2013 Tesla Model S electric vehicle: Consumer Reports is still in love (video)

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Even after 12 months, rocket launch acceleration, low running costs, plus brilliant handling, ride & brakes don't lose their shine -- the Tesla Model S is still the best car Consumer Reports has ever tested.

That's not just best electric car, that's best car.

Green Car Reports

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089437_2013-tesla-model-s-electric-car-consumer-reports-still-in-love

Consumer Reports

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/12/update-tesla-model-s-one-year-on/index.htm / year Tesla Model S ownership mile miles tire tyre tyres tires impressed mild irritations car Ratings road test road-test score 99 100 point 100-point scale highest rated highest-rated extended test tested last five years accolades highest ever highest-ever marks mark owner satisfaction latest annual auto survey reliable average reliability score based experiences 637 CR subscribers good early production niche luxury vehicle California start-up start u company Tesla’s thoroughly rewarding driving experience rocket rocketlike launch feel supreme quietness overlook drawback drawbacks notable quirks have emerged range cruise cruising range Tesla’s major drawing draw cards top spec top-spec 85 kWh version 300 mile 300-mile range charged normally maximum max range manufacturer company maker advice advises 225 miles electric vehicle EV EVs 245 EPA calculated electric car indicated range drops drop freezing weather cabin heat remaining miles remaining-miles calculator display displays software update Model S Teslas vampire losses off charger for 24 hours Supercharger stations 30 minutes reduce range anxiety commuter car Updates via cloud software updates road debris penetrated battery pack from below ride height highway speeds road debris /

Simulated nematode? (video)

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You've heard of open software, well ... this is an open worm!

http://www.gizmag.com/openworm-nematode-roundworm-simulation-artificial-life/30296/

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2OBznK6HkI&feature=youtube_gdata_player / OpenWorm project create created creating first artificial lifeform bottom-up bottom up computer model millimeter-sized millimeter sized size nemotode worm simplest known multicellular organisms organism step forward OpenWorm research researching researcher researchers complete completed simulation nematode's 302 neurons 95 muscle cells cell worm wriggling around in fine form wriggle C. elegans nemotode simplest multicellular organisms known hermaphroditism hermaphrodite hermaphroditic life form 959 cells 302 neuron neurons simple simplify simplicity nematode usual challenges challenge living feeding feed food reproduction reproduce reproducing avoid avoiding eat eaten model the complex behavior organism OpenWorm collaboration develop development developing bottom up bottom-up description describe making models model individual C. elegans cells cell cellular interactions observe observation observed functionality real world real-world nematodes realistic behavior will emerge individual cells act real organism artificial animal input-output input output models individual cells cell model muscle cell size shape relaxed mechanical properties membrane interior innards connect connected contact cell membranes reuron neurons contact structure produce following list behaviors stimulate stimulation stimulated passive active responses cells surrounding model approach homeostatic dynamic behaviors modeled complete description underlying chemical reactions reaction /

iFixit tears the 2013 Mac Pro asunder, finds an actually repairable Mac

Credit: iFixit/Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/12/ifixit-tears-the-2013-mac-pro-asunder-finds-an-actually-repairable-mac/

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Mac+Pro+Late+2013+Teardown/20778?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mac+Pro+Teardown+PR&utm_content=Mac+Pro+Teardown+PR+CID_833b53074cc4aa2c0712edc7265b1748&utm_source=CampaignMonitor / Apple iFixit company company's products thin customer consumers incredibly difficult end users user repair battery glued into case CPU CPUs RAM solder soldered motherboard proprietary teardown tear down connectors Mac iPhone iPad iPod iOS OSX iFixit tore new Mac Pro apart break computer down teardown accompanied high-resolution photographs pictures detailed notes found computer despite more integrated nature fair number proprietary parts part easy repair upgrade Macintosh Mac RAM easily easiest component remove replace requires require slide case case's cover push button special screwdrivers suction cups MacBooks MacBook iMacs iMac standard 1866MHz ECC DDR3 DIMMs DIMM trivial purchase upgrade your own RAM replace replacing replaced SSD simple connector proprietary drive held in place single Torx screw PCI Express SSD very similar PCIe drives 2013 MacBook Air Retina MacBook Pro display difficult remove FirePro GPUs GPU case each held four screws screw clamp proprietary PCI Express connector connects daughterboard computer main logic board CPU socket RAM slots rear panel port ports GPUs can be removed theoretically possible upgrade Apple third parties new GPUs fit into the Mac Pro's case cooled system system's single fan connect daughterboard /

