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Title: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on June 17, 2009, 09:12:39 AM
Ever hear about or read up on some cool new technology or gadgets, and just think "holy crap, that's cool!"?

Well I do, and even if I'm not the most tech savvy person, I can appreciate how fast it evolves, and benefits our lives.

As usual, I just happened to stumble upon an interesting article that relates to some cool "new*" tech and felt like sharing it.
Looks like Nokia is working on making cell phones that use ambient radio waves to recharge themselves (http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=7234). Now, how cool is that? Sure it might not be the most ground breaking thing ever, but c'mon! How many times have you been stuck in that situation; your phone is in the red and you're waiting for that one important call/text/email and worried you'll never get it.

They're predicting that the energy that can be collected wirelessly won't be enough to fully recharge a phone but enough to keep a your phone from turning off. So unless you're stuck in a subway tunnel, basement garage or a mine (lol) you have all this perpetual energy for your phone (when in standby). Eventually tech like this will make it into all portables and its pretty exciting, to me personally. Imagine your iPods and DS's gradually gaining a lil bit of juice when not in use, and not worry about having to remember your car charges for those short trips, etc.



*I use quotes, by the way, because I know there has been a thread of similar discussion (wireless electricity) but besides not being able to find it, I hope this can become the standard thread to just mouth off about any cool new gadgets you all come across. It will keep things nice and neat if updated constantly with all your findings, and it'd be interesting to see how in a few years from now (if the thread keeps going) just how much has been achieved and what sort of new announcements are made in the technological world.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Mop it up on June 17, 2009, 06:59:44 PM
Ever hear about or read up on some cool new technology or gadgets, and just think "holy crap, that's cool!"?
Actually no, I haven't.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: vudu on June 17, 2009, 07:47:27 PM
Not even when Nintendo announced the Ultra 64?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Mop it up on June 18, 2009, 12:00:08 AM
Nope. I never heard of the Nintendo 64 until my friend rented one. I never heard about it before trying it and I never read up about it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on June 18, 2009, 03:05:28 AM
I'm a technology nut as well. I find bleeding edge innovation to be fascinating. These days, there is something new to be seen everyday.

I've read the Nokia article and I think it's moving in the right direction. I, however, think it would be way more useful if someone could come up with a way to harness sound waves rather than radio waves.

But I'm more interested in this: http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218392803

A long-lasting, quickly-charged, super battery could make this budding technology even more useful.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_DrewMG on June 18, 2009, 08:23:01 AM
I've been test driving the new iPhone 3.0 OS since it launched yesterday, and I'm really liking it.  They made some changes to the way it plays podcasts (like a 30 second rewind button) which should really come in handy.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on June 18, 2009, 09:31:40 AM
Ever hear about or read up on some cool new technology or gadgets, and just think "holy crap, that's cool!"?
Actually no, I haven't.

You're not allowed to post in this topic until you have something useful to say

Nope. I never heard of the Nintendo 64 until my friend rented one. I never heard about it before trying it and I never read up about it.

perma-banned from this topic

I'm a technology nut as well. I find bleeding edge innovation to be fascinating. These days, there is something new to be seen everyday.

I've read the Nokia article and I think it's moving in the right direction. I, however, think it would be way more useful if someone could come up with a way to harness sound waves rather than radio waves.

But I'm more interested in this: http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218392803

A long-lasting, quickly-charged, super battery could make this budding technology even more useful.

Wow, very interesting article. That clearly sounds much better than Nokias solution, and the fact that both teams seem to be shooting for the same time frame (for their ideas to hit market; 5 years) it'll be interesting to see how things unfold and what takes off.

My money would be on the new capacitor technology from your article, but who knows.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: kraken613 on June 18, 2009, 03:55:26 PM
I've been test driving the new iPhone 3.0 OS since it launched yesterday, and I'm really liking it.  They made some changes to the way it plays podcasts (like a 30 second rewind button) which should really come in handy.

Same here! Two years later I can Copy and Paste on my phone!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 18, 2009, 04:25:40 PM
On TV a couple years ago I saw a British firm demonstrate a new material technology.  It was originally intended to coat the blades of helicopters to help silence them when activated by an electrical current, but it ended up doing the opposite: it made audio.  So we have a thin surface material that's basically a paper-thin speaker.  The applications they had for it were pretty awesome:  turning cell phone screens into the speakers themselves, laptop screens, and whatever mostly unused flat surfaces you can think of.  I was hoping to see this technology in mobile phones this year, but I guess it's not ready yet.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on June 19, 2009, 10:27:50 AM
I've been test driving the new iPhone 3.0 OS since it launched yesterday, and I'm really liking it.  They made some changes to the way it plays podcasts (like a 30 second rewind button) which should really come in handy.

Same here! Two years later I can Copy and Paste on my phone!

2 years!? Hehe.. only took me about 8 months and 2 firmware updates for my phone ;)

On TV a couple years ago I saw a British firm demonstrate a new material technology.  It was originally intended to coat the blades of helicopters to help silence them when activated by an electrical current, but it ended up doing the opposite: it made audio.  So we have a thin surface material that's basically a paper-thin speaker.  The applications they had for it were pretty awesome:  turning cell phone screens into the speakers themselves, laptop screens, and whatever mostly unused flat surfaces you can think of.  I was hoping to see this technology in mobile phones this year, but I guess it's not ready yet.

Wow imagine an iPhone where the whole screan is a speaker... I'm sure Apple is and i'm sure they'll try to keep other manufacturers from using that in their devices with some sorta stupid patent like they did with touch controls on the iphone ;)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on June 19, 2009, 12:55:44 PM
I read about that a couple years back. I always wondered what happened to it.

But anyway...I read a site called newscientist.com almost everyday. It's a well updated, well informed site that explains new technologies with analogies that a novice could understand.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on June 19, 2009, 01:13:10 PM
I read about that a couple years back. I always wondered what happened to it.

But anyway...I read a site called newscientist.com almost everyday. It's a well updated, well informed site that explains new technologies with analogies that a novice could understand.

Sounds like my kinda site! ;)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on June 22, 2009, 08:06:35 PM
i want a gigantic pressure sensitive touch screen for digital painting, it would have to be made so it doesnt get hot.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: grantimus on June 22, 2009, 08:51:49 PM
I don't really keep up to date on "future tech" per se, but I do enjoy the Buzz Out Loud and This Week in Tech podcasts, even though I'm no tech head irl.  Neat thread though, that paper-thin speaker stuff sounds really cool!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on June 23, 2009, 09:25:26 AM
I'm not very tech savvy myself but i'm still fascinated by new technology and innovative uses of old technology.. as long as its something i can wrap my head around ;)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on June 23, 2009, 01:09:05 PM
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16891-innovation-the-mobile-future-of-the-keyboard.html

Here's an interesting article about the future of mobile texting.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on June 23, 2009, 03:19:32 PM
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16891-innovation-the-mobile-future-of-the-keyboard.html

Here's an interesting article about the future of mobile texting.

Thanks for the link! I'm gonna have to check out the ShapeWriter, if its available on my phone yet that is. According to the article it should be available for the Adroid OS so it has to be.

The craziest part was this:

Quote
We reported last year on the first "voiceless phone call", placed using a neckband that makes it possible for someone to think words and have a computer read or type them out. The device detects and translates nerve signals sent by the brain to the vocal cords when we merely think about speaking a sound.

That'd be bad ass actually, assuming that if it ever does appear on the market, its not to fugly. I can image something like that becoming popular with the youth crowd (the type of kids that are in love with their t-mobile sidekicks) and being sold as fashionable accessories... which would suck for me lol. Something discreet that could possibly clip to your shirt collar would be nice. Though i'd hope it still requires to be activated by some means.. say hold down a button on your phone THEN think of what you wanna say. You might end up sending your thoughts out to the wrong people otherwise lol
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on June 23, 2009, 03:35:07 PM
Combine those throat mounted sensors with the scouter style wearable computer I've wanted for years, and people will really start looking like the Borg -- only with fashion sense.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on June 23, 2009, 05:45:19 PM
So this ShapeWriter[/ur] thing isn't available on the Android Market yet.. damn!

I'm curious to see if drawing lines over an on-screen qwerty keyboard is any easier than the "search and peck" method. It sure doesnt look it.. (http://www.shapewriter.com)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: kraken613 on June 30, 2009, 02:59:46 PM
Firefox 3.5 is now out!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 30, 2009, 03:04:25 PM
Firefox 3.5 is now out!

I think you wanted this thread instead:
Firefox & its awesome add-ons (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=26381.0)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: vudu on June 30, 2009, 03:05:07 PM
Anything radically different/new?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 30, 2009, 03:41:26 PM
I think you wanted this thread instead:
Firefox & its awesome add-ons (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=26381.0)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 08, 2009, 04:23:54 PM
I just read a fascinating article about a memristor. A new technology that mimics the synapses in the brain, resulting in intelligent circuits, that are by and large, TOO intelligent for us to use with existing software and thus new software has to be written for it. DARPA, the government organization responsible for things like the internet, are now funding this new technology in order to make biologically correct machines. This is only the beginning, but some of the outcomes of such a technology could result in AI.

Here's the article:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327151.600-memristor-minds-the-future-of-artificial-intelligence.html
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 08, 2009, 04:41:04 PM
We must destroy it now....


before its too late.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on July 08, 2009, 05:11:13 PM
Arnold's too old and flabby now to do anything, who will save us.....

*wait for it*
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on July 08, 2009, 10:03:51 PM
Roland Kickenger?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on July 09, 2009, 10:21:21 AM
Eh i was gonna post a funny pic but i can't find it on my photobucket account. Screw it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 09, 2009, 01:31:41 PM
Heh, I was gonna say something hilarious here but I can't remember what it was... screw it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on July 09, 2009, 04:20:17 PM
Roland is an anagram of Arnold
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 09, 2009, 04:22:36 PM
Arnold's too old and flabby now to do anything, who will save us.....

*wait for it*

I was going to say Christian Bale.

Did any of you read the article or just my poor summary? Are none of you interested in how it actually works?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 09, 2009, 04:43:03 PM
just your poor summary, which I didn't know was poor until you said it was.
Now I have to go back and read the actual article..... Don't people quote & bold stuff anymore so we don't have to follow links?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 09, 2009, 05:22:24 PM
It's a 3 page article.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 09, 2009, 05:33:22 PM
It's a 3 page article.

I just skimmed it. will read it later in full, but I didn't see and bite size quote chunks that would explain it yet.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 09, 2009, 05:50:52 PM
Well yeah...that's cuz it tells you step by step how the idea was first thought up to what it is today to what it might become.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on July 09, 2009, 06:35:03 PM
I don't remember seeing a link and i'm so lazy right now i don't wanna hit the button to go back to page 1...

i'll read it tomorrow at work.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on July 13, 2009, 04:16:17 AM
in the future a small storage drive would be a 1 terabyte thumbdrive, a whopper will cost $72.00
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 13, 2009, 01:51:18 PM
I want one of these: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8147104.stm

Not because I would ride it often, but because I wanna see the look on other drivers faces when I pedal past them in the bike lane, when they are doing the speed limit on the street.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on July 13, 2009, 03:19:49 PM
I want one of these: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8147104.stm

Not because I would ride it often, but because I wanna see the look on other drivers faces when I pedal past them in the bike lane, when they are doing the speed limit on the street.

I said "Holy crap!"!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on July 13, 2009, 03:33:35 PM
It has a lot of positives, but one big negative $40k.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 13, 2009, 06:03:46 PM
Nothing a little mass-production wouldn't fix.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on July 13, 2009, 06:46:08 PM
I'm aware, but without financial back-up such creation isn't going anywhere.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 13, 2009, 08:00:10 PM
I want one of these: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8147104.stm

Not because I would ride it often, but because I wanna see the look on other drivers faces when I pedal past them in the bike lane, when they are doing the speed limit on the street.

That's awesome. It's about time somebody improved upon the bicycle.

I'm aware, but without financial back-up such creation isn't going anywhere.

True, but this is exactly what city-goers have been asking for. Everyone hates driving because of two reasons: one, gas costs money, and two, it's hard to find a parking spot. This solves both problem. Sure it's expensive now, but just wait till competition takes hold.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Patchkid15 on July 13, 2009, 08:32:47 PM
They have had similar things out there before. Where pedaling charged a battery that could you could then switch on, which would take you up a hill for instance. But i do not believe anything that powerful has been unveiled thus far. If i had a spare 40K, I would definitely buy it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 13, 2009, 10:02:23 PM
Does a breakthrough in technology count for this thread?

snooping through the power socket (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8147534.stm)

Something you should be aware of -or- Techniques to be used in the next blockbuster spy/heist movie?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on July 14, 2009, 12:26:39 AM
That's pretty awesome (and scary), but PS/2 keyboards are a thing of the past. Even my computer that I bought 4 years ago doesn't have any PS/2 ports on it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on July 14, 2009, 11:05:18 AM
Arnold's too old and flabby now to do anything, who will save us.....

*wait for it*

Eh i was gonna post a funny pic but i can't find it on my photobucket account. Screw it.

Found it!

(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l28/ThreeImaginaryBoys/Randomness/lolinternethero.jpg)

Better late than never i suppose :)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 14, 2009, 06:45:50 PM
http://www.newscientist.com/articlevideo/dn17456/29286229001-shaky-home-movies-get-a-big-budget-feel.html

Awesome. Ian, you might be interested in this.

Here's an awesome look into the future of what is called the "Sixth Sense." Basically it's a way to constantly interact with the world around you through technology.

http://brightcove.newscientist.com/services/player/bcpid2227271001?bctid=13630091001
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 14, 2009, 07:30:10 PM
I've seen that second link here somewhere (I might have even posted it here) & I was pretty sure I knew what it was as soon as I read your description.

I expect taht tech to be refined down to use some sort up heads up display glasses instead of a projector. Privacy issues and all.
maybe some glasses with an earphone like those Oakleys that Lil Jon was always sportin
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 29, 2009, 04:07:02 PM
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17527-scent-of-fear-puts-brain-in-emergency-mode.html

Weaponized fear agent? I wonder what the Scarecrow thinks of this.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on August 06, 2009, 10:47:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-P1zZAcPuw (Tactile Holography)

They use Wii remotes too.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on August 07, 2009, 07:09:16 PM
ultrasound genius!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on August 07, 2009, 07:21:22 PM
http://www.newscientist.com/articlevideo/dn17456/29286229001-shaky-home-movies-get-a-big-budget-feel.html

Awesome. Ian, you might be interested in this.

Here's an awesome look into the future of what is called the "Sixth Sense." Basically it's a way to constantly interact with the world around you through technology.

http://brightcove.newscientist.com/services/player/bcpid2227271001?bctid=13630091001

lol or make your home made steady cam and not have to pay for software
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6HDUDbeEJw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuEzeAN4uKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJfQi6rZCsw&feature=related
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 07, 2009, 07:50:49 PM
Inertial dampening, huh.  You know, a lot of people would get noticeably steadier handycam performance by just tucking their elbows into their torso.  It's not SteadyCam steady, but you don't have to make anything.

And it improves your understanding of stillness to become a better sniper.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on August 07, 2009, 08:03:12 PM
im betting a head mounted camera works pretty well too since the human neck is like natures steady cam
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 07, 2009, 08:04:05 PM
That's pretty interesting.

EDIT:

New technology makes all fresh water drinkable.

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html

Amazing.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 12, 2009, 03:40:51 AM
That's pretty interesting.

EDIT:

New technology makes all fresh water drinkable.

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html

Amazing.

I really hope someone steps up and makes that mass marketable. I wouldn't mind having one for myself... was planning another trip to mexico sometime soon ;)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 12, 2009, 03:52:27 AM
That's what I'm saying.

I can't drink the water from the Nile anymore like I use to, so that bottle would be a money saver.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on August 12, 2009, 04:34:20 AM
blacknmild going to mexico eh..arizona is the best port
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 12, 2009, 04:42:41 AM
Is that "port" or "part"?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 12, 2009, 01:09:42 PM
That's pretty interesting.

EDIT:

New technology makes all fresh water drinkable.

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html

Amazing.

From the Comments section:  "It's too damn expensive. The poor people who needed the most cannot afford this bottle."

The product looks nice for the first-world country folks who are travelling.  But as a filter, it will eventually saturate and need to be discarded.  Filled with toxins, it becomes a hazardous waste product on top of being an expensive "solution" inadequate for real populations.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 12, 2009, 02:08:01 PM
If you noticed he was asking for 20 Billion dollars. That may sound expensive, but for what it provides, it's really not.

And though you have to discard of a filter, your implication that it's a bio hazard is laughable. They are, after all, getting these toxins from the water itself.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 12, 2009, 02:41:28 PM
I don't have sound at work, so I couldn't listen.

As for the toxins, in water, it's dilluted.  Captured, it's concentrated AND takes up physical space that isn't simply dumped back into the water sytem.  Whether it's used bandaids, direct human wastewater, or industrial wastewater, it's hazardous, so my definition is broad enough.  Because all that funk is already in the water, it's already not laughable.  This isn't some coffee filter or Brita filter that mostly deals with treated USA tap water, it's pulling an insanely high concentration of suspended solids from funky water.

To utilize this technology in a sizable capacity that could service a community is a steep initial cost.  To manage the solid waste of accumulated filter media is an additional problem and cost.  Incinerate/bury/pile it?  Countries have a enough trouble maintaining their existing water treatment facilities to any standard for whatever geographical reach they can afford.

So far it just looks like a neat product to pickup at Wal-Mart.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 12, 2009, 02:49:06 PM
This is for crisis situations and other types of emergencies only. It's not a means to permanent replace water treatment facilities. It's meant to stop refugee camps from forming.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 12, 2009, 02:55:20 PM
I see.  It's like Quick Clot.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 12, 2009, 03:24:49 PM
Yup yup. Just a way for people to continue drinking safe water when it's not provider.
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Post by: UltimatePartyBear on August 12, 2009, 03:25:33 PM
He also said in the comments that it was mostly intended for use in third world countries where the water is dangerous because of diseases, not industrial pollutants.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 12, 2009, 03:42:12 PM
To argue that this product is bad for the environment is laughable. The larger container could filter enough previously undrinkable water for a family of 4 to drink for 3 years. That's 4,380 cups of clean water. That's water for a village of 100 for over 40 days.

To say this is creating new concentrated waste is also laughable. This is not creating anything. It's simply filtering out the waste that is already there and collecting it in a way that is easy to dispose of.

To say this is to too expensive for the "3rd worlders" to afford to make it a practical solution obviously didn't pay attention to the presentation. It's not for the "3rd worlders" to afford. It's for the Relief aid to afford to give out to those that need it. The US & EUR spend billions every year on foreign relief and that is who is supposed to be buying this product. If the "3rd worlders" could afford this bottle, they wouldn't need it as they could already afford to buy bottled drinking water of their own or just build a plant to filter their own water.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 12, 2009, 04:05:24 PM
"obviously didn't pay attention to the presentation"

You obviously didn't pay attention to the post, cuz i couldn't hear the presentation.

So back off, Mr. 11 votes.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 12, 2009, 04:11:15 PM
"obviously didn't pay attention to the presentation"

You obviously didn't pay attention to the post, cuz i couldn't hear the presentation.

So back off, Mr. 11 votes.

I was obviously refferring to the comments section quote you posted since I know that you couldn't hear the presentation.

From the Comments section:  "It's too damn expensive. The poor people who needed the most cannot afford this bottle."

So call off the dogs as you obviously didn't pay attention to your own post that I was paying attention to. :D
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 12, 2009, 04:15:27 PM
You obviously should've taken the remainder of the thread into account, you obvious late-to-the-gamer.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on August 13, 2009, 10:37:19 AM
Now thats just obvious..
Title: Stem Cells now harvested from Belly & Thigh fat
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 10, 2009, 02:06:50 PM
Stem Cell Breakthrough!! Stem Cells now harvested from Belly & Thigh fat. ::throws away P90X discs::

Liposuction leftovers make easy stem cells: study (http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE5876I420090908)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fat sucked out of chunky thighs or flabby bellies might provide an easy source of stem cells made using new and promising technology, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

They found immature fat cells in the material removed during liposuction were easy to transform into cells called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells.

They were easier to work with than the skin cells usually used to make iPS cells, the team at Stanford University's School of Medicine in California reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

IPS cells are made using genes that take them back in time to a more immature and pliable state. They can then be re-directed to form heart cells, bone cells, brain cells or any other type of desired cell.

"They are more embryonic-like than fibroblasts, which take more effort to reprogram."

"Not only can we start with a lot of cells, we can reprogram them much more efficiently," said Dr. Joseph Wu, who worked on the study.

"Fibroblasts, or skin cells, must be grown in the lab for three weeks or more before they can be reprogrammed. But these stem cells from fat are ready to go right away."
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on September 10, 2009, 02:58:44 PM
Stem Cell Breakthrough!! Stem Cells now harvested from Belly & Thigh fat. ::throws away P90X discs::

Liposuction leftovers make easy stem cells: study (http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE5876I420090908)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fat sucked out of chunky thighs or flabby bellies might provide an easy source of stem cells made using new and promising technology, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

They found immature fat cells in the material removed during liposuction were easy to transform into cells called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells.

They were easier to work with than the skin cells usually used to make iPS cells, the team at Stanford University's School of Medicine in California reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

IPS cells are made using genes that take them back in time to a more immature and pliable state. They can then be re-directed to form heart cells, bone cells, brain cells or any other type of desired cell.

"They are more embryonic-like than fibroblasts, which take more effort to reprogram."

"Not only can we start with a lot of cells, we can reprogram them much more efficiently," said Dr. Joseph Wu, who worked on the study.

"Fibroblasts, or skin cells, must be grown in the lab for three weeks or more before they can be reprogrammed. But these stem cells from fat are ready to go right away."

Amazing. Simply amazing.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 10, 2009, 03:23:15 PM
We just took 2 steps forward.

1 step towards a slimmer nation

1 step towards the fountain of youth

And one step back

....being fat could now be seen as a financial benefit.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on September 10, 2009, 05:30:10 PM
While this is a breakthrough, one important step still needs to be uncovered, and that is how to transplant stem cells.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on September 11, 2009, 07:57:38 AM
....being fat could now be seen as a financial benefit.

I thought the same too but..eh. Let stupid people lead unhealthy lives for selfish gains. In the end harvested stemcells would be extremely beneficial to man and these rich fatties can consider themselves martyrs if they want to. I wouldn't care as long as disease etc are being cured.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 02, 2009, 02:02:26 AM
The ban on Stem Cell gets lifted and so much progress is made so quickly.

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''Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory in research which could change the face of parenthood.

It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help those left sterile by cancer treatment to have children who are biologically their own.
[...]
The sperm had heads and short tails and are thought to have been mature enough to fertilise an egg.

The eggs were at a much earlier stage but were still much more developed than any created so far by other scientists.
[...]
The science also raises the possibility of 'male eggs' made from men's skin and 'female sperm' from women's skin.

This would allow gay couples to have children genetically their own, although many scientists are sceptical about whether it is possible to create sperm from female cells, which lack the male Y chromosome.
source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1223617/No-men-OR-women-needed-artificial-sperm-eggs-created-time.html

there is alot more at the link
Can't wait to see when we start cloning human organs that are 100% from ourselves to that there is no chance of rejection.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on November 17, 2009, 09:57:03 PM
this thread needs more lulz..

sorta NSFW... robo vagina!? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xtcqvm0AHM&feature=player_embedded)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on November 17, 2009, 11:49:01 PM
AhahahAHAhahahAHha

you got to be kidding me.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 18, 2009, 10:15:17 AM
I think that should be in the funhouse, EasyCure. No seriously, we should get one of those and put it in the funhouse.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on November 18, 2009, 10:22:01 AM
i wish we still had banners, id suck ub's mannipple to get a gif of that in the funhouse.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 16, 2009, 03:25:49 AM
5 years in the future your printer is gonna need some BioInk (http://www.gizmag.com/3d-bio-printer/13609/)
So you can print out some new organs to replace your old battered and failing ones.
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An engineering firm has developed a 3D bio-printer that could one day be used to create organs on demand for organ replacement surgery. The device is already capable of growing arteries and its creators say that arteries "printed" by the device could be used in heart bypass surgery in as little as five years. Meanwhile, more complex organs such as hearts, and teeth and bone should be possible within ten years.

The 3D bio-printer allows scientists to place cells of almost any type into a desired 3D pattern. It includes two print heads, one for placing human cells, and the other for placing a hydrogel, scaffold, or support matrix. The cells used by the device need to be the cells of what is being regenerated – building an artery requires arterial cells for example. Because the patient’s own cells are used the new organ will not be rejected by the body. The printer fits inside a standard biosafety cabinet for sterile use.

Its creators say that one of the most complex challenges in the development of the printer was being able to repeatedly position the capillary tip, attached to the print head, to within microns. This was essential to ensure that the cells are placed in exactly the right position. A computer controlled, laser-based calibration system was developed to achieve the required repeatability.

The 3D bio-printers include a software interface that allows engineers to build a model of the tissue construct before the printer commences the physical constructions of the organs cell-by-cell using the automated, laser-calibrated print heads.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on December 16, 2009, 05:55:19 PM
Thank the Lord.

*feels lungs/liver*

---------------------------------------------------------

http://gizmodo.com/5427913/hands+on-with-the-entourage-edge

This is the first step to leaving your books at home. At least it will be if someone finally realizes the potential to use the third or fourth generation for colleges.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 16, 2009, 06:23:52 PM
Thank the Lord.

*feels lungs/liver*

You supply the exotic tobacco (and other smokables) and I'll bring the cognac.

We'll celebrate this tech till we need to print out new lungs and livers.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on December 16, 2009, 06:32:06 PM
http://gizmodo.com/5427913/hands+on-with-the-entourage-edge
Pretty cool, but seems underpowered and heavy for the price, and it doesn't (yet) have 3G.  But yeah, a future version could rock.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on December 21, 2009, 06:48:25 PM
Thank the Lord.

*feels lungs/liver*

You supply the exotic tobacco (and other smokables) and I'll bring the cognac.

We'll celebrate this tech till we need to print out new lungs and livers.

I'm inviting myself to this party and. I'm gonna smoke the **** outta these old, battered, asthmatic lungs!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 22, 2009, 06:38:45 AM
how do i go my whole life without ever hearing of Aerogel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHnen2nSmDY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDRnx-ZlVDs

holy ****!

more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoCAxS4vqwQ

not aerogel, but still cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC-KOYQsIvU&feature=fvw
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on January 31, 2010, 11:42:33 PM
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18446-giant-laser-reaches-key-milestone-for-fusion.html'

It has the potential of making more power than put in? Free energy anyone?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on February 01, 2010, 10:59:11 AM
I read about that on NationalGeographic.com, and apparently if it works they will have a prototype Fusion plant built within 10 years or so: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100128-nuclear-fusion-power-lasers-science/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on February 02, 2010, 07:58:57 PM
Free energy anyone?

as awesome as that would be.. i dont really see it happening.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on February 02, 2010, 08:19:01 PM
I guess it really depends on how much it costs to make/gather hydrogen isotopes. But what is simply fascinating is this maybe the first time we've actually made more energy than we've put in; a chemical Everest.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Guitar Smasher on February 02, 2010, 08:39:28 PM
What about fission or combustion reactions?  Or am I misunderstanding you?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on February 03, 2010, 12:54:41 AM
I guess it really depends on how much it costs to make/gather hydrogen isotopes.

"Each one of these [fuel pellets] costs between ten [thousand] and a hundred thousand dollars," Mauel said. To use the pellet method to generate nuclear fusion power, "they'll have to cost less than ten cents a piece."
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 24, 2010, 05:22:59 PM
The FUTURE is almost here guys(& gals). Energy Independence is within sight and Google may be leading the way.

