Project Nightonomy: Autonomous Vehicle Testing in the Dark
Ford has just completed a test of its LIDAR-equipped Fusion Hybrid autonomous car in complete darkness at the company's proving grounds in Arizona. While the researchers have to be happy with the way the car performed, that guy with the night-vision goggles on probably had the most fun. Imagine freaking out all your neighbors by driving home in complete darkness with no lights.
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The First VR Surgery Will Be Broadcast This Week
I can see something like this being hugely beneficial to medical students or for training purposes. If you have Google Cardboard, you can download an app and watch the first live VR stream of the surgery on Thursday.
On 14 April, Ahmed – a surgeon, cancer specialist, and co-founder of virtual and augmented reality firm Medical Realities – is going to cut off a tumour from the colon of a London man in his 70s. That's a routine operation with no particular risk attached. But unlike any other operation, when Ahmed and his team remove the cancer, a 360-degree camera rig mounted over the operating table will capture the doctors' every movement in 4K and livestream it globally in VR.
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Game Assigns Character Gender Based On Steam User ID
Assigning your game character's gender based on your Steam User ID seems silly. Why not just randomly reassign your character's gender every time you log in to play the game? Now that would be funny.
"We understand this is a sore subject for a lot of people. We understand that you may now be a gender that you don't identify with in real-life. We understand this causes you distress and makes you not want to play the game anymore," Newman said. "Technically nothing has changed, since half the population was already living with those feelings. The only difference is that whether you feel like this is now decided by your SteamID instead of your real life gender."
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Noctua NH-L9x65 Low Profile Heatsink Review
If your current system build is tight on space, you might want to check out this Noctua NH-L9x65 low profile heatsink review at FrostyTech before you spend your hard earned money.
Noctua's low profile NH-L9x65 heatsink stands just 64mm tall and has a very compact footprint of only 95x95mm. The NH-L9x65 is designed to cool some fairly intensive Intel sockets, along with the full spectrum of AMD processors and APUs. Compact CPU coolers can be a little tricky to install, but Noctua long ago laid down the framework of an excellent motherboard mounting system,, so the NH-L9x65 is a breeze to work with.
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Tesla Model X Recalled For Potentially Unsafe Rear Seats
Tesla has issued a recall for the Model X after discovering a flaw in the locking hinge for the recliner in the third row of seats. The company discovered the flaw during testing and there hasn't been any public incidents reported. A company spokesman said Tesla decided to "err on the side of putting our customers' safety first" and issue the recall.
The issue is the locking hinge that lets the third row seats fold forward. In 15 tests for the US market, there were no problems discovered. But, when Tesla did a 16th test to get ready for the European market – and that test is slightly different – that latch in the third-row seats failed and the seat flopped forward, said Jon McNeil, Tesla's president of sales and service. Tesla then did subsequent tests to confirm the failure and, once confirmed, Tesla decided to institute this recall.
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Best Buy's Geek Squad Swapping Beetles For The Toyota Prius
Best Buy sent out a press release announcing the company's switch from the VW Beetle to the Toyota Prius. Oh yeah, they redesigned the Geek Squad logo too. No other updates announced. The company still makes employees wear that odd shirt, tie and badge combo though.
Best Buy announced today the dispatch of nearly 1,000 Toyota Prius c hybrids nationwide to serve as our new Geekmobile vehicles. The new Geekmobile, boldly bearing the updated logo, better reflects today's new Geek Squad — the nationwide tech-support task force that is continually expanding its services to keep pace with ever-changing technology.
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Facebook Bots Are a Tough Sell After Microsoft Tay's Racist Tirade
Sheesh, I can't believe a few racist rants has everyone scared of using bots now. All jokes aside, I just don't see why everyone is pushing so hard for chat bots in the first place. The only people that like using them are the same people trying to get the bots to do and say crazy things.
Companies are wary. Putting a brand's message in the hands of a robot carries risks—as evidenced by Microsoft Corp.'s Tay bot, which started spewing racist, sexist and offensive commentary on Twitter last month. The Tay incident should give companies pause, said Matt Johnson, director of invention and strategy at GoKart Labs, which works with Target Corp. and National Geographic. The consequences when a customer has a bad experience with a brand, even if it's a bot, can be severe, he said. "It can bite you back really hard."
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ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti MATRIX Platinum Review
If a GPU upgrade is in the cards for you, make sure you read our evaluation of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti MATRIX Platinum before you go shopping. This card offers great performance, a high quality design and currently has a price below MSRP. Well, what are you waiting for? Hit the link and get reading!
Today we review the ASUS GTX 980 Ti MATRIX Platinum, a gaming enthusiast centered video card which boasts enthusiast air cooling and an enthusiast overclock on air cooling. This high-end video card features DirectCU II cooling, making it the perfect comparison to the MSI GTX 980 TI LIGHTNING in class, price, performance and cooling.
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Google Drops Free Fiber Option In Kansas City
Remember that Google Fiber option in Kansas City that allowed you to pay a one-time construction fee and you'd get free internet after that? Well, it looks like Google is dropping that option in favor of a 100Mbps option for $50 per month starting in May. Existing customers get to keep their free service until the original 7 year agreement expires.
Ever since Google began providing the residents in Kansas City the option of signing on for its Fiber service in 2011, the tech company has offered a hard-to-refuse deal: pay a one-time installation fee, and you get internet access for free – in some cases up to seven years. But it looks like the almost-free ride is over.
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Man Tests Real Hoverboard
I will be so upset if this turns out to be fake. Personally, I don't think it is fake because this is the same guy that invented those water-powered jet pack hover thingies a few years ago but, you never know. This guy must have balls of steel to be riding something like this around. At least with the water jet pack if something goes wrong you'd just land in the water. On this thing, it's just splat!
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MPA: We've Reached A Turning Point On Piracy
It's nice to see the European arm of the MPAA acknowledge that, not only has progress been made in the fight against piracy, a turning point has been reached as well. It kinda makes you wonder how much things would change if there was even greater availability of digital media at a lower price point.
The president of the MPAA's European operation says he believes a turning point has been reached on piracy, with service providers and search engines beginning to understand they all have a role to play. However, it's also clear that Hollywood is fearful of opening up content across Europe, which in itself could contribute to piracy.
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20 Of The Worst PC Setups
It's time once again for ThinkComputer's monthly Worst PC Setups feature. The picture below is my personal favorite. No cases for your new internet cafe? No problem, these jugs should do the trick!
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Thermaltake Pacific RL240 Water Cooling Kit Review
In a world now filled with All-In-One CPU coolers, Thermaltake takes it old school with a water cooling kit that has everything you need from A to Z. If cutting your hose to length and perfecting the layout and presentation of your cooling loop appeals to you, Thermaltake makes it easy with a one stop shop.
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