James Clark

How many times have you been out to eat and after having finished your meal you are forced to sit and wait before the waiter/waitress finally decides it’s time to bring out your check? How convenient would it be to be able to swipe your debit card at the table and leave without that added wait?

Potomac Pizza in Gaithersburg is debuting that very piece of technology with dozens of restaurants to follow suit. Before too much longer we’ll be able to place our orders electronically from our tables.

The push towards convenience, speed and greater quality of experience is reassuring. Now if only they would develop a piece of technology so I wouldn’t have to wait in line at the gas station.

With Microsoft’s latest version of Windows, Vista, on the horizon there is hesitation in purchasing both a new computer and a new copy of Windows XP.

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For those curious, Microsoft’s Zune player will debut at $299 for their 30 gigabyte model. It is supposed to come in 3 colors and have a screen that is larger than the iPod’s.

The real test will be ease of use.

I’m sure almost every single person at one point or another has longed to become invisible. I will not get into the amount of mischief that one could partake in while invisible.

It does not take a sane person to realize that invisibility is impossible. It just can’t happen. Right? Wrong.

Typically we think that to obtain invisibility we must alter our physical selves. Rather than alter our selves, what if we were able to alter the perception of others? One would not have to become literally invisible but invisible to others. If we stop thinking of invisibility as a physical trait and start thinking of it as an optical illusion then the idea is easier to digest.

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