There's a lot of chatter these days about self-driving cars of the future. Here's what Tesla is getting ready to offer now. Tesla Motors push into self-driving (aka, driverless) cars is garnering attention because of its reputation -- deserved or not -- as being the most technologically advanced car maker on the planet. Here's what Tesla has said so far about the self-driving features of the Mode
An eagle in Australia knocked a drone out of the sky. In the footage from Melbourne Aerial Video, a Wedge-Tailed Eagle flies up to the drone and hits it directly. The drone sputters and falls to earth. The eagle was unharmed, according to a statement on YouTube. "She was massive, and used talon's to 'punch' the drone out of the sky," the statement said. However, the drone didn't fare so well. "I n
Solar Impulse, the aeroplane that is powered only by the sun, has landed in Hawaii after making a historic 7,200km flight across the Pacific from Japan. Pilot Andre Borschberg brought the vehicle gently down on to the runway of Kalaeloa Airport at 05:55 local time (15:55 GMT; 16:55 BST). The distance covered and the time spent in the air - 118 hours - are records for manned, solar-powered flight.
The Central Japan Railway company reports that its magnetic levitation bullet train topped 366 miles per hour on Thursday during a test run along a length of test track in the Yamanashi prefecture. This was enough to break its own 12-year-old, 361 mph world record set back in 2003. The train reportedly carried 29 engineers during its run. Unfortunately, the record is only expected to last until ne
SSDs and other flash memory devices will soon get cheaper and larger thanks to big announcements from Toshiba and Intel. Both companies revealed new "3D NAND" memory chips that are stacked in layers to pack in more data, unlike single-plane chips currently used. Toshiba said that it's created the world's first 48-layer NAND, yielding a 16GB chip with boosted speeds and reliability. The Japanese co
If you want to imagine how the world will look in just a few years, once our cell phones become the keepers of both our money and identity, skip Silicon Valley and book a ticket to Orlando. Go to Disney World. Then, reserve a meal at a restaurant called Be Our Guest, using the Disney […] The Magicband wields access to the park, replacing virtually every transaction you'd make inside. Bob Croslin I
Apple has a patent application in with the USPTO (via AppleInsider) that describes a few different methods for waterproofing electronic devices like the iPhone. The patent describes coating certain internal components like the main circuit board with a hydrophobic coating, presumably not unlike the process used by Liquipel and other similar companies. The process for applying the waterproof layer
科学技術振興機構(JST)戦略的創造研究推進事業において、東京大学 大学院工学系研究科の香取秀俊教授と理化学研究所 香取量子計測研究室の高本将男研究員らは2月10日、「次世代時間標準『光格子時計』の高精度化に成功」したことを発表した。新聞などでも多く取り上げられている発表ですごい研究のようだが……なるほど分からん! リリースを読めば、何やらものすごく精密な時計を作るための重要な基盤技術ができたとのこと。そこで少し調べてみることにした。参考文献にあった「理研の博士に聞いてみよう」を読んでみると、多くのヒントが隠されている。 そもそもこの世界は、重力によって時間の進み方が異なる。例えば山頂など標高の高い場所に比べ、山のふもとなどの標高の低い場所では時間がゆっくりと進む。家の中でも、2階にいる人に比べて1階にいる人の時間の方が非常にわずかではあるがゆっくりと進んでいるのだそうだ(参考:「理研の博
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