Sleep when the engine is off, active cooling if you have to, but you really don't. Laptop class CPUs, even 7 years ago, don't put put any more heat than an audio amplifier from the 1980s, and those managed to work reliably for decades.
That's almost a viable solution today. Pi is still a little on the weak side, but a hell of a lot better than the embedded junk that so much of the "cost sensitive" industry is still inexplicably hanging on to.
MacMinis were less than $500 7 years ago, and the roadmaps were very clear where things were going... sub 10 watt "Core" systems arrived a few years ago, and anybody who was developing products 7 years ago knew that was coming.
Laptop class chips, like you find in MacMinis, Intel NUCs. There are Broadwell chips these days that consume less than 5 watts. The motherboards, complete with RAM and graphics fit in a single-height DIN slot where the radios go, with space leftover. Even if this weren't the case, a manufacturer could find space for a bigger board if they really wanted to, but they don't need to.
Absolutely, in the US they only thinly veiled the automaker bailout by passing a "trade in your clunker" incentive to buy new cars... they trumpeted gains in fuel efficiency, but didn't bother to insult us that it's not about bailing out troubled manufacturers.
Get something from Pioneer, or one of the other aftermarket makers... that is, if you can rip out the MyTouch without crippling non-entertainment related systems. We have an older Mercedes (2002) and they integrated the radio into the carputer so tightly that it really can't be replaced very easily.
About 7 years back, an auto industry player asked me (well, it was an open contest really) what they should do with in-vehicle computing. I told them they should quit mucking around trying to save $10/unit on embedded systems and go with a standard "real PC" that both has more compute horsepower behind it, and also saves massively on application development. They actually awarded me $2000 for my advice, and apparently promptly ignored it.
What we really need is total damned Orwellian observation of EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME, combined with a serious relaxation of over-the-top prohibitions on things that many people do all the time without hurting anyone (or, even without hurting anyone else, or even without hurting anyone without their expressed consent...)
That depends - if two cops pull me over and only one has a camera, that's still 50% usage. If the cops are primarily working in pairs, 50% usage could still produce a much larger drop in dishonest complaints.
Yes, with random distribution as high as 75%. Also, when cops in pairs pull people over, one is usually the "lead" with the suspect, the other generally hangs back and is not as observable for suspects to notice things like a body-cam.
If ARM wastes more time, Intel will eventually usurp the mobile market by being more "compatible".
Um, what percentage of phone buyers do you think are interested in their phone being a fully open hardware platform? Don't get me wrong I'd love it to exist, but people aren't going to abandon closed-source SoC based phones because of it.
What will likely eventually happen (hopefully) is that designers will tire of re-inventing the wheel every time a new product cycle comes around and eventually move to the more open/supported architectures, not because they're technically superior in power consumption or whatever, but because they're good enough and they're easier to develop on.
A similar study, performed with all available data in Portugal and Spain in 1490, would confirm zero percent chance of successful crossing of the Atlantic ocean to a western shore.
Thanks to the world I grew up in, I have a paranoid twinge every time I tell my cloud based smart thermostat that I'm going away on vacation for more than a few hours... Once in awhile, it's good to remember that in this world, that same cloud keeps high definition video records of everyone/everything that approaches my house, and especially enters it - and facial recognition software/databases means that a repeat offender won't be repeating for long.
Sure, there are people with access to my data who could use it for petty things like breaking and entering, but you have to realize that people who control this data can profit from it in much more lucrative ways than getting little kickbacks from organized criminals that might steal and sell your stuff. You're still getting the shaft, it's just not as in your face as a B&E anymore.
Communication is about reaching people, if you don't care to communicate with people who consume memes, that's your choice... it will, however, mean that your ideas are less easily heard by those people.
Thing is, Indonesia will filter that meme from their media, so the people who need to hear the message, won't. A lot like North Korea today, and the USSR in the 1970s.
