Woz demonstrates his own Nixie Watch (with a bit of commentary on how this thing might be viewed by airlines):
And only $495. Shipping is $15 within USA, $85 to ship anywhere else in the world.
Thinkgeek have a clock kit for $399:
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* “If I wanted to buy a watch that guaranteed I would never get laid, I certainly wouldn't have to spend that much on it.” — comment on Slashdot — http://tech.slashdot.org/story/05/12/15/019206/science-meets-style-in-this-cathode-tube-watch/ Steve Wozniak Woz wear Apple Watch smart watch smartwatch Nixie Watch clock clocks Nixie tubes hours minutes seconds sequentially set up the watch teach adjust angle hold your arm view the time tubes will light up automatically display the time lift your arm to that angle case black anodized 6061-T6 aluminum mineral crystal face sealed O-ring keep out water dust dirt 2.2″ in diameter 0.79″ thick 20mm band powered by CR2 disposable battery source code firmware page reprogram the watch yourself Cathode Corner Nixie Watch spare Nixie tubes available $15 each video displays the time nixie tubes cold-cathode tube neon mercury argon atmospheric pressure vacuum tube-based Sumlock-Comptometer Anita Mk VII 1961 two-digit wristwatch /
Does your phone use Bluetooth? Your tablet? Computer? Car? Who made it? How long before this troll goes after them too?
How long before patent reform stops this?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/patent-troll-claims-to-own-bluetooth-scores-15-7m-verdict-against-samsung// patent enforcers win in court reform Gordon Bremer invent Bluetooth 2.0 admitted stand East Texas Federal Court specification on the market hefty royalty Samsung jury ruled Korean electronics company infringed Bremer's patents 2.5 percent $15.7 million verdict won employer Rembrandt IP oldest most successful patent trolls jury found in Rembrandt's favor Friday trial finding Samsung's Bluetooth-enabled products mobile cell phones tablets televisions Tvs infringe Bremer's patents compatibility between different types of modems connect string of applications 199 first version of Bluetooth invented by Swedish cell phone company Ericsson 1994 award jury verdict giving money to a patent troll make money filing patent lawsuits trial against Samsung same complaint names Blackberry infringer settle settled upcoming trial date Rembrandt's lawyers patents apply to all products using Bluetooth 2.0 products justice was done here Rembrandt lawyer settlement settle inventions patent verdicts trial standards body SIG Bluetooth Special Interest Group /
Consider fitting “drag radials”. These are actually street legal, & although they will compromise other aspects of tyre performance, times at the drag strip will be improved.
If you’re not experienced with drag racing, or the particular vehicle you will be racing, you will need to get some practice, but not too much, as fast launches are very hard on the machinery.
At the strip, immediately before the start, do a few burnouts to get the tires to the correct temperature. See videos below.
At the strip, immediately before the start, ensure traction control is engaged, & set performance to highest level. For the Tesla P85D shown in the video below, this will be “Insane”.
At the start, floor the accelerator.
Tesla P85D
11.683 sec @ 114.681 mph
Dodge Hellcat
17.467 sec @ 82.74 mph (this is slower than a Volt)
“During the run the Tesla Model S P85D set a new world record (verified by NEDRA) for being the quickest and fastest production electric car in the world running 11.6 @ 114.6 MPH down the 1/4 mile with a very impressive 1.65 60′ time. 0-60 MPH came in last just 3.1 seconds during the run as per the VBOX.”1
And the Hellcat? The driver seems to jump the start, apply the brakes &
then give a dramatic demonstration of uncontrolled wheelspin.
Same Hellcat, same driver after a bit of practice & with drag radials fitted:
10.8 sec @ 127 mph
In the events shown, the Hellcat is faster by over 0.8 sec. This shouldn’t be considered conclusive. An accurate comparison can only be done on the same track on the same day.
And the Tesla would benefit from some special-purpose tires too.
