Technology
Gerald Olivari Speaks On Co-Founding BV Mobile Apps, The Ins & Outs Of The Mobile Software Development Business And More (Video)
May 17, 2017
The homie Gerald Olivari really gives some good food for thought and digestion. Of course, he could have just plugged his own company and told the viewers to contact him for all the knowledge he just gave out for free… but G.O. is one of the good guys; one you should support. So since he wouldn’t say it, we will. Holler at BVMobileApps.com ASAP. Talk to them about building your mobile app and online presence. We did (and do)!
BV Mobile Apps Co-Founder Gerald Olivari discusses how to create a mobile app and how to maximize it once you’re ready to launch. Atlanta Tech Edge airs on 11Alive in Atlanta every Sunday at 11:30am. The host is Cara Kneer.
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A Cool, Modern, High-Tech Cassette Player? Yes! Check Out The ‘Elbow’ (Video)
May 10, 2017
Are you kidding?!! The crazy ad that ends up making mad sense! Do you know anything about this Elbow cassette player? Well, the concept looks incredible! They really might ‘raise the cassette tape culture’ (per their web page tagline).
Elbow is a new cassette player design concept, dedicated to restoring the glory of a cassette tape. Currently in prototype stage. Elbow has been conceived and designed by audiovisual art organisation BrainMonk.
VERY cool tech. VERY cool gadgetry. Score for both all in one! Hope y’all heads have not thrown out all your cassettes yet.
MORE: ELBOW (INFORMATION SITE)
Posted in Business, Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: Andrius Žemaitis, BrainMonk, cassette player, cassette tape player, Marius Paulikas, prototype, raise the cassette tape culture | No Comments »
Technology: Walking Boat Ramp (Video)
May 6, 2017
Okay, so I will admit that when I stumbled across “Walking boat ramp gets you to shore without getting wet” as a YouTube title… I was thinking that this would involve some mega-robo-tech that would let passengers board and ‘walk them out’ to a boat; like Godzilla going back out to sea after a monster fight.
No… I do not smoke… anything.
Hard Drive Marine made this walking boat. Its landing gates unfold and pull the craft to shore so you don’t have to go in the water.
– Tech Insider
Really cool. But you KNOW that sh!t would have been epic as I imagined it! Some of you would have booked a boat trip just to ride out on the MechaDockZilla (like MechaGodzilla, just made that up off the movie name, and you LOVE the name… or you’re a hater LOL)!
– @ojones1
Posted in Lifestyle, Product, Recreation, Technology, Videos | Tags: Hard Drive Marine, landing crafts, Tech Insider, walking boat ramp | No Comments »
More Than A Movie Prop: The EV2 Ripsaw Is A Luxury ‘Super Tank’ (Video)
May 1, 2017
The tank in ‘The Fate Of The Furious’ is real??? Whaaaaat!!??!!
The unstoppable tank in ‘The Fate Of The Furious’ is actually real. The EV2 Ripsaw Tank is a luxury super tank originally built for the military. It is the fastest dual tracked vehicle ever.
– @ojones1
Technology: Roborace Concept Car Drives Itself (Video)
May 1, 2017
Bwaaahaaaa! For some reason, I read ‘Roborace’ in my head like ‘Liberace’ (flamboyant and flossy, all the same).
This self-driving race car is a prototype from motorsport startup Roborace. It can go 200 mph.
– Tech Insider
So, the flying car concept has to scooch over a bit for the Robocar now, huh? Okay…
– @ojones1
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Look, Up In The Sky… It’s The Kitty Hawk Flyer!
April 29, 2017
Maaaan what is it with all these flying car joints as of late?
The Kitty Hawk Flyer is a new, all-electric aircraft. It is safe, tested and legal to operate in the United States in uncongested areas under the Ultralight category of FAA regulations. We’ve designed our first version specifically to fly over water. You don’t need a pilot’s license and you’ll learn to fly it in minutes.
