Glacier Tech Tuesday – A 3D Printing Revolution

Computer aided or assisted design has evolved thanks to the robotic revolution and innovations that made 3D printing a reality.  Today’s designers and craftsman can exchange the hand-tools they used to use for digital design tools and equipment that al …

Glacier Tech Tuesday – Fruit Hackers & The Fridge of the Future

By manipulating light, carbon-dioxide, and nutrients cutting edge food scientists are hacking into fruits and vegetables in search of new ways to control how they grow.  This isn’t some funky fertilizer research either.  Recent discoveries about light, …

Glacier Technology Tuesday – Do Smartphones Need a Kill Switch

Would a remote kill switch deter thieves from stealing smartphones? Would you want your Smartphone to have a kill switch? A New York State Attorney General and a San Francisco District Attorney are meeting with four major cell phone manufacturers to di …

Take a Tour of Mount Everest – From Your Smart Phone

A company called  3D RealityMaps has released a new app that lets you take virtual tours using satellite images, of Mount Everest. The app “Mount Everest 3D” by 3D Reality Maps offers the world’s highest-resolution 3D map of the highest mountain on ear …

Glacier Technology Tuesday: New Digital Police Sketch Generator

IQ Biometrix has developed a software package called FACES.  It allows almost anyone, without ever having been trained as a forensic artist, to render a near-photo-quality composite sketch of a human face. The package comes with 4400 different facial f …

Glacier Technology Tuesday: Quantum Computing

Image credit: physicsworld.com Quantum computing uses atomic level particles to do the heavy lifting, where speed and power could be significantly greater, superior to any current ‘super computer.’  So the desire to design a full sized quantum computer …

Glacier Technology Tuesday – Using Nanoparticles for Insulin Delivery

Image Credit: ACS Publications at acs.org US Researchers have come up with a successful way to introduce a nano-particle network into the blood of a diabetes patient that would be able to deliver insulin as needed for up to ten days. The process, succe …

Glacier Technology Tuesday – How About A Stretchable Touch Screen

Glacier Technology Tuesday can produce some interesting results.  Take this for example.  It is a stretchable experimental ‘touch screen’ that allows the user to interact with the screen in new ways. An inexpensive new prototype device called the Obake …

Follow Us On Twitter

Glacier Computer has been on LinkedIn for some time, and we even have a facebook page, but until recently we’d never made the jump to twitter.  Well that time has come.  You can now follow us on twitter as we share links and news about Glacier products …

Glacier Technology Tuesday – US Navy to Deploy Lasers on Ships

Image Credit: Fox News How about laser weapons mounted on Navy vessels?  The Navy announced that is is prepared to deploy Laser Weapons to the US Fleet.  These infrared blow torches are 12 for 12 in taking down targets so next year the Pentagon plans t …