This is ultimately a second shot at the concept. Early work tweaked an existing design, but it still used a ‘massive’ 2W of power. MIT designed Navion from the ground up, and achieved its power savings in part by minimizing the amount of data the […]
Day: June 20, 2018
Why Ford Is Buying Detroit’s Derelict Central Depot
Newspapers and magazines do this thing that drives Detroiters crazy. Doesn’t matter the headline. Maybe Detroit is coming back, maybe crime is falling, maybe a few neighborhoods are seeing a resurgence, maybe it’s all a bit more complicated than a few statistics make it seem. […]
Device to trick Tesla Autopilot banned from sale in US
Autopilot Buddy, a simple device designed to fool Tesla's Autopilot into thinking the drivers' hands are on the wheel, is unsafe, the National Highway … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Bag Week 2018: Chrome’s BLCKCHRM Bravo 2.0 backpack is a burly, stylish beast
If you needed to pick a bag to have your back in a street fight, you should probably choose Chrome’s Bravo 2.0. I tested a version of this pack from the company’s higher-end BLCKCHRM line. The BLCKCHRM version of the Bravo 2.0 replaces the normal pack’s […]
SFGATE: Analysis: Senate GOPers break with Trump on child policy
Analysis: Senate GOPers break with Trump on child policy Published on June 19, 2018 at 10:38PM by Amber Phillips, The Washington Post They don’t agree with President Donald Trump’s policy of separating families at the border, and the caucus supports a plan to end the […]
barcarole: Word of the day for June 20, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
barcarole , n : (music) A Venetian folk song traditionally sung by gondoliers, often in 6⁄8 or 12⁄8 time with alternating strong and weak beats imitating a rowing motion. (music) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. German-born French composer Jacques […]