Free iBook: "Yellow Submarine"

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Available now: Yellow Submarine book with music, video, illustrations, text & audio. Have to get one at the price!

http://new.itunes.com/r?v=2&la=en&lc=au&a=AZjv3KDaipFbJa1YG1eBNOsQ%2B2TQZhkLVniCGIWNaMzphNUoX1oCw08LwIutSKbB&ct=Ab2m0e8

If the page above has been removed, try:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/yellow-submarine-english/id479687204?mt=11 / Apple iTunes iOS ebook iBook iBooks iPhone iPad iPod touch tablet smartphone smart phone App Store book cover art album Yellow Submarine artist The Beatles George Harrison Ringo Starr Richard Starkey Paul McCartney John Lennon George Martin records vinyl music Blue Meanies Meaney Meanie Pepperland Yellow Submarine studio album Beatles released Apple Records soundtrack film album album's release /

iPin turns your smartphone into a laser presenter (video)

Credit: iPin/The Gadgeteer

For some time, the iPin Laser Presenter has been available for iOS devices. Now, iPin have plans to introduce a variant for Samsung Galaxy devices at CES (7-10 January).

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2014/01/03/ipin-will-introduce-their-laser-presenter-for-samsung-galaxy-devices-at-ces/ / iPin Laser Presenter review reviewed iPhone very small device plugged plug socket iPhone iPhone’s iPod iPad headphone jack laser pointer Powerpoint controller cool device compatible iOS devices Samsung Galaxy smartphone users iPin introducing new Laser Presenter CES Las Vegas Samsung Galaxy S3 S4 Note devices iPin site YouTube video /

AllThingsD shuts down as Mossberg & Swisher introduce Re/code

http://gigaom.com/2014/01/01/allthingsd-shuts-down-as-mossberg-and-swisher-introduce-recode/

That's midnight, US eastern time, 18 hours from now. Will anyone be surprised by something very similar to the entertaining, informed & informative coverage we've come to expect from AllThingsD? / last day 2013, Kara Swisher Walt Mossberg announced announce announcement web site Web website AllThingsD close closed shut down September deal breakdown owner Dow Jones stroke of midnight newest venture recode re code Re/code launch midnight 2 2nd second January 2014 enterprise venture ATD format domain name redirect redirects Wall Street Journal new tech offering title entitled named called titled WSJ.D paywall /

GM developing Tesla Model E Rival: 200-Mile, $30,000 electric car? Maybe not.

General Motors' plans for a 200 mile mass market electric vehicle have been mentioned previously on these pages. Unfortunately, lithium ion battery company, Envia Systems has dealt this hope a blow:

http://qz.com/158373/envia-the-mysterious-story-of-the-battery-startup-that-promised-gm-a-200-mile-electric-car/

Not hard to see why major manufacturers are reluctant to deal with small suppliers.

No such question mark over the Tesla effort so far.

Tesla & Elon Musk's record of delivering on promises with the Roadster, Model S, Model X (prototype only to date), PayPal, Solar City & SpaceX give reason for confidence. / Atul Kapadia Sujeet Kumar staff startup company Palo Alto California CEO CTO LiIon lithium-ion battery company Envia Systems email General Motors GM deal rare industry newcomer contract worth tens hundreds millions dollars provide electric next-generation Chevy Volt untested small suppliers world world’s major automakers too risky rely on world’s best cell that company industry electric car travel traveling traveled 200 miles single charge motorists range anxiety vehicle vehicles high-end Tesla S range cost much more IPO rich talk talking uncertain uncertainty staff scientists scientist engineer engineers deal confident news affect share price Envia lab laboratory Kapadia’s cell mobile phone rang Senior management sign signed documents contract email phone bay industry industrial city Newark company employees conference room regularly scheduled office meeting papers company’s first licensing deal customer business staff sounded administrative staff deal is in tatters accuse accusation accused Envia misrepresent misrepresented misrepresenting technology unravel unraveling electric-car industry federal grants grant critic critics US government funding advanced battery companies /