HardwYred

The future appears to be autonomous, and cars are just the tip of the iceberg. For those that do not follow the tech news of today, Amazon has now made the shopping experience as easy as walk in to a store, pick out your items, and walk out. Too good to be true? Maybe not. Amazon has finally taken the covers off their newest product: Amazon Go. Let me just give you a brief summary of what Amazon Go is and how it will work.  Amazon Go  is a grocery store that (it appears) is completely hands-off and devoid of employees, and all one needs to shop there is a smartphone and an Amazon account. Customers will scan their phone on the way through the door as a way of identification while cameras and sensors track their every movement as they are in the store. As individuals pick items off the shelf, their Amazon cart will automatically update to show the items they have selected and update their total bill (it even detects when you put items back). After you are finished shopping, y...

Admittedly, I am huge fan of any new technology; I have always been excited to see how closely the future will line up with how science fiction portrays it. In a world where everything seems to be attempting to be smaller, wireless, and more convenient, wearables seemed like the next revolutionary breakthrough in how we interact with technology. Sadly (at least to me), wearables seem to be a niche product rather than a must-have items so...have we overlooked their use? Now, I am sure Apple fans and fitness junkies will not understand what I am talking about as Apple watches are a necessity for some while there is a Fitbit on every gym-goers wrist, but when I look around, I do not see a ton of smart watches. As a Huawei watch owner (my fiancee rocks the Zenwatch 2), I just do not understand why. My watch has become central to my life because I can control my car audio (phone with Bluetooth), check my notifications, and get my golf yardages all from my wrist. Because of this, my phone ...

I am going to keep this blog post brief as I try to explain where I have been for over two weeks. For those that follow my blog, you will notice that it has been 15 days since my last post. I would like to say there is a valid reason for this; I will not say it is a good reason, however. I could possibly make several excuses as to where I have been. I could say I have been busy with getting ready for the holidays or with Abigayle's basketball schedule. I could say that work has been busy or that there have been no interesting topics in which to talk about. As someone who reads the news every day, I can assure you that there have been some good topics. No, the reason I have been gone is that I had no motivation to write. While I know that that is not a good thing to say as a writer, it is the truth, and I prefer to tell it. When I go throughout my day and night, I often think about what I would like to write about and the words typically come to me. It is very easy to write at t...