Articles by Alaric Anderson:
The psychological mystery show Sherlock is finally back! The new season aired today (January 2, 2016) on BBC, although international people can find it in other ways including on PBS, BBC One, and BBC HD. The new season is airing with a Special episode and will be followed by three new 90-minute episodes. Sherlock was one of my favorite shows, and is forever on my... read more
For decades scifi fans and tech lovers have dreamed of a real life, practical hoverboard. Since Back to the Future and Star Wars, dreams of using future hover technology have captured the imaginations of youth who would grow up to attempt to achieve such technology in real life. Dreams of hoverboards, hoverbikes, hovercrafts, and floating flight have not been... read more
There is a big problem in the world of the internet today. This problem is that the organizations regulating and subsequently controlling the internet are a monopoly. In order to solve this serious problem, there are two potential solutions: to break up ICANN, or bypass DNS. The first solution, which will probably not ever happen, is to somehow break up ICANN, as Brad... read more
Most people today, especially in western culture, have either seen or heard about Liquid Metal from the movie Terminator. The 80's scifi time-travel classic portrayed sentient robots made out of a material that could alter its state from a solid to a liquid at will. However, the deeper problem is not the fundamental ability to change states of matter, but rather the... read more
This is totally my theory, and could it theoretically be possible? To understand if it could theoretically be possible, first you need to imagine what intelligent electricity would look like. Not as in what it would physically look like, but how it would function in all practicality. So, What Is Intelligent Electricity Exactly? Intelligent electricity as I conceive... read more
To understand what the future of internet connectivity will be, you have to understand several things. First, you need to understand how people connect to the internet right now. Most people do not know anything about how the internet works besides that they pay their ISP every month for internet access, and that they put a password into their computer to access wifi from... read more
Sony released the next major system update today, to version 4.00. Here is a short summary of the updates: UI Design Updates Sony refreshed the UI for the PS4, including a new popup notification screen, new backgrounds, and new redesigned icons for the XMB. I also noticed the sounds are slightly different. Folders and Libraries Updates A much needed update,... read more
If an idea alone would give you rights to an invention, I'd be rich. I remember thinking, why don't we just make an apparatus that has gills like the fish, so that we don't need oxygen tanks? I was 5 when I first came up the the idea. Throughout my childhood, I had many dreams where I could breathe underwater - and I was sad when I awakened to our world where humans... read more
We all know that when we see a shark fin, or the silhouette of a shark below the boat, it means there is a shark in the water. That much is obvious. However, what about if you can't see the fin or silhouette? Is it possible to predict if there is a shark in the water? I believe there is certainly a possibility, but without some well-performed and difficult to achieve... read more
Some architects responsible for building bridges take their job more seriously - and with a very creative and awesome twist. These marvels of engineering maintain function but provide form that most bridges can only dream of surpassing (if bridges were sentient). These magnificent masterpieces have made their homes around the world, transporting as many as millions of... read more