Did you know that Google has taken steps to become a utility with the new ability to buy and sell power (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/google-gains-clearance-to-buy-and-sell-energy-continue-taking-o/) (like Enron). Google is also very heavily invested in green energy production (Solar, Wind, etc etc.) and are hoping to one day be completely self sufficient. Take that knowledge and combine it with the fact that they were the first to jump on this new tech, and you have your self-sufficient Google who may one day be providing us with everything that has to do with anything.

The Bloom Box: A Power Plant for the Home (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/the-bloom-box-a-power-plant-for-the-home-video/)
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Those two blocks can power the average high-consumption American home -- one block can power the average European home. At least that's the claim being made by K.R. Sridhar, founder of Bloom Energy, on 60 Minutes last night. The original technology comes from an oxygen generator meant for a scrapped NASA Mars program that's been converted, with the help of an estimated $400 million in private funding, into a fuel cell. Bloom's design feeds oxygen into one side of a cell while fuel (natural gas, bio gas from landfill waste, solar, etc) is supplied to the other side to provide the chemical reaction required for power. The cells themselves are inexpensive ceramic disks painted with a secret green "ink" on one side and a black "ink" on the other. The disks are separated by a cheap metal alloy, instead of more precious metals like platinum, and stacked into a cube of varying capabilities -- a stack of 64 can power a small business like Starbucks.

Now get this, skeptics: there are already several corporate customers using refrigerator-sized Bloom Boxes. The corporate-sized cells cost $700,000 to $800,000 and are installed at 20 customers you've already heard of including FedEx and Wal-mart -- Google was first to this green energy party, using its Bloom Boxes to power a data center for the last 18 months. Ebay has installed its boxes on the front lawn of its San Jose location. It estimates to receive almost 15% of its energy needs from Bloom, saving about $100,000 since installing its five boxes 9 months ago -- an estimate we assume doesn't factor in the millions Ebay paid for the boxes themselves. Bloom makes about one box a day at the moment and believes that within 5 to 10 years it can drive down the cost to about $3,000 to make it suitable for home use. Sounds awfully aggressive to us. Nevertheless, Bloom Energy will go public with details on Wednesday -- until then, check the 60 Minutes sneak peek after the break.

video (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n&tag=api)

This is exciting news since if you think about how soon this could change everything.
Electric cars with solar panels on the roof powering themselves indefinitely. No more electric bill at the house, or atleast severely reduced.

But back to the Google link; There are also studies of delivering High Speed Internet over power lines. Could Google be looking to provide internet and power to your google powered search/browser/OS/Computer?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on February 24, 2010, 05:45:55 PM
I think I need to change my pants.

I'm jumping on the stock the first chance I get. ****...I'll make it my retirement fund cuz i can't trust these banks.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 24, 2010, 06:59:00 PM
My only concern with this is that if everyone is using it, will we have enough Oxygen left to live off of? We would need a massive reforestation effort to go along with this wouldn't we?
I mean if every American home ends up having 2 of these things just for daily power consumption and one in each car, and one for back-up/emergency/travel needs, that's alot of oxygen being sucked up.

Now if only someone simultaneously invented something that takes what this product puts out as byproduct and somehow recycles that back into something useful, then we have a gold mine here.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on February 24, 2010, 07:01:53 PM
you're concerned about our oxygen levels?

Really?!

Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the entire universe. I think we'll be arlright.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 24, 2010, 07:54:14 PM
I'm just hoping that the air doesn't become thinner once everyone, and I mean everyone, is burning oxygen for electricity.

It's not so much a concern for the short term, but the really long term.

You know how you see those post-apocalyptic movies where everything went wrong nd it all stemmed from something that started off as being relatively harmless, and then it was abused. Now humanity is fucked.

I'm just picturing a future where GoogleNet reigns supreme and oxygen isn't as abundant a resource as it used to be due to not taking care of our "taken for granted" free sources of oxygen replenishment. Now we have a Total Recall situation only we are looking for new sources of power so we can make more oxygen.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on February 24, 2010, 08:49:01 PM
Yeah but that's crazy talk. We burn oxygen everyday. Every single day. In our cars, stoves, log fires, factories, power plants, etc. etc.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 25, 2010, 01:01:38 AM
...wouldn't the "burned" oxygen just get re-released into the outside air?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on February 25, 2010, 01:14:35 AM
I thought it turns into CO2
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: stevey on February 25, 2010, 01:54:43 PM
I'm just hoping that the air doesn't become thinner once everyone, and I mean everyone, is burning oxygen for electricity.

Everyone already burns oxygen for everything and electricity. The atmosphere is 20.9% O2 so it's not going to run out or even thin out to a measurable way for a several thousand years.

But back to the Google link; There are also studies of delivering High Speed Internet over power lines. Could Google be looking to provide internet and power to your google powered search/browser/OS/Computer?

Screw that, Google is already setting up 1Gb/s FTTH internet service. (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html) (Everyone please go here (http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options) and nominate the Trenton through Princeton NJ Area)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 25, 2010, 02:31:57 PM
Damn, I need to forward that onto some local Gov. Officials and get this set up in The Bay Area.

......where to start?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on March 04, 2010, 07:08:40 PM
I'm just hoping that the air doesn't become thinner once everyone, and I mean everyone, is burning oxygen for electricity.

It's not so much a concern for the short term, but the really long term.

You know how you see those post-apocalyptic movies where everything went wrong nd it all stemmed from something that started off as being relatively harmless, and then it was abused. Now humanity is fucked.

I'm just picturing a future where GoogleNet reigns supreme and oxygen isn't as abundant a resource as it used to be due to not taking care of our "taken for granted" free sources of oxygen replenishment. Now we have a Total Recall situation only we are looking for new sources of power so we can make more oxygen.

Screw Total Recall scenarios, we know what must REALLY be done..

(http://i34.tinypic.com/28iqgl3.jpg)

Screw that, Google is already setting up 1Gb/s FTTH internet service. (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html)

damn

(http://i28.tinypic.com/o0cb3o.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on March 07, 2010, 09:21:30 PM
Hybrid Reactors
----------------------

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527505.900-hybrid-fusion-the-third-nuclear-option.html

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Workable hybrid technology is still some way off, but given the inherent problems with fission and the uncertainty over fusion it has to be worth pursuing. Even modest-sized reactors could provide affordable and almost limitless energy for all. Hybrid fusion deserves wider understanding and support from governments, scientists and environmentalists.

So along with Bloom Energy and other emerging technologies in renewable energy, I think we are pretty much set if the Coal and Oil industries allow it...
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on March 07, 2010, 09:38:54 PM
they wont :P
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 12, 2010, 01:17:56 PM
Unlimited Detail: No More Polygons!

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Unlimited Detail

Unlimited Detail is a new technology for making realtime 3D graphics.  Unlimited Detail is different from existing 3D graphics systems because it can process unlimited point cloud data in real time, giving the highest level of geometry ever seen.  If this all sounds a bit technical to you, just press the "What is it ?" button on the side and we will try and explain things in a bit more detail.

Pic: http://unlimiteddetailtechnology.com/attachments/Image/fig4.JPG (http://unlimiteddetailtechnology.com/attachments/Image/fig4.JPG)

The above picture contains billions of points and we can run it all in real-time.
This site has a gallery of pictures for you to look at, as well as some video clips you can download. We also have a technical clip that will explain Unlimited Detail in more detail.

We are in the process of Negotiating to get the Commercial version of Unlimited Details SDK built. After that, you should expect to see 3D graphics take a huge leap forward in about 16 months when Unlimited Detail comes out commercially, in Games and other products.
This was put up last month, and 16 months from then is June 2011. June is when E3 happens, so I'm expecting this to be debuted at E3 2011 in the Nintendo conference/booth for the Wii2 reveal ;) assuming all of this is legit and functional.


Video Demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ATtrImCx4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ATtrImCx4)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on March 12, 2010, 01:33:49 PM
Cool. I hope the Polygon conglomerate doesn't shut them down.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 12, 2010, 01:39:33 PM
ATi & Nvidia? they supposedly went to them first. I'd imagine it didn't turn out too well, especially if this is a software tech that works fine on yesterdays Hi-end graphic cards.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 12, 2010, 02:47:52 PM
A long time ago I hoped graphics elements would be rounded or volumetric (planets and atoms are described as round, after all) instead of the polygon origami we have today.  I was a fan of the Voxel Space concept, tho I couldn't afford a computer that ran my Voxel Space games really well.

Actually, I believe having round-ish display pixels instead of square pixels would be a simple way of reducing aliasing in TVs/monitors.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on March 12, 2010, 03:54:29 PM
what happened to nurbs?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on March 12, 2010, 04:56:38 PM
Thats interesting, but I would be more impressed when I see things like animation and physics.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on March 12, 2010, 05:56:22 PM
John Carmcack was talking about something similar to this, and i'm pretty sure he's pushing graphic tech companies to have similar technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_6

and holy **** i just watched the explanation on how it works...and the sound of it is you couldn't do much in the way of real time lighting or animation, but this would revolutionize draw distance at least. The other thing is...that is all running in software..i wonder how much processing power it takes to search through a point cloud for 345,600 pixels

thinking about this technology..its genius, and kinda stupid they didn't come up with it sooner.

how would Wii do it? Well I don't know the actual specs of the Wii, but I do know the actual specs of the gamecube. The gamecube can do 20 million polygons a second which is 337,500 triangles a frame at 60 FPS. Now games today are made out of polygons, but the type of polygon of choise is a trangle. triangles can be bent and stretched on all three points in every which way, but polygons have a limitation in that you need to load three points into memory each with their own x,y,z coordinant, because of this you can't sift through a file to process it, you have to load the whole file into the system and then process the information. With this point cloud technology you only have to load a portion of a file at a time and process it and thats where the power leap occurs. Normally, when processing polygons you have a lot of unused memory that you can't see. This eliminates that for a super efficiency boost, however files will be HUGE, and unless there is a lot of ram then things will constantly stream off the disc, which may cause your disc drive to fail.

oh and Nurbs? Well actually you could manipulate the point cloud data in real time with some nurbs calculations, but you would probably need a whole new co-processor for that. Interesting time we live in though. Oh, and combine this with
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_mapping
and we should have realtime shrek processing machines by 2012
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on March 13, 2010, 10:06:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/user/Quipster99#p/a/u/2/l3Sw3dnu8q8

another video

listen to what he says on 4:47 :P
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 13, 2010, 10:29:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/user/Quipster99#p/a/u/2/l3Sw3dnu8q8

another video

listen to what he says on 4:47 :P
so I'm expecting this to be debuted at E3 2011 in the Nintendo conference/booth for the Wii2 reveal ;) assuming all of this is legit and functional.
;)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2010, 12:55:52 PM
Quantum teleportation achieved over ten miles of free space (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/05/quantum-teleportation-achieved-over-ten-miles-of-free-space.ars)
One small step for man(into a teleporter) could take you 10 miles or more! I can't wait for the future.
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Quantum teleportation has achieved a new milestone or, should we say, a new ten-milestone: scientists have recently had success teleporting information between photons over a free space distance of nearly ten miles, an unprecedented length. The researchers who have accomplished  this feat note that this brings us closer to communicating information  without needing a traditional signal, and that the ten miles they have  reached could span the distance between the surface of the earth and  space.
 
 As we've explained before, "quantum teleportation" is quite different  from how many people imagine teleportation to work. Rather than picking  one thing up and placing it somewhere else, quantum teleportation  involves entangling two things, like photons or ions, and then moving  the quantum state from one to the other.
 
 When one of the items is sent a distance away, entanglement ensures that  changing the state of one causes the other to change as well, allowing  the teleportation of quantum information, if not matter. However, the  distance particles can be from each other has been limited so far to a  number of meters.
 
 Teleportation over distances of a few hundred meters has previously only  been accomplished with the photons traveling in fiber channels to help  preserve their state. In this particular experiment, researchers  maximally entangled two photons using both spatial and polarization  modes and sent the one with higher energy through a ten-mile-long free  space channel. They found that the distant photon was still able to  respond to changes in state of the photon they held onto even at this  unprecedented distance.
 
 However, the long-distance teleportation of a photon is only a small  step towards developing applications for the procedure. While photons  are good at transmitting information, they are not as good as ions at  allowing manipulation, an advancement we'd need for encryption.  Researchers were also able to maintain the fidelity of the long-distance  teleportation at 89 percent— decent enough for information, but  still dangerous for the whole-body human teleportation that we're all  looking forward to.
Title: Teleporting information =/= people or things
Post by: stevey on May 19, 2010, 06:19:35 PM
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/n64/quantum_teleportation.png) (http://xkcd.com/465/)

Obligatory response
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on May 19, 2010, 10:50:30 PM
so, no people yet, but information.

Soon Spacecrafts? Save money sending satellites into space, and or moon bases.

The idea of entanglement is interesting.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 06, 2010, 06:10:34 PM
We are almost 1 step closer to eternal life.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7928426/Damaged-heart-could-be-coaxed-into-mending-itself-claim-scientists.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7928426/Damaged-heart-could-be-coaxed-into-mending-itself-claim-scientists.html)
-Self healing hearts-
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In as little as five years, researchers hope to be able to coax the heart into regenerating itself, repairing the damage caused by cardiac arrests and old age.

The revolutionary treatment could be possible after scientists discovered a technique for turning ordinary connective tissue into muscle cells inside the heart.
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It works in a similar way to stem cells but instead of the new cells being grown outside the body and then injected back in, the technique simply makes the cells switch at the point where they are needed.
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The main problem is that when beating muscles cells – known as cardiomyocytes – die during an attack there is no way to reactivate them and the surrounding connective tissue – known as fibroblasts – cannot take over their role.

Now Professor Deepak Srivastava at the Gladstone Institute, University of California, and his team have discovered a way of reprogramming fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes.

The system involves slowly administering three substances – using an artificial tube called a stent – into the blood that trigger the conversion.
Professor Srivastava believes this could be achieved over just two weeks.

"We first have to test if the same factors can convert human fibroblasts to beating heart muscle and then find ways to safely introduce these factors, or small molecules that mimic these factors, into the coronary circulation so they can reprogram the existing fibroblasts in the heart, said Professor Srivastava.

"I envision such factors being loaded into a stent that is placed in the coronary artery and can elute (allow to emerge) the reprogramming factors over 1-2 weeks.

"It is ambitious, but not unreasonable, to imagine being ready for a clinical trial in the next five years."
We have scientist working with Stem Cells to replace basically anything in the human body
we have scientist working on making skin keep it's elasticity so you always look young
and now we have hearts that can heal themselves.

Now if only they could take all this and turn it into something you could just drink and cycle it through some sort of fountain....
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Post by: vudu on August 06, 2010, 08:29:20 PM
I'd settle for being able to upload my mind to a computer before I die.
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Post by: ThePerm on August 07, 2010, 01:53:34 AM
i always said that my preferred death would be by dinosaur....which unfortunately sounds more likely.
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Post by: EasyCure on September 07, 2010, 09:49:17 PM
I guess this counts as going in this thread.. (http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Whiskey-Diabetics-Urine-James-Gilpin,news-7947.html)
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Post by: TJ Spyke on September 08, 2010, 09:57:29 AM
The new iPod Touch seems damn impressive, and I am glad they finally put in the cameras that they were gonna put in last year and then pulled days before the unveiling. The cameras and mic pretty much eliminate any reason for me to get an iPhone now. When I get the money I will probably get it. My only problem is that they are raising the price (the 8GB model is going from $200 to $230).
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 08, 2010, 10:58:20 AM
can you use GVoice on the touch through Wifi?
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Post by: TJ Spyke on September 08, 2010, 11:36:19 AM
I am not sure, I haven't seen any articles on the new iPod Touch's mention Google Voice. You can use Skype though, so you will be able to at least talk to other people over wi-fi (I assume similar programs would work too).
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Post by: EasyCure on September 08, 2010, 01:33:44 PM
Thank you, Apple, I have a perfect working oops classic that I was willing to put into storage for a 4th gen touch that I assumed would increase capacity. I didn't care about the cameras, faster processor, or new OS.

Alas they've capped the touch to 64Gb. We'll see what happens next year.. I'll just go spend my money  elsewhere
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Post by: TJ Spyke on September 08, 2010, 01:44:36 PM
I always have wanted to ask someone about this, but do you really need to have that much media with you? I don't know how much actual space you have with the 64GB model (with the 8GB model you only have about 7GB of space to use), but I can't imagine needing all that space. Even if I add up all of my podcasts, music, and apps, I don't think I would even fill up the 64GB model. I know people who have hundreds of gigabytes of music, but I would never need access to all of them at once.

Easy, I guess keeping your iPod Classic would be the best choice for you since the new improvements to the iPod Touch don't interest you.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 08, 2010, 03:20:46 PM
can you use GVoice on the touch through Wifi?

Yes.

Actually, you could get a Touch and get a MiFi 3/4G portable wifi router and use it as a phone via Skype or Google Voice with a lower monthly cost than an iPhone, and on any wireless provider.
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Post by: EasyCure on September 10, 2010, 12:39:41 AM
I always have wanted to ask someone about this, but do you really need to have that much media with you? I don't know how much actual space you have with the 64GB model (with the 8GB model you only have about 7GB of space to use), but I can't imagine needing all that space. Even if I add up all of my podcasts, music, and apps, I don't think I would even fill up the 64GB model. I know people who have hundreds of gigabytes of music, but I would never need access to all of them at once.

Easy, I guess keeping your iPod Classic would be the best choice for you since the new improvements to the iPod Touch don't interest you.

If you asked me, my answer would be "yeah, sure, why not!?" Technology like this is all about convenience. Whats more convenient than having all my music and movies in one place? I do a lot of driving in the car and its nice to have my entire library with me so I'm not confined to my old cd's. No more needing to change discs, no more feeling like I've heard the same song a million times. Hell even when I started burning MP3 discs for my car stereo, putting it on shuffle wasn't enough. I have all my music at my fingertips for those long drives to and from work, I have playlists set up for whatever mood I may be in, and shuffle for any other time.

Movies is the same way. Even if I'm just on the toilet at work, why the hell not watch an episode of southpark on the john? ;) Sometimes my girlfriend and I will go see a movie, and the next showing isn't for about an hour. Sometimes we'll get there late so all the stores in the area are closed and we're just stuck waiting for that last showing. What do we do? Put on a movie and plop down either on the nice comfy couch at the theater, or head back to the car to watch it.

I wouldn't say the new features of the touch don't interest me. I'd say they're not the biggest selling points for me. The screen size makes me envious when my girlfriend decides to flaunt her ipod touch (that I bought her) over my Classic. Most of the movies I have are formatted for the touch's screen, so something like District 9 gets certain subtitles cut off. When it comes to downloading games, i'd prefer to have them on an ipod touch than my phone because I'd rather not drain the phones battery, so that would be a nice step-up from what I have now. Still, the camera thing isn't THAT big a deal for me (but i'd rather have it than not) and neither is face time or the new OS. Just gimme a bigger hard-drive, its all I ask.
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Post by: greybrick on September 10, 2010, 12:50:23 AM
I always have wanted to ask someone about this, but do you really need to have that much media with you? I don't know how much actual space you have with the 64GB model (with the 8GB model you only have about 7GB of space to use), but I can't imagine needing all that space. Even if I add up all of my podcasts, music, and apps, I don't think I would even fill up the 64GB model. I know people who have hundreds of gigabytes of music, but I would never need access to all of them at once.

I had around 25 gigs of Apps before I did my hard drive cleanup, which is abnormal but I can see how you can fill a 64 gig even without a massive music collection. I also like to keep plenty of music with me for the commute, and think I have enough music to fill a 64 gig.

Right now, I am still using a 16 gb iPod Touch, so the 64 will be a huge upgrade for me.


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Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 10, 2010, 12:59:53 AM
Probably about half my 32 GB iPhone is apps. If you're looking to fit more music and aren't super picky about audio quality, check the box that says "convert music to 128k." If you have a lot of higher bitrate music it'll save you a lot of space, and I've never had a problem with the quality of 128k AAC.
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Post by: greybrick on September 10, 2010, 01:11:08 AM
I am picky about music quality to a fault, in fact I would have stuck with the Zune brand if I hadn't had so many frustrations with my first one. The sound quality on a Zune 30gb is stellar.

Most of my songs are at 256-300 kbps
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 10, 2010, 01:16:02 AM
With lossless audio files and the right headphones, an iOS device sounds as good as anything. I'm just glad I'm not cursed with the ability to tell the difference.
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Post by: greybrick on September 10, 2010, 01:27:40 AM
iPod Touches do sound great, especially once you've ditched the headphones that come with it, but I can perceive a difference between audio on an iOS device and my old Zune. It could just be me never being happy with what I have.

Speaking of the iPod Touch 4g, what a bummer that it has a worse camera, and the official excuse is so that the device could be slim enough. I honestly would like to have the option to have an iPod Touch 4g with the exact same body as an iPhone 4. I like having my crappy Verizon phone with my iPod Touch as its sidekick.
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Post by: TJ Spyke on September 10, 2010, 10:54:47 AM
The reviews seem to say that while the camera is not as good as the one in the iPhone, it is still a good camera.
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Post by: greybrick on September 20, 2010, 01:45:12 AM
I just picked up the newest generation of iPod classic, meaning I now have 160gb of space to fool around with. It feels good to just click, "sync all." Plus, I ended up only paying $140 for it brand new. Thanks Costco!
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Post by: ThePerm on October 05, 2010, 07:35:27 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HScYuRhgEJw

back to voxel technology talk :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpfaFrazOn4&feature=related
funny, im working on a church with the same layout, then again..they pretty much all ahave the same layouts

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Post by: MaryJane on October 05, 2010, 02:16:35 PM
Augmented Reality!

With the launch of 3DS Nintendo seems to be going big with AR, but so is everyone else.

Qualcomm (the people who made & then pulled Flo TV among other things) are looking to bring AR to all mobile phones with apps and other things, but its the 'other things' that has me curious. CNN just showed a flat map of an office that kind of looked like a 'Sim' game once a Verizon phone's camera focused on it. There were people walking around and they noticed when the phone was over them, and you could then pick them up and move them or just drop them for fun or for punishment for them being lazy, as the demonstrator did. They also made the point that this could be taken beyond gaming, with military purpose like looking at a plebian map and getting troop info on the device. The CNN host also thought of using between people also with a map for marking points of interest, which made me think of treasure hunts.

I find this all very interesting, and I hope that some ambitious company does do a treasure hunt 'thing' where when people find one item its taken off the map, and other items/sites pop up as the adventure goes on. This could even help the 3DS's Streetpass feature since it could encourage users to have their systems on and congregate in certain places.

Imagine if a 'game' you buy comes with a miniature map that displays your closest metropolitan area and the 3DS alerts you to nearby Nintendo/gamer events then you look at the map with the camera and AR to see where the event is. This could be used for other things like those unannounced concerts and meet-ups of like-minded people like NWR fans. For example, at a Disturbed concert there could meeting spots for people who like TOOL, Chevelle, Metallica and other bands. For Nintendo this could also be used to mark free wifi spots, VC and Pokemon giveaways etc.

There are so many ways for this technology to be used, I'm hoping that this is the 'next big thing'.

My only worry, as I started to say before, are the 'other things' (like maps) you need.
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Post by: Stogi on October 05, 2010, 05:12:38 PM
The only AR I find even remotely interesting is if it's used in the same manner of say, a PokeDex. Meaning, I would like the system to recognize what I'm looking at and with one click, tell me all about it. But that's not even AR in the true sense.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 05, 2010, 05:38:55 PM
The only AR I find even remotely interesting is if it's used in the same manner of say, a PokeDex. Meaning, I would like the system to recognize what I'm looking at and with one click, tell me all about it. But that's not even AR in the true sense.

That's sixth sense
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzKmGTVmqJs&feature=related | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDFKYrSJefc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUdDhWfpqxg
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Post by: Stogi on October 05, 2010, 06:21:14 PM
Yeah I've heard about that for quite some time now.
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Post by: TheBlackCat on October 05, 2010, 07:03:54 PM
I think the practical uses of augmented reality go far beyond gaming and social networking.  Using the real-time display from your cell phone's camera, you could do things like pulling up status of machines in a factory, count the number of each type of resistor in a big pile in a desk, quickly find the book you are looking for on a bookshelf, pull up recipes you could make with a particular ingredient on a store shelf, keep track of the movement of two street signs on either side of a tectonic fault line, keep track of the propagation of cracks in a pipe, or pull up chemical safety data at a spill site using a tanker truck's warning markings.
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Post by: MaryJane on October 05, 2010, 07:30:08 PM
I think AR is different from what you're talking about, it may be more of the 'sixth sense' BnM mentioned. AR is seeing something that isn't physically there. Your mention of books on a bookshelf, would be AR if your device's camera was looking over a book listing that changed into a bookshelf on the device to show you where the book is, that would be AR. That would actually be pretty cool for ebooks, where when you go over the listing, it shows you books recomendations based on your previous purchases, or just show you the books you own on your e-reader and can be redownloaded.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 05, 2010, 07:33:33 PM
Yeah I've heard about that for quite some time now.

I'm sure you have and I think you may have been the one to show it to me.
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Post by: TheBlackCat on October 05, 2010, 09:02:56 PM
I think AR is different from what you're talking about, it may be more of the 'sixth sense' BnM mentioned. AR is seeing something that isn't physically there. Your mention of books on a bookshelf, would be AR if your device's camera was looking over a book listing that changed into a bookshelf on the device to show you where the book is, that would be AR.
I was more talking about the device's camera looking at the bookshelf, scanning the books' titles, finding the one you are looking for, and then having the screen highlight the book in the picture and continue to do so in real-time as you move your camera closer to the book in question.  For the factory, the camera would identify its orientation and position, figure out which machines it is looking at, wirelessly retrieve the machines' status, then overlay that status on the image it is displaying of those machines, and do so in real time as you walk around through the factory.  The recipe thing would overlay a text bubble with an arrow pointing to the ingredient in question, as would the chemical safety issue.  The fault line one would overlay a marker on the screen showing the previous position of the objects (along with textual information on how far separated they are), or even an interpolated video showing its movement, all independent of the orientation of the camera, and the pipe crack one would overlay a picture of the previous crack, or perhaps also a semi-transparent animation showing the crack's progression overlayed on the live picture of the current crack.  The resistor one would take a picture, categorize the resistors, show a list of them next to the live video from the camera, then when you click on one of the resistors in the list it would highlight all instances of that resistor in the live video of the pile.
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Post by: MaryJane on October 06, 2010, 01:41:27 PM
Okay, now I understand and am intrigued by your ideas.

I just read on Engadget about NTT DoMoCo's AR Walker which is basically a HUD unit which attaches to eye glasses (prescription or just for the purpose of the unit) and it gives you directions by showing you arrows as you walk, and when you arrive a 'mushroom shaped man' holds up a sign to say you've arrived. What really interested me was that if you look up at the sky you get the weather forecast. Also, from the picture it looks small enough to not be dorky, which hopefully means by the time we actually can buy it, it'll be even smaller and better looking.
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Post by: ThePerm on October 06, 2010, 08:11:04 PM
terminator vision
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Post by: TheBlackCat on October 06, 2010, 09:45:48 PM
Which is frankly sort of weird.  Why would a robot need a heads-up display?  You could just feed the data directly into the processor.  If we had a way to feed data directly into our brain I guarantee you we wouldn't be using heads-up displays.  The processor has to take the time to generate and render the, modify the image, then turns around and spends the time to interpret those modifications, then read the text back in again.  If it has access to the data necessary to generate the heads-up display and the text, it should be able to just make use of the data directly. 

