Skill Zone News issue 56
In 1969, NASA put a man on the moon. The highly advanced computer used for guidance had 36K of memory. This month NASA placed a high tech dune buggy on Mars, so high tech that it has its own Twitter account, although its computer is powered by the same processor as found in state-of-art laptops of 1997. Over in Switzerland, sheep are getting their own cell phones. Sounds amazing, but its not rocket science is it?
17th August 2012
Go for gold
Olympic Games have often been used to pilot new technologies in the TV business, though it can take years for them to become mainstream. What innovations did we see in London 2012?
Dedicated Followers of Fashion
Mitt Romney is a name you may not yet be familiar with. Recently confirmed as the Republican candidate standing against Barack Obama in the US Presidential Elections later this year, he's going to become a household name over the next few months. But still it is surprising to see he gained 100,000 Twitter followers overnight.
Video killed the radio stars
With pop video channels on TV, people watching music on their mobile phones, and sites like YouTube and MySpace being great ways to showcase new talent, the demise of old-fashioned radio has long been predicted, especially amongst teens and youth. Fortunately, radio hasn't been listening.
This is what democracy looks like
If it wasn't for the internet, we probably wouldn't know much about the show trial of Pussy Riot in Russia. But if it wasn't for the internet, there probably wouldn't have been a trial in the first place.
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
An experiment is underway in Switzerland, to equip sheep with cell phones, so that if they are worried by a wolf they can call the farmer for help.