So I finally got an iPhone. It took two years for me to decide. In that time a lot has changed. iPhone has evolved, and so too has the world around it. “A computer in my pocket.” That’s been the best description of the iPhone I’ve ever heard. And now that I have one, it [...]
The Kindle… O_o
August 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In my humble opinion: The Kindle is grossly overpriced and their digital books are overpriced as well. I can buy a netbook for the cost of a Kindle, and the netbook contains much more processing potential and power. With the advent of new, cheaper to produce technologies am I really so out of line to [...]
USA Factory Opens for Mass Production of Solar Panels
October 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Konarka Technologies, a startup based in Lowell, MA, has opened a mass production factory building solar power panels using organic polymers. Applied similarly to ink jet printers and photographic film, thus further lowering the cost of production. This factory is part of our economy’s first steps towards a stable renewable energies sector. American jobs for [...]
Converge South 2008
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Southeast Gas Prices – Oil Companies are Price Gouging
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Marine Current Turbines: Ocean Waves used for Electricity Production
August 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
SeaGen (the subsidiary company of Marine Current Turbines), is the 1st to go commercial with tidal wave power generators. SeaGen just started the new installation at Strangford Lough, the largest inlet in the United Kingdom. SeaGen have developed technology to install off the coast of Ireland for electricity production by harnessing ocean currents. This new [...]
Twitter Stalking (part 1)
August 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It seems obvious when you think about it. I mean, come on, play by play scrolling commentary on each of our lives: “What are you doing?” becomes “What is he/she doing?”. It encourages voyeurism, and that said, there are those that go exhibitionist. Tweets are the small micro-BLOG uploads a user sends to their Twitter [...]
Who Killed The Electric Car
August 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Who Killed The Electric Car Writer/Director Chris Pain (2006) http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/ This documentary follows the course of a large car manufacturer giving fully electric test vehicles to a small group of people (some were famous, some not). The test drivers were given each one electric car to try out and report back on their experience. The [...]
Welcome to Brandon Pierce News: technology, culture, and the life inbetween…
August 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I am Brandon Pierce. I live in Greensboro, NC, where I own and operate a small web development company called SHIFTERTV. I started this BLOG to give me a public voice to shout about whatever inane or highly important things I have to shout about. Sometimes it will appear I am being overly personal. Do [...]