It is like routing the data coming out of your CD-ROM drive to a server in Siberia, having the server convert it to an ISO file, then emailing the ISO back to the original computer.   The data has to travel through your CPU before you can send it over the web anyway, why not just use it there?

Sorry for the rant, that scene always bothered me.  It looks cool but it makes absolutely no sense.
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Post by: ThePerm on October 07, 2010, 03:30:02 AM
engineer got lazy...it saves space and still works. Robots designed future terminators, so maybe robots are extra practical. Or maybe because the robot was designed in a testing phase so that the programers could debug it, and then it wasn't taken out.  There are still Arwings in Ociarina of Time.

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Post by: MaryJane on October 07, 2010, 09:21:24 AM
Or maybe it's because it was the most practical way to show the people watching the MOVIE what the robot was 'thinking'. Of course in real life robots wouldn't need a HUD but showing a bunch of 1001100's or series of electrical synapses wouldn't have meant much to the viewer. Could they have done it some other way? Perhaps, but they likely chose the HUD for easy recognition.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 07, 2010, 11:51:46 AM
Or maybe it's because it was the most practical way to show the people watching the MOVIE what the robot was 'thinking'. Of course in real life robots wouldn't need a HUD but showing a bunch of 1001100's or series of electrical synapses wouldn't have meant much to the viewer. Could they have done it some other way? Perhaps, but they likely chose the HUD for easy recognition.
I was gonna type the same thing, but did want to take the time to explain it.
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Post by: ThePerm on October 07, 2010, 06:00:20 PM
they do that in the matrix, except some people can read the code too because their crazy future humans. But i would say the robots thats take over the world in the matrix are much better built than the robots that take over the world in terminator.
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Post by: TheBlackCat on October 07, 2010, 08:54:53 PM
I understand it was done for the movie effect, but it is still bothers me.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 09, 2010, 11:23:55 PM
Google's at it again....
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-were-driving-at.html (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-were-driving-at.html)

Cars that are driving themselves, fully automated cars have logged over 140k miles on public streets so far.
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Larry and Sergey founded Google because they wanted to help solve really big problems using technology. And one of the big problems we’re working on today is car safety and efficiency. Our goal is to help prevent traffic accidents, free up people’s time and reduce carbon emissions by fundamentally changing car use.

So we have developed technology for cars that can drive themselves. Our automated cars, manned by trained operators, just drove from our Mountain View campus to our Santa Monica office and on to Hollywood Boulevard. They’ve driven down Lombard Street, crossed the Golden Gate bridge, navigated the Pacific Coast Highway, and even made it all the way around Lake Tahoe. All in all, our self-driving cars have logged over 140,000 miles. We think this is a first in robotics research.

Our automated cars use video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to “see” other traffic, as well as detailed maps (which we collect using manually driven vehicles) to navigate the road ahead. This is all made possible by Google’s data centers, which can process the enormous amounts of information gathered by our cars when mapping their terrain.


I've been waiting on something like this for a while now. Might finally get rid of all those horrible freeway drivers that don't know how to merge or change lanes with the flow of traffic.
No more need for a taxi either after a good night at the bars ;)
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Post by: MaryJane on October 21, 2010, 06:48:25 PM
Has anyone seen the new PSP commercial for their AR camera attachment? Its really deceptive, they show that when they look at nornal stuff, nothing is different, but they don't actually show the card when the kids are fighting them. It shows it on the screen, but not the physical card. Hopefully Nintendo sticks to that promo video showing the card, someone could easily buy the Sony thing, thinking invisible things are randomly going to pop up on the screen.

And I like the idea of self-driving cars. Instead of making new mpg regulations the government should be aiding the production of these cars with stronger GPS and traffic relay systems on the highways. Could be easier than high speed rail, and we wouldn't be playing catch up. We own GM let's do it... That's what I say anyway.
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Post by: MegaByte on October 21, 2010, 07:18:57 PM
Got a link to show what you're talking about?  Augmented reality doesn't require a card; it just makes it easier.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 21, 2010, 09:32:53 PM
Mazda also just announced that the Mazda 2 will have 70mpg without being hybrid or electric. So I think we should continue to push the mpg regulations because we are bout 10 years behind where we should be in that area. 70mpg on a single fill on a car that will likely double that in the hybrid model and it drives itself for most of the time(atleast on the freeway - what ever happen to drive by wire?) is where we should be today, not 7 years from now.
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Post by: MaryJane on October 22, 2010, 10:07:16 AM
As far as I can tell, AR needs some base to know what to display, whether that is a card, map, or recognizable street sign. What would be the point of simply looking at a wall or floor to display something unrelated to what you're looking at? They have that already, it's called the internet/GPS/video games/T.V/anything else that displays something on a screen without first consulting a camera and overlaying the scene with new information or a new interface.

BnM, you kind of made my point, car companies are doing the mpg thing on their own, and the government regulations are more for gas-guzzling sports cars and trucks. Getting 25-35 mpg in a car whose top speed is 185mph or a truck that can tow 7500lbs is pretty good. But for self-driving cars to work, it's going to take a lot effort on a lot of people's part, especially the government who has to regulate them and ultimately decide their implemantation. They're going so slowly with infrastructure for electric cars, I don't know if they can walk and chew gum at the same time. Mpg regulations are good for now, let's move on the future.
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Post by: Stogi on October 22, 2010, 12:23:41 PM
As soon as I saw that PSP AR commercial, I immediately envisioned an AR soccer game. You would put down a game board, similar to the size of monopoly, and the AR would show the entire stadium, fans and all. You'd then control the players just like you would normally.

I'd buy it.
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Post by: MegaByte on October 22, 2010, 04:31:38 PM
As far as I can tell, AR needs some base to know what to display, whether that is a card, map, or recognizable street sign. What would be the point of simply looking at a wall or floor to display something unrelated to what you're looking at? They have that already, it's called the internet/GPS/video games/T.V/anything else that displays something on a screen without first consulting a camera and overlaying the scene with new information or a new interface.
Like I said, you can overlay without needing a card, as long as your scene recognition is good enough.  But I can't comment further without seeing the said video.
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Post by: MaryJane on October 22, 2010, 06:26:28 PM
@MegaByte:
  I'm using my phone and I can't copy/paste links for some reason, but if you got to youtube and search for 'psp invizimals commercial' it's the 31 second video posted last week.

You also make an itriguing point about 'scene recogniton'. With companies looking to place AR into wearable HUD units, it makes sense that they would more be used to recognize an entire scene (lets say restaurant storefronts, and telling you which has the cheapest prices vs. highest rated food) than a street sign or destination.


@ TheUnagi:
 That would be a great idea and could be used well for football and basketball as well. For football it would be especially intriguing as it could add another level of difficulty and realism. While on offense you have to move the camera left or right to see different receiver options, and on defense, you would get the view of the defensive player you're hovering over/selected. With the 3DS having two screens, one screen could show what you character is looking at, while the other is showing what your hovering over, which could help avoid sacks for the QB, and the defensive player switching before being able to hover over a safety or DB who is down 30yds downfield chasing a receiver you weren't looking at.

I really hope Nintendo goes big with AR, I think they have a serious advantage with two screens, and I hope they lead the way for others to make AR as much a part of life as the internet.
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Post by: MaryJane on October 25, 2010, 04:30:28 PM
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/25/wi-fi-direct-certification-begins-today-device-to-device-transm/

This is something that really tickles my fancy. Basically Wifi Direct allows any device with the software to set-up a small network between wifi enabled devices to allow for file tansfers. Basically what bluetooth can do, but on a larger scale.

What I really like about this, is that if you buy a device with Wifi Direct today, it will work with a wifi device you bought last year. The 802.11b standard isn't supported, but most devices made within the last few years use 802.11g/n.

Only one device needs to have Wifi Direct for two or more devices to link up to the network and transfer files and other things.

The article says that Wifi Direct 'is simply a pipe that software can dictate as it sees fit' and they expect the various app markets and developers to aid in the rollout of this technology and do interesting things.

One interesting thing to do with this sort of technology would be the transfer of information between similar devices even if their users aren't using the device or aware of the transfer. Yes I do mean Nintendo's Streetpass.

The article doesn't make note of Nintendo utilizing this technology (or something similar) but that was the first thing I thought of. Also, if the 3DS doesn't use Wifi Direct, it could potentially be upgraded to use it with a firmware update. It would Streetpass, but with any wifi device, allowing easy transfer of cell phone pictures to the 3DS for editing, and 3DS pictures to cell phones for web hosting when there is no Wifi router around. I was thinking there would be some piracy issues that would prevent Nintendo from signing on to widespread use, but with regular firmware updates they can combat piracy as actively as pirates develop work-arounds.

This technology could open up a whole new level of harmony between devices if cell phone carriers and other manufacturers don't limit it like they did/do with bluetooth, and other P2P applications.
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Post by: Stogi on October 25, 2010, 05:50:30 PM
I like the idea of simply transferring information without the need for a router or hub or the internet. It's been a bitch using a crossover ethernet cable for that.

Also, this means intranet for all. Torrents are going to be all over this.
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Post by: MegaByte on October 25, 2010, 05:55:42 PM
They've been trying to make this happen for years, so hopefully it will actually happen.  I wonder what system Nintendo is using for StreetPass, as the Wi-Fi setup time might make it unsuitable for the cases where you're literally passing somebody on the street.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 03, 2010, 06:27:19 PM
Super-fast SSDs smaller than a credit card that hold up to 400 GB (http://www.macworld.com/article/155434/2010/11/formay_ssd.html?lsrc=rss_main)

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Foremay announced on Tuesday that it will begin shipping its new 1.8-inch SSDs. These new SSDs come in two configurations: The first is a 5 mm-thick model; the second is even thinner, only 3.3 mm thick. The company claims that these are the world's fastest 1.8-inch SSD drives, boasting read/write speeds of up to 280MBps.

These new slimline drives, which are available with capacities of up to 400GB, are intended for use in various handheld and portable tech, such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, GPS devices, and digital camcorders. The thought of a fast 400GB solid-state drive within a tablet is certainty a tempting one.

Storage is my most-desired computer spec, and stuff like this makes me very excited for the future of mobile devices. Give me an iPad with one of these, Apple!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on November 04, 2010, 01:47:44 PM
The Samsung Galaxy S is the first phone to become Wifi Direct certified. The firmware update isn't actually available yet, but at least things are moving in the right direction, and other smartphone manufacturers shouldn't be too far behind Samsung. Things should be getting interesting... I wonder if this will antique bluetooth?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on November 25, 2010, 01:54:58 AM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101123121113.htm
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on November 28, 2010, 10:53:48 AM
A couple things I thought were pretty cool:

Sony developing holographic games, and same screen 3D multiplayer for the PS3:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/24/sony-working-on-same-screen-3d-multiplayer-holographics-for-ps3/

They don't go much into the idea of holographic games, but imagine the new EyeToy projecting a scene onto your living room with the main focus of the game still on the screen, I suppose you would still need special glasses, but if you're already wearing them for a 3D effect, that's no big deal.

Disposable eReaders?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/24/new-electrowetting-technique-could-do-e-paper-on-real-paper-lea/

The electrowetting technique changes the properties of paper into a reflective surface, a.k.a a display.


Also, Perm, interesting post! Nanotechnology is pretty much the future of everything.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 28, 2010, 12:47:47 PM
That same screen multiplayer
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"In regards to that we have some new technology that we've shown to developers that uses 3D techniques, it allows two players to play full screen multi-player games but without each being able to see the others view, and they have been massively keen on them." Of course, such a technique isn't exactly new -- we saw prototypes of the sort in use back at GDC -- but bringing them to a market as vast as the PS3 owner pool would definitely be a monumental step.

It sounds like instead of seeing in 3D, Player 1 gets the left eye view and Player 2 gets the right eye view. Not both players seeing 3D at the same time, because that is nothing special.

It's just like that TV that popped up in the MS thread where you 4 different people could all see 4 different things on the same screen at the same time. or 2 different people could see 2 different 3D images at the same time.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on November 29, 2010, 01:30:57 PM
Ah, you're probably right, but I think 'nothing special'is pretty harsh for something that would be pretty cool. One of the drawbacks of split screen multiplayer is the smaller screen, this solves that, and if it has to be done sans 3D, then so be it.

And the MS technology relied on cameras within the T.V to broadcast the unique feeds.



Harvard researchers have reversed aging in mice. They apparently tweaked the experiment to get the results but let's hope it's a start. It's up at Engadget.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on November 29, 2010, 09:31:42 PM
yeah I saw the mice article on CNN

its nothing new though. or at least its something thats been talked about for a long while, that is reversing telomere degeneration. Make the candle wick longer yo!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 21, 2010, 03:45:07 PM
The days of accidental pregnancy are soon to be behind us!!!!

RISUG (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) is on the way to save our day
It's cheap, takes 5 minutes, last for 10 YEARS, has virtually NO SIDE EFFECTS and is completely REVERSIBLE
http://www.malecontraceptives.org/methods/risug.php
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RISUG is an injectable compound that partially blocks the vasa deferentia (tubes that carry sperm), providing effective contraception for up to 10 years per dose. It is effective immediately, has few side effects, and has proven to be reversible in primate studies. This contraceptive has completed Phase I and II clinical trials in India (Guha 1997). Our research has convinced us that RISUG is the most promising of the potential male contraceptives.

How does it work?
RISUG is an acronym for Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance, and is composed of styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) complexed with the solvent dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) (Guha 1996). RISUG has two contraceptive effects: partial blockage of the vasa deferentia and disruption of the sperm that pass through it.

http://sexologicalblog.com/2010/12/21/new-contraceptive-method-to-move-forward-in-development/
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Contraception in development is probably my biggest pet project; I’ve given a couple presentations on the one-time reversible injection method, called RISUG.  After injecting this compound into the vas deferens, the sperm will be unable to penetrate the jelly coat of the egg, and thus, pregnancy is prevented.  The most amazing aspect of this birth control method is that it is effective for at least 10 years, and is completely reversible.  RISUG (which stands for reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) is cheap and low maintenance, with few to no side effects observed in most subjects.  Plus, the procedure takes about five minutes.

& Reversal* only takes about 2-3 months
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The compound can be removed by flushing the vasa deferentia with an injection. One study showed effective reversal using an injection of baking soda dissolved in water. Another study reported a successful non-invasive reversal technique involving massage, vibration and low electrical current.
*reversal has not been tested on humans yet, but has been done in primates.
Things are looking hopeful.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: TJ Spyke on December 21, 2010, 10:00:42 PM
The days of accidental pregnancy are soon to be behind us!!!!

Because people are too lazy to use the dozens of birth control methods already available. Other than rape, there is zero excuse for unwanted pregnancy anymore. Even if this does eventually get FDA approval, I have a feeling it will have little impact on the rates of unwanted pregnancies. I hope I am wrong though.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 21, 2010, 10:58:51 PM
Sometimes a condom breaks, sometimes the other methods fail, or a woman forgets to take a pill. Things happen. Now there is nothing to forget because the man will just not be leaving behind any soldiers that may accidentally get the job done.

I actually hoping that this will be a routine procedure done to all kids as they enter middle school. no more accidental teenage pregnancies and the male can go get the procedure reversed when (no sooner than 18) when he feels he is ready. It could become part of every boys 13th Birthday ritual.

It would greatly reduce accidental pregnancies especially in poverty stricken areas where people tend to have children alot more frequently(condoms cost money are a hassle to put on and lessen the enjoyment). STD's will be a problem on a whole new level, but atleast there won't be so many unplanned pregnancies anymore.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Kytim89 on December 21, 2010, 11:17:16 PM
Someone should follow this topic up with an article about AIDS being cured.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: TJ Spyke on December 21, 2010, 11:23:00 PM
If it ever gets cured, sure. So far there isn't a cure (don't bother mentioning the guy in Germany, he had an extremely rare mutation and the results have not been able to be duplicated in other people).
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Kytim89 on December 22, 2010, 12:04:45 AM
If it ever gets cured, sure. So far there isn't a cure (don't bother mentioning the guy in Germany, he had an extremely rare mutation and the results have not been able to be duplicated in other people).

I watched on TV a while ago that said that cases of the desease are going to increas in the next few years. I wrote that in response to BnM's article about the pregnancy buster leading to promescuity.  :P:
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 22, 2010, 01:22:49 AM
lol aids, pregnancy, and herpes and then we live in a perfect world

nanobots, nanobots
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on January 03, 2011, 05:24:27 PM
not really a technology thing, but still kinda cool

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/insect-wing-color/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 02, 2011, 05:24:49 AM
All hail Science
sciencefuckyeah!!.jpg

Skin Spray Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXO_ApjKPaI&feature=player_embedded

This thing needs to get approved and put into every single hospital around the world. It's like V technology ;)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on February 02, 2011, 05:40:50 AM
That's awe-inspiring. Simply amazing.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 02, 2011, 06:31:28 AM
The man was healed from 2nd degree burns in 4 days. 4 DAYS!!! The future is here.

They made stem cells from his own skin and was ready to spray him within 1.5hrs from taking the sample. 1.5 HOURS!!!
How has this thing not gotten more press & funding. That is like a medical miracle.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 02, 2011, 11:06:13 AM
Well the problem is that it actually heals people, which isn't good for the hopsital business. It's amazing, but the fact that it's more like a cure than a treatment is probably why it's not getting the attention it deserves.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on February 02, 2011, 04:40:23 PM
Cynical bastard.

The problem is that it's in it's infancy. You start small then grow. That's how these things work and it's why treatment options are so aggressively regulated.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on February 02, 2011, 05:10:07 PM
you could probably get away with not even using peoples own skin cells
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 02, 2011, 05:36:13 PM
you could probably get away with not even using peoples own skin cells
but it's so easy to do that even a caveman can do it it only takes 1.5 hours from admission to administering.

It used to take weeks, and now we are down to minutes, so why take another shortcut and risk any sort of rejection?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on February 02, 2011, 05:56:41 PM
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/02/water-powered-jet-pack-runs-for-two-hours-on-a-single-tank/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 02, 2011, 06:03:26 PM
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/02/water-powered-jet-pack-runs-for-two-hours-on-a-single-tank/
I just want to know what practical use will anyone have for a jetpack that tethers you to the water connected to a jetski-like pump?
It looks like fun, but other than just playing around, what would you use it for? power washing the deck of your yacht?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on February 02, 2011, 09:12:06 PM
Cynical bastard.

The problem is that it's in it's infancy. You start small then grow. That's how these things work and it's why treatment options are so aggressively regulated.

Thats fucking amazing, but it's hard NOT to be a cynical bastard, all things considering..
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on February 05, 2011, 04:47:55 AM
Clean is better than dirty, and dirty is meaner than clean
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on February 05, 2011, 05:27:59 PM
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/02/water-powered-jet-pack-runs-for-two-hours-on-a-single-tank/
I just want to know what practical use will anyone have for a jetpack that tethers you to the water connected to a jetski-like pump?
It looks like fun, but other than just playing around, what would you use it for? power washing the deck of your yacht?

What practical use do you have for a jetski?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 05, 2011, 08:14:43 PM
towing people on the back, picking people up out of the water, stunts and tricks, escaping from coast guard through a series of low tide tunnels.

A jet-ski is useful beyond just having fun. I don't see what ulterior uses for that jet pack other than $25 for 20 minute ride at the local lake/resort tourist area.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 10, 2011, 01:07:21 PM
Here is the next step in the evolution of Project Terminator Human Extinction*
Flesh Eating Machines
http://pruned.blogspot.com/2011/01/carnivorous-domestic-entertainment.html (http://pruned.blogspot.com/2011/01/carnivorous-domestic-entertainment.html)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/02/07/133432897/meat-eating-furniture (http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/02/07/133432897/meat-eating-furniture)
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"We want robots to be able to get their own energy from the environment," says Professor Melhuish. Fair enough. But giving robots a taste for flesh seems just a touch wrong-headed. I mean quickly ask yourself what could possibly go wrong with this scenario.

I agree with the fellow who wrote their London-based blog (http://www.auger-loizeau.com/) to say:

With the exponential growth of robotic technology and AI it seems tempting fate to give robots a taste of organic matter as an energy source. This is something not even postulated by the Terminator movies, that the robots would eat us for energy. If you're going to make eating robots at least make them vegetarian only.

Yes, you may wonder what happened to that fern that used to be on the window sill, but you wouldn't have to worry about your cat.


I say if the robots are gonna be powering themselves, then we better make them reliant on solar energy and not organic energy. They start eating plants, they may eventually take our oxegen supply and if they start eating flesh... well then we are all fucked.


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edit: And yet another step in Project TerminatorHuman Extinction

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12400647 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12400647)
Robots to get their own Internet
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Robots could soon have an equivalent of the internet and Wikipedia.

European scientists have embarked on a project to let robots share and store what they discover about the world.

Called RoboEarth it will be a place that robots can upload data to when they master a task, and ask for help in carrying out new ones.

Researchers behind it hope it will allow robots to come into service more quickly, armed with a growing library of knowledge about their human masters.

What could possibly go wrong here? Robots sharing secrets between each other, possibly discussing which types of meat provide the most bang and least amount of clean up. Plotting against us from all sides secretly forming a united army using our own satellites against us.

*Project Terminator Human Extinction is self aware, self sufficient, self replicating robots.[/quote]
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on February 23, 2011, 03:59:14 PM
I've only managed to watch this a month later (YouTube playlist backlog), and even though I don't need glasses I still find it awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnIrA60g-88
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on February 23, 2011, 06:57:59 PM
holy crap
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Post by: nickmitch on February 24, 2011, 06:13:08 PM
That's pretty sweet.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 08, 2011, 03:52:20 PM
I've seen 3D printers where they can print out prototypes so you can see it from all angles, but this is taking it to a whole new level.

Tin Man: Oh Dorothy, I'm cold and lifeless, if only I had a heart...
Scarecrow: Oh Dorothy, I'm a stupid man, if only I had a brain...

Dorothy: No problem guys, let me just print one up for you real quick.

Lion: What about me Dorothy, can you print me some courage?

Dorothy: ........


http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html (http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html)
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Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.

Anthony Atala is the director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, where his work focuses on growing and regenerating tissues and organs. His team engineered the first lab-grown organ to be implanted into a human -- a bladder -- and is developing experimental fabrication technology that can "print" human tissue on demand.

In 2007, Atala and a team of Harvard University researchers showed that stem cells can be harvested from the amniotic fluid of pregnant women. This and other breakthroughs in the development of smart bio-materials and tissue fabrication technology promises to revolutionize the practice of medicine.

"Anthony Atala bakes things that will make you feel good inside, but we're not talking cakes and muffins."
PBS

Imagine a new liver, new kidneys, new lungs.... and eventually new eyes..... and new skin.
The fountain of youth isn't a fountain at all.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on March 18, 2011, 08:38:07 PM
British snipers to be armed with supergun that pinpoints the enemy by 'hearing bullets

'http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367487/The-ultimate-rifle-British-supergun-hears-bullets-rolled-troops.html?ITO=1490 (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367487/The-ultimate-rifle-British-supergun-hears-bullets-rolled-troops.html?ITO=1490)

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Troops serving on the front line currently use telescopic lenses and scopes fitted to their rifled to pick off enemy soldiers.

But the rifle-mounted locator picks up the sound of the gun's muzzle when the bullet is fired and then track the waves of sound through the air.

The same technology used in Nintendo Wii games - where players use wireless controllers - has been used to develop the sensor.

Um ok.. if you say so.




Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on March 19, 2011, 12:29:55 PM
U.S troops are getting these things in Afghanistan this year. Pretty cool, but it can't tell the difference between friendly and enemy fire, so it tells you where every single shot comes from.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 19, 2011, 01:47:08 PM
It's not like the bullets are tagged with GPS markers or everyone is firing colored lasers based on their affiliation (was it a red laser or a blue laser, because blue lasers are the good guys), so I wouldn't expect it to tell the difference of who fired what gun.

Unless you expected it to tell you what kind of gun was fired based on sound, but even then that's not always gonna distinguish between enemy or friendly fire either.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on March 19, 2011, 02:22:20 PM
I wasn't expecting it to do anything... I only found out about it yesterday.

This technology is effective, because in a fire fight you usually know where your friends are so when you get the info from this bullet radar, you can tell which are friendly and which are enemies. That is on top of being effective for locating snipers. I'm not hating on it at all. I'm just saying that it doesn't tell you where your enemy is, it tells you where a bullet has been fired from. Frodo's post left out that out, and I thought it should be mentioned.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 21, 2011, 01:42:54 PM
Possible battery break thru

Rapid Recharge and Discharge
90% recharge in 2 minutes, minimal capacity loss
http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nnano.2011.38.html (http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nnano.2011.38.html)

I don't fully understand the article, so I don't know if this is to be used for small things like portable devices or large things like electric motors or maybe both.


I wonder if this is something that will be cheap enough for a 3DSi by Xmas next year.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 21, 2011, 02:14:25 PM
Considering Nintendo cheaped out on the battery in the 3DS even compared to battery tech we have now, I wouldn't bet on that.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on March 26, 2011, 10:34:35 AM
A few cool things I've seen on Engadget recently:

Satellite tracks ballistic missile from launch to detonation: first (and probably most important) step for missile defense system.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/25/us-satellites-successfully-track-ballistic-missile-from-cradle-t/

Microsoft is building a 'smart city' in Portugal by having smart sensors installed in new buildings as they being built.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/25/microsoft-unites-with-former-exec-in-building-a-smart-city-in/

NASA's next spacecraft looks like the original orbital vehicles, but can carry a crew of four out into to the solar system.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/lockheed-martin-shows-off-orion-spacecraft-new-underground-lair/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on March 26, 2011, 06:06:14 PM
haha, good job NASA you know..because the old designs actually worked.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 03, 2011, 11:36:46 AM
UncleBob's often teased but never revealed 3DS battery saver tech is now obsolete
You will soon be able to recharge your 3DS using your own heartbeat
http://theweek.com/article/index/213691/charging-your-3DS-with-your-heartbeat (http://theweek.com/article/index/213691/charging-an-iphone-with-your-heartbeat)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on April 03, 2011, 01:07:47 PM
couldn't you combine that with watch winding technology?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on April 04, 2011, 05:56:05 AM
Just FYI, their prototype runs 0.001mA at 3V. The 3DS charger runs 900mA at 4.6V (though running the 3DS itself would be a little less). i.e. 0.000003W vs. 4.1W, so there's a long way to go (or a very long time to charge).
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on April 11, 2011, 07:26:12 AM
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/10/us-navys-solid-state-laser-sets-boat-ablaze-video/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on April 11, 2011, 08:58:25 PM
Yeah I saw that, and it's really not that impressive. A ballistic weapon would have sunk that **** in seconds.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on April 11, 2011, 10:37:04 PM
True, but it's a lot easier to defend against ballistic weapons than against one of those.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on April 12, 2011, 08:46:45 AM
Yes, and this is still the early model, they don't even consider this weapon's grade yet.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on April 17, 2011, 08:42:07 AM
This left me impressed and happy for progress:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/17/students-use-wii-balance-board-for-kids-physical-therapy-system/ (http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/17/students-use-wii-balance-board-for-kids-physical-therapy-system/)
qfta:
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Nintendo's kid-tested, researcher-approved Wii Balance Board has struck at the heart of the medical supply industry yet again -- this time, the Bluetooth-connected scale is being used to help physically challenged children at Shriners Hospital in Houston. Seniors at Rice University hand-machined a set of force-sensitive parallel bars and programmed a monster-shooting game called Equilibrium to get kids excited about improving their walking gait, where they can play and score points with each proper step they take. The game automatically ratchets up the difficulty as patients improve, and handrails will play a part too, with a custom three-axis sensor box able to detect how much patients rely on the parallel bars (and dock points accordingly) in an effort to improve their posture.
Pretty cool/inspirational video at the link as well.




