Not just LED lights, but LEDs in general, one of the most indestructible pieces of modern technology. If you have a device with an LED, chances are one of the last things to fail will be the LED. My LED-backlit computer monitor is still going strong after three years. Contrast that with the back light of my previous non-LED LCD monitor which I had to replace twice or the flickering picture tubes of my earlier CRT monitors.
I'm even more impressed with the toughness of the LED light bulb I bought last year, which I stupidly dropped twice from a +7ft height. The LEDs were housed inside a frosted plastic cover. When I dropped it the first time, the cover came off, which I just snapped back on. The second time I dropped it, I managed to break the cover. Now I'm running the LEDs naked, which makes the light kind of brighter and harsh only if I stare at the ceiling for a long time.
I'm not a woolly mammoth, but the release name sounds really gooey, very easy for critics to pan the release in case something goes south: my Trusty Tar install got stuck at the boot logo.
Okay, here's a link to the blog cited by the PopSci article. The blog appears to contradict the summary that the Russians were alone in developing these primitive robotanks:
There were similarly designed tanks also in the German army. There was the teletank V-4, there were small anti-tank “torpedoes” such as the radio-guided “Springer” and the “Goliath”, which would unwind an electrical control lead behind itself. A “Goliath” is found in the armoured vehicle museum at Kubinka. It is difficult to consider all of these designs as being successful. It was very difficult to direct a “Goliath” up to a tank even from a distance of 100 meters. The battery had a charge, which allowed for only eight minutes of movement, and the low clearance did not provide for sufficient mobility. Equipping these tankettes with a petrol engine did not save the situation. Nevertheless, they were able to carry out certain functions – including mine clearing and attacking fortifications.
The Russians tanks had the advantage in having a longer autonomous range, as the German tanks appear to be wired ("unwind an electrical control lead") rather than radio-controlled.
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Not just LED lights, but LEDs in general, one of the most indestructible pieces of modern technology. If you have a device with an LED, chances are one of the last things to fail will be the LED. My LED-backlit computer monitor is still going strong after three years. Contrast that with the back light of my previous non-LED LCD monitor which I had to replace twice or the flickering picture tubes of my earlier CRT monitors.
I'm even more impressed with the toughness of the LED light bulb I bought last year, which I stupidly dropped twice from a +7ft height. The LEDs were housed inside a frosted plastic cover. When I dropped it the first time, the cover came off, which I just snapped back on. The second time I dropped it, I managed to break the cover. Now I'm running the LEDs naked, which makes the light kind of brighter and harsh only if I stare at the ceiling for a long time.
I'm not a woolly mammoth, but the release name sounds really gooey, very easy for critics to pan the release in case something goes south: my Trusty Tar install got stuck at the boot logo.
More like the Google Glass of money. Opinions about Segway have never been as polarized as opinions about Bitcoin.
The Russians tanks had the advantage in having a longer autonomous range, as the German tanks appear to be wired ("unwind an electrical control lead") rather than radio-controlled.