bell!

posted by admin on Jul 16

In no particular order, this months articles all seem to have a numbers theme!

There are 100 amazing these, 50 free those and 5 more of something else!

All listed like the articles they will lead you to - you have the choice as to what you want to hop on the links for to have a more in-depth look into. They all tell you roughly what area they cover – so you can go from there.

And I hope you can use some of these well researched links…….

1) Rose King offers a massive energy listing with her huge article on: 100 Amazing Lectures to Follow the Future of Energy.

2) Suzane Smith helps us to modify our design work or school work with: 70 Awesome Open Source Tools for Graphic Designers.

3) Alvaro Cramton geeks it up with: Top 50 Computer Science Blogs.

4) Leonard Gilhooley sees through all this with these great images to see the unseen with: 5 Sites With Free & Interesting X-Ray Photos.

5) Diane Laine chirps and tweets out about her social networking research with: 5 Twitter Users Every Info Junkie Should Follow.

6) Alex Carson offers us teachers a huge resource pool with his massive listings of: 100 Great Tech Talks for Educators.

7) Engelbert Hudson brings us back to routine with our monthly injection of apps – but this time for study with: 25 Excellent iPad Apps for Scripture Study.

So, there must be something for everyone in that bunch!

If not, then join us next month for the next Latest Inventions Blog Carnival.  We are always on the lookout for great articles – and the odd apps listing.  Whether it’s science, space, medicine or some gadget just for fun – if it’s new or a great research article – then send it in right here to share with all my readers.

posted by admin on May 21

There are always situations where time rules your life – so here are 5 ways to keep on top of it!

Whether it’s self control when working from home, getting your kids in order or to stop your busy schedule affecting others – these are the gadgets for you!

Lets start with time in the morning and work through your day with you…..

1) Alarm Call For Just You:
Why wake up the entire house when you need to get an early start for that all important meeting?  Whether it’s an annoying bleeping, or soft music – your partner or young baby do not need to hear your alarm at 05.30am.  So keep it to yourself!

That’s where the Shake-N-Wake would be perfect!  It does exactly what it sounds like – it’s a vibrating alarm that makes no sound at all – it just shakes about a bit until it wakes you up and you turn it off like a normal alarm.

You can either strap it to your wrist for maximum effect, or set it under your pillow (as long as you don’t usually rollover onto the other side during the night!

2) Clocking In First Thing:
Whether you get paid by the hour, or whether you are a boss running a tight ship – you need a clocking in system that works.  But the old ‘punch cards’ style can be tricked by friends using each others cards through the day to make it look like they were ‘on time’ or didn’t leave early all the time.

Well, the Ethernet Time Clock is almost 100% fail-proof.  It uses biometrics to check individual finger prints for the time stamp – eliminating wasted money and time in the workplace.

3) Wasting Time In Meetings:
Now you can prove to your boss that their weekly meetings really are costing them too much money by using a new gadget called TIM.  Basically – with a bit of programming – can work out how much your time is worth – and then he will clock up how much money you waste in generic meetings week after week.

Time is money these days, so this can also be used to calculate how much time/money you are worth when you are surfing the net for business research, or when running your own business – you can find out how much it actually costs you in time to drive to meetings or clients houses!

4) Better Planning Can Save Time:
We all know that sitting in traffic is a waste of your time and therefore your money – so why not plan ahead to avoid busy routes, avoid roadworks and everything else in life that wastes your time.

Plan better with a (not in existence at the moment) Apple iWatch!  There have been a few articles recently on the internet that refer to an idea of having a fantastic typically ‘Apple-looking’ giant wrist watch!  Obviously it would like up wireless to all your other gadgets – and you could even talk into it like a spy!

Some of the articles say that there might even be the chance that it can play movies – just like IN the movies!  Cool!!!!

5) And Even For The Kids:
Don’t save all the great gadgets for yourself!  Get you kids in the mood for some time-scheduling too.

Whether it’s learning an new language, music lessons or playing on the computer or games station – get the kids to control their own time from an early age.  By setting the timer on the Time Tracker, you can get repeated alarms, nice melodies or you can even put it on a pause.

No more ‘…. just another 10 minutes, Dad!’ You can set this in stone now – set their own clock to prove it!

Now, Come along – spit spot!

posted by admin on May 16

Spring is in full swing – and there is plenty of news in the technology world – and here are just some of the latest inventions and gadgets…….

So, lets get started with a great intro in to the world of science, with Tisha Dotson thorough listing of: 50 Excellent Science Blogs Anyone Can Appreciate. And many of these I already read myself!

And if it is engineering you are interested in, then take a serious look at Jennifer Kingsley post about the different areas of engineering that are out there – and there is quite some choice: 50 Free Open Courseware Classes About Every Type of Engineering.

And to follow, Angelita Williams has her list fo the 100 Best RSS Feeds to Follow Engineering News, and Olivia Davis lists for us the 50 Great Green Architecture & Design Blogs.

And talking of technology and engineering – take a look at the amazing Developments in E-paper Devices by Marco Gustafsson.

Glory Scott enlightens us to the Medical Industry with his short guide to the 25 Notable Start-ups Changing the Medical Information Industry and what they are offering both business and customers like yourself.  And Jennifer Kingsley stays on the medical front with her second entry this month – with her extensive article detailing 17 Ways Mobile Computing Is Changing Medicine and Healthcare. An interesting read indeed!

And finally, the apps: Engelbert Hudson gives us his 25 Essential Free iPhone Apps for e-Learners.

See you in June……