It's a competition between 56 student-built, student driven 120-lb robots. And it's awesome! These are teenagers. Building robots. That do amazing things.
Two Acadiana towns that generate most of their revenue from speeding fines may soon be designated as "speed trap towns"
by the State of Louisiana.The Jeff Davis town of Fenton generates nearly 90% of its revenue from traffic fines. Washington, in St. Landry Parish comes in second at 70%. Despite its reputation, the Vermilion Parish town of Maurice generates less than 20% of its revenue from traffic fines.
I don't get migraines, but several friends tell me they're ten kinds of Hell, and nothing seems to help. There's new hope. The Associated Press reports, the FDA has approved a new device to help prevent the misery of migraines.
We use the internet to send electronic mail, pay bills, get our news and purchase almost anything we want.
People can visit a virtually limitless number of websites to obtain a vast amount of information. Data has become the "cash crop" of the 21st century. Corporate entities are constantly searching for new ways to grow, and monetize databases.
Social media enables users to reconnect with people they haven't seen in decades... That may not always be a good thing...
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The first telephone call was made March 10th, 1876. When Alexander Graham Bell called Thomas Watson to say, "Come here. I need You," he couldn't possibly have imagined how his invention would evolve over the next 138 years. When Alexander Graham Bell called Thomas Watson to say, "Come here...
A recent "selfie' by Ellen DeGeneres has gotten a lot of attention. I'll admit, it's a great shot, but I think this one's cooler. Maybe it's just a "guy thing." I've been fascinated by aircraft since childhood.
More than 88 million people use the music app "Shazaam." I'm one of them. I was watching 'Dallas' and wanted to know about the song playing at the end. Shazaam told me it was "Come Unto Me" by the Mavericks.
The smartphone app not only enables us to identify songs when we hear them on the radio or TV, it may predict the " next big thing...
Did smartphones confuse you at first? I know people who still use flip phones...Camera, blue tooth, a billion apps, ios updates?
Now, there's an e-cigarette that lets you talk on the phone, and listen to music.
If you've seen the 2014 Kindle commercial featuring two women relaxing by the beach (one happily reading away with her Kindle, the other struggling to see past the glare on her non-Kindle eReader), you know that the spot is accompanied by a happy, acoustic, almost Hawaiian-like tune. What's the song?
I've said (only half-jokingly) Facebook is an intelligence gatherer for an invading army from space. We share Everything about ourselves in social media, and marketing firms are using that data to target potential customers.
Two winter storms in a week in south Louisiana has drivers asking, should brakes on a vehicle equipped with Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) be pumped or should the driver just let the computer system do it's thing?
Well well, the NSA (National Security Agency) is playing peek-a-boo with you in many ways but especially if you have an iPhone. Starting to not feel like America anymore, the details are stunning.