Stories by Lamont Wood

Article | 22/09/2008 The wild, wacky world of webcams grows up -- kinda
A decade ago, it was a clever novelty: a webcam pointed at an office water cooler. The first one is still online, at www.coolercam.com, broadcasting a...
Article | 11/08/2008 Forgotten history: the true origins of the PC
This year marks an almost forgotten 40th anniversary: the conception of the device that ultimately became the PC. And no, it did not happen in Califor...
Article | 13/03/2008 3-D printing: The next big thing?
Heading a start-up after leaving his position as head of Microsoft Game Studios, Ed Fries thought that he might be able to sell 10,000 units of his pr...
Article | 1/02/2008 The LAN turns 30, but will it reach 40?
LAN technology recently passed a milestone -- it's been around for 30 years, some of them tumultuous. But while the LAN seems ubiquitous now, there ar...
Article | 5/10/2007 Review: Using powerline adapters for home networking
How simple is it to network your home via existing power lines?
Article | 5/10/2007 Powerline adapters: Home networking without rewiring
The concrete and plaster in his Rathdrum, Idaho, house blocks Wi-Fi signals. But computer consultant Marc Schoenberg found a way to network the six de...
Article | 27/07/2007 Next: An MP3 washing machine?
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the laundry room -- where you'd be away from phones that do everything but park your car, because the car...
Article | 12/01/2007 CES - Robots pick up socks, patrol the house, take photos
No less a personage than billionaire Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, has publicly stated (in the January 2007 issue of Scientific American) that rob...
Article | 13/10/2006 Fiber to the home: 'It's insanely better'
Some call it fiber to the home (FTTH) or fiber to the premises (FTTP) or fiber to the node (FTTN) or fiber to the curb (FTTC) or fiber to wherever (FT...

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