Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts

Sunday, 24 April 2016

Cicret Bracelet Gets Closer

Smartwatches look out ...
The Cicret could give smartwatches a run for their money! May mean that you 1) Buy shares in short sleeve shirt manufacturers, 2) Sell shares in suit and jacket manufacturers and 3) Sell shares in SmartWatch manufacturers!

Cicret Bracelet

Monday, 29 June 2015

Google’s Latest Self-Driving Car

Google built driverless cars get more public exposure ...
Question is "will the paint job make them more acceptable to humans?"

Google’s Latest Self-Driving Car Prototypes Are Now On Mountain View Streets | TechCrunch:

Samsung see thru trucks

Now here's an idea even if a large investment ...
Not sure how long the monitors would last mounted on the openable back doors of a truck. They would need to be well bolted on otherwise they might just take a walk!

Samsung makes big trucks transparent in the name of road safety | The Verge:

Transforming robots

Some interesting photos of current top robots ...
Interesting photos from finals of the DARPA Robotic Challenge.

Transforming robot crowned the winner of DARPA's Robotics Challenge | The Verge:

New tech won’t let your drive

This is smart technology if it works reliably ...
Hope they have thought of all the ways this could be fooled!

Coming soon: New car tech that won’t let your car start if you’re drunk | Ars Technica:

Sunday, 28 June 2015

Google self-driving cars

Google now publicly reporting self drive car incidents ...
These self driving cars need to anticipate bad human drivers just like good human drivers do!

Google self-driving car gets rear-ended in 13th accident since 2009 | Ars Technica:

World gets 61 sec minute

Wonder what this will break ...
Getting an extra second ... the world will experience a leap second. Picture: ThinkstockCaused problems for Qantas last time an adjustment was made - so who will it be this time?

World gets a 61-second minute known as a leap second:

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Dreamliner makes fun take off ...
That’s steep ... the Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 takeoffShame they did not film the take off from the side rather than the front. Then you would be able to judges just how vertical it really was!

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in near vertical takeoff in Paris Air Show rehearsal:

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Jetpacks over Dubai

A 'must watch' video - incredible ...
Just wish they had shown how they land! Obviously there is a parachute involved!

Watch two crazy people fly jetpacks over Dubai in 4K | The Verge:

Saturday, 23 May 2015

Man shoots his Dell

Now we have all felt like doing this sometimes ...
Technology sometimes needs drastic measures but this may be carrying it too far!

Man puts 8 bullets in his Dell, tells police it’s worth the ticket | Ars Technica:

As Moore’s law turns 50

Moore's Law still going strong after 50 years ...
The technologists are working hard to make sure that Moore's Law keeps working!

As Moore’s law turns 50, what does the future hold for the transistor? | Ars Technica:

Mining in Baotou, China

Not a good look and not a good story ...
Black sludge is pumped into a toxic lake — byproducts of the ingredients that make up mosIt is a shame that our thirst for technology results in such damage to our environment.

Baotou, China: Rare earth mineral mining is horrifying: