Facebook Aquila Internet Drone Crashed On Its First Test Flight: Investigation Reveals What Caused The Rough Landing
Last month, it was revealed that the National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation over Facebook's Aquila drone that crashed during its first test flight back in June. The test flight, which was held in Yuma, Arizona, saw the Aquila drone in the air for the first time. The drone is part of Facebook's ambitious plan of bringing the global population online, as Aquila is capable of beaming down internet connections from heights of more than 60,000 feet and across areas cover..>> view originalUber, Permits And SF Self-Driving Cars - There Must Be Space For Innovation To Occur In
Uber is testing its self-driving cars in San Francisco, San Francisco and the state of California are demanding that they stop. This wouldn't normally be something for an economics column except that it's a neat example of the way in which the modern economy is so grossly over-regulated. That then has horrible knock-on effects upon innovation, thus productivity increases and so how rich the future is going to be. What is being missed here by the system of regulation is that a free market economy..>> view originalIt's 2016, so why is Super Mario still rescuing a cake-baking princess?
To bring Super Mario into the iPhone age, Nintendo redesigned the game to have the main character run automatically and changed the orientation of the screen to make it easier to play one-handed. However, when it comes to gender stereotypes, Nintendo ...>> view originalThis psychedelic NASA video shows how CO2 spreads in the atmosphere
NASA used satellite measurements of carbon dioxide to create a startling new 3D video that shows how the greenhouse gas moves through Earth's atmosphere. In a little over a minute, you can see CO2 concentrations swirling around, up into the sky, and ...>> view originalVine Will Live On, But Will Be Rebranded As Vine Camera: What This Means And How You Can Prepare For It
A couple of months ago, Twitter announced that it will be shutting down Vine, the once popular six-second video service that highlighted the creativity of content creators. Twitter has now released an update on its plans for Vine. No, the company is not withdrawing its decision to shut down the app, but Twitter did reveal that Vine will still live on, one way or another. Vine To Become Vine Camera According to a Medium post by Team Vine and Twitter, the Vine app will be rebranded as Vine Camera..>> view originalTesla Supercharger Overtime Fee Added To Curb Misuse
Well, that didn't take long. Last week, a Tesla owner tweeted that some people were parking their cars at the Tesla Supercharger facility in San Mateo and leaving them plugged in for hours while they went off to have lunch, or go shopping, or take in a ...>> view originalApple, Google, and Uber join list of tech companies refusing to build Muslim registry
Apple, Google, and Uber have all broken their respective silences on whether they would participate in helping build a Muslim registry for the incoming Trump administration, BuzzFeed reports. In a statement issued today, an Apple spokesperson said, “We ...>> view originalNintendo Entertainment System News & Update; Limited NES Classic Edition Stocks On Sale At Best Buy On Dec. 20
The Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition is said to be a replica of the first NES system from 1985, which features a built-in library of 30 retro games such as “The Legend of Zelda” and “Super Mario Bros.”(Photo: IGN/YouTube Screenshot) Nintendo Entertainment System has a similar micro console called Famicom Mini that has been released in Japan. According to reports, the Famicom preceded the Nintendo Entertainment System and was a different console in some aspects. Like Nintendo En..>> view originalThe world's largest diamonds reveal secrets of the inner Earth
Some people see a giant diamond and think: I want that. Geologist Evan Smith sees a giant diamond and thinks: I’d like to study that.“Some of the diamonds I’ve looked at are probably worth multiple millions of dollars, but I’m not wowed by the price tag as much as by the fact that they come from so deep in the Earth,” he said. Smith is a research fellow at the Gemological Institute of America in New York City, where he has been studying a rare type of diamond known for being exceptionally larg..>> view original
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