Computers and Hardware

One of the primary things that currently separates man from machine - aside from the obvious factors - is the fact that, software aside, machines are incapable of growth. Oh, certainly, software can learn - quite effectively, too. But no matter how advanced the software gets, the hardware is still going to stay the same.

DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - is looking to change that. 

I've always been more than a little startled by the rate at which technology advances. Just think about it: less than four decades ago, all the modern amenities we take for granted - smarthones, computers, the Internet itself - did not exist. The amount of technological innovation and advancement we've seen in the past few years has been quite frankly startling, and a struggle for many to keep pace with.

Since 2012, ROBLOX - the world's largest creative online community - has experienced positively explosive growth. In the past six months alone, it's generated over 13.4 billion page-views and engaged users for 339 million hours. It shows no signs of stopping.

On Friday, I took the chance to have a brief sitdown with the organization's CEO, David Baszucki. Here's what he had to say. 

Thunderbolt connections are not just Mac exclusives anymore, and DIY PC users can now have another reason to claim their systems are “better than Apple” with the help of Asus. The firm's new Z87-Deluxe/Quad motherboard offers two of the very latest Thunderbolt 2 ports alongside a smorgasbord of similarly-premium features.

Though useful for movie-watching on its own, EPICT's pico-sized, battery-powered EPP-100 has the potential to do quite a bit more on the wall of your choice with an additional peripheral or two. Know the device's persisting limitations before ordering one, though.