Author: C. Robert Gonzalez

While this week draws the end of the semester closer and all of us are busy preparing for finals and making plans to spend time with loved ones, we might find ourselves equally distracted by last-minute Christmas gifts. Thankfully we have the Internet just in case we missed out on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday or even Hangover Sunday. With websites like The Grommet and U Gift Ideas you can easily breeze through an assortment of gift ideas for anyone. These sites even have custom gift options in case you want to include someone’s name to an item like…

Picture this scenario: You’re with your friends, you’re young, carefree and just in the mood for a nice tattoo. You have a friend or know someone who has this friend, he has some cool tats, maybe he draws well and he just happens to have a tattoo gun. By now you can probably guess where this scenario is going. A lot of people have been there; even I’ve been there. You decide on a whim to get that tattoo from your buddy who just happens to be hanging around —tattoo gun ready to go! But then afterward, especially when you’re…

This week, my friends, I’m going to try to simplify your life. You can thank me over drinks while we watch the new robot knock out the yardwork. If we have any money left for drinks, that is. With the current surge in robotics technology, the act of physically doing things such as yardwork is becoming easier. The company, Lawnbotts, now offers an arsenal of robotic lawnmowers on its website, lawnbotts.com. Although the concept of a self-propelled lawnmower is nothing new, these robotic lawnmowers truly are. They’re designed almost like the vacuum robot, Roomba, but the robot lawnmower is a…

Apple unveiled its lineup of new products earlier this month, and the star of the show was the much-anticipated iPad Pro. Apple CEO Tim Cook stood proud in San Francisco during the company’s launch event, calling it, “The biggest news in iPad since the iPad.” The iPad has gone through multiple updates since the release of the original in 2010. The user-friendly tablet went through a number of facelifts before the company released the iPad Air in 2013. The iPad Air 2 was unveiled in October 2014 and proved to be the most popular version of the device, but Apple…

While 2015 is quickly coming to an end and people all over the world begin to discuss the trend this or trend that from throughout the year, some people will be discussing that one time a dear friend decided to implant himself or herself with a microchip. The practice of biohacking has been quietly gaining popularity throughout the world this year. Biohacking is the idea of manipulating the physical human body in ways that are designed to make it perform more optimally. Biohackers use medical techniques and concepts, but the movement is distinct from medicine in that its goal is…