This left me speechless:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/17/portable-brain-tumor-treatment-system-kills-cancer-while-you-tak/ (http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/17/portable-brain-tumor-treatment-system-kills-cancer-while-you-tak/)

qfta:
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A recent test of the system showed comparable results to chemotherapy, without the usual lineup of side effects, including nausea, anemia, fatigue, and infection. Given, patients using the system are expected to wear the thing continuously, but we'd say walking around with a cap full of electrodes is a small price to pay for giving cancer the boot.

Wow!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on April 17, 2011, 09:11:33 AM
That is cool.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on April 17, 2011, 04:33:19 PM
I wonder how long it'll take us before that device is in our bodies.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on April 18, 2011, 10:51:54 AM
I wonder how long it'll take us before that device is in our bodies.

My thoughts exactly.

On an unrelated note:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/first-light-wave-quantum-teleportation-achieved-opens-door-to-u/

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Mark this day, folks, because the brainiacs have finally made a breakthrough in quantum teleportation: a team of scientists from Australia and Japan have successfully transferred a complex set of quantum data in light form. You see, previously researchers had struggled with slow performance or loss of information, but with full transmission integrity achieved -- as in blocks of qubits being destroyed in one place but instantaneously resurrected in another, without affecting their superpositions -- we're now one huge step closer to secure, high-speed quantum communication. Needless to say, this will also be a big boost for the development of powerful quantum computing, and combine that with a more bedroom friendly version of the above teleporter, we'll eventually have ourselves the best LAN party ever.

The transfer of information as light! Now, I am of the belief that there is a part of living human being that cannot be transferred as information (or at least information as we know it today) but this could pave the way for the teleportation of goods. For the people who don't have 3D printers by the time this is commercially available, teleportation hubs could replace the post office, as a building for picking up packages.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 18, 2011, 12:34:19 PM
Amazon is gonna become even more amazing with their Super Saver Instant Delivery option
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on April 18, 2011, 04:08:33 PM
This isn't talking about teleportation in the conventional sense. This is talking about data transfer, specifically, data transfer using light. They were able to have particles basically "ride" light waves and then become reassembled again in their exact positions.

What you should be getting excited about is super, and I mean super, fast computers based on light. The fastest chip we have now will look like a piece of **** on a board compared to these. They will also be cheaper...much cheaper in the long run and much more efficient too.
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Post by: Ceric on April 18, 2011, 04:33:53 PM
This isn't talking about teleportation in the conventional sense. This is talking about data transfer, specifically, data transfer using light. They were able to have particles basically "ride" light waves and then become reassembled again in their exact positions.

What you should be getting excited about is super, and I mean super, fast computers based on light. The fastest chip we have now will look like a piece of **** on a board compared to these. They will also be cheaper...much cheaper in the long run and much more efficient too.


But if anything the PC industry is very resistant to base changes.  The x86 architecture is a relic that should have been replaced.  Why do we even have PS2 anymore?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on April 18, 2011, 04:35:28 PM
Because it works.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on April 18, 2011, 05:02:21 PM
Because it works.
Yep even though there are architecture and like that are much faster.  I mean Intel wasn't going to take x86 to 64 their original roadmap had everyone moving to IA64 but AMD extended it and people liked it so they went along.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on April 19, 2011, 08:46:44 AM
Everything can be represented as data though. If a computer monitor could have its particles broken down, transferred as light, and then reassembled at another location. It would take some doing, like nanobots at each location that interpret the data and disassemble/reassemble the product, but this is certainly the start of that.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on April 19, 2011, 09:25:22 AM
Everything can be represented as data though. If a computer monitor could have its particles broken down, transferred as light, and then reassembled at another location. It would take some doing, like nanobots at each location that interpret the data and disassemble/reassemble the product, but this is certainly the start of that.

Agree.  I'm personally thinking of a beam assembly tech.  There is a famous sci-fi short story that talks about this.  It is in the vain of a Cold Equation.  I had it in one of my collections somewhere.  Pretty much dinosaurs didn't actually go extinct.  They had developed teleportation  technology and moved to a different planet.  Now humans had access to the technology from a dino ran facility.  In the facility there was only 1 permanent human resident and that was the ambassador.  His job was to push the button after transfer had been verified.  The whole process was very painful but most people didn't know that because you where remade on the other side.  The button solved the redundancy problem.  The meat of the story you'll just have to read yourself.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on April 19, 2011, 04:38:41 PM
Name please.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on April 19, 2011, 04:45:17 PM
Name please.
I'm assuming you mean the story.  Took me some back around digging  but I'm fairly sure its:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Like_a_Dinosaur

Think Like a Dinosaur
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on April 27, 2011, 11:36:33 PM
I saw this and thought of you all:

Scientists have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to work safely as a biosensor
http://news.discovery.com/tech/rainbow-poo-110426.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on April 28, 2011, 02:51:43 AM
thats both awesome and creepy....need to prepare for Zombipocalypse
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 02, 2011, 04:40:17 PM
High Speed Data Transfer.
I don't know anything that could fill this pipe.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20110502/tc_yblog_technews/100-terabit-fiber-optic-internet-speed;_ylt=AgdDRswcloP8WLECig4ux8cjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTNuaW92bDNtBGFzc2V0A3libG9nX3RlY2huZXdzLzIwMTEwNTAyLzEwMC10ZXJhYml0LWZpYmVyLW9wdGljLWludGVybmV0LXNwZWVkBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmV3dWx0cmEtZmFz
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 02, 2011, 05:42:24 PM
Hopefully the hackers will take advantage of this so SONY doesn't have to waste so much time giving away our personal  info.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 02, 2011, 06:55:49 PM
Ceric - If you build it, they will come.

But seriously, there will be people (especially university and research groups) that would latch on to this in a second. For example, the LHC has a network of computers around the globe to deal with the data that is made during collisions. With technology like this, that transfer of data would be less tedious.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 03, 2011, 12:24:24 AM
Ceric - If you build it, they will come.

But seriously, there will be people (especially university and research groups) that would latch on to this in a second. For example, the LHC has a network of computers around the globe to deal with the data that is made during collisions. With technology like this, that transfer of data would be less tedious.
Yeah, but I think the first real use for this type of tech are the major backbones.  The whole internet be faster in general if the main backbone fiber was upgraded.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 04, 2011, 11:28:18 PM
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/05/born-to-be-viral-ball-catching-robot.html

Who needs a father anymore?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 05, 2011, 09:09:39 AM
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/05/born-to-be-viral-ball-catching-robot.html

Who needs a father anymore?
Forget Father's who needs a son or a Puppy?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on May 06, 2011, 12:31:36 AM
Getting closer...
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-e-ink-video.html and http://www.gizmag.com/thin-film-flexible-paperphone-created/18572/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on May 06, 2011, 03:33:02 AM
holy crap the future is now
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 06, 2011, 09:01:14 AM
Flexible paper phone wasn't that intriguing. Maybe when they figure out how to put a battery in it while retaining flexibilty, then I'll be more impressed.

As for flexible E-ink displays, I have been wondering what is taking so long. Ever since I first looked at it and understood the underlying technology, I guessed that it wouldn't be that hard to make into a flexible product. Now I wonder how companies will make it practical.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 06, 2011, 09:05:01 AM
Flexible paper phone wasn't that intriguing. Maybe when they figure out how to put a battery in it while retaining flexibilty, then I'll be more impressed.

As for flexible E-ink displays, I have been wondering what is taking so long. Ever since I first looked at it and understood the underlying technology, I guessed that it wouldn't be that hard to make into a flexible product. Now I wonder how companies will make it practical.
I'm still waiting for a practical caller E-Ink display.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 09, 2011, 10:11:46 AM
Sound Based Battery (http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20110509/tc_digitaltrends/newbatteryallowsuserstorechargecellphonesjustbytalking;_ylt=Augygh_Lf_qLrqM5dR5LtXcjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTQ2cGxranUwBGFzc2V0A2RpZ2l0YWx0cmVuZHMvMjAxMTA1MDkvbmV3YmF0dGVyeWFsbG93c3VzZXJzdG9yZWNoYXJnZWNlbGxwaG9uZXNqdXN0Ynl0YWxraW5nBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmV3YmF0dGVyeW1h)
I was wondering when I was going to start to hear about one of these.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on May 10, 2011, 01:23:07 AM
its kinda amazing that in the near future...we wont have to worry about batteries....it will be like MAGIC

windup generators, sound operated generators, radio wave powered generators. Maybe they'll make smarter hydro electric plants that don't require such huge dams?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 10, 2011, 10:15:47 AM
its kinda amazing that in the near future...we wont have to worry about batteries....it will be like MAGIC

windup generators, sound operated generators, radio wave powered generators. Maybe they'll make smarter hydro electric plants that don't require such huge dams?

This type of thing make me think how it must of been when the self-winding watch came out.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on May 10, 2011, 04:20:56 PM
well as it turns out spring technology is still really viable. I was thinking about building a spring powered generator about the size of a water dispenser....if it was made right a minute spent on winding could give you like 4 hours of electricity. The other design i had in mind was wider...about the size of a widescreen tv. Springs have a lot of power, your turning potential energy into kinetic energy. Not only that you can take advantage of gravity and mechanical advantage and well...easy power.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 10, 2011, 04:28:49 PM
My father predicted we'd see this tech about ~8 years ago!

Crazy.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 10, 2011, 04:52:20 PM
To be honest I can think of reference to similar tech in older Batman cartoons and like so its been on peoples mind.

@ThePerm-  Interesting about the Spring generator I like to see that.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on May 10, 2011, 05:21:47 PM
Sound Based Battery (http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20110509/tc_digitaltrends/newbatteryallowsuserstorechargecellphonesjustbytalking;_ylt=Augygh_Lf_qLrqM5dR5LtXcjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTQ2cGxranUwBGFzc2V0A2RpZ2l0YWx0cmVuZHMvMjAxMTA1MDkvbmV3YmF0dGVyeWFsbG93c3VzZXJzdG9yZWNoYXJnZWNlbGxwaG9uZXNqdXN0Ynl0YWxraW5nBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmV3YmF0dGVyeW1h)
I was wondering when I was going to start to hear about one of these.

I see what you did there...
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on May 15, 2011, 10:58:08 AM
Foldable AMOLED screen!
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-foldable-crease.html (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-foldable-crease.html)
Quote
As the researchers explain in their study, which is published in a recent issue ofApplied Physics Letters, recently there has been a great deal of interest in flexible, extendable displays. Most of these flexible displays are bendable or rollable. Fabricating a display (http://www.physorg.com/tags/display/) that can fold completely in half would have the advantage of providing a large screen in a small, portable form, but so far it has been a challenge to eliminate the visible crease between panels.


In the new study, the researchers have overcome this problem, demonstrating a seamless foldable active matrix organic-light-emitting-diode (AMOLED) display with no visible crease. The display consists of two AMOLED panels, silicone rubber (a hyperelastic material), a protective glass cover, and a module case. The display has a very small folding radius of just 1 mm, so that one panel lies almost completely on top of the other when the display is folded at a 180° angle. Also, the glass cover not only prevents scratches, but can serve as a touch screen, as well.

Okay, so the screen itself isn't foldable, but this is still awesome. I could especially see something like this being useful for a 3DSi or whatever.


Edit: (http://i51.tinypic.com/w7k47o.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 18, 2011, 03:10:28 PM
One step closer to the Bionic Man
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13378036

Guy demonstrates his bionic hand.

It's a little slow on reaction, but I bet it has a helluva grip.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 18, 2011, 03:23:19 PM
One step closer to the Bionic Man
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13378036

Guy demonstrates his bionic hand.

It's a little slow on reaction, but I bet it has a helluva grip.
Thats impressive.  I would like to seem him move each finger though.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 20, 2011, 04:20:14 PM
That's amazing. It's only a little slow to react because of software.

Man...I can't stop thinking about it and discussing it with friends, but 20 years from now, we are going to live in a completely different world.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 20, 2011, 06:06:06 PM
First amputees, now quadripalegics

http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/20/medical-breakthrough-paraplegic-man-stands-up/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on May 23, 2011, 10:59:29 AM
Smart AR from Sony:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/22/sonys-smartar-demoed-live-raises-the-bar-for-augmented-reality/

Video at the link. No markers needed, tracks real objects, and 'interacts' with them. It's pretty cool, and I'd suggest starting the video around 1:40.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 23, 2011, 11:47:35 AM
Sony has a lot of cool tech.  Makes you wonder sometimes.  Though you know its AR because it has those jitters.  This is cool.  I can't wait to have augmented glasses.  I probably pay 1k for a seemless AR integration in my glasses.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 23, 2011, 11:52:35 AM
I don't see anything "Holy Crap" about Sony's SmartAR as I believe I've seen it done before and I still don't see any real use for it other than maps, menus and general information search which Google Goggles already does.

But I did watch this with the sound off last nite, so I might have missed something. But I'm also sure that Sony is gonna try and incorporate this into the NGP and I still don't see any useful applications in gaming beyond glorified tech demos & minigames that hold your attention for all of 45seconds.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 23, 2011, 12:20:20 PM
AR without markers would be huge. That means it could be integrated into a seamless experience. Simply from an advertisement stand point, this is huge, as they wouldn't have to pump out new ads for it work.

From a consumer stand point, this would be even better. We'd finally be able to leave our phones in our pockets (where phones are destined to be), accessing it through menus we envision on our arm or hand. We could watch video anywhere. And if coupled with technology like WiFi-Direct, we could all enjoy watching the same video. Even better though, imagine it being able to access someone else's camera and see what they see. That's not AR, but easily the best side-effect of it.

Actually the best side-effect of AR would be recording my drunken escapades. If the glasses are as pimp as the one DARPA (http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/12/darpas-next-gen-wearable-display-augmented-reality-holographi/) is making then I'd rock them all night. And what's even better, it could tag people and places that I met and been to automatically, so when I look back through the video I could look at outline and skip forward to an exact moment.

So yeah, simply having the glasses is much better than using your phone.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 23, 2011, 12:32:18 PM
The day it comes to a heads up display in a pair of fashionable glasses is the day I get excited over it.

If it then has the ability to record and playback everything it saw.... then I would be so jealous of the group of late teens and young 20 somethings at the time that would be released. Where was that tech when I was party/club/bar hopping?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on May 24, 2011, 07:02:34 AM
Having it incorporated into glasses is the logical conclusion though, that's where AR is heading, and that is really the point of all this, to have it mobile. This could also be licensed to work with phone cameras, and as you mention BnM, the NGP. As Unagi said, markerless AR means AR on anything. At any time your ready you could play that bouncing ball game with any two or three random object, you could pull up a map anywhere, 'project' a video on to any wall, etc.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on May 24, 2011, 12:10:24 PM
I didn't get my eyes lasered just so I can wear glasses again. If it offers military style HUD on civilian aircraft, now that would be cool.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Silenced on May 24, 2011, 02:07:21 PM
It's pretty lame, but I did see a pool cleaning robot when picking up some supplies for my pool table (the OTHER pool (billiards in other words)). I don't really keep myself updated with recent inventions, so yeah.  :-\
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 24, 2011, 05:14:29 PM
I didn't get my eyes lasered just so I can wear glasses again. If it offers military style HUD on civilian aircraft, now that would be cool.

So you don't wear sunglasses? Cuz that's what these will essentially be.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on May 24, 2011, 05:25:46 PM
I do, but never outside of driving/flying. AR while driving would be over-kill and far more of a distraction than anything else. AR while flying would be great since you could rig it to visually detect other aircraft you might not pick up and paint them. Instrument flying would be a lot easier too since you can keep your head up. Advanced HUDs for a fraction of the military equivalent price. FIR would be better, but that is getting towards restricted military tech.

I also don't make it a habit of wearing sunglasses indoors/underground like JC Denton.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 24, 2011, 07:14:30 PM
I see. It could be used for sailing as well in those cases.

I agree with you about driving, though if the camera had an infrared mode, it could lead to safer night time driving.

I actually think once these become wide spread that we'll have either the ability to block ads out right or be able to decide whether we want to see them or not. So when we walk through an outdoor shopping mall, we are not overloaded with ads. I also believe that we'll be able to put them in modes, sort of like Samus and her visors. If I'm at a party or a get together, I can put it in social mode and get background info on people on the fly. If I'm driving, I could see the trajectories of cars in realtime, as well as a wealth of data like on average how fast can this car ahead of me break and being able to get an instant heads up about a traffic collision or speed trap. If I'm simply walking, I could see what the weather is like by just looking up or access my phone's data by gesturing or even use it as a pair of binoculars to have a look at something from a far. And as I've said before, taking video and pictures would be a breeze.

It has a lot of potential if we think about it having different states and modes. So much so that I think these modes will one day have a store just like apps.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 25, 2011, 11:03:00 PM
Two researchers created an algorithm that can automatically convert 8-bit pixel art into smooth vector graphics. (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2385811,00.asp)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/InsanoLord/01425i30378100.jpg)
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 25, 2011, 11:10:01 PM
That would make for some interesting play throughs of some older VC games.

It would be nice if Nintendo maybe included this filter as and option so that you can make old games look new again.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 25, 2011, 11:11:24 PM
That is pretty cool but I'm sure some thing wouldn't translate well, Like Like-Likes.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on June 15, 2011, 10:00:03 PM
Mushrooms could have medical benefits, researchers say

"When you see people undergoing that kind of transformation," he added, "it's really quite moving."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110615/ts_yblog_thelookout/far-out-magic-mushrooms-could-have-medical-benefits-researchers-say
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 15, 2011, 10:09:07 PM
^I'm not a doctor, but I agree.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on June 15, 2011, 11:42:28 PM
really, that was the whole reason Tim Leary told people to use LSD, LSD was legal and Psilocybin wasn't.  The problem with LSD is its gets contaminated in labsand mixed with other drugs by shitty drug distributors.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on June 18, 2011, 10:57:02 PM
I can't seem to find that post/thread on the Japanese ****/mud burgers, but all I want to to say is that it's hoax: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyRZdMBwojU&feature=feedu
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 23, 2011, 02:22:29 AM
Memory chips for the brain
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usc-restoring-memory-repairing-damaged-brains-124051534.html

One day we might have some Matrix-like learning.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on June 23, 2011, 04:44:49 AM
thats awesome! I wonder how that tech will work 20 years from now. Im hoping for an end to Alzheimers and an increase in intelligence.
Also, did the the scientists watch this trailer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Z_D9Grh18
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 23, 2011, 10:02:10 AM
I'm hoping that one day we will be able to go to the Memory Card shop and purchase specialized memory to be inserted in our memory card slots.

"Can I get the Neuro Surgeon Medical Degree chip on the top shelf, the Bruce Lee Jeet Kun Do chip on the left and the World Languages chip in the glass case please!?"
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on June 23, 2011, 10:04:05 AM
I'm hoping that one day we will be able to go to the Memory Card shop and purchase specialized memory to be inserted in our memory card slots.

"Can I get the Neuro Surgeon Medical Degree chip on the top shelf, the Bruce Lee Jeet Kun Do chip on the left and the World Languages chip in the glass case please!?"
The world of MC stories already have a field day with that concept... I hate to see what would happen in real life.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on June 23, 2011, 06:09:58 PM
World Languages PLEASE. I could only imagine how expressive we could become.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on June 23, 2011, 06:21:44 PM
World Languages PLEASE. I could only imagine how expressive we could become.
Esperanto?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on June 23, 2011, 06:33:15 PM
Hahaha Kinda, but not really. I'm thinking about using each language when it's most appropriate, for example, when using idioms. I'd like the original language to be retained. So during conversation, I may speak several different languages at once; using the language that best describes what I'd like to say.

I already do this quite a bit with Arabic and English. When someone understands both, our conversation teeters back and forth through both, but I'm able to explain a concept much easier.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 01, 2011, 05:57:42 PM
Unlimted Detail re-emerges with a new video (it's entertaining and humorous)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUuUvDSXk4

I would love to see this tech get into the hands of some actual game designers so we can see what can really be done with it. I also hope it works flawlessly on upcoming hardware (cough*WiiU*cough) so that I will actually be able to play games that use it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 01, 2011, 06:19:49 PM
That's always fascinating. Building objects with tiny objects is always fascinating, however, I do not expect this to come out any time soon nor will we see this technology in the next several years. Of course I hope I'm wrong, but this company seems very undependable. You can't stick your neck out then become a recluse for a year. You also can't do the same thing again.

So I hope what they say is true because I believe them when they say polygonal technology is dying, but I can't help but think they are bullshitting, especially since within the last year, we haven't heard of any other companies make the same sort of advancement.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on August 01, 2011, 06:34:10 PM
I trades one technical limitation for another. Instead of recomputing the geometry each and every time, it goes into RAM and treats the whole world like a big giant look up table. Note there is currently no physics, no animation(have to attach those voxels to a frame work or skeleton), no real time lighting, the same "set" of objects, no ability to alter the environment, it's completely non-interactive.

They have traded processing power, something that so far effectively still doubles every 18/24 months for a godly amount of RAM needed to store all those objects, not to mention the loading times even with an SSD. No Next Gen console will use this whole, just from the lack of RAM. It might find limited use as far as hybrid systems where you might want one object with very high detail, say a non-destructible building, but it's resource footprint would be huge compared to it's traditional counterpart especially on things like consoles. Note they don't tell you what that demo is running on.

So yeah, you might see some limited applications next gen, but I wouldn't even put money on that.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on August 01, 2011, 06:39:41 PM
they just have to combine minecraft with that and then you'll have a working game. Minecraft works on similar principles except its for the most part flat blocks. There are algorithms that generate terrain, but if you were to replace the blocks with pre-made better voxel blocks then it would look amazing.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 01, 2011, 10:05:35 PM
GE promotes '500GB' Blue Laser Disc. InPhase calls it a "science project"
then says they will be on market next year with more GB and much faster write times
http://www.macworld.com/article/161386/2011/08/ge_holographic.html (http://www.macworld.com/article/161386/2011/08/ge_holographic.html)

Article summary;
GE: We have a blue laser disc that holds 20X the space of a bluray with the same recording speed
IP: We have 25X the space of Bluray and 4X the recording speed. And unlike GE, we also have a backlog of clients and are confident that we will deliver product to market next year
[article notes how InPhase has repeatedly failed to bring anything to market after multiple years of saying they would]
IP: we have new management.... we've got it together this time, we promise ;)
GE: and did we mention that our tech is backwards compatible with Bluray, DVD & CD?
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Post by: oohhboy on August 01, 2011, 10:25:39 PM
Not to mention that it takes over a day to burn a bloody disc.

Then there is a section devoted to "Tapes! We have Tapes!". I know this stuff is for the archive market, but it comes off as some kiddy pool pissing match.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 01, 2011, 10:48:17 PM
I think the internet and internet speeds 10 years from now will make all this archive technology pretty moot. Amazon's S3 is already doing it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 01, 2011, 11:04:04 PM
There's a lot of infrastructure that needs to be built up before that can happen, at least in the US.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on August 02, 2011, 10:58:03 AM
I think the internet and internet speeds 10 years from now will make all this archive technology pretty moot. Amazon's S3 is already doing it.
There's a lot of infrastructure that needs to be built up before that can happen, at least in the US.
Agreed.  We can't keep our roads maintained for Goodness sakes and People see those everyday. 
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on August 03, 2011, 02:11:46 AM
they just have to combine minecraft with that and then you'll have a working game. Minecraft works on similar principles except its for the most part flat blocks. There are algorithms that generate terrain, but if you were to replace the blocks with pre-made better voxel blocks then it would look amazing.

http://notch.tumblr.com/

Notch has spoken
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: EasyCure on August 04, 2011, 10:44:50 PM
One step closer to the Bionic Man
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13378036

Guy demonstrates his bionic hand.

It's a little slow on reaction, but I bet it has a helluva grip.

I know this is an amazing technology that will help so many once it becomes affordable enough, but I can't help but thinking..

HOLY FUCKING **** THAT'S SO COOL I WANT ONE!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: kraken613 on August 10, 2011, 01:16:36 AM
Instead of putting down $180 on a 3DS I decided to do a bit of a PC upgrade instead.

Found a Nvidia 560 Ti for $177 after rebate, then a 64gb SSD for $50 after rebate. Also bought a new CPU cooler and am going to do a bit of an overclock on this PC.

I wanted to get back into gaming on my PC a bit more and since my good ole 4850 had started to give me fits it was the perfect time to do it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 10, 2011, 09:56:06 PM
Unlimted Detail re-emerges with a new video (it's entertaining and humorous)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUuUvDSXk4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUuUvDSXk4)

I would love to see this tech get into the hands of some actual game designers so we can see what can really be done with it. I also hope it works flawlessly on upcoming hardware (cough*WiiU*cough) so that I will actually be able to play games that use it.

2 new interviews
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/tech-focus-unlimited-detail-technology?page=1 (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/tech-focus-unlimited-detail-technology?page=1)
Quote
Q: How compatible is your system with the vertices/skeletal animation/surface texture approach we see now?


Bruce Dell: I think we are criticised the most in the area of animation. Yes we can do animation, but it's not finished yet. Last time, we learnt that if we were to put anything on the internet that wasn't finished, there would be hordes of forum people who are more grumpy than that donkey from Winnie the Pooh who would point the finger and say, "look at that, that doesn't look as good as polygons" no matter how hard we tried to say, "but we're only half done". I'm sure our supporters understand the wisdom of us being silent on the topic of animation until it's completed. I think when it comes to animation you will all be pleasantly surprised at what we've achieved.


---------------------

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/08/10/euclideon_unlimited_detail_bruce_dell_interview (http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/08/10/euclideon_unlimited_detail_bruce_dell_interview)
^Video interview. Running the Unlimited detail from a laptop.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on August 10, 2011, 11:49:12 PM
i think Notch's big gripe was in the actual language of UD video, obviously theres lots of repetition, and no way each grain of dirt is different.  From someone who has worked with all numbers of tools, the biggest thing any developer has to overcome is making the tools easier to build things with.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 16, 2011, 01:00:59 PM
Soldiers of the Future: Bullet Proof Humans?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2026645/Bulletproof-human-skin-spider-silk-goat-milk-developed-scientists.html

Quote
-Researchers genetically engineered goats to produce milk packed with the same protein as silk spiders
-The protein is then milked out and spun and weaved into a material ten times stronger than steel

‘Imagine a spidersilk vest, capable of catching bullets, the modern day equivalent of Genghis Khan’s arrows,’ she said.
‘Now, let’s take this one step further, why bother with a vest: imagine replacing keratin, the protein responsible for the toughness of the human skin, with this spidersilk protein.
‘This is possible by adding the silk producing genes of a spider to the gnome of a human: creating a bulletproof human.

At first I thought they were genetically altering the human being, but then it seemed like thgey were just making a second skin.... No. They are attempting to create actual bulletproof humans.
Now we must combat this with laser guns and more hand grenades.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 16, 2011, 04:57:03 PM
Not necessarily. They could spray us with a modified version of our own skin cells. We'd have to reapply ourselves roughly every month though.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on August 17, 2011, 08:05:10 PM
its so weird anytime i hear Dutch, Finnish, or Swedish. I took German and between it and English theres some sort of continuum.

I wonder would it be possible to build buildings out of this stuff.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 17, 2011, 09:22:14 PM
I just want a bulletproof nutsack.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: SixthAngel on August 17, 2011, 11:08:27 PM
I just want a bulletproof nutsack.

