Faraday Future big reveal at CES2016, today

Credit: Faraday Future/YouTube

Faraday Future is a very secretive organisation which has had something automotive in development for some time. Promises include, “fully electric vehicle in 2017”,¹ & the video above hints at this too:

“What if a car could make the city turn its volume down?”

"And what if every drive was the opportunity to make a smart choice for the planet?”

Both point to an electric vehicle.

Some is a little more obscure:

“And what if the back seat was the new front seat?”

“And what if all those cars parked in driveways had more interesting lives?”

“And what if we created new spaces, not for sheet metal, but for people?”

“And what if you didn’t so much own a car, as use one whenever you needed?”

... but are consistent with a self driving car fleet, which users (passengers? drivers?), buy as a service when required.²

Self driving cars & electric cars have been developed/are in development,³ but we may just see them deployed a bit sooner than previously expected.

Whatever the truth, we can expect to know quite a bit more after the Faraday Future concept reveal from CES2016 today (04 January), at 8pm US Pacific Standard Time (PST) (8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, GMT, Zulu Time, whatever) i.e. just a little over 15 hours from the time of this post.

See it here:
https://t.co/4igXYNgqYQ
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¹ Wikepedia: “Faraday Future”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Future

² Hitchhikers Guide 2 Tech: “Fireside chat with Google's Sergey Brin & Larry Page (video)”, http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/fireside-chat-with-googles-sergey-brin.html

³ Hitchhikers Guide 2 Tech: “Driving (or kind of not driving) a Tesla Model S with Autopilot”, http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/driving-or-kind-of-not-driving-tesla.html / wear and tear motor electric vehicle EV energy fuel resources invest investment park road petrol gas diesel Google search engine battery LiIon lithium ion battery charge recharge electric car self driving car garage parking lot Tesla Model S /

“Please stop using Flash” – Adobe

Credit: Adobe/Consumer Affairs

When Flash first appeared as an animation tool, from a company named Macromedia, most Internet users were on dial up. Verrrry slowwww Internet on desktop computers made doing all the processing at the users’ end most efficient.

Since that time, a few things have changed:

● Flash has had a programming language added, which ultimately made it a vector for malware

● most users’ Internet connections have become many times faster

● mobile, Internet-connected, devices (laptop, phone, pad), place a premium on battery life – so processing at the users’ end is now less attractive

So, the current owner, Adobe, is encouraging Web content providers to move on:

“Looking ahead, we encourage content creators to build with new Web standards & will continue to focus on providing the best tools & services for designers & developers to create amazing content for the Web.”¹

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-12/02/adobe-flash-html-5

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/1/9827778/stop-using-flash
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¹ Adobe: “Flash, HTML5 & Open Web Standards”, https://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2015/11/flash-html5-and-open-web-standards.html?scid=social_20151201_55826586&adbid=671559505906282496&adbpl=tw&adbpr=63786611 / Flash HTML5 open Web standards animation browser games interactive visualisations Web Adobe Flash massive security performance problems proprietary tech Adobe moving away from the platform Adobe encourage developers build with new web standards HTML 5 announcement Adobe described Flash helped push the web forward increasing prevalence newer languages open standards Flash slow battery-draining unsupported on virtually all smartphones sharp decline in its use security issues Mozilla refusing to unblock the platform Adobe releases version actively exploited publicly known vulnerabilities Open standards HTML5 matured provide capabilities Flash ushered Adobe statement encourage content creators build with new web standards Flash disappearing completely Adobe animation tool renamed Flash Professional CC Animate CC Adobe content created app based on HTML5 Flash used several key areas Web gaming premium videos Adobe new standards fully mature Adobe committed ensuring ongoing compatibility security Flash content working with Facebook ensure Flash gaming content Facebook run reliably securely focus providing best tools services designers developers create amazing content for the web /