Category: Tech & Science

Seven Little Planets and You

Tommy Calhoun February 28, 2017 0 Comments
You may have noticed that one of Google’s Doodles a while back had a short little GIF about the discovery of seven Earth-sized exoplanets. 40 light years away, seven exoplanets (planets that orbit stars outside our solar system) are orbiting a star 200 times cooler than our sun. These seven celestial bodies pose many interesting questions for the scientific community, and are a light at the end...

Nintendo’s New Revolution

Henry North November 8, 2016 0 Comments
Nintendo has finally released the first glimpse at their new home portable console, the Nintendo Switch. Yes, you read that right: the Nintendo Switch can be played both in the home and on-the-go. Originally known by its codename, the NX, the Nintendo Switch is the first-ever home console designed to be playable anywhere and with anyone. The console is designed like a dock and holds a small...

Tech Talk: Robotic Submersion (Extended Edition)

Henry North October 13, 2016 0 Comments
Note from the Web Editor: A shortened version of this article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of the magazine. Welcome to the very first segment of Tech Talk, where we will take a look at one of the many technologically inclined clubs on our campus and see what they get up to outside of class. The first club that we met with was the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Team, headed...

The UltraWide Monitor

Alain Santos March 30, 2016 0 Comments
Computer monitors are usually a "not so interesting" topic, although in recent months there has been an influx in the advancement of monitor technologies. In the past year, the consumer market has seen monitors that feature 4K, curved designs and, more recently, UltraWide. The introduction of UltraWide monitors has become a battle against dual monitor setups. UltraWide monitors fix the one...

The Latest on Cell Phones from MWC

Gerron Green March 5, 2016 0 Comments
Every February, the biggest names in mobile technology travel to Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest event for cell phones, laptops, tablets, and new ways to compute on the go. The two big winners this year were Samsung and LG, who both took the opportunity to unveil their flagship smartphones for 2016: the Galaxy S7 and the LG G5, respectively. The LG G5 is the more...