I was doing some housekeeping on one of my web servers this afternoon when I ran across an old Tech Talk video that I recorded two years ago. The OCEANIC Tech Talks were lunchtime presentations that I did every few weeks that basically covered new technologies that had piqued my curiosity. I’d bring a loaf of bread and some peanut butter and jelly for those who didn’t bring their lunch with. I let this particular video run in the background while I worked this afternoon and it dawned on me that not much awesomosity (my made up word) has happened in the last couple of years technology wise. An interesting look back for sure.

Technologies that I discussed were varied and mostly things that I thought could be of use to us either in our personal lives or in our research endeavors.There was one minor disturbance near the beginning when somebody walked in late for the session and they were up on the main campus (~86 miles north of the southern campus) and they were trying to get the two-way video feed to wake up from sleep mode. I was experimenting with Camtasia to do this kind of screencast and never published it because of the little interruption.

Topics for this particular Tech Talk included:

• Microsoft Surface 1.0 + speculation about Second Light
• What does a Trillion Dollars Look Like?
• The PI Clock
• The new (back then) iPod Nano
• 3M MPRO110 Micro LCD Projector
• Sanyo Xacti Waterproof Video Camera
• 3D Minoru Webcam
• Cuisinart Green Gourmet Cookware
• Coleman “Flash Cell” Cordless Screwdriver (I still use this in the server room)
• A discussion about Capacitors and Super Capacitor technologies
• eReader Technologies
• Solar Trees and Solar Parking Lots

Eclectic and varied technologies for sure. A little bit of something for everybody. Definitely something that I enjoyed doing – researching cool new technologies and presenting the most interesting ones to my colleagues. Now if only I could paid to do this (Note: Donations to the University can indeed be made and earmarked for OCEANIC towards that end ;?)