• Driving to the North Shore

    October 1, 2013 /

    After a few days in Honolulu, we drove up to Turtle Bay on the North Shore. We stopped at a few of the lookouts, including a stunning beach, with clear water and coral bottom. The clear skies, warm weather and beautiful views made this drive wonderful.

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  • Diamond Head

    September 17, 2013 /

    Diamond Head is a giant crater in Honolulu. The climb up the trail is taxing, it is a steep incline to a cave then a sharp set of stairs to a lookout. Once you get to the top there is a slight breeze and the views are spectacular. The turquoise water, tiny buildings and beautiful landscapes are worth every sweaty step.

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  • Can Pacemakers Be Hacked?

    August 27, 2013 /

    Emmy winning drama ‘Homeland’ used this as a plot line, showing *SPOILER terrorists hacking in to the vice president’s pacemaker (or more realistically a implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), Credit). in order to assassinate him. While many scoffed this off as science fiction, the technique was proven successful – though not by terrorists – in 2008. The world of hacking sounds like something out of a C. S. Lewis novel. There are the “white hats”, or the good guys, who try and find the hacks in the software before the dreaded “black hats”, or bad guys, get their mischievous hands on them. The late Barnaby Jack was a respected white hat, working for IOActive, a…

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  • Blind Man Given Gift of Sight

    August 20, 2013 /

    Pierre-Paul Thomas has been given the gift of sight. The 68 year-old was born with congenital nystagmus — a condition in which the eyes move from side to side involuntarily, as well as damaged optic nerves and severe cataracts (Credit). If Thomas had been born today, he would have a better chance of sight, but he was born in the 1940′s when Medicare was not yet available. Thomas is like a toddler: his fingers were his eyes for 66 years. Now he has to discover everyday objects with his eyes. Thomas only recognizes objects through the feel of his fingers, which means everything he now sees he has to feel in order to…

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