Plan on shooting a lot of "web"?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on August 18, 2011, 10:09:08 AM
Soldiers of the Future: Bullet Proof Humans?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2026645/Bulletproof-human-skin-spider-silk-goat-milk-developed-scientists.html

Quote
-Researchers genetically engineered goats to produce milk packed with the same protein as silk spiders
-The protein is then milked out and spun and weaved into a material ten times stronger than steel

‘Imagine a spidersilk vest, capable of catching bullets, the modern day equivalent of Genghis Khan’s arrows,’ she said.
‘Now, let’s take this one step further, why bother with a vest: imagine replacing keratin, the protein responsible for the toughness of the human skin, with this spidersilk protein.
‘This is possible by adding the silk producing genes of a spider to the gnome of a human: creating a bulletproof human.

At first I thought they were genetically altering the human being, but then it seemed like thgey were just making a second skin.... No. They are attempting to create actual bulletproof humans.
Now we must combat this with laser guns and more hand grenades.
Different type of slicing Bullets.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on September 08, 2011, 11:43:04 PM
Back to the future? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6SkdkXjAQ)

For those that don't believe it. (https://www.nikemedia.com/en/category/nike_mag_1/feature_archive/2011/9/2011_nike_mag_it%E2%80%99s_about_time)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 08, 2011, 11:55:16 PM
My foot just got a boner.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on September 09, 2011, 12:48:38 AM
Back to the future? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ6SkdkXjAQ)

For those that don't believe it. (https://www.nikemedia.com/en/category/nike_mag_1/feature_archive/2011/9/2011_nike_mag_it%E2%80%99s_about_time)

I'd rather have a hoverboard...
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on September 09, 2011, 01:08:36 AM
One step at a time, Morari. We need the jacket, and then we can get that hoverboard.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on September 09, 2011, 05:00:26 AM
"Heavy"

Also too cool to wear.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Shaymin on September 09, 2011, 08:05:33 AM
There's a baseball team moving to Miami soon, and we're probably a couple of years away from them switching to the AL so they can lose to the Cubs.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on September 09, 2011, 11:35:19 AM
One step at a time, Morari. We need the jacket, and then we can get that hoverboard.

But the hoverboard was the only cool item on the list. Everything else was just an tweaked look on what was already popular in the 80s. The style of the 80s was bad enough without a quasi-futuristic slant.

Besides, aren't Nike shoes already expensive enough without this? :P
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: TJ Spyke on September 09, 2011, 12:04:11 PM
There's a baseball team moving to Miami soon, and we're probably a couple of years away from them switching to the AL so they can lose to the Cubs.

The Florida Marlins play in Miami. :P
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on September 09, 2011, 12:24:03 PM
So it seems the shoes aren't self-lacing, and 1500 pairs are to be auctioned on ebay for Michael J. Fox's Parkinson Research Foundation. http://www.back4thefuture.com/

Also watch this video they made: http://www.back4thefuture.com/#!gallery/23

It seems we're going to have to wait 4 more years to get those self-lacing kicks. Oh well, it will be HH kicks for me until then.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Shaymin on September 09, 2011, 07:57:24 PM
There's a baseball team moving to Miami soon, and we're probably a couple of years away from them switching to the AL so they can lose to the Cubs.

The Florida Marlins play in Miami. :P: :

But they haven't been called the "Miami Marlins" yet. The name changes next year.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on September 11, 2011, 05:00:45 PM
I've been interested in the dwarf planet for some time, because it takes less time to get to than mars, and the possibility that theres water on the planetoid.

Now one thing that annoys me about Ceres is there is no good photo of it. Theres just this crappy one the hubble space telescope took in 2007

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ceres_optimized.jpg/250px-Ceres_optimized.jpg)

today i was bored, and being a photo-manipulator I decided to increase the saturation on the image for shits and giggles just to see if i could see something. Here is what I got.

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/theultimateperm/ceressatup.jpg)

this might not mean anything, but i think its interesting.

then i zoomed in on it and noticed green and grey spots

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/theultimateperm/ceresbig2.jpg)

then i traced it and stuff

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/theultimateperm/ceresbig.jpg)

interesting

unfortunately vesta looks like this in the hubble telescope photo(that i over-saturated)

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/theultimateperm/vesta.jpg)

and looks like this in the dawn photos

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Vesta_Rotation.gif/300px-Vesta_Rotation.gif)

i guess we'll have to wait till 2015 to see what Ceres looks like for sure.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: kraken613 on September 14, 2011, 03:42:29 PM
If anyone is daring like I am, you can now download and try the Windows 8 developer preview. I am about to dual boot this with Windows 7 just to give it a try.

http://lifehacker.com/5839977/download-the-windows-8-developer-preview-now
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 14, 2011, 03:48:44 PM
If anyone is daring like I am, you can now download and try the Windows 8 developer preview. I am about to dual boot this with Windows 7 just to give it a try.

http://lifehacker.com/5839977/download-the-windows-8-developer-preview-now
I just redid my machine... If I knew this was coming earlier I just move to it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 15, 2011, 08:49:49 AM
Windows 8 is for tablets, isn't it?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 15, 2011, 09:33:17 AM
Windows 8 is for tablets, isn't it?
Its for both but its migrating to a more touch friendly UI because that is were MS sees the future for all computing going.  (With all the tablet and smartphones it really is a matter of time before touch screen is standard on are laptops as well.)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on September 15, 2011, 09:45:29 AM
Yeah, it's MS out to out iOS Apple. OSX has the workflow and clutter just right. While MS has the endless lists and inconsistant UI behaviour. Both OSs has been trending towards iOS-ifcation and I don't like it. The worse example of iOSing is the Nintendo e-shop, just plain awful to navigate.

Until they can make a touch screen that is absolutely smudge proof, I never want to use my finger on it. I always spend more time cleaning the screen than using the device.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on September 15, 2011, 10:53:13 AM
As I understand it, the traditional Aero interface will still be available... it'll just be an "app" that launches from within the new Metro interface. >:(

It's great that Microsoft wants their OS to scale like that, but making Metro the default interface (and the entire focus of the release) is fucking retarded. I don't want my OS to be dumbed-down. I don't want less functionality. Touch interfaces are ****, even with the proper devices. I don't want that on my desktop, where I do real work... and I certainly don't want to start in on the slippery slope of control that is an "App Store". We'll see how it actually turns out. It may just hold true to that "skip every other release" doctrine.

What's sad is that even Ubuntu has started to push this kind of crap lately. It was fine when there was just a "Netbook Remix" available... but now they want to force that lame Unity interface down your throat. I've always been a KDE gal myself, but still. Tablet's are a fad that only actually work for a very small portion of people. That's why Microsoft failed to launch the market all those years ago. That's why it took a bunch of brainwashed Apple fanboys to really jump-start it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 15, 2011, 11:07:36 AM
I've been using the Metro interface for my phone for the last half+ year.  For a mobile device its a great interface.  It feels in its own way Star Trek like because there isn't any real dead space.

For a lot of people it would be a less cluttered interface for the more power users just default it to the traditional interface, which you can.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on September 15, 2011, 01:50:20 PM
For a lot of people it would be a less cluttered interface for the more power users just default it to the traditional interface, which you can.

For now. What about the version after that? These companies want you using devices with no way to upgrade or repair... only to replace. They want to hold everything ransom in "the cloud". They want to say what you can and cannot install via their proprietary app stores. They want that control. That's what the push towards things like tablets is all about.

Metro is hardly "less cluttered". If anything, it's even more cluttered. There's a lot more information being thrown at you, with a lot less visual distinction. You don't have to be a power user to want your computer to have functionality beyond checking Facebook. I've worked tech support. I know how confused people already get with clearly labeled lists and buttons. This is going to be even worse for those types of people. Add in a bunch of esoteric touch gestures and it gets even more perplexing.

Aero
(http://www.dedoimedo.com/images/computers_new_2/windows-7-settings-desktop.jpg)

vs

Metro
(http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4e6f956369beddff48000010-547/heres-the-main-metro-interface-it-looks-a-lot-like-the-live-tiles-on-windows-phones-each-tile-updates-in-real-time-for-example-if-you-get-a-new-e-mail-youll-see-the-subject-line-pop-up-in-the-tile.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 15, 2011, 02:05:45 PM
I'm going to assume you get to see peoples computers, Honesly how many desktops have you seen that look that uncluttered from normal users?

Your right they should get rid of that green border. :P

How can you say its less visually distinct then the Start Menu?

To be honest though most of the time I just go Start- <type in what I want in the search bar> in Win 7.

I wouldn't worry to much about the update and repair stuff with MS.  Apple on the other hand I worry all day with.  MS doesn't have much of a desire to be in Hardware PC Wise.    The Store is more of an answer for a place that is safe for software.  A lot of Windows problem stem from concessions to Third Parties or like, something Apple really doesn't worry about.  Plus there is to much custom software in the wild to ever have everything on a PC come from just one store.

Knowing how Microsoft works these things they just have there store and then a certification for others.  Something like a Certified Safe badge for things like Steam.

Though its been a while since I've done the whole linux side of things but I do remember many distribution having what I'll call package repositories where you got your software from even before the App Store.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on September 15, 2011, 03:21:54 PM
Most people's desktops don't look too much worse than that. You generally see a dozen junk shortcuts just from stuff they installed (or worse yet, came pre-installed). It's fairly rare that you find an absolute mess though. Given that Windows Search has only really just become usable in the last one or two versions, I think you'll find most people still prefer some sort of hierarchical way to sort through things. :)

I don't think MS will be very successful with an app store, but I think they'd like to be. You're right that there would be too big of a push from developers for it to converge anytime in the near future. Still, that's obviously what everyone is working toward, MS included.

Most of your larger Linux distros have had package managers and general repositories for a while now. Of course, they started out as mechanisms for OS and software updates. They've since moved to presenting just about everything you can think of. It's not necessarily a bad way of doing things, but only because the option exists to completely circumnavigate it if desired.

Don't get me wrong. I think that the interface does look fine for a mobile device. I don't see why it should be the focus of the OS though, and seemingly the default interface for all installs. It seems far too limited to even offer the most casual of desktop and laptop users what they need.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 15, 2011, 03:33:32 PM
OSX has the workflow and clutter just right.

Agreed. I feel like Lion did a really good job of implementing elements of iOS while retaining the power and flexibility of a desktop OS. It seems like Apple gets that, while they could stand to learn from each other, people are looking for different things from the different platforms.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on September 15, 2011, 06:15:14 PM
I haven't upgraded to Lion yet, but will be doing so by end of year after they kill off the biggest bugs that are with any big releases so I can't comment too much on how they have tweaked the GUI. Pretty much upgrading for OpenGL 3.1+.

I uses Spaces a lot and have finder in space "2" with 4 finder windows opened at all times to places I go to a lot with the most used applications on the dock. The system does induce a little UI inconsistences as some applications don't obey spaces properly or spaces doesn't enforce it's policies better Eg. Steam and pop up dialogue boxes.

Because how Mac applications are packaged it allows me to have big lists that don't disappear if I miss click and I don't have to dig to find an EXE like on windows. I should use spotlight more, but it is a little too effective at times and yet doen't provide enough info or options as to how to open something.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 15, 2011, 06:33:44 PM
I started using Spaces recently but gave up on it because of how it works with multiple monitors. I don't need Spaces for the Finder, though, because I have TotalFinder, which is amazing (Chrome-style tabs in the Finder, among other things).

My biggest problem with Lion is that Expose (now Mission Control) no longer shows windows that are minimized. That screws up my whole workflow. Hopefully that gets fixed in an update. Launchpad is awesome once you've tweaked it correctly (including using third-party stuff that lets you hide apps from it without deleting them). I also use LaunchBar a lot of the time.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 16, 2011, 02:24:54 PM
On my Mac I don't think I barely use any of the Lion Feature and I noticed since updating my Mac has had a harder time resuming.  Things like taking a sec or two to give me mouse control.  Never did that before and its a current system.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on September 16, 2011, 06:09:04 PM
(http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/wp-content/gallery/vesta-asteroid-photos/vesta-asteroid-craters-3d-nasa-jpl.jpg)

new vesta photo
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on September 19, 2011, 08:13:21 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/online-gamers-crack-aids-enzyme-puzzle-175427367.html

Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on September 19, 2011, 09:17:53 AM
It's about time the human brain got used in such a productive way as CPUs in cloud computing considering how powerful a single human brain is compared to any computer on earth. It certainly a better use than what it is being done currently with things like gold framing and captacha breaking.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 22, 2011, 04:25:36 PM
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/scientists-youtube-videos-mind/story?id=14573442
UC Berkeley Scientists 'See' Movies in the Mind
Quote
California scientists have found a way to see through another person's eyes.

Researchers from UC Berkeley were able to reconstruct YouTube videos from viewers' brain activity -- a feat that might one day offer a glimpse into our dreams, memories and even fantasies.

"This is a major leap toward reconstructing internal imagery," said Jack Gallant, professor of psychology and coauthor of a study published today in Current Biology. "We are opening a window into the movies in our minds."

Gallant's coauthors acted as study subjects, watching YouTube videos inside a magnetic resonance imaging machine for several hours at a time. The team then used the brain imaging data to develop a computer model that matched features of the videos -- like colors, shapes and movements -- with patterns of brain activity.

"Once we had this model built, we could read brain activity for that subject and run it backwards through the model to try to uncover what the viewer saw," said Gallant.
[...]
The researchers say the technology could one day be used to broadcast imagery -- the scenes that play out inside our minds independent from vision.

"If you can decode movies people saw, you might be able to decode things in the brain that are movie-like but have no real-world analog, like dreams," Gallant said.

tl;dr - they reconstruct a imagery from your brain to see what you saw.


They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, they also say that the eyes never lie.
Pretty soon, they will be telling showing everything you see.

No more murder mysteries or confusing crime suspect sketches.
No more wondering "what the **** are you talking about!?" or "WTF were you thinking!?"
No more having to listen as as you fumble around trying to tell a story you can't seem to recall all the details too, or the lies you made up about what happened last night after the bar.
Also no more wondering WTF happened last night after the bar and how did you end up at some strangers house with thong on your head, blood on the wall and a dead hooker in the pool.

Soon they'll be able to just plug you up to a machine and just play back all the events, including those sick thoughts you had that about that certain someone/thing, right there on the screen for you to watch all over again.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on September 22, 2011, 04:36:26 PM
Soon they'll be able to just plug you up to a machine and just play back all the events, including those sick thoughts you had that about that certain someone/thing, right there on the screen for you to watch all over again.
It only works if there's brain activity, so first they'd have to find a way to make you think about the events. (That is assuming that they can get a good enough signal in the first place -- active visual images are much easier than other signals).
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 22, 2011, 04:41:26 PM
I be interest to see that myself.  What do I see?  What does my mind find important enough to remember.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 22, 2011, 04:49:57 PM
Soon they'll be able to just plug you up to a machine and just play back all the events, including those sick thoughts you had that about that certain someone/thing, right there on the screen for you to watch all over again.
It only works if there's brain activity, so first they'd have to find a way to make you think about the events. (That is assuming that they can get a good enough signal in the first place -- active visual images are much easier than other signals).

That's how it works right now, but that's why I said "soon".

"Soon" we'll be living in minority report and I will get arrested just because I thought about robbing the bank down the street from my house even though I don't think I will ever be desperate or stupid enough to actually attempt it.

Right now they are reconstructing imagery based on what you are looking at right now. Soon, who knows how they will progress the technology.
Maybe one day they will have these things at the airport and random screening won't need to be so random anymore as they will see who has bad intentions as they pass through the check point.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on September 22, 2011, 05:32:41 PM
hollywood blockbusters of the future!
As an artist, im always pissed that what i see in my head just can't be put on paper. I'm an artist, but i hate my work as most artists do. Even if this is still limited technology, it would be good for a pitch. And also id love to be able to record my dreams and edit them into movies. Inception......sort of
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 28, 2011, 10:40:05 PM
I don't know if this counts, but Amazon announced the Kindle Fire today...at $199 it's kind of hard to find a reason not to buy one. Dual core 1Ghz OMAP, 7" Gorilla Glass, 8GB on-board storage with free "cloud storage." WiFi only, but for $199 it's a pretty impressive device. Also of note, it only has a power button, and no microphone, so you can't make video calls (no camera either) and volume is controlled through the status bar/settings.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on September 28, 2011, 11:33:59 PM
it's kind of hard to find a reason not to buy one.
Reason: Already jumped on the HP firesale.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: TJ Spyke on September 28, 2011, 11:35:55 PM
If I didn't have a iPad, I would consider buying one. Hard to justify getting it though, especially when it some ways it is inferior to what I have (I have the 16GB iPad, 3G but don't use it, and I like the size of the iPad screen). I don't have the iPad 2 though, so no camera either.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on September 28, 2011, 11:37:24 PM
The Kindle Fire is more of a suped-up e-reader than a tablet. It's a pretty cool device though, especially at that price.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on September 28, 2011, 11:45:17 PM
Hardly an e-reader, as it is not e-ink. Just like the Nook Color makes for a poor reader, whereas the Nook Classic and Nook Touch are both excellent. The Kindle Fire is just another tablet.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 28, 2011, 11:52:29 PM
It's much more of a bare bones tablet than it is a souped up e-reader. The processor is pretty badass though, I'm pretty shocked they went with such a beast, and also pissed that cell phones cost so much without a contract.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on September 29, 2011, 12:37:40 AM
lol E readers

(http://www.411mania.com/game_article_pictures/16084.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Adrock on September 29, 2011, 01:03:14 AM
If I were to get a tablet, the Kindle Fire is the one I'd consider. It's set at a decent price. Always a good thing. It does away with a lot of the extras I'd never use anyway (i.e. camera, microphone). I'd use it as an e-reader first and foremost. Occasionally, I could see myself using it for the browser and some apps.

I'm assuming that, despite Amazon downplaying Android, that it has access to the Android marketplace. Being tied so closely to Amazon's store/media smorgasbord is sure to offer numerous benefits as well. Since I would mainly be use it as an e-reader, the Kindle Touch may be a better choice but for an extra $100, I think what the Kindle Fire offers is worth it.

It's about time a company decided not to try to out-iPad the iPad. I think it's going to succeed where other Android tablets haven't for that reason alone.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 29, 2011, 07:52:35 AM
Right out of the box it doesn't have access to the full Android Market, it has the Amazon App Store, which is basically slowly turning into a complete clone of the Market. You can also sideload apps onto it via USB (so you can get just about anything you want onto it), possibly even gApps which will put the Android Market on it. Expect this thing to be rooted and running custom ROMs before it's even released.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MaryJane on September 29, 2011, 08:51:06 AM
I'm just glad someone has finally made a mass market tablet. Hooray for technology!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Plugabugz on September 29, 2011, 08:59:56 AM
And the Kindle Fire is not available outside the US. Failchops.

will have to grab one when i'm in NYC next.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 29, 2011, 10:42:32 AM
*shrug*
They just recreated Barnes and Nobles Nook lineup without the Awesome Nook Classic I guess is what its called now.  Love my Nook.  Fast nav with the LCD and easy reading on the e-Ink.  Seriously if your just getting a Fire to be a value-added eReader.  Do your eyes a favor and just get an e-ink version.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Adrock on September 29, 2011, 11:23:33 AM
E-ink is closer to reading an actual book but I don't mind reading off of an LCD screen.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 29, 2011, 11:31:20 AM
Please explain. If someone wanted the extra value/additional features that the Fire provides, why would he/she get the e-ink version? I don't get it.
If you are getting it primarily to be an e-Reader but, like just having the extra features knowing you'll probably never use, then just get the e-ink version.  LCD screens contribute to Eye Fatigue while e-Ink doesn't.  I know a lot of us spends are day staring at a monitor to do whatever.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Adrock on September 29, 2011, 11:59:42 AM
I re-read your original post and edited my post accordingly but you quoted me before I finished editing. My bad. I didn't get what you meant at first. I still think an extra $100 is a good deal for the additional functions the Fire provides. I'd definitely use the browser and media functions. Amazon cut a lot of the things in tablets I wouldn't use like the camera and the mic.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 29, 2011, 12:45:06 PM
That color eInk is just taking too long it seems.

I've heard about it coming soon, but has an affordable Color eInk tablet come to market yet?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on September 29, 2011, 12:49:04 PM
I can't believe they have a true margin on the Fire.  It seems very close to cost.

On Color eInk, I think its running into the problems that the flat screen tech that was pretty much a CRT per pixel did.  The other technology kept going till the difference wasn't really that great but the cost never really got close.

One day Color eInk will cross the threshold.  It be great to have some that can change fast enough to be a monitor that only wrote the parts that it needed.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on September 29, 2011, 08:24:58 PM
the flat screen tech that was pretty much a CRT per pixel

Wow, I had completely forgotten about that.  Surface-conduction electron-emitter display, which was called SED instead of SCEED for some reason.  I remember that I was really looking forward to that once upon a time.

I don't think eInk is ever going to be fast enough to use for a regular monitor.  Maybe it would be used for special cases where fast updates aren't necessary, like status screens on some devices, but old fashioned LCDs are probably going to remain cheaper for that.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on September 30, 2011, 03:26:07 PM
*shrug*
They just recreated Barnes and Nobles Nook lineup without the Awesome Nook Classic I guess is what its called now.  Love my Nook.  Fast nav with the LCD and easy reading on the e-Ink.  Seriously if your just getting a Fire to be a value-added eReader.  Do your eyes a favor and just get an e-ink version.

I'm with you 100%. I use my Nook Classic just about every day. It was better than the Kindle when I got it, and still is, even despite the Pearl screen. It's sad that they've phased it out, but the Nook "Simple Touch" looks to be a worthy successor. It doesn't have the bottom LCD, instead opting to make the entire e-ink display touch sensitive. It makes me think of some of the more recent Sony e-readers in that regard.

I have no use for a tablet, at all. I almost immediately rooted my Nook Classic, but don't really use any of the additional apps. Instead it made it much more pleasant to use side-loaded content. However, I do have five bookcases crammed full of dead tree books. It's nice to be able to consolidate that somewhat. I still buy books, I'll probably never stop doing that. I don't trust their electronic equivalents enough, nor agree with the pricing on most. Still, it's a helluva lot more convenient to lounge around at home (or travel!) with my Nook than it is with a big hardback.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on October 05, 2011, 02:15:36 PM
Here is an article where Siri comes from. (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/siri-darpa-iphone/)

The Darpa roots are interesting and if it was as smart as the instructional Video would indicate that would be cool.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on October 06, 2011, 07:34:42 PM
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-computer-tablet-20111006,0,1592428.story (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-computer-tablet-20111006,0,1592428.story)
India unveils world's cheapest tablet computer
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The 13-ounce touch-screen device can handle basic computing, including email, social networking, Web surfing, online banking, instant messaging and multimedia. The stripped-down system uses Google's Android 2.2 operating system and comes with headphones, WiFi access, two USB slots, 256 megabytes of internal memory and a 7-inch screen. It's not considered on the same level as the more advanced tablets available.

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"I'm not against computers, but it needs to be thought through," said Aruna Sankaranarayanan, director of Prayatna, a civic group focused on education. "Most rural schools aren't even equipped with toilets or teachers. Just giving computers [doesn't] guarantee computer literacy. There are more crying needs."

 
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"I'll probably use it mostly for Facebook (http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/computer-networking-internet/social-media/facebook-ORCRP006023.topic)," Ravi Banshiwal, 22, a commerce student from Delhi, said with a laugh. "So we need to thank the minister for that. We'll send him a tweet first thing."

Facepalm
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on October 15, 2011, 01:16:26 AM
Dude, these people made a ball that's made out of cameras. it's like... google earth in a ball that you throw. you can throw google earth

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/futuresport/201110/throwable-ball-camera-may-revolutionize-how-we-watch-sports
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on October 17, 2011, 11:38:04 AM
I give that at the very least 5 years for durability 10 for acceptance.  Though I what I really want right now is precision tracking chips in balls/pucks so at any given point you know where and how fast the item of play is going .

Plus I like the same tech in ever Helmet in the NFL simply because I think it be awesome to watch a game being played out on Madden in real time for kicks and giggles.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on October 21, 2011, 01:45:50 AM
What as that smart AI website that answers all your questions? Someone posted it 2 years ago, or so but i forgot what it was called.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on October 21, 2011, 03:13:59 PM
Wolfram Alpha
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on October 21, 2011, 07:09:23 PM
Meat Spin.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on October 21, 2011, 07:15:32 PM
thanks Stogi
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 22, 2011, 08:44:49 AM
Wolfram Alpha is probably the greatest thing ever. In fact the almighty "Siri" gets all of "her" answers from Google and Wolfram Alpha.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on October 22, 2011, 04:15:49 PM
man i could have sworn wolfram alpha was smarter.

I asked it "which movie pits batman vs wolverine"

any person could guess The Prestige but Wolfram can't figure it out. I reworded it a few times to make it easier and it still didnt figure it out
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 23, 2011, 04:58:12 PM
This is what I like to call TRANSFURNITURE

 http://www.seattlecondoreview.com/2010/08/check-out-this-italian-designed-space-saving-furniture-very-appropriate-if-youre-living-in-a-condo-and-need-some-furniture-w.html

Try to guess how many people could sleep in a house with all this Tranfurniture  installed.
what can't they hide a bed in!!!! OMG!!!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on October 23, 2011, 05:04:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak

companion videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3swYsxRlxI&feature=watch_response


i saw that years ago, but thats still awesome, i could use stuff like that. I always thought, what would I do if i had a billion dollara, and part of it would go to re-designing how EVERYONE lives. If you think about it how much does it really cost to buy a brand new $800-$3000 fridge, and how much does it cost to make it. If done correctly you could get the cost down so a high tech fridge only costs 50 dollars to make and then you just sell it for $100 or less. Or cars or any other thing that I think is vastly over priced. I think a million dollars in development could save everyone trillions of dollars.

the car repair industry looks like a joke when you consider how cars are put together in the first place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Vkk1VDoV0
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 23, 2011, 09:54:26 PM
So I watched a related video on the first link you posted, and then realized there's actually a ****-ton of nudity on YouTube...some of which has been up for several years. Nice.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on October 23, 2011, 10:05:06 PM
This is what I like to call TRANSFURNITURE

 http://www.seattlecondoreview.com/2010/08/check-out-this-italian-designed-space-saving-furniture-very-appropriate-if-youre-living-in-a-condo-and-need-some-furniture-w.html

Try to guess how many people could sleep in a house with all this Tranfurniture  installed.
what can't they hide a bed in!!!! OMG!!!

To the Batcave...
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on October 27, 2011, 02:15:32 PM
Microsoft every once and a while vision of the future. (http://www.microsoft.com/office/vision/)  This is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on October 27, 2011, 04:48:29 PM
Yeah that has some pretty ingenious things, unfortunately in order to make all of that work Microsoft would have to have a monopoly on everything.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on October 27, 2011, 04:56:53 PM
Yeah that has some pretty ingenious things, unfortunately in order to make all of that work Microsoft would have to have a monopoly on everything.
Not really.  Just standards for everything to talk.  Which, ironically , Microsoft isn't very bad with being willing to use other standards when they haven't already painted themselves into a corner, *cough* IE *cough*.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on October 30, 2011, 10:30:18 PM
back to brain recording....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MElU0UW0V3Q

this is old but related
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 13, 2011, 02:06:57 AM
Once you see this, you will want to spray it on just about everything you own.
http://gizmodo.com/5858920/watch-this-superhydrophobic-coating-repel-chocolate-syrup-and-save-me-future-embarrassments
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on November 13, 2011, 05:43:42 PM
Yeah...I definitely want that on everything I own.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on November 13, 2011, 09:28:40 PM
Cool stuff. There's more videos over on their site http://www.neverwet.com/videos-news.php
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on November 14, 2011, 05:17:23 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfnbj9r1-2I&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on November 14, 2011, 11:07:59 AM
We're going to need that mirage technology to fight off the alien invaders.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on November 14, 2011, 12:06:35 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfnbj9r1-2I&feature=player_embedded
That was posted earlier in this thread.

