Best Lab Equipment

Here are some more information for Crystal Tech:

Hi-tech: Gee, It's the New, New & Improved

Yesterday's "hi-tech" is the "new and improved" of today. This occurs because of the degree of proliferation of everything. But, as my colleagues who toil in technology tell me with a shrug, ubiquity eventually overshadows novelty.

LCD tech is the example I'll use. This was implemented 35 years ago and can now be found on virtually every device or appliance imaginable - but still, because someone always wants to make a living, you will now be hit over the head with OLED!

Sony Corp. just announced the world's first commercial launch of ultra-thin televisions using organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology, aiming, said the press release, "to revive its reputation for innovation. The next generation television has a screen with a thickness of just three millimeters (0.12 inches), which was made possible because the organic display is self-luminescent and does not require a backlight."

According to the IEEE.org, which is the world's "leading professional association for the advancement of technology," here is The History of Liquid Crystal Displays:

"The modern history of liquid crystals has been dominated by the development of electronic displays. These developments began in 1964, when... RCA Laboratories discovered the...dynamic scattering mode. ...In the beginning liquid crystal displays (LCD's) were limited to niche applications such as small-size displays for digital watches, pocket calculators, and small handheld devices. That all changed with the development of the notebook computer industry. In 1988, Sharp Corporation demonstrated an active-matrix full-color full-motion 14-in. display using a thin-film-transistor array. The electronics industries now recognized... that a wall-hanging television had become a reality. LCDs could be used to replace existing cathode ray tubes."

If you did not fall asleep through that description you now know that yesterday's idea of hi-tech is a joke to us now.

Oh stop. You want more? On October 1, 2007, the hand-held calculator turned 40! And in reading all the regaling of this great date it occurred to me, the calculators were the crème de la crème of the hi-tech world just a few decades back and today's calculators are all 3-D graphing machines. The techiness of a calculator from the 60's is like an abacus appeared to them then. I mean, a PSP portable is smaller than the first calculator and if you stare at it for a bit you're going to realize that it's not really very hi-tech. It's a video player with a much brighter hue.

Everywhere we look it's a hi-tech this and a lo-tech that. Heck, even Sesame Street's TMX Elmo is a hi-tech version of a doll that's been out since today's adults were toddlers. And it's being touted as the ultimate technological revolution. In the next decade when Elmo is featured in toy stores as a hologram or a virtual friend, that TMX baby will be a relic. And nothing will be considered technologically brilliant anymore.

The above is excerpted from the forthcoming book 2011 - by me - and McGraw-Hill.

About the Author

Richard Laermer is an authority on marketing and media, a former reporter who is coauthor of Punk Marketing, and writer of the new book 2011: Trendspotting. He's CEO of New York's RLM pr, representing, among others, IncrediMail, ThisNext, Smith & Nephew, AirPlay, Anystream, Sky Films, Dealighted.com and TutorVista. He was host of TLC's cult program Taking Care of Business and speaks on trends and marketing for corporate groups. You can read Laermer on huffingtonpost.com/richard-laermer and on the mischievous but all too necessary Bad Pitch Blog…badpitch.blogspot.com
You may also find articles by Richard at TalentZoo.com.

my satellite dish from dish network keeps restarting the acquiring signal error?

I live in michigan and the weather is perfectly clear, I've had dish for all of one day and it has worked perfectly until about the last 45 minutes. It ,was raining earlier and the signal was crystal clear, now the weather is clear, the signal strength says 100, but it keeps restarting this acquiring signal error 015. If you ask a question please check back, I will answer the questions with extra details. I have called tech support, but I don't want to wait until sunday for a technician.
The lady on tech support said there shouldn't be any signal issue with a 99 to 101 signal strength, the problem is in the hardware.

Sounds like the problem my daughter is having, they told her she needs another reciever. There is a glitch with a certain type box. She had an appointment and they never showed. Hope you have better luck.

Group honors three women for contributions to tech
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced the three winners of the organization's Women of Vision Awards, which honor women making significant contributions to technology.

Thanks for visiting!