Screw the hoverboards. Today is the end of futuregazing. Let me put that into context. I’m not saying people will never again imagine what the world of the future will look like. But October 21, 2015 — the day Marty McFly arrives in “the future” — may mark the end of a particular era in […]
¸ From the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich: Flying and walking robots can use their complementary features in terms of viewpoint and payload capability to the best in a heterogeneous team. To this end, we present our online collaborative navigation framework for unknown and challenging terrain. The method leverages the flying robot’s onboard monocular […]
The computer show is a series of videos that parodies those really bad tech talk shows that we used to see on community television in the 80s. There’s just two episodes so far, but I’m sure more will be released in the near future. [Computer Show]
The folks from Jalopnik got on board a Tesla Model S and drove with the autopilot system turned on. Let’s just say that even though I was not behind the wheel, just seeing the thing breaking and changing lane by itself kind of freaked me off. [Jalopnik]
You can do a lot with a D20, pencil and paper. Including, it turns out, designing a code that helps bring pictures from space. That was one of the (admittedly unstated) conclusions from a talk by Dr Julia Wolf at the University of Bristol this week to mark Ada Lovelace Day. She describes her work […]
All you PC Master racers had to be wondering how or if you could run the new Fallout coming next month. Well, here are the specs so you can either be sure you can or be really effing depressed. Minimum Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required) Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 […]
Facebook is working with a satellite operator to expand Internet access in sub-Saharan Africa. They will use the entire broadband capability on a satellite scheduled to launch before the end of the year. The AMOS-6 satellite (pictured) has two sets of bands. One, covering frequencies known as Ku-bands, will cover Europe and the Middle East. […]
It looks like some stunning desktop wallpaper some insanely talented artist spit out over the course of a year, but it is actually just a screen capture of a single frame of a storm taking place during a random Mad Max playthrough. THIS is how far gaming has come, people. [(imgur) | Mad Max]
IBM says it has solved one of three key problems with making computer chip transistors from carbon rather than silicon. It’s a step closer to overcoming the current limitations on Moore’s Law. The theory is that while silicon transistors have worked well for years, it’s getting harder and harder to make them any smaller and […]
Come on. Who doesn’t want faster Wifi? (Gameranx)