The Never Wet stuff is really cool.  Can't wait to get my hands on that for my shoes, belts, raincoat, kid, etc.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on November 14, 2011, 02:19:47 PM
The only problem I have with the Never Wet is what do I do if I have to clean my shoes, shirts, ties, etc...from actual dirt and grime?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on November 14, 2011, 02:21:09 PM
The only problem I have with the Never Wet is what do I do if I have to clean my shoes, shirts, ties, etc...from actual dirt and grime?
Clean them par normal.  Brushes will still work.  You may  have to recoat it though.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on November 15, 2011, 02:34:24 AM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111103120605.htm

yet another stem cell related living forever breakthrough
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on November 20, 2011, 04:13:48 PM
The next Wii sensor bar could be stickers. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-scientists-long-lasting-infrared-emitting-material.html
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 20, 2011, 04:21:48 PM
The next Wii sensor bar could be stickers. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-scientists-long-lasting-infrared-emitting-material.html (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-scientists-long-lasting-infrared-emitting-material.html)

But then what will the orange port be used for!?

Maybe an HD upgrade plug-in?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on November 20, 2011, 04:41:42 PM
Why, holograms, of course. (http://www.diginfo.tv/2011/11/14/11-0231-r-en.php)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on November 20, 2011, 04:47:00 PM
the first thing they should film is princess Leigha, obviously they should get another actress
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on November 21, 2011, 09:33:37 AM
That's cool but, yeah the Framerate needs to be at least 30fps before its more then just a novelty.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 21, 2011, 11:24:38 AM
I think if anything they need to bump the resolution up significantly before worrying too much about reaching a stable 60fps.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on November 21, 2011, 12:21:39 PM
I think if anything they need to bump the resolution up significantly before worrying too much about reaching a stable 60fps.
In the Signage area the resolution doesn't have to be that great because your not going to be that close.  In that arena the FPS and the power usage would be more critical.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 01, 2011, 02:53:58 AM
http://www.nature.com/news/gene-therapy-can-protect-against-hiv-1.9516
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 01, 2011, 08:00:15 PM
http://www.livescience.com/17264-quantum-entanglement-macroscopic-diamonds.html
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 05, 2011, 08:29:16 PM
Cancer curing Sugar!?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228415.200-cancer-cells-poisoned-with-sugar.html
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IT'S a heavy price to pay for a sweet tooth. Researchers have tricked glucose-eating cancer cells into consuming a sugar that essentially poisons them - it leaves a "suicide" switch within the cells open to attack.

"Most cancer cells rely almost exclusively on glucose to fuel their growth," says Guy Perkins of the University of California at San Diego. With Rudy Yamaguchi of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, Perkins found the cells would take up a similar sugar called 2-deoxyglucose. But this sugar physically dislodges a protein within the cell that guards a suicide switch. Once exposed, the switch can be activated by a drug called ABT-263. This kills the cell by liberating proteins that order it to commit suicide (Cancer Research, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-11-3091).

The approach could ultimately spell doom for several types of cancer, including liver, lung, breast and blood. In mice, the treatment made aggressive human prostate cancer tumours virtually disappear within days.

Yamaguchi and Perkins are now hoping to mount a clinical trial at UC San Diego.

;D
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Whats the news doc?
i have good and bad news..
whats the good news?
we have cured your cancer
yay! thats fantastic!, whats the bad news?
you are going to die from diabetes.
:(
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on December 05, 2011, 08:43:09 PM
It always fascinates me how solving biological diseases is so logical and puzzle like. Who would have thought a cell had a suicide switch, nonetheless one guarded by a protein that could only be dislodged with a trojan-horse like sugar.

Simply fascinating. Now I hope this study gets out so more scientists can replicate it and finally...finally we can put cancer behind us.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 05, 2011, 08:57:13 PM
its like breaking into a safe, and you have to solve all the puzzles to get the prize....its zelda

so 2011 was a good year for curing aids and bunches cancers
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on December 05, 2011, 09:06:15 PM
Sugar? I think it's safe to say that we are well into being quite successful about fighting cancer: http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_bradner_open_source_cancer_research.html
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on December 06, 2011, 09:13:11 AM
We'll never get rid of Cancer.  Its such a broad term.  Like saying we'll get rid of the Flu.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Morari on December 06, 2011, 10:09:49 AM
We'll never get rid of Cancer.  Its such a broad term.  Like saying we'll get rid of the Flu.

Exactly.

Besides, why would you want to get rid of it? Human population has become a huge problem in the past century and is only getting worse by the minute. Longer life expectancies don't help us out as a species if we, nor the planet, can sustain it. If you want to cure everyone of everything, then you need to start cracking down on the breeders and their numbers. Of course, that's not even accounting for the necessary eugenics. See what happens when you allow civilization to replace the basic tenets of survivalism?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on December 06, 2011, 11:17:34 AM
I'm so glad you won't be passing your terrible ideas on to the next generation.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on December 06, 2011, 04:18:49 PM
I'm so glad you won't be passing your terrible ideas on to the next generation.

+1
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 06, 2011, 07:00:25 PM
I'm so glad you won't be passing your terrible ideas on to the next generation.

+1

+1
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Shorty McNostril on December 06, 2011, 08:57:33 PM
We'll never get rid of Cancer.  Its such a broad term.  Like saying we'll get rid of the Flu.

Exactly.

Besides, why would you want to get rid of it? Human population has become a huge problem in the past century and is only getting worse by the minute. Longer life expectancies don't help us out as a species if we, nor the planet, can sustain it. If you want to cure everyone of everything, then you need to start cracking down on the breeders and their numbers. Of course, that's not even accounting for the necessary eugenics. See what happens when you allow civilization to replace the basic tenets of survivalism?

It's interesting to hear how cocky people are when they are healthy.  Different story if they get affected themselves.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 06, 2011, 09:51:33 PM
If Rat was still on here he'd be calling all this stuff bullshit
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on December 06, 2011, 10:19:03 PM
We'll never get rid of Cancer.  Its such a broad term.  Like saying we'll get rid of the Flu.

Exactly.

Besides, why would you want to get rid of it? Human population has become a huge problem in the past century and is only getting worse by the minute. Longer life expectancies don't help us out as a species if we, nor the planet, can sustain it. If you want to cure everyone of everything, then you need to start cracking down on the breeders and their numbers. Of course, that's not even accounting for the necessary eugenics. See what happens when you allow civilization to replace the basic tenets of survivalism?

It's interesting to hear how cocky people are when they are healthy.  Different story if they get affected themselves.

Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Caliban on December 06, 2011, 10:52:08 PM
We'll never get rid of Cancer.

So what if it can't be ridden of. It can be fought, one individual at a time, but it can be fought.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 07, 2011, 12:57:41 AM
When there is enough money in actually curing cancer, it will be cured.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 07, 2011, 08:17:33 AM
i wonder how far they have gotten at recording audio, they have tapped into the visual part of the brain, but i imagine audio is deeper. Songs for instance stick in my head a lot, and I wonder if it counts as piracy if you can withdraw music from the brain.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 08, 2011, 04:00:29 AM
Stogi, I'm gonna have to insist that you invest in and use this new gadget.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/07/eyez-720p-video-streaming-recording-glasses-hands-on-video/

Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on December 08, 2011, 10:41:18 AM
Stogi, I'm gonna have to insist that you invest in and use this new gadget.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/07/eyez-720p-video-streaming-recording-glasses-hands-on-video/
During the whole video I felt like I wanted to look up more.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 08, 2011, 11:14:19 AM
a new way to capture riot cops, first person. Sounds exhilarating.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on December 08, 2011, 11:17:46 AM
Occupy movement with those glasses would have been interesting.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on December 08, 2011, 04:24:15 PM
Stogi, I'm gonna have to insist that you invest in and use this new gadget.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/07/eyez-720p-video-streaming-recording-glasses-hands-on-video/

**** yeah. $200 for this? That ain't bad. A little unreasonable considering how hipster-ish aka ugly they are. If they were a pair of white and turquoise aviator sunglasses, I'd be all over it.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 08, 2011, 05:24:11 PM
They did say that was the prototype and the final product would look much more stylish, but probably not as stylish as what you are asking for.
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Post by: Stogi on December 08, 2011, 05:34:22 PM
Stogi, I'm gonna have to insist that you invest in and use this new gadget.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/07/eyez-720p-video-streaming-recording-glasses-hands-on-video/
During the whole video I felt like I wanted to look up more.

There are times where he does look up enough to see a person's face, but obviously the dude has confidence issues.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 08, 2011, 05:38:46 PM
or his ears are higher than the sight line was adjusted for making the glasses tilt downward. But your explanation is more interesting than mine ;)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on December 08, 2011, 05:52:15 PM
hahaha That's what I thought at first, but then yeah...you can see him capture a person's face when he has to turn his whole head, or when we naturally hold our heads higher. I think he's use to looking up out of his eyes to look straight. So he's making eye contact with people but his chin is in his chest; which just screams bitch.

For the video, maybe instead of wearing them, he should have put them on his collar or in a pocket.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 10, 2011, 04:26:10 AM
Do those glasses support 3d, that way I don't have to wear those goofy glasses when I go into a theater. :)
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Post by: nickmitch on December 11, 2011, 02:17:25 PM
I'd like to get a prescription pair of those.
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Post by: EasyCure on December 12, 2011, 10:17:27 PM
Remember Neo's famouse line "I know Kung Fu" in the original Matrix? Yeah we're getting close to that.. (http://dvice.com/archives/2011/12/an-mri-machine.php)
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Post by: Caliban on December 12, 2011, 10:52:53 PM
It could teach you, but your body won't be able to keep up with the actual kinetics that it requires, and that goes for any martial art. Unless of course if you're in shape, but then why wouldn't you just practice like normal.
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Post by: nickmitch on December 12, 2011, 11:05:10 PM
Because that would be way faster? I'm willing to be a lab rat in these experiments. Where do I sign up? Also, I'd like to be able to learn magic tricks.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 12, 2011, 11:05:36 PM
Well, "I know Kung Fu" and "I can do Kung Fu" are two different things after all.

Atleast I would be able to practice myself into shape as I would already know what to do.
It is all about technique anyway isn't it?
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Post by: Caliban on December 12, 2011, 11:19:59 PM
Experience is very important. You need the body to react instinctively, no thinking at all. If this method could give you experience then I think that would be optimal.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on December 13, 2011, 09:53:44 AM
I would like a device that would flash me with all the different flavors of computer languages.  I know all the fundamentals.  Its pretty much to the different languages flavors so I think that be a good thing.

Anything that requires muscle memory I wouldn't see as being implantable.
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Post by: Stogi on December 13, 2011, 01:03:25 PM
Who cares if you can't do Kung Fu? That's only the tip of the iceberg. You could learn Aeronautical Engineering in a day. That requires no fitness. You could learn how to speak 17 different languages. Again, that requires no fitness (though maybe practice pronouncing words). You could learn how to operate a Helicopter or learn all the jazz chords on a piano.

That would be amazing.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 13, 2011, 01:12:00 PM
except

Quote
Here's how it works: you pick a task that requires high performance from your visual cortex, like catching a ball. Then, you go find someone who's a pro at catching a ball, stick them in an fMRI machine, and record what's going on in their brain while they visualize catching a ball. Now you've got your ball-catching program, and you're ready to learn. Next step: put yourself into the fMRI machine, and rig it to induce that pro ball-catching imagery that you recorded earlier in your brain using neurofeedback. You don't even have to be paying attention while this is going on. Your brain, though, becomes familiar with that pattern, which is what learning is: your brain becoming familiar with patterns. Play that pattern back enough, and you will get better at whatever activity the pattern is associated with.

I'm not sure how much visual cortex learning languages requires or mathematical genius requires, but if and when they get that portion of it figured out, then sign me the **** up.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on December 14, 2011, 03:09:44 AM
I didn't think this were possible, and I don't fully understand the article, but well worth watching
http://io9.com/5867719/watch-light-particles-travel-through-a-coke-bottle-at-a-trillion-frames-per-second?tag=this-is-awesome (http://io9.com/5867719/watch-light-particles-travel-through-a-coke-bottle-at-a-trillion-frames-per-second?tag=this-is-awesome)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ThePerm on December 14, 2011, 06:56:26 AM
this should have some application in making more realistic video games
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Post by: King of Twitch on December 15, 2011, 08:52:15 PM
Invention to swim like a Zora!

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/31449/unusual+jetpack+enables+pilots+to+swim+and+leap+like+a+dolphin/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 15, 2011, 09:00:09 PM
I bet he got the design idea from Ironman, he just needs to make a full body suit to go with it now.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on February 02, 2012, 07:42:16 PM
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=virtual-reality-contact-l
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 02, 2012, 07:53:53 PM
Nice.

I can't wait to get my bEYEonic Lenses®
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on June 04, 2012, 02:15:47 PM
I know we're in E3 mode, but this is impressive.
ENHANCE!
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Post by: Caliban on June 08, 2012, 09:06:44 PM
That's some cool tech, indeed. The Predator would no longer be invisible with his fancy cloak.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on June 28, 2012, 01:39:11 AM
If you haven't seen this yet, watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TB8b2t3QE
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Post by: Ceric on June 28, 2012, 10:22:24 AM
If you haven't seen this yet, watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TB8b2t3QE
That's entertaining, but ultimately not making me want a Project Glass more because I can get setups that can already do that.  Ironically all they would have had to do is put something up that told some sort of augmented reality information.  For the Skydivers digital paint the target, Bikers Speed Readout be cool, Elevation for the climbers...
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Post by: nickmitch on June 28, 2012, 05:42:10 PM
Yeah, anything that would've shown off why I'd buy one (augmented reality) would've been better than showing off something I don't actually want (a glorified webcam working over a social network that no one actually uses). Project Glass can do some cool ****, but none of that was shown with their extreme sports demo.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: juanitoromeo on July 04, 2012, 02:01:18 AM
If you haven't seen this yet, watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TB8b2t3QE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TB8b2t3QE)
That's entertaining, but ultimately not making me want a Project Glass more because I can get setups that can already do that.  Ironically all they would have had to do is put something up that told some sort of augmented reality information.  For the Skydivers digital paint the target, Bikers Speed Readout be cool, Elevation for the climbers...

i agree...
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on November 01, 2012, 12:37:44 AM
Minority Report gets closer every day http://www.diginfo.tv/v/12-0202-r-en.php
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on November 01, 2012, 01:19:35 AM
The Terminator gets closer every day http://mech.vub.ac.be/multibody/topics/ProstheticDevices.htm
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Post by: Caliban on November 01, 2012, 09:01:44 PM
Hooray for science.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 14, 2013, 02:41:03 AM
Introducing the Hyper Loop - The hopeful alternative to the California High Speed Rail

http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-20130812.pdf

Think Futurama vacuum tube travel, but for reals, and in a "large" luxury like bobsled/coaster train.

(http://i.imgur.com/kTUvHxN.png)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on August 14, 2013, 10:10:17 AM
Think its sort of cool they think it could scale to cross-country near supersonic speeds.
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Post by: TJ Spyke on August 14, 2013, 10:12:48 AM
Cross country is relative. He says that for distances greater than 1000 miles that it would be better to take a plane instead of using this. And it might take longer for it to even happen since he says he is too busy to actually design it himself.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on August 14, 2013, 09:04:08 PM
More Practical not Better.
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Post by: TJ Spyke on August 15, 2013, 02:11:23 PM
He is the one who said it would be better, mainly because at that distance the tube just becomes prohibitively expensive.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 25, 2013, 04:02:02 PM
Art imitates Life, then Life imitates Art.

(http://i.imgur.com/3qGMq4y.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/jVmykeN.png)

So (the MCU) Tony Stark is based off of Elon Musk, Elon Musk builds tech based on (the MCU) Tony Stark.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 26, 2013, 12:29:58 AM
Just a clarification, there is absolutely no possible way that Elon Musk was the bases for Iron Man considering that Iron Man was created before Elon was conceived.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 26, 2013, 12:33:20 AM
Let me clarify that statement since I didn't put it into the context of what was posted.

The MCU Tony Stark was based off of Elon Musk (at the suggestion of RDJ).
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 26, 2013, 12:34:01 AM
Elon's going to use the time machine he invents 12 years from now to go back and inspire the original creators of Iron Man.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: MegaByte on September 09, 2013, 11:46:59 PM
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 09, 2013, 11:56:36 PM
that should severely cut down on development time for all 3D modelling...
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Post by: nickmitch on September 10, 2013, 12:05:10 AM
This is gonna change sexting forever.
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Post by: Stogi on September 10, 2013, 08:25:25 AM
That's pretty ingenious. This might finally make 3D modelling as potentially "easy" as photoshop.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 10, 2013, 01:59:47 PM
That's pretty amazing, I imagine it will help with 3D printing too.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 25, 2013, 04:12:45 AM
LucasFilm (Disney?) demonstrates "The Future of CG Animation"
- done in real time with no need for post production -
http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/11118/lucasfilm-shows-off-the-future-of-filmmaking-scenes-get-rendered-out-in-real-time-removing-the-need-for-post-production (http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/11118/lucasfilm-shows-off-the-future-of-filmmaking-scenes-get-rendered-out-in-real-time-removing-the-need-for-post-production)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 25, 2013, 04:27:15 PM
That is fucking amazing.
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Post by: ThePerm on September 26, 2013, 07:56:07 AM
just when Lucasfilm decided they will use less cg they perfect cg.
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Post by: tendoboy1984 on September 26, 2013, 11:32:01 AM
just when Lucasfilm decided they will use less cg they perfect cg.

Too much CG ruins a movie for me (though Pacific Rim was a visual feast). I prefer practical effects (costumes, explosions, makeup, animatronics).
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Post by: Ceric on September 26, 2013, 03:27:18 PM
just when Lucasfilm decided they will use less cg they perfect cg.

Too much CG ruins a movie for me (though Pacific Rim was a visual feast). I prefer practical effects (costumes, explosions, makeup, animatronics).
Fun Factoid:  The Cockpit for Pacific Rim (aka where you actually spend a lot of time) was a series of three story moving cockpits.  A practical effect.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 14, 2014, 02:10:01 PM
Solar Roadways: Why aren't we making this happen sooner?


I understand that the oil companies need to make their money, and the power companies need to make their money, but there has to be a town out there that is willing to go 21st century.

Maybe these people can team up with Google and include driverless car sensors to help with that project, even adding in wireless charging for electric cars that don't need to charge as long as they are on the grid and then Google can lend massive resources, along with laying the Google Gigabit fiber cables insode the panels, and right into all homes and businesses that are on the grid, and they can both push this nation worldwide asap.

Internet access and speeds: Solved
Unrpredictable drivers/road rage: Solved
Massive oil/petroleum dependence: Solved
Energy independence and infrastructure rebuilding: Solved
Global Warming: solved

I see no downsides to this outside of cost, which as they state will eventually pay for itself, especially when we have all this excess electrical energy that we can start selling to those that aren't on this solar grid. Maintenance may be a bitch, but selling all that energy to our neighbors has got to be massively profitable. As long as have solved the traction issue (glass when wet.....) and the road cleaning (tire marks, chemical spills, etc etc) there are a lot of game changing things that could happen here.

Maybe start with a test neighborhood. I volunteer mine.
So much good can come out of this that I just know that politics will squash it.


edit: a more recent video address most of the points I brought up.


I'm glad they thought of it all and it's nearly ready for market. This is the type of innovation that we need in solar and power.


and with the changeable LED's and sensors and processors and all that, this would solve another issue I have. People that park all messed up. maybe informing them to pull forward, back up, or please stay within their designated lines. The future is so damn close, I want to live in it already.
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Post by: Ceric on May 14, 2014, 02:51:31 PM
That looks awesome.  Shame its so far away.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 14, 2014, 03:06:05 PM
I wish money and politics could always stop being the obstacle to progress.

Certain projects should get the blank check in the form of tax breaks and write off's for participating companies that "donate" their services and materials. Especially when it's something like this infrastructure project that we desperately need to do. This is Power, Communication & Travel all in one, but this project will never gain traction till some of the big conglomerates can figure out a way to neuter it, monetize the hell out of it, and then trickle it out, selling the government upgrades along the way just to keep lining their pockets for the forseeable future.

The government should just fund it, help develop it, and then claim imminent domain on all public roadways, utility lines, sewage ways, and then replace it all with this. Then subsidize electric cars that feed on the solar grid, get this whole project underway and hope to have the heavy metropolitan areas covered in this by 2040. For every energy job lost, I'm sure another tech road monitor/maintenance job will open.

We just need someone to come in and shut all the lobbying down, kill the politics, and just start getting some things done.... unfortunately, that is unlikely to happen without some major politicking or some crazy world threatening event that forces action.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 14, 2014, 03:08:54 PM
Ironically, Earmarks would help with this.

The argument to go is minor maintenance costs to the conduits.  Its expensive to put up power lines and maintain them.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 14, 2014, 03:21:17 PM
Well, Obama was looking for a lucrative solar/renewable energy company to invest in... snatching this one up and making it the new Government Utility all-in-one provider/servicer seems like a good way to put your money where your mouth is.

He wanted to do a major infrastructure rehaul... well, here you go.
He wanted to find a renewable source of energy to break dependency on foreign oil and petroeum based products in general... well, here you go.
Everyone wants to validate that Tesla is on the right track. Hook them into the solar road grid and you never have to stop again, as long as you are on a solar road. (fine print - 250miles with full charge on regular road in ideal conditions)
Everyone wants Google to drop Gigbit fiber nationwide... well, here we go
Every car company is researching ways to make driverless cars a reality... well, here you go

EVERYONE wants to lower their electricity bill... well, damn, can't help with that one.
but selling off power to neighboring towns, cities, states, countries that aren't part of the grid, could subsidize the maintenance cost for being a part of the grid... until everyone is part of the grid. then I don't know what happens. maybe we find creative ways to store, release & use all of the suns excess energy.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 14, 2014, 03:43:51 PM
You and I both now that People in General would consider that too Socialist.

I would love to have charging roads, I drive a Leaf.  I've even talked with a few of the people looking into that stuff at Nissan US Headquarters when I was charging, I work in Franklin.  That would have been really handy when I was running everywhere on Monday for my Brain Doctor visit, its really hilly/mountainy here.

One of the big unsolved problem with this plan is Storage.  All that excess would need to be bled or stored.  Preferably stored for night.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 14, 2014, 05:12:05 PM
Powerplants would now become storage battery plants.

energy usage would now not be a concern as it's practically free (outside of maintenance). You might start getting penalized for not using enough electricity ;) (free airconditioning anyone.... **** yeah)

Water purification plants are not cost effective because they use too much energy. With all this extra energy we NEED to use (or lose) water shortages would also be a thing of the past. Northern Cali could keep all it's fresh mountain water run off and SoCal can start desalinating it's own salt water.
We will also be able to stop mining the earth for mineral salt as we will have an excess of sea salt to consume.

that's already another benefit of adapting this. I'm sure we can come up with plenty of ways to store and consume the extra.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 14, 2014, 05:29:28 PM
Word.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 14, 2014, 05:57:47 PM
I bet stock in rechargeable batteries also goes up.


the other thing I forgot is that the price of solar panels will drop significantly the more popular something like this gets. Maybe the efficiency would go up too, Not that the road would really need it, but then you can bury those more efficient panels in the electric cars (glass tops?) and then they could somewhat recharge off the grid, making for longer "off-road" trips.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on May 14, 2014, 06:37:10 PM
BnM bypass the government altogether, this is a good idea then let's make it happen. I don't know much about how these kickstarte type things work but I know that the Internet has made getting the world out much easier these days. want to see this a reality, take it up as a cause, post this video everywhere you can, donate what you can to the fund, as much as you can get by with. Don't go all in as a big investor or anything but if you really believe in it set aside $25 a month to donate to the fund, get a few friends on board and get the ball rolling. I would gladly donate that amount to a private company that could make this happen before trusting the government to make it happen. It doesn't have to be done on a large scale all at once to get noticed, talk some small gas station and super market chains into putting these in their parking lots and maybe start there once the public becomes aware of it they will put the pressure on Uncle Sam, also there is a big mid-term election coming up this year, if you expect Obama to be able to do anything your going to have to find some Senators/Reps to agree with him and that is going to be a challenge in the current economic climate.


They need a ton of money so crowdfunding might not get them where they want to go but maybe start small, get small companies to place orders to put these in their parking lots and private roads and get the word out. I personally can't wait for driverless cars and am all for clean, renewable energy. I think the major issue with these things is the all or nothing approach well if it's a good idea take up the cause and make it work on a small scale if you can. There operation sounds small and they don't have manufacturing but out here in the Midwest if you want to start up a plant there are tax incentives, the issue is building your plant here and then finding the right markets to test this in to get it going.



EDIT: I just read up on the website how the Indigogo campaign works, I am not sure if they are going to make their goal in that time frame, I would donate to the campaign but my contribution is going to be small.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 14, 2014, 07:23:46 PM
I would suggest that they go sit in Google's lobby and preach the benefits of funding their efforts (buyout?) and then pushing this as the Google Agenda: Smart Roads, Gigabit Fiber/Wifi, Smart Driverless cars.

Google is the probably the only company that this benefits 100% with their current goals in mind.

Google was even working on some sort of battery tech some while back. I would have to look it up again, but I'm sure they could combine a lot of their projects into this effort and start with their Google Complex as a test ground and build outward (with minimal startup cost to the 1st host city).

The only way I see this catching on, outside of a full government backing is a Giant Conglomerate tech company footing the bill with their agenda pushing behind it. If Google wants to "run" the country by advancing our tech... I don't see a quicker way to make that happen than to take over the internet, the roads and the power and then free us up to use more internet by not having to participate in driving.
They would honestly be considered a savior for breaking out need to pay these ridiculous gas prices that are only going to get worse. It would also paridly expand their Google Maps/Traffic GPS usage as the roads report on congestion themselves and with the LED's on the road can redirect traffic for detours and communicate with your personal in car GPS (Navi or cell) to give updates and what not.

This would be right up Google's alley, and assuming it's all legit, I could only hope they already have had an eye on it.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on May 14, 2014, 08:17:37 PM
According to their website they already got a pretty big grant to build a prototype their funding they are asking for now is for manufacturing startup costs from what it sounds like. I have a sister in Sandpoint ID I shared the video with.



Also this was an interesting fact

Quote
While we found no evidence that moonlight or the light from shining stars at night produce energy in solar panels (a common question), we found that headlights did. Although it would be very difficult to measure accurately due to distance, speed, hi/low beams, etc., we found that a small solar panel placed flat on the ground about 10 feet in front of a vehicle with its high beams on produced electricity in otherwise total darkness. So it appears that vehicles driving on the surface at night will be providing a service as well as reaping the benefits.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 14, 2014, 09:13:11 PM
BnM bypass the government altogether, this is a good idea then let's make it happen.

Yeah that's not even remotely possible.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 15, 2014, 12:21:56 PM
BnM bypass the government altogether, this is a good idea then let's make it happen.

Yeah that's not even remotely possible.

Certainly not when it comes to replacing all public access roads, power and communication lines, along with water channeling and whatnot. you will need the government involved, and have them contract your company to maintain, monitor, update and upgrade the equipment.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on May 15, 2014, 07:20:22 PM
BnM bypass the government altogether, this is a good idea then let's make it happen.

