Interview with director of the movie "JOBS"

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Joshua Michael Stern, director of the Steve Jobs bio pic interviewed about the movie, iPods, iPhones & Ashton Kutcher.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/jobs-director-joshua-michael-stern-on-ipods-iphones-and-ashton-kutchers-geek-cred/ / story stories Apple’s Apple computer ][ Steve Jobs Facebook Facebook’s Mark Zuckerburg visionary genius idea change the world gamble gambles his humanity proces story storytelling medium, films reductionist reductive by nature JV version The Social Network story Steve Jobs iconic products story JOBS really angry guy human interest stories being-given-up-for-adoption-at-birth given up for adoption at birth college collegiate drug experimentation wandering India early vision of personal computing movie knocks down first 20 minutes cliche laden cliche-ladened montages staccato scenes backstory Zuck redemption tale Ashton Kutcher plays Jobs with admirable sincerity relying heavily mimicry to distract barefoot wanderings around Oregon’s Reed College Bay Area co-founder spiritual foil Steve Wozniak Josh Gad ruthless efficiency founding of Apple computer garage Jobs’ childhood home establishment cutting edge personal computing industry late 70s ruthlessness ruthlessly establish darker elements character berates berate coworkers Atari ropes Wozniak rope project cut rate lie lying con Atari’s paying pay fire Apple programmer 1980 font fonts Apple’s Lisa computer character clearly anti-hero what comes next Jobs screwing friend founding employee Daniel Kottke out of shares Apple goes public stabbing hand picked hand-picked CEO John Scully in the back 1985 power struggle leave leaving Apple, ouster of founding investor Mike Markkula board upon CEO in 1997 inhabiting moments convincing as a barely-contained barely contained ball of fury withering lack of respect for anyone else tortured creative remorseful absentee father consumer electronics nexus where art pop culture technology converge film almost devoid of the products iPhone iPod iPad Macintosh Mac OSX OS X iOS PowerBook Power Book laptop smartphone air iMac mini pro /

Hybrid racers

Credit: as-web.jp/ Toyota/ Green Car Reports


Credit: Honda/ Green Car Reports

You're probably aware of the hybrid drive system in current Formula One cars, KERS, but hybrid drive is also making inroads into Japan's GT500 racing series.

Toyota Prius GT300 Race Car
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1071781_toyota-prius-300-gt-race-car-shown-at-tokyo-auto-salon

Honda NSX Concept GT
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1086293_honda-nsx-concept-gt-hondas-hybrid-racer-revealed

Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) in Formula 1


Credit: Geni/ Wikimedia Commons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy_recovery_system / Honda Acura hybrid sports car NSX concept concepts disguised production models protoype racer racing race car circuit Japan premier GT racing series Honda NSX Concept-GT design designed comply GT500 regulations regulation 2014 Super GT Series Japan race debut famous Suzuka race circuit run 3.4-liter V-8 engines Honda's latest entry HSV-010 GT racer mid mounted mid-mounted direct injection direct-injection 4-cylinder turbocharged racing hybrid system company release releasing released details road car's setup V-6 powerplant power plant road going road-going CR-Z sports hatchback hybrid GT300 challenger Prius shape profile silhouette win on Sunday sell on Monday hybrid vehicles /

An Evening with Elon Musk & Alison van Diggelen (video)

Elon Musk on Solar City, SpaceEx, Tesla & how to get to your cousin's birthday party on the other side of town when you're grounded.

Go to just after the four minute mark for the appearance of Elon Musk & to avoid the intro.

http://youtu.be/AHHwXUm3iIg / Model S EV electric vehicle space flight LiIon lithium ion battery cell range performance Model X Roadster PayPal ISS International Space Station haulage NASA YouTube /

Samsung set to unveil wristwatch-like smartphone next month

Credit: Everett Collection/ Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-16/samsung-said-to-introduce-smartphone-like-wristwatch-next-month.html / Samsung Electronics Co. wristwatch-like wrist watch like watch like watch-like device named the Galaxy Gear next month that can make phone calls surf Web handle email emails e-email e-mails Google Inc. Android operating system on sale this year potential potentially competing product from Apple Inc new industry wearable devices ket for top-end handsets nears saturation global watch industry multitask smartphones, tablets and TVs watch watches glasses /

iPad games for your cat (video)

Credit: OSX Daily

No, really! There are games for the iPad with cats as their target users. Android too.

Depressingly, accumulated scores in the game, "You vs. Cat", have cats winning, 28.2 million points to 19.7 million, as of 11 August. :(

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323838204578654670932191806.html

http://www.freemake.com/blog/awesome-ipad-games-for-cats/ / Worlds Best Video Game for Cats Apple iPad iOS developer Purina Friskies free games iPad gamer cat play games Cat Fishing Tasty Treasures Hunt Party Mix-Up games feature ish swimming around kibble exploding food treat cat paw paws) touch the screen party browser tablet thanks HTML5 iOS device Android /

Everything old is new again — Samsung Android flip phone

Credit: Samsung/ Boy Genius Report

http://bgr.com/2013/08/05/samsung-galaxy-folder-photos-leak/ / flip phone flipphone flip-phone Android smartphone leak leaked leaking leaks photo photos fold folding folder Samsung selling smartphones Galaxy Folder device form factor dual screen dualscreen dual-screen design basic user interface shrunken version standard Galaxy phone Android home screen feature 3.7-inch 3.7 inch AMOLED display resolution 800 x 480 pixels /

Hyperloop — theoretical, 760 mph transit system made of sun, air, & magnets

Credit: Tesla Motors/ Ars Technica

Think passenger capsules fired along an airtight tube by manipulating air pressure & magnets.

Elon Musk is pushing this, so just before dismissing it, remember PayPal, SolarCity, Spacex & Tesla Motors ...

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/08/hyperloop-a-theoretical-760-mph-transit-system-made-of-sun-air-and-magnets/ / magnet magnetic magnetically bearing seal sealed airtight vacuum hard partial passenger passengers futuristic transit system open-source open source proposed design Hyperloop ultra-fast transit system run between San Francisco Los Angeles Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors website founder SpaceX Tesla Motors system moves pods low pressure tube two cities I-5 freeway document aluminum pods two steel tubes direction of travel connected terminus tubes pylons spaced 100 feet apart tube 20 feet in the air tube covered solar arrays generate power PV photovoltaic photo voltaic tubes pods carry people 760 miles per hour pods 28 passengers departing every two minutes location 30 seconds peak times pod about 23 miles between one another while traversing the tube transport capacity 840 passengers per hour capsules’ speed low pressure low-pressure environment, 1/6 pressure atmosphere Mars Earth maintained by vacuum pumps. reduce drag 1,000 times document hard vacuum low pressure solution pneumatic tube passenger capsules passengers reclined chairs air bearing skis float pressurized cushion of air injecting air into the gap bearing /