Heavy Is the Head that Wears the Hololens

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Heavy Is the Head that Wears the Hololens
Number 2700
Broadcast Date FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Episode Length 36:22
Hosts Tom Merritt
Guests Veronica Belmont

The Microsoft Hololens costs $3,000 making the Vive and Rift seem cheap. But it’s a developer edition and Augmented Reality not Virtual Reality. Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont discuss whether that makes a difference.

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Microsoft began taking orders Monday for its $3,000 HoloLens Development Edition which launches March 30th in the US and Canada to approved developers. Hardware includes the headset, a charger, a Bluetooth 4.1 controller, carrying case, a microfiber cloth, and replacement nose pieces. Microsoft corporate VP Kudo Tsunoda blogged that the games Fragments- a crime drama, Young Conker - a platformer and RoboRaid a first-person shooter will be included with the hardware. Other software included will be HoloStudio, an enhanced Skype, and HoloTour for 360-degree displays. A story-telling app called Actiongram will come out this summer.
Submitted by scottpantall
To celebrate the four-year anniversary of the launch of the first Raspberry Pi, the foundation launched a new Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi 3 has a 64-bit 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A53 chip, 1GB of 900MHz RAM with built-in 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1 for $35 or £30. It also requires 2.5Amps of power.
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Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell published the opening statement he will make to the US Congress tomorrow in front of the House Judiciary Committee. Sewell focuses on three main questions. Should we limit the technology that secures our data? Should the FBI be allowed to stop a company from making its products as safe and secure as it can? Should the FBI be able to compel a company to make a product to the FBI’s specifications for the FBI’s use.
Sony has updated its Japanese product page for the PlayStation TV to indicate it has stopped shipping the mini console in Japan. The PSTV plays Vita and PS1 and Remote Play games.
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The Verge passes along a report from Economist writer Mark Harris, that one of Google’s Self-driving Lexuses had a low-speed collision with a bus in Mountain View, California. For the first time Google does not claim it is not at fault. The car was moving at about 2 miles per hour from the right-turn lane to the center lane in order to go around some sand bags in the road. It made contact with the side of the bus which was traveling at 15 mph and did not slow. That damaged the Google car’s left front fender, left front wheel and one driver’s side sensor. No injuries were reported.
HTC started taking pre-orders for the HTC Vive today for $799, £689 or AU$899. Shipping is coming in April, expected to start April 5th. In addition to the headset, you get two wireless motion controllers, two Lighthouse base stations, and a breakout box for connecting everything. For a limited time buyers get three free VR apps too.Puzzle-game Fantastic Contraption, Job Simulator and3D art game Tilt Brush.
The EU and US published the final text of their data-transfer agreement referred to as Privacy Shield. The deal sets rules for companies who store European data in the US. US intelligence services will follow European rules. A US State Department ombudsman will handle complaints about such matters. Europeans can file the complaints with their local data protection authorities or use a company’s Alternative Dispute Resolution. Companies must resolve complaints within 45 days. A European panel can make binding decisions if resolution fails. The agreement must be approved by an EU committee and the Article 29 Working Party of European data protection authorities.
Amazon announced a deal with Morrison’s in the UK to add hundreds of products to Amazon’s Pantry service which allows Amazon Prime customers to order grocery store items for next day delivery. Morrison’s items will also be available through the one-hour delivery service Prime Now available in select cities.
BizTech Africa reports that Teraco, the continent’s only vendor neutral data center will add to its existing operation to make it the largest data centre in Africa. The Isando facility in South Africa will have 9000 square meters of white space and 18,500 square meters of utility space with a 16 mega volt amp power connection when the addition is completed. It should be operational by the end of the year.
Snapchat’s Live Stories sometimes collect chats from various locations or events so you can see what everybody has been snapping. Last night it unsurprisingly had an Oscars Live Story. But you didn’t have to have the Snapchat app to see it. for the first time, Snapchat put one of its live stories on the web at snapchat.com/live.
Meanwhile Razer and the Open Source VR alliance or OSVR have their first game titles for OSVR’s steam VR compatible development kit. The titles are Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Elite: Dangerous, Spermination and Live for Speed. Razer sells OSVR hacker dev kits for $300.

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Pick of the Day

Just a quick pick of the day for any science geeks out there. Do you recognize the names Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye? How about Sir Martyn Poliakoff or Michio Kaku? Ever watched Youtube channels Minute Physics or Smarter Every Day? If any of these ring a bell, you should check out a great book called "Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World" by Mark Miodownik. In this book, Mark takes a close look and common everyday materials you may think are boring and dives in to the physics and chemistry that make them secretly amazing. He elegantly answers seemingly simple questions like why glass is transparent, how cement goes from a powder to a solid mass and the history of china (The dishware, not the country.) and what makes it so sturdy.

Even if you know some of the material that he covers in this book already Mark covers it in an interesting and entertaining way and it makes for a great read. "Stuff Matters" is available at bookstores and Amazon or available on Audible.com which is how I enjoyed it.
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Tom I have had Eero for about a week now. The only problem I have had is 1 of my units is bricked, and their response time is not great. Otherwise the other 2 units are working great. I am lucky enough to have areas on each end of my house so I could hardwire the units. This has fixed my wifi even without having the 3rd unit. When I get the 3rd unit I will drop it in the middle of the house, and I can't imagine how good it will be. With the 2 units I have had zero issues streaming movies/TV from my video server to all my apple TV's (current and last generation) in the house. Before I would buffer forever.
Sent by Christopher


Tom,

I know the subject of A.I. moral decision making in self-driving cars has been discussed many times. Most people seem to think it is a trivial problem, and it will just "get worked out". I am not so sure. Here is a particularity well written article on that subject:

http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/27/self-driving-cars-and-the-kobayashi-maru/
Sent by Harry, The Airline Pilot

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