Posted in Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: AIRCRAFT, all electric, all electric aircraft, flying car, Kitty Hawk, Kitty Hawk Flyer, Seaplane | No Comments »
Technology: All-Electric Flying Car (Video)
April 25, 2017
Yes. We have posted on flying car tech, but this car right here ninja… this looks straight outta Star Wars… Trek… GI Joe! True vertical take-off and landing in a sleek design. Usually, we’d expect this to be a military thing for some time before it becomes a civilian product for consumption. But naaaaah son. LOOK at WHERE they are demoing this; right on the roadway!
Flying cars, that perennial dream for futurists that always seem to be at least five years away, may be a little closer to reality than we realize. A lot of prototypes have been showcased recently, and a lot of money is being tossed around. More people than ever seem to buy into the crazy notion that in the near future we’ll be buzzing between rooftops in private, autonomous drones. Today, Munich-based Lilium Aviation announced an important milestone: the first test flight of its all-electric, two-seater, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) prototype.
– New Innovations
Oh, did we mention that it’s all-ELECTRIC!! Duuuude! No gas. Imagine charging this with solar power and flying with no fossil fuel use or emissions. BOOM!
Posted in Product, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: flying car, Germany, Lilium Aviation, Lilium Jet, Munich, The Lilium Jet, vertical take off and landing, VTOL, world's first all-electric VTOL jet | No Comments »
Technology: Stopping Intrusive ‘Rogue Drones’ (Video)
April 24, 2017
I actually heard about using raptors to take down unwelcome drones. But the rest of these though, interesting.
How do you take down an illegal drone? Here are 4 Insane ways…
– Freeze Lists
A couple of things about this video though… First, notice that once you assign a ‘term’ to a problem, the campaign combatting it intensifies, Case in point, did you know there was a fight against ‘rogue drones’ until we started calling them that? Second, anybody see how this might be another way to pit robots against humans? We will need to be VERY careful about who we deem ‘rogue humans’ (uh oh, is that a ‘term’).
– @ojones1
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Science & Technology: Drone Gets Struck By Lightning (Video)
April 21, 2017
SHOCKING! Hahaa…
Okay, maybe sound the horn on that one (womp waaah). But somebody had to say it. And you gotta see this!
At the University of Manchester’s High Voltage Laboratory, we see what happens when a DJI Phantom 3 drone gets hit with an electrical impulse of 1.4MV – basically, a lightning strike. Actually, two Phantom 3 drones. We had a backup.
This moment brought to you by drones, backup drones, and muthaf**king SCIENCE!!
ZH2: The Super-Quiet 4×4 That Runs On Hydrogen And Produces Water As Its ‘Exhaust’ (Video)
April 18, 2017
So, like about 25 or more years after we should have, are we finally gonna get to drive such automotive tech perfection? PLEASE???
(Hmmm… looks like the soldiers are getting to drive this first. Talking about ‘going green.’ Oh well.)
General Motors aka GM aka the biggest of ‘Big Auto’… has unveiled this joint industry-military creation, the ZH2. It runs smooth, practically silent (with minimal ‘accoustic signature,’as the military folks would say). It does NOT use or burn fossil fuel, so it doesn’t give off much heat that could be picked up by enemy heat-sensing night vision cameras (because, the military) nor does it give off harmful emissions. It runs on hydrogen. And its exhaust is water… drinkable water! Even the waste from this 4×4 is not wasteful. Kinda stylish to boot.
