Art Falcone

On the Risks Associated With Investment Plateau in Government Research and Development

groza learning center_educationThe United States, for the first time in several decades, will soon fall behind other countries in terms of the dollars invested in research and development. This includes research and development across all industries, including, perhaps most notably, technology as well as education.

As the Groza Learning Center has repeatedly pointed out when discussing its approach to education, the innovative strategies they have implemented to such an impressive degree of success stem from a continued commitment to research and development. Even though the government of the United States has become increasingly known for its partisan divides and general inability to reach almost any agreement that extends across the political aisle, the issue of continued investment in research and development is one of the few that can be legitimately referred to as entirely bipartisan.

If there is any argument to be made against increased investment in government research and development, it is that the private sectoris more than capable of driving innovation without requiring vast amounts of taxpayer dollars to do so.Some calling for a reduction in government spending on technological research and development might even make reference to the many impressive technologies that have come out of the private sector in recent years, citing, perhaps, the iPhone as an example. A supporter of continued and robust government investment would easily counter that argument by noting that most of the technology undergirding the iPhone — GPS, computer networking, microchips and Siri, for example — were all the direct result of government research and development.

Old Tech

New tech vs. old tech is a good topic.  Old tech tells us what works and what doesn’t.  Beta Max failed as VHS worked.  Both eventually become obsolete due to CD technologyimages77YJH3XG untitled (353).  What to do with all the VHS tape.  I guess that the best thing to due is adapt to the best tech as it comes.  That can be an expensive proposition.  If the old tech is still doing what you need why let it go.  ArtFalcone.com is an old school site. I like the old scool stuff because I am getting too old to keep up.  Old tech is an old friend that you know is obsolete.

Dell’s 27″ Monitor

We’ve all heard the news about the new 4k displays and how they will replace the current 1080p. Well Dell decided to up the game and are going to release a brand new 27″ inch monitor with nearly twice as many pixels as a 4k display and abou the same pixel density as a macbook pro! This monitor will have a 5,120x 2880 display. Precisly twice the resolution of the 27 inch iMac (we all know apple has good displays, that’s about it). Dell is calling this the “5k” monitor display. Which is funny because its twice the pixels as a 4k display. This display is suppose to be released before the end of the year and prices haven’t been given but I think it could cost anywhere from $1,000 to upwards of $2,000 dollan.

Windows 9

Microsoft enthusiasts stuck with windows 8 will be glad to hear that Windows 9 is in production and should be released within the near future! After the failure that is Windows bastard child, 8, Microsoft has decided to launch a new OS. However instead of Windows “9” it will be released as just “Windows”. This is very confusing, why not continue with the numbers? 7, 8, 8.1, and now not 9? This is due to the fact that Microsoft will not release any new Windows versions every year or so, they will focus on bringing new features and making the OS as productive and efficiently optimized as possible. Which is good news! No more failure OS’s too hyped for their own good. However if they make these updates mandatory than people might not want to have to relearn were their files are and how to use their computers every few months. But that’s only if they change UI’s and other Graphical interfaces. Besides all the speculation Windows 9 or Windows should be the next level of Windows and Microsoft Love. As all this is obviously under alot of change and mostly speculation it will definitely be something to keep an eye on for the future of your computer and Operating system upgrade.

Google Fiber, The Next Level of Internet

Google Fiber was originally released in the public eye back in 2012 and now it spans a whole three states in the U.S. Austin Texas, Provo Utah, and Kansas City actually. Not even the whole state! Google Fiber is fiber optic cable buried and ran straight to your home. This provides speeds 100x faster than average DSL modems. Downloading movies, pictures, games, the entirety of the internet, all the cat pictures, and even your own private island is all possible in a matter of seconds! Google plans to have fiber in very select cities, Portland, San Jose, Phoenix, Atalanta, and Nashville are the only other cities that are in the scope of fibers blessed coming.

4th Generation Intel Core i7

The latest to come out from Intel is the 4th generation core i7 processor. With significant preformances from its predecessor, this is the processor of the future generation of computing processes and gamer’s alike. This new piece of tech comes with intel’s Hyper-Threading design which allows separate cores to handle multiple processes at once creating greater multi-tasking capability’s. With a top GHZ’s of 4.4 when over clocked and 8 cores in your stable, this beast will take you to the next level!