__________ 1Street Car Drags: "Tesla Model S P85D Sets 1/4 Mile World Record While Challenger Hellcat Goes up in Smoke Drag Racing", http://www.streetcardrags.com/tesla-model-s-p85d-sets-14-mile-world-record-while-challenger-hellcat-goes-up-in-smoke-drag-racing// P85D performance dual motors 4WD four all 4 wheel drive Tesla owners fans Tesla's fastest highest performance electric vehicle car battery charge recharge Hellcat high powered power Hemi V-8 performance two owners fastest baddest beast on the road two cars face off drag strip Palm Beach International Raceway Tesla Model S P85D 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat competed traditional quarter mile drag race it's no contest quieter car wins decisively loud noisy noisey Tesla P85D set a new world record fastest-accelerating electric car quarter mile time et elapsed time 11.6 seconds speed through the finish terminal velocity 114.6 mph comparable five seat luxury sedan four doors hatchback Challenger traditional muscle car coupe only two doors separate trunk sedan combined output 691 horse power hp front rear electric motors electric luxury car thrashed old style gasoline petrol muscle car decisively all four wheels are powered traction control stabiity power delivered each wheel maximizing total torque delivered to each wheel loss of traction rear-wheel burnout tire smoke practice burnout appeal of raw electric power amply demonstrated wimpy electric golf cart /
● forty-six current Apple employees were formerly at Tesla
● Apple is offering substantial bonuses & salary increases to current Tesla employees
● Apple is rumoured to be aggressively recruiting engineers who specialize in battery technology
● Steve Jobs had plans to design an iCar
● “Titan” is the name frequently connected with the rumoured project
● many have failed, but
● Tesla has shown that it can be done
● Apple has a history of entering a field in which it has no experience, disrupting & subsequently dominating it — iPod, iTunes, iPhone — often completely blindsiding competitors1
● modern cars contain many computers — computers & user interfaces are at the very core of what Apple does
● “an incumbent automaker would spend $2-4 billion over seven to 10 years on a cleansheet design”2
● Apple has $178 billion in cash reserves3
Commentators have said that the cost of designing a car from scratch for an organisation with no experience in the industry would be prohibitive. Apple isn’t an automaker, but it has many employees with auto industry experience & seems bent on acquiring more. If it is assumed that Apple’s inexperience in the industry adds 50% to the cost of development,2 $8 billion is not an insuperable barrier to an organisation with $178 billion in cash reserves.
1 “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It’s a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I’d prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get. … But my 85-year-old uncle probably will never own an iPod, & I hope we’ll get him to own a Zune.” — Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO 2007 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/heres-what-steve-ballmer-thought-about-the-iphone-five-years-ago-2012-6
/ Apple to get into cars automobiles vehicles van electric vehicle EV devices Sam Jaffe analyst Navigant Research bigger picture major resources electric car device company The Wall Street Journal today Apple hundreds of employees on the project codenamed Titan led Steve Zadesky former Ford engineer helped develop iPod iPhone Apple’s long term intentions entering car manufacturing business big leap moved computers music phones Tesla first new American automaker profit since Chrysler industry history littered failures bones tried self driving self-driving autonomous cars Google uses modified rejiggered Toyota vehicles Prius hybrid small cars built by Roush industry supplier recent changes auto industry give Apple an edge companies rise of information technology telematics active safety driver and passenger interface Tesla’s success industry logical precedent Apple’s entry automakers becoming tech companies dozens of computers inside it core competencies automotive company Karl Brauer senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book Cupertino company traditional connections to the car industry swimming upstream building up resources endeavor forty-six current Apple employees formerly at Tesla raise past experience in the automotive industry rumored rumor rumour aggressively recruiting engineers battery technology develop development develops consumer devices automotive market clues Parsons The New School for Design Apple board member Mickey Drexler Steve Jobs design an iCar Marc Newson design designer concept car Ford Jonny Ive design of American cars money incumbent automaker proper infrastructure industry connections creating create brand new car division spend spending more money market cap of more than $700 billion rounding error massive cash hoard $5 billion major car manufacturers assemblers of other people’s parts new entrance advantage for Apple /
Recently, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ran an item about lead & its effect on the brain, particularly developing brains. It has long been known that lead exposure in childhood has a depressing effect on adult IQ. What is new in the programme linked below, is the relationship between lead exposure in childhood, & violent crime.
