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  1. Silly Toyota on Toyota Teams With Microsoft On Connected Cars (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Put the app on the users phone...take advantage of the power that's already in the users hand. Certainly integrate a panel/voice control with the users phone, but don't make them use Microsoft...a word synonymous with the word Crash, in a car. Car tech doesn't change as fast as phone tech does, plus, most users will not be happy paying for yet another internet connection. And, if you put the functionality on their phone, they'll have access to it no matter who's car they're driving (or the passenger in).

  2. What about pedestrians? on MIT Study Shows Stop Lights Won't Be Necessary In The Future (computerworld.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seems like they still need to play a part in any scenario with or without traffic lights. Dropping traffic lights may be fine for autonomous vehicles, but that also means that people will just walk when they want to, which'll make cars stop to let them pass. Perfectly fine when there's few pedestrians, but when there's a lot, the automobile traffic will totally come to a half if no one is stopping people from walking into the street.

  3. I don't think Kanye "considers" anything... on Kanye West Is Reportedly Considering Legal Action Against the Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    He just fires from the lip.

  4. Kickstarter Project more than half way there on Ask Slashdot: Affordable Hardware For Remote-Booting USB Devices? · · Score: 1

    This Kickstarter project: https://www.kickstarter.com/pr..., which has just announce that it's shipping (with the usual delays hopefully over), seems like it's already solved the major issues, and just needs a hardware refactoring to produce the USB connection you're looking for.

    I'd recommend getting in-touch with the creators and see if they'd be interested in developing this. This is their second Kickstarter project (at least), so they've already learned a lot, so could be positioned well to run with it.

  5. Re:That sucks on Al Jazeera America Terminates All TV and Digital Operations (theintercept.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wouldn't describe it as totally unbiased, but it did seem less biased than all the other options here in the USA. I will miss it...here's hoping Al Jazeera English steps up.

  6. Re:Solid ground landing on SpaceX Lands Falcon 9 Rocket At Cape Canaveral (planetary.org) · · Score: 1

    That sounds reasonable, but didn't Blue Origin make their first landing on land...didn't even bother with a water landing first.

  7. The WAF... on Grow Your Daily Protein At Home With an Edible Insect Desktop Hive · · Score: 1

    was a major hurdle, so I was unable to back the full project. But I did back at a lower level...so we'll get some mealworms to try.

    It's going to be difficult to get past many peoples' initial ick factors.

  8. Pattern recognition... on Ocean-Mapping Robots Could Help Uncover Mysteries of the Deep Blue (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's hope they're also on the look-out for debris like from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 etc..

    I'm sure there's a bunch of human crap down there (though probably re-purposed where possible by the local inhabitants), but all of it should be of interest to us...either for the damage it's causing, or the damage it's from.

  9. I can see a lot of people getting hurt because they run/walk into them (not looking up from their phone), or because they just freak-out, or assume it will move out of their way (will it, or will it just stop and wait for the way to clear?)

  10. Also resupply on US Army Tests Swarms of Drones In Major Exercise (itworld.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I could easily see drones being used to resupply both ammo and medical consumables. Heavy duty drones could also possibly be used to ferry the wounded off the field of battle...though I guess it also just makes another target.

  11. The headline is all wrong! on Alabama Man Sold a Priceless Apollo-Era Lunar Rover Protoype For Scrap Metal (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Should read..."Alabama Man Removes Junk from His Yard". Of course, no one would believe it.

  12. He's not going to remember he has it... on Ask Slashdot: Local Navigation Assistance For the Elderly? · · Score: 1
    ...or how to use it, or what it's for if he ever stumbles (I don't mean fall down) on it.

    It would need to be something that the person is already familiar with...unfortunately, that is not the situation today. Now, when you're in the same position, using technology will be second nature, and you'll have no problem finding the dining room.

  13. Re:Save the rainforest on Study Finds Humans Are Worse Than Radiation For Chernobyl Animals · · Score: 2

    It's clearly a glowing report.

  14. Re:It didn't go entirely to plan on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Launches Its First Rocket · · Score: 1

    Also, from the "narration" (not sure what the right term is for the person describing the flight etc.) in the video, the capsule "landed" at 24 ft/sec...that's 16 mph. Seems a bit fast to me. Better be strapped in tight and have heavy padding.

  15. Go down with the "ship"... on Planes Without Pilots · · Score: 1

    Remote pilots probably don't feel the same level of anxiety as one aboard a craft that's in trouble...it might also mean that, because the remote pilot isn't in any danger, they might not put enough effort into trying to save the craft.

    So long as, if a plane goes down and a "present" (on board) pilot would have died, the remote pilot is shot-on-the-spot, I think that'll work as providing enough incentive for them to make sure the craft doesn't crash.

    Just my thoughts.

  16. So, there are a lot more Republicans out there... on Complex Life May Be Possible In Only 10% of All Galaxies · · Score: 1

    It's the simplest life form, and so very, very plentiful.

  17. Re:Something like it already on KickStarter on Researchers Develop $60 Sonar Watch To Aid the Visually Impaired · · Score: 1

    I just happened to see it listed as a new project, and as I've done Audio Description in the past, it peaked my interest. Saddened that it hasn't garnered much support but maybe it's because others don't have confidence in the tech/implementation.

  18. Something like it already on KickStarter on Researchers Develop $60 Sonar Watch To Aid the Visually Impaired · · Score: 1

    https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...

    Though it's not got much support as yet (I am a backer).

  19. Re:Anything that can be caught or farmed... on Is an Octopus Too Smart For Us To Eat? · · Score: 2

    No, I was including humans, and aliens. We're just intelligent meat. Maybe some aliens are intelligent pudding.

  20. Anything that can be caught or farmed... on Is an Octopus Too Smart For Us To Eat? · · Score: 1

    is probably fair game. Doesn't mean everyone is going to want to eat it...at that point it's personal preference (or what you're used to/were brought up with).

  21. Re:Time to get rid of inverters (isn't it?) on Google Offers a Million Bucks For a Better Inverter · · Score: 2

    Thanks. I've learned something, and yes, this was much easier than Googling. Now I just have to Google to find out if you're blowing smoke up my kilt or not.

    But, seriously....thanks!

  22. Re:Time to get rid of inverters (isn't it?) on Google Offers a Million Bucks For a Better Inverter · · Score: 1

    Thank-you for pointing out my spelling mistake.

  23. Time to get rid of inverters (isn't it?) on Google Offers a Million Bucks For a Better Inverter · · Score: -1

    I know nothing about electricity other than the fact that AC and DC are different, so feel free to mod this down.

    Assuming that our DC sources of electricity are already somewhat efficient, why don't we just have other things that use that current be DC as well?

    It would seem that inverters loose some "energy" in the conversion process, which is why we need this Google like X Prize to develop something more efficient...so taking them out of the equation seems like it would be a good idea.

    Is it just that we're so used to designing electronics etc. to use AC, or are there other benefits? and, if so, then why not put effort into designing AC sources of electricity?

  24. Human Language - Logic - Programming on Math, Programming, and Language Learning · · Score: 1

    Subject line says it all.

  25. They buried the lead on Hair-Raising Technique Detects Drugs, Explosives On Human Body · · Score: 1

    Headline should have been: "Scientists gets Cocaine"