Question(s) of a Lifetime – Part One
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
February 18, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Is a hot dog a sandwich? These are all some of the greatest questions humanity has faced; here are some more.
Is Virtual Reality The Next Stage Of Social Interaction?
Nicole Acosta, Staff Writer
February 15, 2018
Filed under News
Virtual reality. A concept in which many may have believed wouldn't exist until the future, but clearly the future is now. Virtual reality is a computer-generated scenario that simulates a realistic experience through first-person 360-degree views. To achieve this, the vessel...
Amazon Go Predicts The Future of Shopping
Nicole Acosta, Staff Writer
February 14, 2018
Filed under News
Amazon has created a new meaning for self checkout.
A Word That Rhymes With Pavement
Steven Keehner, Impact Staff
February 8, 2018
Filed under Tales of an American Redhead
When looking at the genre of indie rock, there is one band that has created an indisputable legacy; one which has put them as one of the best: Pavement.
TechWeek New York. Part 1
Samuel Neve, Impact Staff
October 26, 2013
Filed under News
TechWeek NYC is all about the tech entrepreneur and how their products can change the lives of thousands, if not millions, of peoples' lives for the better. Scenes from sci-fi movies, where computers are assisting man with nearly everything, has a possibility of becoming a distinct reality. Read More »...
Lighter than Air: The New iPad
Samuel Neve, Impact Staff
October 24, 2013
Filed under News
Apple released their latest Mac software OSX Mavericks on Oct. 23, along with the anticipated release of a brand new iPad. Read More »...
Is Technology Good for Culture?
Samuel Neve, Impact Staff
October 16, 2013
Filed under The Stiff Upper Lip
The 2013 New Yorker Festival at SIR Stage37 in Manhattan. Read More »...
CES 2013 Roundup
Sasha Majette, Staff Writer
January 31, 2013
Filed under From Wired To Weird
The world's first Shape Shifting Tablet. One of the most talked about inventions from the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show is a tablet that produces a keyboard out of the screen. The display is so hard to describe that many news outlets are just calling it a screen that goes "lumpy" and when unactivate...
Lytro the Camera of the Future?
Sasha Majette, Staff Writer
September 20, 2012
Filed under From Wired To Weird
The evolution of the camera has finally progressed to a technology that is being called revolutionary. It comes in the form of the Lytro camera, a camera that boasts the ability to be able to take “living photographs.” The Lytro camera combines physics and photography by capturing pictures in megarays...
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