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About Peter Suciu

Peter Suciu is a freelance writer and has covered consumer electronics, technology, electronic entertainment and the fitness sports industry for more than 15 years. In that time his work has appeared in more than three dozen publications including Newsweek, PC Magazine and Wired. His work has also appeared on Forbes.com, Inc.com, Cnet.com, and Fortune.com. Peter is a regular writer for redOrbit.com.

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Science Is Not Technology

May 17, 13 Science Is Not Technology

Posted by in Science, Technology

The hit TV show The Big Bang Theory has main characters who are scientists and who love technology. Movies, TV shows and even video games depict scientists as having a great appreciation and understanding of technology.

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Charities Are Already Crowd Funded, But Now Anyone Can Be a Producer

May 10, 13 Charities Are Already Crowd Funded, But Now Anyone Can Be a Producer

Posted by in Media & Entertainment

Earlier this year, it was announced that Rob Thomas had raised more than $5,700,000 to make a Veronica Mars movie via a Kickstarter campaign.

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RIP Special Effects Visionary Ray Harryhausen

May 08, 13 RIP Special Effects Visionary Ray Harryhausen

Posted by in Media & Entertainment

Ray Harryhausen wasn’t just a visual effects artist; he was a special effects visionary. Today, those who grew up with CGI graphics may find Harryhausen’s stop motion animations a little jarring, even “fake” looking. However, even 50 years later Jason and the Argonauts is still pretty fascinating to watch.

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Do We Need Some New Video Game Franchises?

May 02, 13 Do We Need Some New Video Game Franchises?

Posted by in Gaming

On Wednesday, Activision announced that Call of Duty: Ghosts would be officially unveiled later this month when Microsoft introduces its next generation video game console.

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What Happened To North Korea: Why News Goes Away When We Ignore It

Apr 27, 13 What Happened To North Korea: Why News Goes Away When We Ignore It

Posted by in Eye On The News, Lifestyle

Two weeks ago the world was on the brink of war. News from North Korea led the evening news, dominated talk on the 24-hour news channels and was front-page news. Until it wasn’t.

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Did The NASA Rover Draw A Lewd Image On Mars?

Apr 26, 13 Did The NASA Rover Draw A Lewd Image On Mars?

Posted by in Armchair Astronaut, Space

Sometimes a rocket is just a rocket – to paraphrase Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, at least if he actually said that “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”

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Don’t Believe Everything You Read – On Twitter

Apr 25, 13 Don’t Believe Everything You Read – On Twitter

Posted by in Technology

It only allows for 140 character messages to be posted. Yet a fake tweet sent stocks diving this week by 1,000+ points briefly on news that the White House had been attacked and President Obama was injured.

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TV Version Of FBI Can’t Compare To Real Deal

Last week’s tragic terror attack in Boston showed a number of things. It showed that bad people will sadly do bad things, but it also showed that good people, strangers many of them, will rush to help in bad times. It showed that this great nation will rally together.

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Advice for Earth Day – Stay Home

Apr 22, 13 Advice for Earth Day – Stay Home

Posted by in Natural Science, Seasonal

Each year, the Central Park Conservancy in New York City holds an Earth Day event. If it was like previous years, the park probably paid the price for people “celebrating Earth Day.”

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Too Much Information: Why Video Game Companies Need To Rope It In

Apr 15, 13 Too Much Information: Why Video Game Companies Need To Rope It In

Posted by in Gaming

It used to be that the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) was when the videogame hardware makers would announce new game systems, and the video game developers and publishers would unveil new software. Now there is a constant barrage of information and, in many ways, it is beginning to feel like too information.

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