Author Archives: Jim Ramsbotham

About Jim Ramsbotham

Technology and national security specialist with over thirty-five years experience in both research and development, and policy. Current Position: President of Orion Enterprises, Inc. Interests: Art and Music.

Google Tango–A Preliminary Assessment

Google seems to be trying to get its tentacles into everything these days. As a privacy fanatic, I find a lot not to like about the new TANGO tablet. I find the idea of millions of people with TANGO tablets … Continue reading

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Synthetic Biology

Several years ago, synthetic biology was being touted as one of the most important and fast-growing areas of human knowledge. This remains an area of growing knowledge that has the potential to radically change not only our individual lives, but … Continue reading

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Toyota Recall

Commentary on Toyota recall. Questions raised from a basic engineering perspective regarding Toyota’s conclusions on cause of problem. Independent review of Toyota’s failure analysis and conclusions called for. Continue reading

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