Milgram was the best, all it takes is an authority figure telling someone to be a monster and 9/10 will comply. The Blue Line is a logical extension - it's better to be a monster than to rat out your buddies, especially those in charge.
Since the cameras were only worn half the time, fewer opportunities for dishonestly reported complaints could only result in a (maximum) 50% decline in complaints, not 90%.
Are you kidding, the escalation was planned from the day of application to the academy. Only the crafty ones get through with that agenda in mind, though - there are actually psych profiles that filter out the worst of the "gonna crack me some heads" abused children looking for payback.
A lot of what they measure are soot particle emissions - older diesel engines can produce a shocking amount of these, I wonder if the equipment is periodically giving the high readings.
Japan's rep cleaned up tremendously in the 1980s, and it was improved for stuff like electronics by the 1960s. Before and after WWII, all that came from Japan was cheap stuff like you'd find in a Dollar Store today.
Not all multi-rotors are plagued with the Osprey's woes.
An Uber multi-rotor would still need designated landing zones, guaranteed to be clear from people that can get hurt by a landing chop-o-matic. Especially so given its limited range and hover time.
It would be noisy as hell - very few neighbors would put up with a new Uber LZ next door, limiting it to mostly already designated heliports - not exactly numerous or conveniently located.
It's either going to be limited to flight in very favorable conditions, or very expensive to build.
All in all, it's a cool concept, but I don't see it being anything terribly different from light helicopters that have been available for decades. Perhaps a few dB quieter, but not quieter than a passing train. Perhaps a little cheaper than a light helicopter, but not less than 1/3 the cost (and then, would be have very limited operational weather.)
The main thing the "new VTOL" would have is lack of trained pilot onboard - reducing the vehicle mass by ~100kg.
600+lbs of multi-rotor thrust will not even approach silent, unless they have access to "black helicopter" tech - which seems to have stayed out of the "reality domain" for a very long time.
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Sleep when the engine is off, active cooling if you have to, but you really don't. Laptop class CPUs, even 7 years ago, don't put put any more heat than an audio amplifier from the 1980s, and those managed to work reliably for decades.
That's almost a viable solution today. Pi is still a little on the weak side, but a hell of a lot better than the embedded junk that so much of the "cost sensitive" industry is still inexplicably hanging on to.
MacMinis were less than $500 7 years ago, and the roadmaps were very clear where things were going... sub 10 watt "Core" systems arrived a few years ago, and anybody who was developing products 7 years ago knew that was coming.
Laptop class chips, like you find in MacMinis, Intel NUCs. There are Broadwell chips these days that consume less than 5 watts. The motherboards, complete with RAM and graphics fit in a single-height DIN slot where the radios go, with space leftover. Even if this weren't the case, a manufacturer could find space for a bigger board if they really wanted to, but they don't need to.
Absolutely, in the US they only thinly veiled the automaker bailout by passing a "trade in your clunker" incentive to buy new cars... they trumpeted gains in fuel efficiency, but didn't bother to insult us that it's not about bailing out troubled manufacturers.
Waiting for the worms, forever.
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Get something from Pioneer, or one of the other aftermarket makers... that is, if you can rip out the MyTouch without crippling non-entertainment related systems. We have an older Mercedes (2002) and they integrated the radio into the carputer so tightly that it really can't be replaced very easily.
About 7 years back, an auto industry player asked me (well, it was an open contest really) what they should do with in-vehicle computing. I told them they should quit mucking around trying to save $10/unit on embedded systems and go with a standard "real PC" that both has more compute horsepower behind it, and also saves massively on application development. They actually awarded me $2000 for my advice, and apparently promptly ignored it.
Tritto.
What we really need is total damned Orwellian observation of EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME, combined with a serious relaxation of over-the-top prohibitions on things that many people do all the time without hurting anyone (or, even without hurting anyone else, or even without hurting anyone without their expressed consent...)
