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| Tech’s Mechs | |
| Number | 2760 |
| Broadcast Date | MAY 13, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 39:50 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Darren Kitchen, Len Peralta |
Sure there’s another robot you wear to make you stronger but there’s ALSO a robot made of meat to make you healthier. Darren Kitchen and Tom Merritt finally have a discussion that isn’t so hard for Len Peralta to draw!
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Headlines
- Apple has invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, the ride-hailing company formerly called Didi Kuadi. Apple CEO Tim Cook told Reuters, “We are making the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including a chance to learn more about certain segments of the China market.” Other investors in Didi include Softbank, Alibaba, and Tencent. Fortune reports Didi Chuxing President Jean Liu said the companies would benefit each other “on product, technology, marketing, and many other levels."
- Submitted by tgstellar
- Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that Facebook will launch a full investigation into allegations of political bias in curation of its trending stories. Zuckerberg said so far the company has “found no evidence that this report is true,” and added, "If we find anything against our principles, you have my commitment that we will take additional steps to address it."
- Submitted by flo-BAMA
- Google is looking for drivers in Chandler, Arizona to collect data while operating self-driving SUVs. If you have a clean driving record, can type 40 words per minute and are willing to sign a 12-24 month contract you have a shot of making $20 an hour sitting in a self-driving car for 6-8 hours a day. And if you stretch the definition of the word ‘pilot’ a bit you might be able to tell people you are a test pilot.
- Submitted by KAPT_Kipper
- Global financial network SWIFT disclosed a second attack against an unknown commercial bank in its network, similar to the one against the Bangladesh Central Bank. Reuters saw an investigative report that states the attackers are still in the network as well as two other groups, one of whom is nation-state taking information. Security firm BAE Systems says a similar attack was made against a Vietnamese commercial bank and that the attack on Bangladesh’s central bank exhibited "the same unique characteristics” as an attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014.
- Mozilla has asked the US government to disclose how it hacked the Tor browser bundle in order to identify users of a website. The Tor browser is a modified Firefox browser. Mozilla’s chief legal and business officer Denelle Dixon-Thayer said "We aren't taking sides in the case, but we are on the side of the hundreds of millions of users who could benefit from timely disclosure.”
- On June 2, any 5GHZ router sold must prevent use of uncertified frequencies or disabling of Dynamic Frequency Selection, both of which can cause interference with weather radar. This means most routers will block third-party firmware like OpenWRT. Linksys has been working with Marvell and OpenWRT to allow its WRT routers to use open source firmware in compliance. Basically they’re storing RF parameter data in a separate memory location.
- Submitted by spsheridan
- Charter communications entered into a consent decree with the US FCC agreeing to pay $640,000 and complete a three-year compliance plan for preventing users from using their own cable modems. Charter began the ban in June 2012 and implemented it for two years. Charter does not charge rental fees for its modems. The FCC began investigating in July 2015 at the request of modem maker Zoom Telephonics.
- Submitted by StrikitRich1
- Android police found an Android VR placeholder in Google Play’s Developer Console and Peter Rojas tweeted that Google will introduce it at I/O next week as a standalone headset. The Financial Times reports Google will introduce a new VR product that does need a smartphone, and the Wall Street Journal says they’re both right and Google will announce two VR products.
- Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed SB1350 into law prohibiting cities in his state from banning the listing and use of short-term rentals like Airbnb. Arizona has a plan develop public policy that encourages the sharing economy.
- A few more tidbits for you. EU member states endorsed a proposal requiring subscription services like Netflix to allow access outside of a user’s home nation while traveling within the EU. It must be approved by ministers at a meeting on May 26. BMW Announced Thursday its first autonomous car, the BMW i NEXT will launch in 2021. And for the first time in 4 years printed book sales in the UK rose in 2015 while ebook sales dropped for the first time ever.
- Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed SB1350 into law prohibiting cities in his state from banning the listing and use of short-term rentals like Airbnb. Arizona has a plan develop public policy that encourages the sharing economy.
Discussion
- Ingestible origami robot
- Origami meat robot can rescue rubbish from your stomach
- Hyundai's new wearable robot turns you into a mech pilot
- 현대자동차그룹이 꿈꾸는 모빌리티의 미래 웨어러블 로봇이 만들 세상은 어떤 모습일까요?
- Panasonic thinks you’ll hike, run, and build stuff using its robotic exoskeletons
Pick of the Day
- Nate wrote in with three picks that let you download offline maps!
Sygic - uses Tom Tom's maps. Awesome interface. Free but charges for voice prompting during turn by turn directions after the trial period is over.
Mapfactor Navigator - uses Open Street Maps data. Free version has all the major features needed. Not my favorite interface.
Navmii - also uses Open Street Maps data. Free version has all the major features needed. Can't choose starting point; it always starts at your current location. - Submitted by Nate
- Nate wrote in with three picks that let you download offline maps!
Messages
- Elon Musk pointed out the following: in car business you are mass producing to get to economy of scale. To mass produce you have to make the machines that make the machine. Designing/building a car takes a lot of work, designing and building the machines that make the machine takes TEN times more work than that.
The way I understand it: if you want to be in the car industry, outsourcing the manufacturing is not an option.
That said, Apples partnership with Foxconn isn't exclusively one of outsourcing production. For the MacBook line of laptop computers Apple introduced a unibody design. It's my understanding that Apple also developed the technology for the particular CNC-milling machines capable of manufacturing the unibody. So that's Apple making the machines that make the machine.
As pointed out during the show: if you want to get into the car business you have to go all in. Design and manufacturing have to be intimately connected, otherwise you won't be competitive. - Sent by Colin
- Elon Musk pointed out the following: in car business you are mass producing to get to economy of scale. To mass produce you have to make the machines that make the machine. Designing/building a car takes a lot of work, designing and building the machines that make the machine takes TEN times more work than that.
- I took a trip to South Korea 2 years ago, and let me tell you, South Koreans love their domestic cars. There are plenty of Hyundais on the road in South Korea. But, there are also plenty of Samsung automobiles on the road in South Korea.
While it's extremely improbable that Apple will become a South Korean chaebol selling everything from theme park tickets to life insurance to oil tankers, it's not necessarily a foregone conclusion that Apple's core business couldn't remain electronics even if a piece of Apple focused on manufacturing automobiles. Samsung does it through a partnership with the French automotive manufacturer Renault. Apple could easily followed the same path, or perhaps another.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Samsung_Motors
Subsidiary of Renault and adopted its present name, although Samsung maintained a minority ownership. However it was started by Samsung with assistance from Nissan. It has a single assembly site in Busan. - Sent by David
- I took a trip to South Korea 2 years ago, and let me tell you, South Koreans love their domestic cars. There are plenty of Hyundais on the road in South Korea. But, there are also plenty of Samsung automobiles on the road in South Korea.
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