Google did not create Android

What is really shocking to me is that according to wikipedia, Google did not create Android! While there is no doubt that they have poured a lot of resources and manpower into this operating system, it did not originate from Google. Although it would also seem that much of Android as we know it was developed in Google. I wonder what they did acquire from the startup.

Tali-banned

Know yourself, you will win 50% of the time. Know yourself and your enemy … well, you get banned. Or at least you get banned from playing the part of of the Taliban on US Military bases. I find that interesting as putting yourself in the Taliban shoes, you might start to think like the Taliban and figure out some tactics against them that way.

Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam

The above could well be a battle cry for the Taliban before they blow themselves up. Well, one opponent whose shoes a band wants to step into are the Klingons! Apparently some Klingons are staging an opera! No really. Ok, so they aren’t REAL klingons, but staging an opera nonetheless. Know what else from the StarTrek universe is real? Well, how about communicators … in the form of cell phones. Cloaking devices, antimatter, although they don’t power warp nacelles And get this, Tractor Beams albeit on a miniature scale. It ain’t over till the fat Klingon sings!

Terrorists in digital space

Even when not in video games, the terrorists are in digital space. Cyber terrorism has always been a mounting threat and this is one such example of how real it can get. They even got to Disney! Who’s going to save Princess Jasmine now?! That is one way to use brain power over brawn to voice their concerns.

The power of the Voice

We find power in the voice! No, I’m not talking power to the people, revolutionary Bolshevik type power. I’m talking electrical power. Harnessing piezoelectric components, the sound of your voice talking, the car that speeds down the road, the house next door with the loud parties, heck, even the jackhammer that wakes you up every morning could be a positive. All that sound could be charging your mobile device batteries.

There’s lots more but I’ll cut this one short. Will try to post these lil updates more regularly. Other notable links:

• Unlikely world changing inventions
• Victim sympathy: shark attack victims rally to save sharks
• Microsoft holds funeral for the iPhone and Blackberry …. but not Android ;)
• But Facebook might bury Google
• Could free ubiquitous internet be around the corner?