Posted in Environment, Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: 4x4, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Colorado ZH2, General Motors, GM, hydrogen-powered, hydrogen-powered Chevrolet off-road truck, Military, minimal accoustic signature, off-road truck, super-quiet, Tank Automotive Research and Development Center, TARDEC, United States Army, ZH2 | No Comments »
Scewo: The Stair-Climbing Wheelchair (Video)
April 17, 2017
Swiss engineering students came up with the Scalevo wheelchair. Now they’ve improved upon the innovation to create Scewo, the latest prototype wheelchair that uses rubber tracks to traverse urban terrain – including and especially stairs. This could make a whole lot of places ‘wheelchair accessible.’ Super dope! Currently crowdfunding on Patreon, with market release targeted for 2018. MORE: SCEWO IS CREATING A STAIR-CLIMBING WHEELCHAIR (PATREON)
Technology: Silicon Valley Piloting Security Droids For The Office Place (Video)
April 10, 2017
This thing looks like one of the Daleks on ‘Dr. Who’… Exterminate. EXTERMINATE! Hahaaa!
(Wait. Why am I laughing? Okay, moving on.)
But the design is meant to be disarming to those who might see ‘murder bot’ when one of these droids glide by. In the clip above, the droids’ applications look to be benign – sensing human presences, reporting on security anomalies like open windows and such. The only ‘Big Brotherish’ thing in the video is that ID check (think: let me see your papers), but as long as we don’t arm the droids or go all ‘Gattaca’ (think: this is an ‘inferior’ human) we should avoid a Terminator Skynet apocalypse scenario.
With those caveats, my ruling… cool future tech.
– @ojones1
Fashion/Technology: The Tuibo Cycling Vest & Assistant (Video)
April 4, 2017
Know how we’re supposed to treat riders on bicycles like any other vehicle on the road? Sure. Can do. Except when we cannot see them coming up from behind. And when we cannot see them at all at night (because all neon ain’t fashionwear). And when we don’t know what turn they plan to make in a sec, because they have to maintain balance and handlebar grip before making it.
But yeah, besides all that going against the healthy/green-minded commuters with us out in these streets… sure, we can share the road.
Alright. Cynical much? Yeah, you got us. But if you cycle much, Tuibo has got you. Got your back. Literally. Check it out!
Designed to be your companion along the way, Tuibo is a smart vest made to improve visibility with it’s built-in flexible LED displays for braking and turning lights, also with it’s head light and horn. Tuibo’s fully washable and has hidden expandable sides to cover you backpack, all embedded in a subtle design.
Posted in Fashion, Lifestyle, Product, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: Cycling Assistant, Cycling Vest, Mexico City, Smart Vest, TUI-BO, TUIBO, Urban Cycling Assistant, wearable safety | No Comments »
Technology: SAW Robot Moves On Its Own Like A Worm And Can Be Shrunk Down For Use As A Medical Device (Video)
March 29, 2017
Came across this on the Interwebs. A robot that ‘moves like a worm’ that could be ‘shrunk and sent into your intestine’ sounds like a good idea… but ONLY by comparison.
(Yeah, compared to camera jammed on the end of a tube being pushed up your rectum for that colonscopy.)
So, um, lets focus on the tech and other applications for the 3D-printed SAW (Single Actuator Wave-like) robot that swims, crawls and climbs.
Intelligent motion, ease of manufacturability, design for scalability… HUGE selling points for any tech. Think about how way less cool a Roomba would be if we had to keep checking on it and repositioning it to finish the vacuuming, or if it was really hard or expensive to make. Imagine if there is some ‘much bigger’ Roomba cleaning huge warehouse floors somewhere. And that’s scaling it to big. What about scaling smaller? Wouldn’t fields involving exploration of hard-to-reach, hard-to-negotiate areas find shrunk down versions of this tech VERY useful?
(Wait. Are we talking about robo-worming our guts again??? Maaan PAUSE! PAAAAUSE!)
Enjoy the expo above.
MORE: 3D-PRINTED ROBOT THAT MOVES LIKE A WORM (MIRROR ONLINE)
Posted in Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: 3D-Printed, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, medicine, Robot, robotics, SAW, Single Actuator Wave-like | No Comments »
Introducing Boston Dynamics’ Handle: A Super-Powered Research Robot (Video)
March 24, 2017
Maaan, they keep making these robots better, stronger, faster, more flexible and agile and… you get the picture. But maybe these bot makers don’t ‘get the picture’ – the Skynet-Schwarznegger-Terminator, science-NONfiction horror picture. Then again, Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert has been quoted as saying, “This is the debut presentation of what I think will be a nightmare-inducing robot.†So, maybe they do get it.
