Tesla Model S: New York to Florida road trip

Credit: Tesla/Green Car Reports

Another Tesla road trip, taking advantage of the growing Tesla Supercharger network. This is the first installment, the first 2 days, as far as South Carolina.

Days 1 & 2:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089948_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-trip-from-home-to-south-carolina

Update 02 February 2014

Day 3:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089976_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-trip-day-3-south-carolina-to-florida

Day 4
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1090017_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-trip-day-4-florida-destination--made-it

Also, if you haven't seen it yet, check out the recent east-to-west USA road trip. / New York-to-Florida electric-car New York Florida road trip 2013 Tesla Model S progressing according to plan learn learned traveling via newly-completed network Tesla Supercharger DC quick-charging stations quick charging cold weather cut the range of electric cars 85 kWh battery pack range charge recharge quick charge LiIon lithium ion battery pack Day 1 Hudson Valley New York Newark Delaware left Supercharger Newark Delaware home in New York's Hudson Valley fast charging Tesla Supercharger fast-charging system electric cars car vehicle EV temperature departure degrees charge 90 percent plan top off just before departure warm warms battery minimize minimise minimizes reduces huge initial energy draw stone cold stone-cold start very slow charge rate battery nearly full drive off away rated range showing 251 miles drive driving fast in the cold topping off topping-off process partially effective Battery Heating heat heater indicator comes on after a few minutes, and the regen braking limited initially cold weather regenerative braking energy consumption 600 Wh per mile normal consumption driving rated range New Jersey Route 17 Ramsey Nissan Level 2 charging station Newark cell battery 85-kWh 85 kWh pack range test for the new battery cruise heat degrees drive range display compares compare actual miles driven everything fully warmed energy consumption stabilized 370 kWh/mi kWh per mile indicated range lost Tesla Motors lithium-ion battery pack calibrate calibrating range speed cabin temperature Newark indicated range remaining triggering trigger low battery low-battery warning cutback reduce available maximum power plug plugging in local Tesla rep drives up demo drive Florida Supercharging power electricity is free Newark service area food court car charges range indicated Kilowatt hours kilo Watt Newark Delaware Santee South Carolina temperature 26 degrees ambient /

Swirling time-lapse nudes capture the allure of bodies in motion

Credit: Shinichi Maruyama/Wired

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/12/shinichi-maruyama/#slideid-117201 / nude time-lapse time lapse photography photograph image photographer unique ability reveal hidden dimensions most familiar forms Japanese photographer Shinichi Maruyama’s nudes nude capture human body never seen before image combines combine 10,000 individual frames snapped while dancers perform meticulously choreographed choreography choreograph gestures gesture straddle result straddles line between sculpture performance art express beauty beautiful both human body body’s figure motion concept of time images flowing flow organic appear utterly spontaneous result of months careful planning technical details process shoot shooting image images required day choreography five months prepare layering layer layers images create final pieces required another eight months plan planned final form Maruyama studio New York Jessica Lang developed finalized movements dancers dancer cites Marcel Duchamp Nude Descending a Staircase major inspiration project Duchamp, Maruyama drew inspiration early sequence photography Étienne-Jules Marey work invoke invokes Zen Buddhism notion impermanence photo photos appear one fluid motion accumulation of distinct events everyday life time is flowing endless repetition one moment appears disappears another moment appear disappear Zenbevery moment independent one another /

Making you phone into a better camera

Credit: Ztylus/YouTube

Samsung Galaxy S4 only for now, iPhone & Note 3 coming soon.

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2014/01/25/ztylus-wants-to-turn-your-samsung-galaxy-s4-into-a-more-capable-point-and-shoot-camera/ / Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone smart phone Ztylus Camera case RV-1 Revolver Lens Kit phone multi-lens digital camera lens attachment accessories Ztylus replace replaces back cover S4 snap off unsnap rear cover snap off Ztylus handy ergonomic hand grip threaded tripod mount stand speaker enhancer two eyelets attach neck strap Ztylus case used alone paired remove removable RV-1 Revolver Lens Kit, add adds 4 lenses lens CPL Circular Polarizer Filter polarizing Wide Angle Lens Super Micro Lens Extreme Fish Eye Lens case lens kit Ztylus /

