Intercept Technology at Thailand International Logistics Fair

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:41 Written By Albert Greenhut Monday, 22 September 2014 05:33

Intercept Technology will be present at the 11th annual Thailand International Fair in Bangkok this week. The ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) role in international trade is continually growing. The environment of these nations, not only the temperature and humidity but also the presence of the oceans which increases the amount of naturally occurring chlorine, makes manufactured goods in this region susceptible to corrosion and degradation.

Innovation is Speeding Up

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:38 Written By Albert Greenhut Tuesday, 16 September 2014 08:51

A Colorado couple just broke the land speed record for a motorcycle with a sidecar not only by a wide margin but also in an electric vehicle. Over the last 5 years Eva Hakansson and Bill Dube built this motorcycle in their garage. Their test runs yielded an average of 240 mph, but then they were able to break 270 mph on one straightaway.

Intercept Australia Visits Darwin Corrosion Conference

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:34 Written By Albert Greenhut Thursday, 11 September 2014 02:15

We at Intercept Technology are proud to announce that we will be represented at the 2014 Australian Corrosion and Prevention Conference in Darwin Australia. We will have some of our Australian representatives showcasing our products and capabilities. We have worked in many industries and are confident in our abilities to find the best preservation method for you. We have found a truly special market in Australia. There are a multitude of manufacturing opportunities, but the mining sector has proven to be very interesting. Intercept Technology products have been used on projects ranging from protecting equipment to long term storage of core samples to keeping jewelry looking its finest as it is brought to the marketplace and sold to consumers.

Remembering Nelson Mandela

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:31 Written By Albert Greenhut Friday, 18 July 2014 08:23

Today would have been Nelson Mandela’s 96th birthday. Without him the world as we know it would not be the same. Given the strife that we are currently experiencing, we must remember what we learned from the one and only Madiba, patience, tolerance, and understanding.

The Amazon

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:27 Written By Albert Greenhut Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:54

There is a lot that can be said about the Amazon River; its history, discovery, myths, scale, and on and on, but when I was there I saw two things; its raw beauty and its potential. The raw beauty speaks for itself; none of my pictures capture it quite like the one below, taken at sunset, but the potential deserves a bit more of an explanation.

First, the sheer number of species that live in the Amazon, it is estimated that 10% of the world’s, estimated 8.7 million, species live there. The potential for learning about and possibly using those species, for things like medicine, is enormous. Humans are discovering species of animals and plants in the Amazon at an amazing rate, roughly 1200 new species were discovered between 1999 and 2009 alone, and another count from 2010 to 2013 found that 441 new species of plants and animals were found in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest, including, my favorite, a monkey that purrs like a cat when it is happy. It is important to discover more and learn more about the 1.2 million species that humans have discovered, out of the estimated 8.7 million species in the world!

Static Intercept vs Intercept-2

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:28 Written By Albert Greenhut Friday, 6 June 2014 05:47

Less than a week ago the winners for the 2014 Apple Design Awards were announced. Past winners of the awards include Where’s My Water, Guitar Hero, AOL Radio, and a World of Warcraft release. Each of these won for a different reason because Apple’s broad criteria states, possibly overly simply, that the winning designers “combined design and technology in creative, compelling, and powerful ways.” I have seen speculation on these criteria elaborated upon using words like intuitive, elegant, engaging, and exciting. All of these ring true when I remember the first time I picked up an Ipod, with its pinwheel interface, and figuring it out within seconds of toying with it, and again when I first encountered an Iphone, with its touch screen and a one button navigation system. It seems like the leading companies are the ones that figure out balance of usefulness and these other adjectives, Apple has become a staple of this type of design and continues to build their brand by celebrating it with awards like this. When thinking about design simplicity and elegance come to mind, but the true test of greatness are these virtues combined with true functionality.

Some Things Are Meant to Change…

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:17 Written By Albert Greenhut Wednesday, 14 May 2014 07:23

The Atlantic Magazine just posted a page of pictures of World War 1 Technology, find it here. Many of these pictures show old designs that paved the way for the future. For example, the first picture, the acoustic locator, was a predecessor to sonar. The thought of wheeling around a contraption made up of large funnels to listen for faint signs of aircraft noise now seems ridiculous. Many of the other ones I found interesting were about communication, there was a picture of a heliograph (a Morse code communication device), a field telephone that needed to have a large spool of wire uncoiled behind it, and the telegraph room with an incomprehensible series of wires. Many of these are seemingly comically outdated, but it only appears that way with years of hindsight and countless technological advances under humanity’s collective belt. Nearly every picture shows a technology that we have improved upon.