Yeah that's not even remotely possible.

Certainly not when it comes to replacing all public access roads, power and communication lines, along with water channeling and whatnot. you will need the government involved, and have them contract your company to maintain, monitor, update and upgrade the equipment.



I meant don't sit around and wait for them to decide to do something. There are private roads and parking lots too. Also they said on their site they already have a contract with some government highway agency already.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 15, 2014, 07:32:26 PM
As much as I'd like to be the advocate for change and improvement, that's not really my thing.
I have more than enough on my plate already that I push to the side, don't think I need another...

I'll be more than happy to support it, but I can't be in the trenches pushing it.
I got mouths to feed man. as in more than 1. ;)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on May 19, 2014, 11:49:41 AM
This idea is super cool, but -excuse me for playing devil's advocate- how practical is it?  I mean, somewhere like NYC where there's constant traffic, how well will paving the roads in solar panels work?  In places like where I'm from, New Orleans, you couldn't do this at all because of the pot holes.  And filling them in doesn't stop new ones from forming constantly.  You can line highways and interstates, sure.  But the cost and time consumption would insane.  It takes years for any highway improvements to get done, I couldn't imagine how long this would take.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2014, 02:13:44 PM
No one said it would be easy, but he benefits of this or something really similar to it, easily out weigh the cost (in the long run and the BIG picture).

Rooftops, parking lots, side walks, neighborhood streets, intersections. There are lots of places they need to adapt this kind of tech too. And the more they do it, the cheaper it becomes. I also assume that since these will be set on some sort of foundation, put holes will either happen less frequently or be able to be fixed easier and quicker, especially with the system being able to report on itself for upkeep.
Displaced panels would probably set off an alarm at control to be adjusted or replaced.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on May 19, 2014, 03:31:37 PM
You can't stop the ground from sinking, which causes some potholes.  I'm also stuck wondering what the safety hazards associated with broken solar panels are. 

And "easily outweigh the cost in the long run" is one of those things that cool to say until you really think about the scale.  We're talking about something that could take decades before the savings start rolling in.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2014, 03:48:55 PM
How much is energy independence worth?
What would be our advantages to not having to occupy or even care about places like the middle east because of oil.
What is it worth to never be short on energy as long as the sun shines.
Global warming.... melting of the various ice caps, no more drilling, etc etc

Someone's gotta make the first move and we gotta start somewhere. All that military sending protecting foreign oil interest could be much better spent here at home.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 19, 2014, 04:14:17 PM
In many parts of the U.S., including where I am, I have to think the amount of snow we get would screw this up. Even forgetting the effect temperature swings could have on the components, all the panels would be under ice and snow for large chunks of the year.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2014, 04:44:43 PM
It has a heating element to melt snow, and then it also collects and funnels the water.

Those issues have already been addressed. Clear roads for the most part. The only thing I didn't see specifically addressed in the video was potholes, even though they can replace panels fairly quickly with the right tools, I'm not sure how they would address it outside of the entire road being in a framework/foundation.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on May 19, 2014, 04:56:20 PM
The right way to get this started is target high end home owners and business. Convert driveways, parking lots, campus roads, and more. Talk Ed Begley Jr. into redoing his driveway. Get Google to redo their campus roads.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on May 19, 2014, 05:01:05 PM
Ha, I see these guys are in Sandpoint Idaho. I could drive over there in two hours and ask for a demo.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 19, 2014, 05:16:39 PM
I think ShyGuy's got the right idea with pushing it as a driveway thing as opposed to a road thing. Converting even relatively small sections of a city into this would be a massive undertaking, but it'd be easier to sell individual homeowners on the long-term benefits. I know around here if you could redo your driveway in a way that melts snow AND lowers your electric bill there would be a lot of takers.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 19, 2014, 05:35:37 PM
As someone who has been pricing home improvements lately and would really like to get into solar for the home.  The cost of something like this to the benefits would be way to high.  Just to put it in perspective Siding jumps from $7,800 to $14,400 by just simply adding a foam insulation on the back of the siding.  I would hate to see how much this would cost compared to say an Aggregate driveway.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2014, 06:09:09 PM
On an individual basis, solar is an upper middle-class thing. They might be able sell large companies like Google into doing the rooftop, parking lot & driveways of they main complexes, especially if they can add solar panels to the roof of their smart cars and drive then for testing all day without ever really needing to charge it.

But the only way this is getting adopted in any significant way that shows its true worth and brings the cost down to something that the rest of us could buy into, is if the government gets involved and starts supplementing the cost.

Maybe they can team up with Google and a builder and do a test neighborhood in like Arizona. New neighborhood, solar roads, driveways, roofs. HOA covers all electricity (heated pools, heated bathroom & kitchen floors, smart house with automated everything.) and gardening. A proof of concept build in a controlled environment in a super hot and sunny state.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 19, 2014, 06:10:58 PM
The government won't buy into it until it gets cheaper, though. The continued development that gets it to that point is going to need to be funded by smaller-scale projects.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2014, 06:19:26 PM
I'm sure the Pentagon would love to get off the grid, that's a lot of exposed and unused roof space they got there.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 19, 2014, 06:28:51 PM
I'd be surprised if they didn't already have measures in place to that effect.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 19, 2014, 07:35:00 PM
I'm sure the Pentagon would love to get off the grid, that's a lot of exposed and unused roof space they got there.
They have a Nuclear Reactor already.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2014, 08:05:49 PM
Their own personal power station? probably.
Can't have the government shutting down because the power went out.


I'm sure the Pentagon would love to get off the grid, that's a lot of exposed and unused roof space they got there.
They have a Nuclear Reactor already.
Well... that sounds safe.... nothing could go wrong there...

It would be nice if we could adopt some future tech in this world before we are absolutely forced, kicking and screaming, to do it.

I would actually think that one of the things that would hold a project like this back in the computer components. precious metals that are currently required for circuit boards and computer chips.
Trying to push something like this mainstream could hopefully lead to some advancements in other areas too. Such as wireless energy transfer; new cheaper, more efficient and abundant materials to use for computers, and things where too much power was being used to make it economical.

Maybe we can see something get rolling that moves us as a society into the new age of technology before we die. Probably not, but one can dream.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 19, 2014, 08:08:59 PM
We've been trying to since the 70's.  We being the people.  Not the Corporations.   Unfortunately with wage stagnation the only ones getting richer and can afford the tech are the Corporations...
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2014, 08:26:22 PM
I can't help but imagine what a world of tomorrow would actually look like. If money was never the issue, and we just accepted that things needed to be done, and as long as you did your part in making everything work, you continued to benefit from the advantages of society... where would we be? what could we have accomplished. (I know monetary compensation is a necessity for value and worth, but I'm trying to let my imagine run free here.)\

So say this "Solar Road" tech was adopted today, rolled out tomorrow, completely this year and it worked flawlessly.
- Generated energy from the sun that was then fed into the grid and pushed out to every connected home, business, building, structure, appliance and electric vehicle.
- Super Highspeed internet (and <cell?>phone lines... i guess) fed under the road - gigbit wifi for all.
- Smart Interactive Streets systems, that control and monitor: traffic flow, crosswalks, street lights, detours, repairs, maintenance

What would this mean?
Besides the government knowing where everyone is at all times, using the GPS of your phone, or ID tag in your watch or whatever future personal ID GPS thing we may have going on* (The Machine is now under your feet)
and the police being able to monitor practically anything they have access to...
(this is actually kinda scary as it seems very intrusive.... maybe this is why we can't get anywhere.)
-we would never have to worry about electricity again.
-The streets would have never been safer, as the cars drive themselves, the street is alive and can react to unknown variables such as pesky humans stepping into the street against designated and regulated crosswalk areas.

Wow, ok, maybe I shouldn't look to far ahead. One step at a time. One thing at a time. no need to rush.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on May 19, 2014, 10:04:23 PM
I said basically the same thing and Shyguy gets the credit?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on May 19, 2014, 10:32:46 PM
I said basically the same thing and Shyguy gets the credit?

I gots da swagger. ;)
BnM is starting to go full blow Futurtopia in here! I always say you can change the world around them as much as you want, but people are still people.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on May 20, 2014, 05:24:31 PM
being totally honest its nothing more than a pipe dream period. We have government subsidies on Solar power for homes and businesses right now, and nobody takes advantage of them.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 20, 2014, 05:32:38 PM
There are tons of examples from all different types of tech of things that were very niche, limited appeal products, right up until the point that they weren't. I'd imagine that during the recession people either haven't had or weren't willing to spend the money for that kind of large-scale home improvement project, subsidy or no subsidy. The benefits of it are only becoming more pronounced over time.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 20, 2014, 05:55:07 PM
because they are still too expensive and do little to replace your current dependency on PG&E.

The panels they are selling to the public have something like 10% power conversion, and after subsidies and taxes and cost and installation (and optional battery).... for a small panel that sits on your roof, you have still just spent at least $10k ($20k w/ battery) out of pocket and eliminated about 10-20% of your PG&E bill.

I'm getting these figures from the numerous presentations that have been done at my house over the last year. As exciting as it all sounds when they present it to you, the consumer level tech is just not worth the cost to those that can't afford to spend the money freely. They payback on that investment is like over a decade.

To make serious dent and collect enough sun, you are going to need the full roof replacement w/ solar battery and now you're looking at close to if not more than $100k. You might then still be looking at quite a few year payback on investment, but you won't be paying PG&E, as they would be paying you instead.

It may be pipe dream, but if this is gonna happen, it needs to happen on a rather large scale, even if that large scale is kinda small at first (i.e. proof of concept neighborhood or a business complex conversion - roof, parkinglot, private roads). You can't expect individuals to foot the bill as these type of panels would be far too expensive and not beneficial to a sparse selection of individuals spread out over a single town, county or state.

BnM is starting to go full blow Futurtopia in here! I always say you can change the world around them as much as you want, but people are still people.

Can you tell that I've been watching a lot of COSMOS lately? Great show BTW.
Really gets your inner futurist going. Reconnecting the discoveries of the past to the way that things have become in the present, lets you see where the things of the now may take us one day in the future.

developing solar on the ground now could lead to all sorts of new ****.
-what if all the excess energy we had led to a free way to space? using that extra electricity to make a magnetized space elevator.
-Since that the ground is literally a source of energy.... hoverboards? Back to the future could be sooner rather than later. MagLevBoards might not be what we call it, but it could be what makes it possible.
-Now that we are using Solar for everything, we should be able to refine it and get better energy conversion. Free way to space allowing us to now use solar energy to somehow propel our ships for free. No more heavy propulsion payloads.
Surviving on other planets now since we don't need fuel, we would have stored up plenty of solar energy for scouting robots, vehicles, etc etc.

my mind is running wild. I know we will get there someday (hopefully), but the paper chase is what is slowing down progress.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Oblivion on May 20, 2014, 10:53:38 PM
Oxygen is far more important for surviving on other planets than fuel. That's still a pipe dream since we'd need to ship it from Earth and that isn't exactly easy.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 20, 2014, 10:59:24 PM
Also, if we were going to do a base on another planet it would probably be Mars, where solar would be less of an option due to its greater distance from the sun. I also can't imagine any such venture being taken without including a nuclear reactor for that purpose.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 20, 2014, 11:40:00 PM
But we could possibly get there without the heavy payload of fuel, which means we could use that space to carry other equipment, such as some terraforming CO2 producing factory equipment.

And Mars gets plenty of sunlight, solar would still be very useful there, as I'm sure that is how we power the rovers currently on the planet.

We also might be able to mine oxygen from asteroids.
First step is easily getting to space though.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 20, 2014, 11:51:09 PM
The most recent Mars rover, which is essentially an SUV full of scientific sensors driving around up there, is nuclear powered. Previous, more limited ones were solar powered, however.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 20, 2014, 11:54:11 PM
Well, with 10-15% power conversion of current solar, I can only imagine how limited that solar must have been.

But no reason we can't use both.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 20, 2014, 11:56:43 PM
One thing I wasn't thinking of is the greater distance from the sun is counteracted by the thinner atmosphere and weaker magnetic fields that allow more of the sun's rays to get through. Still, I'd think you'd want both. If you're stuck on an alien planet with no real lifeline you're going to want all the contingencies you can get in there.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on May 21, 2014, 12:51:34 AM
I've read that one of the things that lessens the efficiency of solar is overheating for the converting technology. I can't find the article, but here's some cool tech from IBM: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/410143/a-cool-trick-for-solar-cells/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 21, 2014, 01:25:19 AM
I've read that one of the things that lessens the efficiency of solar is overheating for the converting technology. I can't find the article, but here's some cool tech from IBM: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/410143/a-cool-trick-for-solar-cells/ (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/410143/a-cool-trick-for-solar-cells/)

See, this is what I'm talking about

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IBM is not known for its work in solar energy, but that has changed recently, with the rising cost of fuel and the growing interest in renewable alternative energies, says Supratik Guha, lead scientist of photovoltaic research at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center, in Yorktown Heights, NJ. "About a year and a half ago, we decided to start looking at photovoltaics,” he says.
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By employing a trick normally used to cool high-performance computer chips, IBM researchers have found a way to make concentrated photovoltaic cells that are more efficient in converting the sun’s energy into electricity.

The researchers have shown that it is possible to increase the concentration of light on photovoltaic cells by about ten times without causing them to melt. This, they say, makes it possible to boost the amount of usable electrical energy produced by up to five times.

No interest in solar until 1.5yrs ago, then they make a break thru that can multiply efficiency by 5x... (pre-post edit: Just realized the article was from 2008)
assuming that translates directly, we are talking 50-75% conversion from 10-15% previously. That could change alot of things regarding solar if it is cheap to apply.

pre post edit: Why has none of this made it into current solar tech? why are we still at 15% or is this what brought us up to 15%? they figured this out 6 years ago, i figure some of that research has got to have made it into something other than IBM calculators right?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: stevey on May 21, 2014, 01:46:46 PM
No interest in solar until 1.5yrs ago, then they make a break thru that can multiply efficiency by 5x... (pre-post edit: Just realized the article was from 2008)
assuming that translates directly, we are talking 50-75% conversion from 10-15% previously. That could change alot of things regarding solar if it is cheap to apply.

pre post edit: Why has none of this made it into current solar tech? why are we still at 15% or is this what brought us up to 15%? they figured this out 6 years ago, i figure some of that research has got to have made it into something other than IBM calculators right?

The wording is misleading but I believe the improvement isn't the conversion efficiency but of less solar cell area. Concentrated photovoltaics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_photovoltaics) use a big Fresnel lens to focus a larger area of sunlight down to a smaller area solar cell to save cost and use more expensive high efficiency cells. Since it's essentially a solar death-ray (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrje73EyKag), you need to have a heavy duty cooling system and need to track the sun for the light to actually hit the underlying cell so they're not the kind panel you would mount to a static roof or road.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 21, 2014, 07:54:28 PM
Wow, I completely missed this conversation.

Free energy for all vs. cost. Free energy for all vs. cost. What are we arguing about?

It could cost all the world's money for a year and it would still be worth it. That is an investment into forever. This is as monumental as finding out that electricity can do work for us. If we were to look back in history and find out that the cost of the electric motor was the Earth's money in a day, we wouldn't care. We know the benefits, and everyday we use them. In all honesty, the person that time travelled with us and thought the cost was too high would be bitch-slapped on site.

So, maybe this isn't the exact product we need, but it sounds very close. The fact that each individual square or hexagon is autonomous is my favorite thing about it. They all work together but can be replaced separately. Brilliant.

I'm with Mr. Black on this one. Free energy going forward, smart grids instead of idiotic powerlines, easily upgradeable, no proprietary lines for cable companies to only have access, heating, pressurized, waste-water management, and complete and utter independence.

Now let's just look at one of those things - free energy. Could you imagine the platform that would make for businesses? The internet allowed Google to happen. Now imagine free energy...My God, it's the last flood gate and we could make it burst. Almost immediately, everything, everything would be cheaper. Next new scientific discoveries that were simply to impractical would immediately be viable. Was it costing to much to try and make nuclear fusion? Not anymore? How about you, CERN? Costing too much to smash protons? Run it all day, every day. Next, water would be abundant. Desalination plants would form everywhere. We could reforest the deserts; the Sahara even. And that brings me to solving Climate Change. More plants equal more C02 use and more Oxygen, and a healthier planet. But what else could we use free energy for other than silly little things like food production, communication or transportation? How about global well-being? How about stopping wars solely based on energy? How about even something as crazy as alchemy? It's all possible.

Obviously, these are high hopes of which I do not think making roads solar powered can fix. But let's start there and use the new, extremely cheap energy to get to free energy.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 21, 2014, 08:05:57 PM
I've been waiting for you to show up in here and have my back on this.

I knew your inner FUTURIST was all OPTIMIST and would be all for the idea.
We gotta start somewhere, and this project is probably the best start we can get.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 21, 2014, 09:01:07 PM
You underestimate the Greed in mans Heart.

Most peoples rings are Orange.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 26, 2014, 11:40:36 AM
Just to be a devil's advocate, but my main concern would have to be finding raw materials to make each hexagonal block; precious metals especially.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 26, 2014, 11:46:12 AM
I said the same thing
I would actually think that one of the things that would hold a project like this back in the computer components. precious metals that are currently required for circuit boards and computer chips.
Trying to push something like this mainstream could hopefully lead to some advancements in other areas too. Such as wireless energy transfer; new cheaper, more efficient and abundant materials to use for computers, and things where too much power was being used to make it economical.

Maybe we can see something get rolling that moves us as a society into the new age of technology before we die. Probably not, but one can dream.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 28, 2014, 03:24:42 PM
Congratulation BnM!

I just found a Story where the Solar Road way got funded.

http://www.technologytell.com/in-car-tech/8904/solar-roadways-reaches-1m-indiegogo-funding-goal/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 28, 2014, 03:41:41 PM
Congratulation BnM!

I just found a Story where the Solar Road way got funded.

http://www.technologytell.com/in-car-tech/8904/solar-roadways-reaches-1m-indiegogo-funding-goal/


That is great news. good for them. hopefully it will be good for us too.

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Recently, the duo said it wrapped up its second contract with the Federal Highway Administration, in which the government’s primary interest was to build a parking lot structure using the solar panel “pavers” and do some long-term testing.
And I'm glad to see they already have a government contract to get something built and test the viability, durability and feasibility of the product. This could really be a game changer if they get it right. I hope they nit Obama's twitter hard with links and updates and get the President himself onboard. no better way to spread awareness than have the president back the idea. He was looking for a viable source of renewable energy and assuming this works, it may have just landed in his lap.

That government backing from the top down could go a long way.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 28, 2014, 09:55:07 PM
And this is the product they need to goto Google about integrating with the effort to push solar powered "smart" roads.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/just-press-go-designing-self-driving.html
Google proto-types and test steering wheel-less (& pedal-less) smart car.

The prototype is far too cute for mass human consumption, but ignore the design and focus on the concept. An electric car, that taps into the wireless powergrid and the wireless internet grid, both provided by the solar smart roads, to network millions of smart cars to navigate completely free of human intervention.

No more drunk driving. Roadhead becomes a lot less risky. automated taxis/shuttles/buses.

The idea of car shares becomes something more of a reality. Not actually owning a car, but paying a "timeshare"/subscription to a vehicle and calling one when you need it. It shows up on it's own and takes you where ever you need to go.

No more waiting around to find parking. Dropped off and picked up at the door to the store/event.

No more stopping for gas, as energy is "free" and abundant. No more traffic jams, shitty drivers that don't know how to merge or rush to run lights and cut people off.

Catch up on sleep/movies/TV/reading/life on the way to work/home.

Imagine the new Ice Cream/Vending Machine Truck.

I'm peeking into the future here and it's beautiful.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on May 29, 2014, 09:55:59 AM
All those cabbies would be out of a job :(

And I dunno, sometimes I like driving.  And what does this do to the road trip??
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 29, 2014, 11:00:50 AM
Allows family bonding while traveling. Sleep. Party bus mode activated. Everything but driving.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 29, 2014, 11:16:52 AM
I'm just gonna ramble as I keep thinking about the idea.

They should allow me to drive but be able to throw on auto-pilot if I so please. Most cars, if the idea takes off, should be comfortable rooms instead of what we think of a modern day car. We don't need the seats to face the same way, we could all face each other. They're should be a table, a place to plug in your devices, a TV to entertain yourselves, and little refrigerator.

There would still be regular cars. The drop top is not going away. In fact, some of those cars may not be able to ride on the road anymore, but they'd be worth a **** ton of money.

Mr. Black already mentioned most of what I'm interested in (Roadhead? Get me some limousine tint and that'll just be the beginning....hope they clean those rentals). Not owning a car would be the norm, as it's incredibly convenient and cheap to simply rent one whenever your needs arise. The people who do buy cars would buy RV's. They would extremely nice. There could be a huge resurgence in that market if they were electric and autonomous.

As for the roadtrip, this would make it so much better. In fact, I forsee this fucking with the airlines so much so that they'll have to innovate incredibly to bring in customers commuting small distances. Would you rather hop in your car that is damn near another room in your house for 12 hours as you travel across the country for free-ish AND have your car during where ever you're traveling to or would you rather pay steep fees to fly and pay for a rental car? If time wasn't a problem, it's an easy decision.

If people aren't driving and if the accident rate is negligible, how fast do you think we can go? Can my autonomous lambo push 200?

And what would this do not just for taxi drivers but truck drivers? There would still be jobs loading the truck, but shipping it? Prices of goods could plummet if it's damn near free to ship anything, anywhere. Amazon's stupid flying drones could already be obsolete.

And last but not least, what about vandalism and theft? This thing sticks out of the roof obnoxiously. It's begging some brat kid to kick it off or take a bat to it. Can they make it smaller? Could they achieve the same goal with several cameras around the car instead of one giant spinning monstrosity?

A couple years and we'll find out. Now let me get rich enough to buy the second model after the eventual manufacturers agreement with Tesla.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 29, 2014, 11:54:29 AM
The model in the concept is already a good deal smaller than the original.  I have no doubt in my mind by Gen 3 it Will just be a hump on the roof.  Maybe not even that as the tech get spread around the car as its designed for it from the ground up.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 29, 2014, 12:07:57 PM
As far as regular cars being on the road at the same time. I assume since this will get rolled out slowly, these cars will be able to operate in now 24hr Carpool lanes, and as they become more popular, the number of "24hr carpool lanes" will start to increase till there is less lanes for manual cars to drive in.

Eventually you will only be able to drive them on private roads/tracks as they will eventually be considered illegal on public safety roads.

or some models will still have a manual mode, but it will be limited to certain conditions. Eventually driving will be a skill of the past that only gets simulated in videogames and practiced in racing events by professionals.

Another thought:
This will do away with traditional Drivers licenses and replace them with Access Licenses that you would put in whatever car you were in, that would not only identify you, but allow ability to charge your account (for taxi/rental/share)

as far as the jobs of taxis/shuttle/bus drivers, well we will now need people to monitor all these sure to be equipped with cameras, public utility vehicles, and make sure nothing "illegal" is happening that would damage the car or be cause public concern. That would still leave alot of them displaced, but when a door shuts, there is often a widow opened. I'm sure new jobs in a different field will open up. They may require some specialized training (someone has to build, install, monitor all repair all these smart roads/cars), but hopefully it will all work itself out eventually.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on May 29, 2014, 12:53:43 PM
I could give a **** about jobs in terms of innovation. We shouldn't stifle innovation simply because it would cost jobs. That's retarded.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 29, 2014, 02:38:48 PM
It will be like the Train transition.

The short and long of it is that Innovation will always take away jobs.  We are always trying to do more with less.  I'm a Programmer.  My job is essentially to make things more efficient.  That always means less resources get used.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 29, 2014, 03:12:13 PM
With all that extra energy, we will soon be needing people to man the moon base mining station and colonize mars. Plenty of new opportunities will arise.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on May 29, 2014, 07:47:04 PM
This thread needs a dash of dystopia to balance things out: Ultra Lethal Drones of the Future! http://nypost.com/2014/05/17/evolution-of-the-drone/
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 30, 2014, 09:33:44 AM
This thread needs a dash of dystopia to balance things out: Ultra Lethal Drones of the Future! http://nypost.com/2014/05/17/evolution-of-the-drone/
That top drone is sort of cute in a Mopie Bird type of way.

The SR-71 is still a very cool looking plane.

Drones in the sky have always been part of the future for as long as there have been Sci-Fi stories in the future.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on June 27, 2014, 01:31:56 PM
A case against solar roadways (http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/183130-solar-roadways-passes-1-4-million-in-crowdfunding-just-short-of-the-56-trillion-required-but-not-bad-for-a-crazy-idea)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 28, 2014, 09:00:58 AM
A case against solar roadways (http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/183130-solar-roadways-passes-1-4-million-in-crowdfunding-just-short-of-the-56-trillion-required-but-not-bad-for-a-crazy-idea)

Their case against is nothing we haven't discussed before, and it boils down to "it's too expensive" to roll out, repair and to clean.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on June 30, 2014, 11:59:14 AM
http://www.gizmag.com/quantum-dot-solar-cells/32478/

Pretty much says there is a rapidly expanding new field that relates to solar technology and it could boost the efficiency of solar cells dramatically while also being able to be mixed with paints or inks and put on much cheaper materials such as flexible roofing shingles.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on June 30, 2014, 03:03:34 PM
A case against solar roadways (http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/183130-solar-roadways-passes-1-4-million-in-crowdfunding-just-short-of-the-56-trillion-required-but-not-bad-for-a-crazy-idea)

Their case against is nothing we haven't discussed before, and it boils down to "it's too expensive" to roll out, repair and to clean.

Yeah, but it puts a number on how expensive ($56 Trillion).  It also points out the flaw in making the roadway "self cleaning", which brings up the issue of dirt/mud/soot covering up the solar cells.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 30, 2014, 08:49:06 PM
$56 Trillion is a lot, and if they estimate it to be that much now, after labor unions get involved, it will probably be much more. BUT, that's if you were to roll the entire thing out TODAY at today's cost for the cells.

by the time they get a few cities done, manufacturing likely would be cut in half as the process is refined. several years down the line, they may be using cheaper and more efficient cells, and lots of companies may be willing to "sponsor" their territories in favor of marketing and tax breaks, so that could also alleviate cost concerns. But cost will make up for itself over time.

As far as "Self Cleaning" I don't remember what the article said on that specifically, I might reread later, but with all this unlimited power and self driving vehicles, I see no reason why there couldn't be a squad of automated "Street Roombas" roaming around in the dead of night to self reporting obstructed cells doing what they can to scrub them clean for first morning light.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on June 30, 2014, 10:17:26 PM
Even doing "a few cities" could take years.  Paving roads is relatively fast because asphalt is easy to make and easy to lay down.  If you've seen how long highways take to build, you can probably multiply that by a large factor once we get engineers/electricians involved.

And having "street roombas" clean the roads isn't a great option when you consider having to add the cost of building and maintaining those things.  And if you replace every road, you'll need an army of these things to have some everywhere.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 01, 2014, 12:44:52 AM
Just bump up the efficiency. That article I linked to is the beginning of capturing all the light spectrums including infrared (which is half the energy we get from the sun) without building separate modules, like you'd have to today.

It's already at 7% and it's brand new. Imagine in a decade what it could be.

And furthermore, didn't I already argue the fact that cost shouldn't matter? 53 Trillion sounds exorbant until you realize how ridiculously low that cost is when compared to free energy. All the money in the world or free energy? It's a no brainer.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on July 01, 2014, 08:43:25 AM
That article speaks on "potential", and it it may not work out.  Bumping the efficiency isn't one of those things you can just say and it happens with magic.  People have been working on that for decades.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 01, 2014, 11:32:21 AM
Quantum dots or quantum dots as they pertain to solar cells? Because the latter is a very new field.

