Houstonist Tech Buzz - 080507

Local tech news in a compact, digital format.

What Does A Hydrogen Generator Look Like?
Last week we told you about Trulite's revolutionary hydrogen generator. This week we found an image of this generator and wanted to share it with you.

Bum Shuttle Computer Is From Conroe
A computer bound for the space shuttle Endeavour that was found to have been deliberately damaged came from Conroe based Invocon, Inc.. Invocon Inc. is a systems engineering firm that specializes in wireless data acquisition research and development. Fortunately the computer has been repaired and is ready to make its trip into space. An investigation by NASA's inspector general is under way to find the saboteur.

Back To The Future... err, Past...err, Present?
A Houston based company has purchased the rights to the DeLorean name along with about 200 of the original DeLorean 2.8 L V-6 engines with plans to modestly bring the car back from the dead. The company plans to roll out about 20 cars a year, with original engines, refurbished and new parts. The new cars price has not been established but the company is currently refurbishing old cars at about $42,500 each. Houstonist has complete faith that these new DeLoreans will be able to do at least 88mph.

U of H Creates Biometric Face Recognition Software
A recent U of H press release informs us that UH Eckhard Pfeiffer Professor Ioannis Kakadiaris and his Computational Biomedicine Lab (CBL) developed the URxD face recognition software that uses a three-dimensional snapshot of a person’s face to create a unique identifier, a biometric. The press release states that using the software would be as easy as taking a photo and that the software and technology also could play a role in national security. Go Cougars!

BarCamp Houston Reminder
Are you ready for BarCamp Houston? It's slated for August 25, 2007, starting at 9:00 A.M. at the Houston Technology Center in midtown. BarCamp is an unconference where the participants provide the content. It's also free! So make plans to attend this technology unconference, it's a great networking opportunity.

Local Tech Blog Notes
jkOnTheRun takes a coffee break. Mike McGuff plays with AT&T's Video Share software. Grand Stream Dreams compares Comcast broadband speeds. Dr. Mac reviews new stuff for what else, the Mac. Dwight Silverman is over the iPhone. Jay Lee tackles a Task Manager problem as well as a problem uninstalling old Adobe Reader programs.

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