Social Media, How It Has Helped In Our Lives

Ever since its advent, social media has had quite an impact in our lives. It changed the way we do things, including the way we communicate, the way we share and of course, the way we live. Best of all, we may not even realize how these social networks managed to grant us so many… Continue reading Social Media, How It Has Helped In Our Lives

Apps To Automatically Track Our Lives

The more we know about ourselves, the better off we’ll be. In order to find out more about ourselves, we need to collect data. Therein lies the stumbling point for most self-improvement projects. We simply lack the discipline to record this data over time. We forget once, and then we forget again, and that marks… Continue reading Apps To Automatically Track Our Lives

Good Workplace Safety Equipment Can Save Lives

In the Spring of 2011, a well-known service contractor confronted a possible $70,000 fine from the Work-related Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for carrying out a violation associated with employee safety. The actual violation was recognized as “one dedicated with basic indifference in order to or even deliberately disregard regard employee safety and well-being. Allegedly,… Continue reading Good Workplace Safety Equipment Can Save Lives

Five Chinese Inventions That Changed Our Lives

Everybody knows that China becomes a little stronger and more influential every day. A huge country, unaffected by the global financial crisis and with a massive population, it will soon become so important on the world stage that many people in the know suggest that foreigners should be learning Chinese and not English if they… Continue reading Five Chinese Inventions That Changed Our Lives

Tennis Ball Shaped Camera To Help Save Lives Around The World

The Police force and Fire-fighters, day in and day out put themselves in dangerous scenarios to save lives. On a daily basis these service people enter buildings, without the knowledge of what is inside and what dangers await them as they enter. Anything from dangerous armed gunmen, to structurally faulty rooms can be on the… Continue reading Tennis Ball Shaped Camera To Help Save Lives Around The World

Saving Lives With Electronic Health Records

It’s no secret that I love health IT, because with better access to information you can help your family members. You see my husband had kidney cancer and the end of his life would have been better if we would have had timely access to the electronic medical record. So I love health IT. And… Continue reading Saving Lives With Electronic Health Records

5 Ways Social Networks Influence Our Lives – For Better Or Worse

Photo by Hans Põldoja Social networks add an element to online communication that forum boards and e-mails may struggle with: small talk. There is no specific subject, there’s no specific need to talk to one particular person, you can just update your status randomly. 1. Easier Ways to Connect with Friends Facebook and Google+ are the… Continue reading 5 Ways Social Networks Influence Our Lives – For Better Or Worse

Fun Facts About Engineering And How It Has Made Our Lives Exciting

If you are not interested in engineering as a career, you may not realize the impact engineers have had on our world. Engineering requires a lot of school and willingness to learn about how the world works. They have a role in so many activities and events that take place around us. Snowboarding Snowboarding is… Continue reading Fun Facts About Engineering And How It Has Made Our Lives Exciting

How The Web Can Improve The Lives Of Senior Citizens

The Internet is such an essential part of our current society that almost everyone has an email address or social networking page. We use the web to satisfy most of our information and entertainment needs or desires. The youngest children are instructed in computer and Internet use. But the one segment of the population that… Continue reading How The Web Can Improve The Lives Of Senior Citizens

The Surging Demand for Wireless Internet Access and How it Has Transformed Our Lives

It is interesting to see just how far the Internet has come in the last 20 years. Although it took about five minutes to connect and you couldn’t use your home telephone line at the same time, it didn’t matter. The Internet today is a completely different story.