WhisperSystems creates a "suicide pill" for phones

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/28/whispersystems_creates_suicide_pill_for_phones/ / develop development developer developers Arab Spring create created encrypt encrypted communication comms communications app Android crafting craft geofenced self-destruct wipe erase phone based location WhisperSystems.org Zones app, release released Google Play keep backups data smart phone smartphone phone cell mobile smart phone smartphone founded Moxie Marlinspike WhisperSystems prominent prominence announcement announced TextSecure text SMS Redphone voice encryption apps app Egypt support anti-government protests downfall former Hosni Mubarak regime acquired Twitter software released open source dot-org domain Zones developer Rhodey Orbits The Register Zones public release publishing Google Play Store device-wipe capability find my phone feature set feature-set external Web service internal capabilities phone location awareness lock lost phone unlock found delete deleting call history contacts SMS messages authentication password location updates Audio alarm Battery level alert Super lock device swipe unlock swipe-unlocked Super unlock reverses reverse Super-lock Clear call history Clear contacts Factory Reset geofenced define zones map assign a range of actions arrested dangerous border crossing /

Tesla Model S electric vehicle USA trans-continental trip

Tesla Model S, road grime, Supercharger station
Credit: Tam on Tesla Motors Forum

A Tesla Model S electric vehicle has today, completed an east-to-west crossing of the United States. Fuel cost to the drivers was zero, using the barely-complete Tesla Supercharger network.

"Barely-complete", in that speeds had to be restricted early in the trip to stretch range, & not all of the Supercharger stations were completed when the journey began, but came on line in time to allow the trip to continue. Coverage by the driver (myfastlady@aol.com) & others at:

http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/heading-cross-country

Earlier post from Green Car Reports:

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089907_tesla-electric-car-cross-country-trip-underway-with-eta-today

Update: Image at the top of this item now loading correctly. Apologies if any of the links above are broken. Can't check them at the moment because the Tesla web site is being updated. What do you suppose that could be about?/ lithium ion lithium-ion LiIon battery charge recharge range 2013 Tesla Model S traveling cross-country electric car vehicle EV plan planning time slow 265 miles EPA rated EPA-rated range 60 85 kWh cross-country network cross country free to use free-to-use Supercharger fast-charge stations trip Model S owner voyage update updates appearing Tesla Motors forum trip two drivers father daughter team this weekend start began begin started Kentucky driver John New York Jill setting off set Tuesday driven west headed north Minnesota headed west once more meandered south-west Wyoming Colorado Utah New Mexico Arizona existing Supercharger network descriptions forum thread path traces current Supercharger map cross country some of the distances required slower driving extreme cold heavy snow northern states range Los Angeles final stop Arizona Southern California Tesla /

Protect your phone from water (video)

Credit: Liquipel/Jailbreak Nation

http://www.jailbreaknation.com/liquidpel-coating-waterproofs-your-iphone-without-a-case

Just before you send off you phone to be waterproofed, be aware that there are limits to what Liquipel can do. This video is from someone who found out the hard way:



An Aqualife waterproof case might be a better bet:

http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/aqualife-waterproof-iphone-case#more-25944

If you don't have an iPhone, check out the universal model:


Credit: Case Logic

http://shop.pinewayasia.com/Universal-Mobile-Phone-Waterproof-Case-CL-unvaqu-bl.htm/ gadget gadgets CES new technology Liquidpel invisible coating waterproof totally waterproofs iPhone drop worry dropping toilet water leak service post transport send away ship iPhone Liquidpel apply applied apply 2 days device in your hands shipping cost costs expense totally waterproof caution internal coating disassemble disassembled possibly void the warranty mist fog penetrate gas droplet H2O /

How to tap the sun’s energy through heat as well as light

Photovoltaic (PV) cells are not able to convert all of the photons which fall upon them into electricity. Only a limited range of frequencies can be utilized. MIT researchers are investigating a two layer solution in which an upper layer heated by incident light re-emits the energy in the infra-red range to a second layer tuned to this frequency.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/how-to-tap-the-suns-energy-through-heat-as-well-as-light-0119.html / new approach harvesting harvest solar energy develop development developed MIT researchers research researching improved improve efficiency sun light sunlight heat high temperature high-temperature material infrared radiation collect collector collected conventional photovoltaic cell technique easy easier store energy later use researchers improve improves performance take advantage wavelength photon wavelengths Sun sunlight light paper published journal Nature Nanotechnology graduate student Andrej Lenert associate professor mechanical engineering Evelyn Wang physics professor Marin Soljačić principal research scientist Ivan Celanović conventional silicon-based solar cell take advantage photons photon Wang convert converting energy photon electricity photons photon’s energy level match characteristic photovoltaic PV material bandgap silicon bandgap responds many wavelengths light respond wavelength wave address limitation team inserted two layer two-layer absorber-emitter absorber emitter absorb emit device novel materials material carbon nanotubes photonic crystal between sunlight PV cell intermediate material collects collect energy broad spectrum sunlight heating up process heats up glow glows red hot emit emits light particular wavelength tune tuned match bandgap PV cell mounted nearby solar-thermal solar thermal photovoltaic improved efficiency /