That depends - if two cops pull me over and only one has a camera, that's still 50% usage. If the cops are primarily working in pairs, 50% usage could still produce a much larger drop in dishonest complaints.
Yes, with random distribution as high as 75%. Also, when cops in pairs pull people over, one is usually the "lead" with the suspect, the other generally hangs back and is not as observable for suspects to notice things like a body-cam.
If ARM wastes more time, Intel will eventually usurp the mobile market by being more "compatible".
Um, what percentage of phone buyers do you think are interested in their phone being a fully open hardware platform? Don't get me wrong I'd love it to exist, but people aren't going to abandon closed-source SoC based phones because of it.
What will likely eventually happen (hopefully) is that designers will tire of re-inventing the wheel every time a new product cycle comes around and eventually move to the more open/supported architectures, not because they're technically superior in power consumption or whatever, but because they're good enough and they're easier to develop on.
A similar study, performed with all available data in Portugal and Spain in 1490, would confirm zero percent chance of successful crossing of the Atlantic ocean to a western shore.
Thanks to the world I grew up in, I have a paranoid twinge every time I tell my cloud based smart thermostat that I'm going away on vacation for more than a few hours... Once in awhile, it's good to remember that in this world, that same cloud keeps high definition video records of everyone/everything that approaches my house, and especially enters it - and facial recognition software/databases means that a repeat offender won't be repeating for long.
Sure, there are people with access to my data who could use it for petty things like breaking and entering, but you have to realize that people who control this data can profit from it in much more lucrative ways than getting little kickbacks from organized criminals that might steal and sell your stuff. You're still getting the shaft, it's just not as in your face as a B&E anymore.
Communication is about reaching people, if you don't care to communicate with people who consume memes, that's your choice... it will, however, mean that your ideas are less easily heard by those people.
Thing is, Indonesia will filter that meme from their media, so the people who need to hear the message, won't. A lot like North Korea today, and the USSR in the 1970s.
Milgram was the best, all it takes is an authority figure telling someone to be a monster and 9/10 will comply. The Blue Line is a logical extension - it's better to be a monster than to rat out your buddies, especially those in charge.
Since the cameras were only worn half the time, fewer opportunities for dishonestly reported complaints could only result in a (maximum) 50% decline in complaints, not 90%.
Are you kidding, the escalation was planned from the day of application to the academy. Only the crafty ones get through with that agenda in mind, though - there are actually psych profiles that filter out the worst of the "gonna crack me some heads" abused children looking for payback.
A lot of what they measure are soot particle emissions - older diesel engines can produce a shocking amount of these, I wonder if the equipment is periodically giving the high readings.
Of course, 93% of all statistics are fabricated, distorted, meaningless, or outright made up.
Japan's rep cleaned up tremendously in the 1980s, and it was improved for stuff like electronics by the 1960s. Before and after WWII, all that came from Japan was cheap stuff like you'd find in a Dollar Store today.
Not all multi-rotors are plagued with the Osprey's woes.
An Uber multi-rotor would still need designated landing zones, guaranteed to be clear from people that can get hurt by a landing chop-o-matic. Especially so given its limited range and hover time.
It would be noisy as hell - very few neighbors would put up with a new Uber LZ next door, limiting it to mostly already designated heliports - not exactly numerous or conveniently located.
It's either going to be limited to flight in very favorable conditions, or very expensive to build.
All in all, it's a cool concept, but I don't see it being anything terribly different from light helicopters that have been available for decades. Perhaps a few dB quieter, but not quieter than a passing train. Perhaps a little cheaper than a light helicopter, but not less than 1/3 the cost (and then, would be have very limited operational weather.)
The main thing the "new VTOL" would have is lack of trained pilot onboard - reducing the vehicle mass by ~100kg.
Sumo 1: "you have dishonored my profession."
600+lbs of multi-rotor thrust will not even approach silent, unless they have access to "black helicopter" tech - which seems to have stayed out of the "reality domain" for a very long time.