Jonah Lehrer: “The Crime of Lead Exposure” http://www.wired.com/2011/06/the-crime-of-lead-exposure// dust site lead exposure delinquency violent crime child child’s mothers blood level lead exposure leaded paint leaded petrol octane highest level of lead exposure early adult criminal career rape murder domestic violence higher childhood blood level blood lead level smaller brain frontal cortex impulse control impulsivity reduction brain chemicals dose dependent IQ scores points soil Pb percent lead parts per million micrograms per decilitre dust children exposure mining smelting refining communities developmental defects death /
Bracelet with a monochrome design. Described as “16 color greyscale” on IndieGoGo. Hardly remarkable.
Except — unlimited monochrome designs can be downloaded from your smartphone:
Other interesting claims are that it never needs charging. No of sign a battery in the exploded diagram. Check it out in the IndieGoGo project linked below.
So how does it work, with no battery? IndieGoGo claims that it gets enough power from NFC when a new display is loaded:
“In order to change the displayed picture on the tago arc and transmit enough energy for the device to work, the user has to place his/her smartphone to precisely match both NFC chips”
“NFC induces enough energy during image transfer that the small E Ink display is able to reconstruct the chosen image.”
E Ink displays only consume a miniscule amount of power, & that, only when the display changes. “The image transfer interval is currently 15 seconds, depending on the smartphone device and the image complexity”
It this can be made to work, it will apparently go like this: 15 seconds of NFC will transfer the image, plus charge the capacitors (see the exploded diagram) with enough power to change the display.
Android only for the moment, as Apple has, so far, only enabled NFC for Apple Pay.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tago-arc-one-e-ink-bracelet-with-endless-designs#home/ tago arc E Ink Eink bracelet endless designs stylish high-tech hightech high tech jewelry the future needs no recharge high-fashion high fashion E Ink bracelet endless display possibilities cutting edge technologies technology mood outfit tago arc premium bracelet infinite display possibilities change the image display E Ink surface anytime any design pattern text app downloaded smartphone smart phone smart-phone charged plugged in power source accessory 24/7 black and white images high quality silver gold matt black finish timeless elegance bracelet no cord charging no buttons effortless high fashion jewelry smart wearable tag wear build you wearable easy to interact with accessory accessories transfer button experimental prototype picture transfer working prototype enabled emerging technologies NFC E Ink no button cord charge technical details technology section bracelet premium bracelet infinite number design patterns wrist durable premium quality accessory dying batteries app settings wearable tech smartwach smart-accessory buttons ports Bluetooth pairing recharging Valentine’s Day gift high tech gift card girlfriendor boyfriend beta testing image transfer app image energy transfer community tago artists artists share artworks warning tech content existing technologies stylish advanced jewelry mass production /
Use it as a table or a chair Credit: Mike/Plateus/Kickstarter
And then pack it away on a bookshelf Credit: Mike/Plateus/Kickstarter
As of this writing, still available for $70 on Kickstarter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1985945130/bookniture-furniture-hidden-in-a-book?ref=NewsFeb1215&utm_campaign=Feb+12&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter/ book furniture bookniture extremely compact furniture store carry flip unfold unfolds book multifunctional furniture easy storage quick setup multifunctional highly portable use uses used stool foot rest nightstand standing work desk stack table & chair set wood board bench stack layers shelf light portable fold advanced honeycomb paper structure traditional craft book binding factory traditional book binding bind binder assembly prototypes mass production your support funding tooling molds MOQ minimum order quantity mass production design designer living working space honeycomb board sample strength load capacity structure furniture industry composite boards shelves tables seats guests sitting on the floor seat floor space empty space bookcase creating perfect furniture piece different materials studied structural design developed paper mass production honeycomb structure sourced machine different toolings tooling tools final sample combining strength flexibility portability super honeycomb kraft paper USA superior strength excellent resistance to moisture engineered structure 100 times its own weight expands 14 times compared to the original volume unfolded comfort durability felt top laser engraving tabletop materials environmentally responsible tough splash resistant fully recyclable neodymium magnets embedded cover /