Handle is a research robot that stands 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4 feet vertically. It uses electric power to operate both electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of about 15 miles on one battery charge. Handle uses many of the same dynamics, balance and mobile manipulation principles found in the quadruped and biped robots we build, but with only about 10 actuated joints, it is significantly less complex. Wheels are efficient on flat surfaces while legs can go almost anywhere: by combining wheels and legs Handle can have the best of both worlds.
– Boston Dynamics
Oh… Handle is a research bot. Because all kinds of researchers need a 6.5-foot tall jumper with a four foot vertical (right, all kinds of NBA researchers). Oooo–kaaay. They must think we fell off the back of the turnip truck and it backed over our heads right after that!
(Not saying it’s not cool tech though.)
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Flying Made Easy: The Icon A5 Mini-Plane (Video)
March 22, 2017
Dope! Got more news on the Icon A5 – the 2-seat mini-plane designed to be so simple that anyone who can drive a car can fly it. The sticker weighs in at just over $200K, so it is near the regular people price range (okay, regular people who have quite a bit of big change to throw around). Plus this plane can land on and take off on water. Put in the money, 30 hours’ training, get a license, and viola… your life is ‘fly’ for real #BALLIN
Check out the latest video above (courtesy USA Today).
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Pilots The ‘Method-2’ Mech (Video)
March 22, 2017
South Korean robotics manufacturer Hankook Mirae Technology debuted its first prototype piloted mech, the Method-2.
Remember that sci-fi-come-to-life robot we posted on here a while back? Well, Jeff Bezos took it for a ride a few days back. And that’s big; as big as the movie monster bot (another demo reel of it above).
Pause: Who’s Jeff Bezos??? Oh, he runs Amazon. That all… BOOM! Like we said, BIG!
Building a movie bot is a project success. Getting rich folks excited about it? The business! Although military contracts would surely be expected to follow, Slate did some digging that revealed that they – maker Hankook Mirae Technology – ain’t ready yet (more here). Disaster relief and cleanup – that seems to be the ceiling for these mega man-driven machines. Not as sexy as a ‘War Machine’ (Marvel), but no small feat. And after the storm, when the help comes, best believe these will be welcomed like some of the hottest things walking!
I just got to pilot an awesome (and huge) robot thanks to Hankook Mirae Technology. Nice! #MARS2017 pic.twitter.com/MvN6ghEYFi
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) March 20, 2017
Posted in Business, News, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Technology, Videos | Tags: Disaster relief, Disaster-Relief Efforts, Hankook Mirae, Hankook Mirae Technology, Jeff Bezos, Mech, Method-2, Movie Robot, piloted mech, prototype, Robot, robotics | No Comments »
Technology: Looking At The NFL In The Future Through The Microsoft HoloLens (Video)
March 21, 2017
Microsoft shows us what the future of watching the NFL might be like if we all had a HoloLens in our home.
Man! Looking at this future tech teaser trailer… In the future, inviting folks over to ‘watch the game’ is gonna seem like a DRASTIC understatement! HoloLens could change the game; at least how we watch it.
Hate Traffic? Then You’re Going To Love Pop.Up, A New Flying Car Concept (Video)
March 17, 2017
They went in on the music. Cool!
Check out this new vehicle concept in the direction of flying cars; and no, not like the flying DeLorean model drone we posted earlier. This flying car is real!
Italdesign and the aerospace industry leader Airbus unveiled Pop.Up, a trailblazing modular ground and air passenger concept vehicle system to relieve the traffic congestion in megacities of the future.
And really cool, huh?
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