And bumping efficiency might as well magically happen since Moore's law has been correct so far. Furthermore, there's no reason to be pessimistic considering that what we're discussing is not only possible, but is already being worked on. It would be like discussing the combustion engine before it was rolled out and saying that it wasn't worth it. "The efficiency isn't high enough and it'll cost too much money."
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 01, 2014, 03:15:44 PM
We'll get there eventually, and when we do, it will probably look alot different then than it does now.

They met their goal to hire some talented engineers to tweak the designs and work on bringing production cost down. I would assume some of these engineers will be very up to speed on emerging solar tech/breakthru's and actively working on incorporating what they can into the current design if it will make things either cheaper or more efficient.

and pushing all this solar tech will hopefully push a breakthru in the battery/storage department, since we will need someplace to store all this excess energy. and from what I've read, battery/storage tech is not up to the task at the moment.

The thing I'm most excited about with all this solar power and free energy, is that we will be able to use all that extra power to convert the wind farms into producing wind to cool down california since we won't need it to generate wind energy anymore. We can get a cool breeze going and blow all that heat elsewhere.
(http://i.imgur.com/2Yemf4c.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 01, 2014, 03:24:42 PM
Producing wind sounds awful consequential. You may not like the results.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 01, 2014, 04:03:34 PM
i was joking. I guess I should have included the ;) or the [/sarcasm] tag
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 02, 2014, 10:34:16 AM
I was actually laughing to myself thinking about how after they repurpose the fans the first 30 seconds would have everyone be like "Ahhhhh" and then a giant tornado hits.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 02, 2014, 04:53:18 PM
That would be quite hilarious actually. especially after the tornado ripped up all the solar road panels forcing us to repurpose the fans back to making wind energy again.... which would have been really effective during that tornado it created.

I was also driving around just the other day and started thinking about the smart solar roads and how they could change our everyday life should it ever become a reality.
I was thinking about how people use their GPS and have to look away from the road to see the screen, and how people are always speeding, driving crazy and running lights.

If every car had a GPS and/or identifier, it would prompt you to slow down when driving way too fast, and encourage you to keep a safe distance to the car in front of you by displaying your selected route on the road in front of you.
ie. You car says "In 300 feet, make a right on Center Avenue" and on the road in front of you right turn arrow lights up pointing at Center Avenue. "Your Destination is on the left" and a green arrow appears infront of the place you were looking for.
I realize that me be confusing if there are other drivers on the road, but it should literally be right infront of your car like a Sims Marker above it's head.

Of course the downside to this is that the road will now when you've run stop signs, red lights or are generally speeding beyond safe driving levels and can either ticket you automatically or alert authorities who will then take it from there. Kinda turns the roads into a police state situation, but they will be safer all around. remote activated auto-pilots... that pull your car over and park? I dunno...

another one that comes to mind is real-time traffic with smart GPS rerouting. The road can detour traffic to prevent major congestion on any one specific road. Lots of times there are plenty of routes to get to where you are going, but most people don't know the sides roads and therefore just cause more traffic by becoming part of it.

The more I think about it, the more this seems like something Google would want to be a part of.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: shingi_70 on July 02, 2014, 08:40:25 PM
So what's everyone's take on facebook screwing with the public's newsfeeds to see how depressing infomation effects their userbase?




Microsoft is working on a fitness based smartwatch with a ton of sensors and the screen facing the palm side of your hand.



Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on July 03, 2014, 09:53:35 AM
Facebook is awful. I should close my account.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 09, 2014, 01:50:32 PM
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-08/07/10-qs-about-nasa-impossible-drive

Yeah, so ummm, hover boards by 2025!?
The "impossible" drive making things possible!!!
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7. What's this about hoverboards and flying cars?

A superconducting version of the EmDrive, would, in principle, generate thousands of times more thrust. And because it does not require energy just to hold things up (just as a chair does not require power to keep you off the ground), in theory you could have a hoverboard which does not require energy to float in the air.

You'll have to provide the lateral thrust yourself though, or expend energy pushing the thing along by other means --- and in any case, superconducting electronics are rather bulky and expensive, so the super-EmDrive is likely to be a few years away.

This was designed for space travel, but like many things NASA does ends up having on earth applications.
Exciting times are ahead of us.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on August 09, 2014, 03:30:16 PM
I'm tempted to freeze myself now so I'm young enough to use one.  But I'm really in shape as it is.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on August 10, 2014, 01:56:32 PM
I didn't want hover boards when I was young enough to care. I am all for flying cars but what I really want are those self driving cars to hurry the hell up and get here.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 10, 2014, 02:17:07 PM
I didn't want hover boards when I was young enough to care. I am all for flying cars but what I really want are those self driving cars to hurry the hell up and get here.

After hover boards prove the concept, flying cars are next.
Now since by then wet well already have self driving cars, imagine self driving cars that no longer need tires.

Match that with solar roads that provide infinite power and now have much less wear & tear. And we are firmly set in the future.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 18, 2014, 09:04:00 AM
There are companies already looking to build a permanent tire. So hover or not, rubber tires will be replaced.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 24, 2014, 05:26:05 PM
The next logical thing in Solar is in the works.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140819200219.htm

Transparent Solar Cells:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ei1QnVM.jpg)

We'll be able to line all those sky scrapers with "triple" paned windows that actually power the buildings and the block they are sitting on.
Solar powered cars that get the windshields beaten by the sun all day... now those reflective widow visors will serve a dual purpose by reflecting out the sunlight for a second chance and conversion.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on August 24, 2014, 07:07:53 PM
That's pretty cool.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on January 25, 2015, 11:07:44 PM
I found a way to do my part to advocate for the adoption of those Solar Roads, and maybe those new solar panels discussed above. I am writing a paper for a business course on a public policy issue project, anyways I was just going to do the typical going green but realized I could tighten it up by focusing exclusively on these new technologies in my paper. I also shared some of this with the news director at work and they might be looking for a localized angle to run a story on it. I decided to not go down the journalists path personally for various reasons, but I can influence the journalists at work if nothing else.

An optimistic update on the solar roads project is their company is declining further media reports because they have been too busy developing their technology, according to their website anyways. So I am more optimistic about that technology than I was previously.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 25, 2015, 04:42:39 PM
Futurama is almost here...

You know how you've been wanting to get in shape, or maybe have a bigger penis, be black, 16 again, or maybe just want to know what it feels like to be a woman...!?

Soon you will be able to do all of that with a simple transplant of your head onto a choice body.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530103.700-first-human-head-transplant-could-happen-in-two-years.html?full=true#.VO5AbPnF8rl

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A radical plan for transplanting a head onto someone else’s body is set to be announced. But is such ethically sensitive surgery even feasible?

IT'S heady stuff. The world's first attempt to transplant a human head will be launched this year at a surgical conference in the US. The move is a call to arms to get interested parties together to work towards the surgery.

The idea was first proposed in 2013 by Sergio Canavero of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group in Italy. He wants to use the surgery to extend the lives of people whose muscles and nerves have degenerated or whose organs are riddled with cancer. Now he claims the major hurdles, such as fusing the spinal cord and preventing the body's immune system from rejecting the head, are surmountable, and the surgery could be ready as early as 2017.

Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 01, 2015, 01:53:53 AM
MS taking Google Goggles to the next and much better step leap.

Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 01, 2015, 07:57:42 AM
That's oldish.  I know I talked about it here somewhere but that's going to be awesome.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 01, 2015, 10:27:36 PM
That's oldish.  I know I talked about it here somewhere but that's going to be awesome.

That video is from a presentation done 2 days ago!! internet aging is ridiculous nowadays....
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 01, 2015, 11:47:47 PM
Jesus fucking Christ that's amazing.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on May 02, 2015, 01:12:47 AM
It's MS so take a bag of salt. It's either fake, doesn't work, massively late has massively exaggerated features or a combination of the above.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Ceric on May 03, 2015, 09:24:45 AM
  Your being harsh Ooohboy.  Surface Pro and Microsoft Band does exactly what they promised.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on May 04, 2015, 10:53:48 PM
MS is known for their over zealous tech demos though.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 17, 2015, 10:12:03 PM
To go with the solar panel roads that have been posted here, now England is testing roads that recharge electric cars that are driving over them (http://mentalfloss.com/article/67472/roads-recharge-electric-cars-drive-them).
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 18, 2015, 12:34:27 AM
some solar wireless inducting power charging roads would be a wonderful tech.

especially if they can be electro magnetic, and we can all have hover cars. Life of the Jetsons here we come!!!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Shaymin on August 18, 2015, 07:06:19 AM
YOU GOT BOOST POWER

But really, as long as those cars are self-driving I'm good either way.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 18, 2015, 11:21:54 PM
You're right. All they need now are self-driving electric cars driving and the whole country would be open for easy, self-sustained travel.

Can't wait to hop in my car, or one that I flag down, and it asks me 'Where to?' and I can reasonably say to the 'My girlfriend's house, the liqour store, the cigar shop, and then the beach.' And then recline on the massage couch, play some music, and read.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 19, 2015, 02:05:45 AM
For as much as i LOVE driving, I personally can not wait till drive by wire (aka self driving cars) becomes the standard. Especially on some self sustained energy recharging road.

what ruins a good drive for me is all the idiot drivers out there that don't know where they are going; wait till the last second to to get over 4 lanes because that's their exit, so now they need to stop all traffic so they can get over instead of just going up to the next exit and coming back; don't know how to merge; constantly in the wrong lane for the speed they wish to travel (aka GET THE **** OUT OF THE FAST LANE IF YOU WISH TO DRIVE 60mph ON THE FREEWAY AND THERE IS NO ONE INFRONT OF YOU, BUT A LEAST 1 OTHER CAR BEHIND YOU NOW RIDING YOUR ASS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET AROUND YOU)... sorry for the quick rant.

So if self-driving cars is how I get to remove these idiots from the driver seat, then that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on August 19, 2015, 02:32:08 AM
There will still be instances where you would need to drive; pretty much everywhere else but a road and maybe some 'Road Parks' aka scenic road havens.

Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: adjustfloor424 on July 19, 2016, 05:45:02 AM
There will still be instances where you would need to drive; pretty much everywhere else but a road and maybe some 'Road Parks' aka scenic road havens.


You're right
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on July 19, 2016, 10:09:27 AM
Best bump ever

And I've done some fantastic cocaine.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 25, 2017, 03:38:30 AM
Looks like Samsung is bring us that future tech!!

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/12/16293578/samsung-foldable-phone-2018-galaxy-note (https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/12/16293578/samsung-foldable-phone-2018-galaxy-note)

I wanted a Galaxy Note, but the one cause for pause is size. Seems they are addressing that, with the possibility of making it even bigger... and it won't matter.

(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UnsteadyMiserableJavalina-size_restricted.gif)

oh, and their aiming to drop this next year. I wonder if I can hold out that long.... (I really needed a new phone since last year)



just imagine a full blown tablet that folds down into a phone and fits into your pocket!!!
http://68.media.tumblr.com/6d51a324f8a300882a60e0618f7c3ac2/tumblr_oh20kqgSZC1qjsc4fo1_500.gif
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 25, 2017, 10:40:39 PM
I honestly see no use or appeal for foldable displays, at least for phones. Motherboards don't fold, and neither do batteries.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 26, 2017, 01:08:53 AM
so... if the phone is desined to fold in the middle... or in 3rds, then you see no appeal for the prototype design, or the gif version from Westworld?

being able to carry a tablet in you pocket that folds down to the size of a flip phone?
that is a literal game changer phone product.

You could have a Galaxy Note with a 12" screen that folds down into something the size of Galaxy 8, where it still retains smart phone functionality in it's folded form.
There is soooo much appeal in that, that everyone will be trying to copy this as soon as it viable, from phones, to tablet, to TV's
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on September 26, 2017, 01:49:19 AM
I have thought of a foldable portable computing device for like 25 years...
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Spak-Spang on September 26, 2017, 08:42:57 AM
Not until it is proven to be durable enough I would say no to foldables.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on September 27, 2017, 08:41:55 AM
Uh...Isn't this kinda like the DS line? Hasn't it already proven to be successful?

If both screens become indistinguishable as one, there's a huge opportunity here.

I have thought of a foldable portable computing device for like 25 years...

I'm with you. My version was an electronic book. You'd take it to class with you and it contains all your books.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on September 27, 2017, 02:19:26 PM
I bet somewhere back in this thread is tablet-newspaper technology that is as thin as newspaper. I wonder what happened to that idea?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: nickmitch on September 30, 2017, 01:57:33 PM
I have thought of a foldable portable computing device for like 25 years...

I'm with you. My version was an electronic book. You'd take it to class with you and it contains all your books.

Text books would still be $200+ for no reason.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 01, 2017, 02:38:16 AM
China showing off live working prototypes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUW1l41T09g

Samsung confirms it's dropping it in 2018.

I want one.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: oohhboy on October 01, 2017, 11:05:23 AM
Wait, isn't the screen going to get destroyed just from normal use? Almost every phone has Gorilla glass or equivalent to protect the screen. There is no plastic equivalent that isn't going to fall apart.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 01, 2017, 01:03:47 PM
Right. LG released the Flex and it was just silly. But like I've said, motherboards and batteries do not bend or fold. I suppose manufacturers can go back to using flex cables and stuff, but what about the "hinge" as well?
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: kabinsons1 on October 04, 2017, 03:31:43 AM
Iphone confirm the gadget which is available in market.

Thanks for giving your great and brief description....about.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 04, 2017, 08:24:09 PM
Haha, you said it! I look forward to your conversation!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stratos on October 04, 2017, 09:08:35 PM
Anyone watch the Google presentation?


I was already stoked for the Pixel 2 XL, and now I'm chomping at the bit. I might even pick up a pair of those wireless earbuds too since I'm splurging on a brand new flagship phone.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: kabinsons1 on October 05, 2017, 02:06:30 PM
Yes I see the google presentation. It is just........
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stogi on October 05, 2017, 04:23:17 PM
The suspense is killing me!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: kabinsons1 on October 06, 2017, 08:55:41 AM
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Uh...Isn't this kinda like the DS line? Hasn't it already proven to be successful?

If both screens become indistinguishable as one, there's a huge opportunity here.


Can I take this opportunity it may be helpful for me. I must follow the DS line.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stratos on October 06, 2017, 12:45:08 PM
DS Line is best line I suppose.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Khushrenada on October 06, 2017, 01:27:39 PM
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Uh...Isn't this kinda like the DS line? Hasn't it already proven to be successful?

If both screens become indistinguishable as one, there's a huge opportunity here.


Can I take this opportunity it may be helpful for me.

Helpful in being able to use English properly? Well, then, please, take all opportunity you need.

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I must follow the DS line.

Please tell us what it leads to you when you finish following it! The 3DS line.


It's sad that these forums have become so quiet suddenly that conversing/playing around with a spambot is the only real action happening. :(
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: King of Twitch on October 06, 2017, 01:55:18 PM
Can I take this opportunity it may be helpful for me. I must follow the DS line.

If you go no one may follow. That path is for your steps alone.
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: kabinsons1 on October 07, 2017, 06:42:02 AM
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I have thought of a foldable portable computing device for like 25 years...



I wish that your like become success and your life may be joyful.

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Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stratos on October 07, 2017, 06:55:58 PM
Aww...It got banned. And after it was kind enough to wish our likes success and our lives joyful.


I think there is a conspiracy going on. Why was our newest member banned so suddenly? I think the mods set this user up. Khush must have felt threatened that this user's witty and constructive posts because he did not want to lose his position as Best Poster. He added a bad link to this post, then removed it so it looks like he was the "big hero" of the forum. He is creating a false narrative on how bots are bad. Why judge all bots in the same light? Fight back against bot-ism and mod brutality!
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: ShyGuy on October 07, 2017, 07:06:29 PM
Khush banned someone for being nice to me... /conspiracy
Title: Re: Holy Crap! *New Tech/Gadget Thread*
Post by: Stratos on October 07, 2017, 07:18:07 PM
And ShyGuys a Patron! This HAS to lead to an investigation! If it happened to one of us regular forum members it would be swept under the rug and there would be a statement about how "mod work is hard".
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Post by: Khushrenada on October 07, 2017, 08:24:29 PM
I've been waiting for that spambot to slip up so I could ban it with my banhammer. (I call my banhammer Sweetness). But this spambot had been tricky with vague posts that could be interpreted in many ways so I had to be even more cunning. Thus, I tried a new tactic and decided to pretend to be nice and let an encouraging and welcoming environment form around it in this thread. Sure, enough, the spambot felt safe enough to finally reveal its true nature and that gave me the right to ban that demonbot back to the hell it came from! The fact that other users are upset to see it go is just the icing on the cake for me! lolololololol

Of course, it looks like the lame-stream media wants to drum up some fake outrage over the incident but they won't be able to succeed since I was actually lenient to this spambot. A lot of times, I'll delete all of a spambot's posts even if they were on point or non-spam related. However, in this case, I decided removing the link was enough and left the rest of it's posting history intact for those that may have enjoyed it's messages. That calculated display of compassion means Internal Affairs will find nothing wrong in my actions and I'll pass yet another review or investigation (if one even occurs on this matter) like usual. In the immortal words of Rick Astley: "You know the rules and so do I."
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Post by: Stratos on October 08, 2017, 06:27:05 PM
You're a monster, Khushrenada!
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Post by: Khushrenada on October 08, 2017, 07:54:33 PM
That's not a very warm and welcoming environment you're creating there, Stratos.
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Post by: Stratos on October 10, 2017, 05:28:20 PM
Well excuuuuuuuse me, Princess!
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 15, 2018, 12:04:59 PM
Not new tech, but relevant to current tech needs and interest
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/13/flash_oversupply_analysis/

SSD prices could drop like a rock for 2019.
Could be a good time to upgrade that harddrive.
I'm hoping this also relates to things like SD cards as well
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Post by: Shaymin on August 15, 2018, 03:43:09 PM
I wonder if Samsung knew about that when they announced a 512GB version of the Note 9, with the base model being 128GB.

Good to see, though.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 15, 2018, 09:59:37 PM
Even more impressive - the new spec for SD cards means we'll eventually be seeing 128TB micro SD cards. One hundred twenty-eight fucking terabytes, on a micro SD card! With write speeds of 985MB/sec!
https://www.cnet.com/news/new-sd-card-uc-express-specs-tout-128tb-max-up-to-almost-1gb-per-sec/
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Post by: ThePerm on August 16, 2018, 02:25:59 AM
If it becomes 8 cents a GB that means a 64GB sd card would become $5.12. 1TB could be as low as $80.

Switch is looking even more attractive.

So it is 2018 now - 2019 1TB $80, 2020 2TB $60, 2022 4TB $40, 2024 8TB $40, 2026 16TB $40, 2028 32TB $40, 2030 128TB $60. Not counting for currency inflation. OR maybe it is. We'll have to check that in 12 years to see how accurate that is.
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Post by: Stratos on August 17, 2018, 06:26:56 PM
Super glad this news dropped. I have been looking to invest in my PC, just bought 16GB of RAM, and I'm waiting for the sweet spot to grab a 1080/1080ti. The last area of performance need I see is migrating to a SSD. I'll hold out for the 1TB/$80 price to upgrade my storage.
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Post by: oohhboy on August 18, 2018, 02:45:38 AM
Forget about that graphics card. Where I am living anyway that 1080ti is still 50% above the normal price during the life cycle while currently on sale!

I am waiting on the 20xx to drop but my expectations are low.
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Post by: Stratos on August 20, 2018, 11:08:11 PM
$1200 for the 2080ti...ouch.


Pretty sure I'll get a 1080ti, just waiting for one to drop to $500.
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Post by: oohhboy on August 21, 2018, 12:41:17 AM
An amazing piece of kit, but that price... my expectations wasn't low enough.
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Post by: ShyGuy on August 21, 2018, 12:52:12 AM
I njust hope this drives card prices down.
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Post by: Shaymin on August 21, 2018, 09:00:13 AM
Word, I'm in the market for a PC with a 1070 (or building one).
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Post by: Stratos on August 23, 2018, 12:09:38 PM
I might cave and get a 1070 if the prices don't drop by the end of the year.
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Post by: ShyGuy on January 06, 2019, 08:27:28 PM
Anyone heard of cool things coming out of CES 2019 yet?

Only thing I've noticed is a watch that runs on solar and body heat. https://www.cnet.com/news/solar-and-heat-powered-matrix-powerwatch-2-can-run-a-marathon-with-gps-and-heart-rate/
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 07, 2019, 12:18:01 PM
I don't know if this was at CES this year, but just saw that this is coming to market this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iylZD9RaYek
LG Roll-up TV
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Post by: nickmitch on January 07, 2019, 08:52:04 PM
Oh that is awesome. Built it virtual surround sound and Apple AirPlay are huge pluses for me.  Though affordability is a bigger thing. :(
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 27, 2019, 05:00:21 PM
I don't have a link at the moment, but did you all see that 2 different companies just announced 1TB MicroSD cards!!!! O_o

that's practically unlimited storage in phone. LOL
Hope that means price shifts are about to happen soon to get the currently available 256GB+ cards to become affordable.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 27, 2019, 05:47:39 PM
I saw someone post a deal for a 400 GB card that was down to like $60, so they seem to be coming down. And as someone who's nearly filled a 400 GB card on his Switch, I'm eager to see bigger and cheaper cards.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 27, 2019, 10:09:06 PM
They actually announced 1TB micro SD cards a while back, but they're just now becoming available. Oh and they start at $450.
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Post by: ThePerm on February 28, 2019, 01:20:37 AM
But buy 3 400gb cards at 70ish each and for 230 dollars you can also have 1.2TB

Times are getting amazing.
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Post by: Adrock on February 28, 2019, 08:50:23 AM
Nintendo when 1 TB micro SD cards finally became available:
(https://i.imgur.com/TW7C6jz.jpg)
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 28, 2019, 12:13:43 PM
They actually announced 1TB micro SD cards a while back, but they're just now becoming available. Oh and they start at $450.

That's why I mentioned the hope that the prices would start dropping soon. Much larger cards getting production should hopefully see large drops in the lower end cards soon.

Switch 2 game cards gonna have massive storage sizes. No more excuses. Lol
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Post by: ThePerm on February 28, 2019, 09:26:47 PM
They actually announced 1TB micro SD cards a while back, but they're just now becoming available. Oh and they start at $450.

That's why I mentioned the hope that the prices would syst dropping soon. Much larger cars getting production should hopefully see large drops in the lower end cars soon.

Switch 2 game cards gonna have massive storage sizes. No more excuses. Lol

Much larger cars like hummers and firetrucks
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Post by: oohhboy on February 28, 2019, 10:35:02 PM
Nintendo when 1 TB micro SD cards finally became available:
(https://i.imgur.com/TW7C6jz.jpg)
Dude, spoiler tag that, gross.

They actually announced 1TB micro SD cards a while back, but they're just now becoming available. Oh and they start at $450.

That's why I mentioned the hope that the prices would syst dropping soon. Much larger cars getting production should hopefully see large drops in the lower end cars soon.

Switch 2 game cards gonna have massive storage sizes. No more excuses. Lol

Much larger cars like hummers and firetrucks

Yeah I am with you that doesn't make any sense. A car's size doesn't correlate to it's utility or capacity. It's like saying in the future cars will get so big and cheap that it would make sense to drive a tank as a low end family car.

You don't make the chip bigger to store more information, you make storing the information smaller so the same area can store more. One of the big reasons why you don't make chips bigger is yield falls as bigger area means more likely it will contain a malfunction.

Lower end chips starts getting discounted because demand has dropped off as it's utility falls and companies are getting rid of their inventory before they become dead weight while tapering off production. It's a bit like the specials bin at the supermarket or yesterday's output at the bakery. It's still good to eat but it's going to hit the sell by date and people won't want it anymore so better sell it before that happens.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 01, 2019, 01:47:07 AM
that's what I get from messaging from my phone in a hurry. lol

I miss swype.
Swiftkey's autocorrect  is always correcting words, even when I manually type them out. sometimes even after I go back and correct it. and other times the swype motion won't register the word I'm trying to type at all... not even one of the corrective actions. Actually there are tons of times where the word it selects doesn't have the letters I was swyping over, so I'm really confused how it got that a choice and not even a selection of words that use the letters I started with or swyped over.

let me go back and edit the original even though the errors have been preserved in quotes. LOL
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Post by: oohhboy on March 01, 2019, 11:19:01 AM
It was pretty funny imagining a family heading out in a Tank like normal. Kids are fighting over the turret and remote machine gun. Play chicken with the loader's hatch. Mom is peering through the commander's optics to help direct dad's driving as his vision devices are nowhere as good. Depending on the tank noise this is sometimes done by kicking the driver.

Then there is the theoretical size of cars that would normalise a tanks. One possible future car size might be comparable to the Ratte.
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Post by: ddwilson7725 on March 01, 2019, 04:11:53 PM
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Post by: ThePerm on March 01, 2019, 05:49:07 PM
Well it went from funny to hilarious. That is almost not a non-sequitur.
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Post by: ThePerm on June 04, 2019, 03:13:16 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQvCmQFScMA
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 04, 2019, 02:15:58 PM
The Future is HERE!!! I saw this at the military parade a few weeks ago, and it still boggles my mind how it's possible

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-flying-man/french-flying-man-crosses-channel-on-jet-powered-hoverboard-idUSKCN1UU05R

look how fast this dude flew away, how steady it looked.
This has to be a hoax of some kind.

Assuming it's legit, I wonder what the range is on a full tank
I wonder what the weight capacity is with something so small
I also wonder how loud it actually is to operate.

the article states he went 35km with refuel stop halfway
he was also flying at over 100mph... I wonder what the top speed is.

he is also currently working on a flying car.
if he can figure out how to make it work with just electricity... oh wow.
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Post by: stevey on August 04, 2019, 03:52:50 PM
From his previous attempt a few days ago, he ran out of gas right before hitting the refueling platform so that's about it's limit. Though he blames the French Government for not allowing him to go with his original idea of refueling mid air....
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Post by: ThePerm on May 11, 2022, 04:20:01 AM
I just bought a 256 GB USB stick for $20. I also bought a 4TB External Drive for $89.

Also, DAL-E 2 is a thing.

You give a computer a prompt and it autogenerates several versions of the prompt in 20 seconds.

(https://i.redd.it/48yvg0tipsy81.jpg)
norman rockwell painting of the terminator

(https://preview.redd.it/geu1ivvwd9y81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=2db952e1e817b63d5ebbf415e60ff7b8b9449d2a)
A frog in a cowboy hat

(https://i.redd.it/xk5532ejg5y81.jpg)
Where's Waldo in the Style of Salvador Dali

(https://i.redd.it/p9kuxj64yqx81.jpg)
Donktapus

(https://preview.redd.it/4l38fbtpg4y81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4ce130c0fa3a766c8ce7d06c6da1ca8cc42e438b)
A different take.

(https://preview.redd.it/vba15er7giy81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8b1ba3231c3fc9cb4d85c48fb42bfcdecb396c26)
A watermelon turtle walking a tighjrope

(https://preview.redd.it/4h5bc7vf8rx81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=525602df536d1e041e154a5d3648af6ddd0be5b6)
(https://preview.redd.it/aw01otag8rx81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=62d8ca6135ecc1916ad5d3d4afe499a1c4646b42)
Photo of an oversized grizzly bear delivering a pizza

(https://preview.redd.it/x7riuwnhgpx81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8622293f56ad47962acd44729d6830aa9e26886c)
A dog surfing a wave of spaghetti.

Also GPT-3 I had like an hour long conversation with the thing.