Tag: gadget catalogs
Is that fancy password protector worth a sheet of paper?
I was thumbing through a catalog (yes, they still mail out such things) the other day when an electronic gadget caught my eye. It was small and pocket sized, with an LED screen. A self-contained keyboard was used to enter up to 400 accounts and passwords, all kept snug behind just one password that was used to open the “safe.” It used three AAA batteries and was listed for $50. Might this device be of help to readers? The first place to start an answer is with the manufacturer’s website. In this case, the Password Safe was from RecZone. more:…
Garden catalog season gives gardeners a chance to explore, shop for next year’s seeds
January begins the annual flight of vegetable, flower, and fruit tree catalogs to your mailbox or inbox. Depending on your level of gardening, the catalogs are starting to arrive frequently and en masse. “It used to be you would get either a vegetable catalog or a fruit catalog or flower catalog,” says Richard Hentschel, University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator. “Many catalogs now contain something for everyone, including the garden gadget addicts.” It used to be that Swiss chard was green, but now it is also available in shades of pink, orange, yellow, gold, white and purple. Illinois gardeners should…
Dental 3D printing: How Technology is Changing Dentistry
The medical applications of 3D printing technology are widening every day with an increasing number of people becoming careful about their dental health. How 3D printing can help healthcare became even more popular when people realized how 3D printing was helping fight Covid-19. Digital dentistry is about half a century old, around 1971. It started out with computer-based analysis and slowly began offering insights to doctors for diagnosis and surgery. Today, the FDA uses Research, Regulate and Resource – known as the 3 R’s of 3D printing – to better define their role of the regulatory agency. In this post,…