Why my Tesla M3 feels like my first iPhone and my M3day plus 30. Long long time ago, I got the new iPhone. I was one of the first. So I used it for a week and thought, its nice, then discovered jail breaking! Oh man, Apple fan boy overnight. My favorite thing was to show off what this amazing new phone could do when I went to events/parties. … Read More
The BEST use of deep immersive VR for a promotion, wireless gear VR room positional tracking. I just saw a video that blew my mind. Its not JUST that its a great idea, nor just looking like lots of fun, nor REALLY great combination of xbox tracking and gearVR to allow room scale VR, but the APPROPRIATENESS of the marketing event! Get ready for some serious gushing over the best VR marketing… Read More
First video evidence (I’ve seen) of self driving car avoiding an accident All this talk about self driving cars causing accidents, very little about how they avoid them and save lives. So here is the first video clip of a real world situation where a Tesla avoided an accident by stopping way faster than I could have. Also note, its wet. So if a human was driving,… Read More
Win the new Gear VR and Galaxy S 6 phone at the vrhackathon this weekend!! I think its pretty much confirmed but I have not actually seen it, but Samsung is giving away a next gen Gear VR headset AND Galaxy S 6 phone!! Holy cats!!! If you know anything about basic Java programming, you need to get in on this. Like I said in my last post,… Read More
VR Hackathon in San Francisco this Memorial Day weekend! DO IT! And Friday is FREE Yeah, I know, who would schedule something on Memorial Day weekend? Hardcore VR hackers, that’s who! So if you have family plans, then you are not fully dedicated to the cause. Ok, that was harsh, but still, you do not want to miss out on this year’s VR Hackathon. Last year was pretty fun…I should know…I… Read More
Remember when I said the first self driving car would be a truck? And what a truck it is! A while back I wrote a post that we would see self driving trucks before we see self driving cars. Well that truck is now officially hitting the road in Nevada, and assuming the pics are of the actual truck that is going to hit the road, its sci-fi-ish. The Inspiration truck features a system… Read More
The Tesla Powerwall will NOT change the world … at least not yet. So Friday Elon Musk finally gave us the full details on the home battery he has been hinting at for the last few months. As expected, it’s basically a smart battery that you can mount on a wall that will smooth out your home or buildings power demand from the grid as well as extend the… Read More
A Reddit Grill Cheese Melt Down – NSFW So sweet. I had to login to Reddit just to upvote the rant and comment. Instead of reprinting the text, I screenshot it for justice. The basics of this is someone ranting, and rightly so, that a grilled cheese is ONLY bread and cheese. You add anything else and its a melt. Now one may… Read More
Use your freezers ice-maker to dependence candy. #lifehack 931 Here is a great life hack. If you do not need ice for your drinks, then put something else in there. Like candy! Of course you can put fruit or mochi or anything else that is small and taste good either frozen or just thawed. I can see berries or grapes as well. I wonder… Read More
Skully Smart Helmet about to pass the 1 million mark on Indiegogo If you ever needed proof of a market demand for a new type of product, do a crowd funding raise. Skully, producers of the cyber motorcycle helmet that gives the rider a Google Glass like HUD, is just about to pass the $1 million dollar mark for money raised. The helmet is pretty cool. Take… Read More
1st EVER Women-VetsinTech Hackathon. Indiegogo fund raise The Mission VetsinTech supports our current and returning veterans with re-integration services, and by connecting them to the national technology ecosystem. ViT is committed to bringing together a tech-specific network, resources, and programs for our veterans interested in Education, Entrepreneurship, and Employment—the three E’s! VetsinTech is hosting the 1st EVER all Women VetsinTech Hackathon… Read More
How to overclock your calculator Now, have you ever been adding a bunch of numbers and thought, man this feel kinda slow. Never mind its so fast you cant even think straight before the screen updates, that not the point. ANYTHING is better when its faster. Well, almost anything. So I post a set of pics from imgur, via Reddit… Read More
How to make a monster pancake with a rice cooker Yes, you read that right. You can create a massive huge super monster pancake using your rice cooker. That is assuming you have one of course. If not, with a few modification you can use a bread maker as well. The cool part is you can add a number of ingredients like fruit, nuts, chocolate,… Read More
The return of Reading Rainbow is on! The LeVar kickstarter effort crosses the $1 Million mark! Yes its true. In 24 hours ‘Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere.’ kickstarter crossed the $1 million mark. As of this writing its past $ 2.5 million and still climbing! This is a great success for LeVar and his team in LA, but there is something larger here. The understanding that reading is… Read More
SimCity 5 2013 for the Mac finally gets offline play Finally Mac people can play SimCity the way must of us prefer to play it, offline and with lockups. The next time you log into the game you should see the alert for update 10. Install it. Including offline play, here are a few more nice things. New: SimCity Single-Player Mode. Enables Offline Play. Single-Player Mode… Read More
3D printed Food and Candy is great. But where I really see this is for cakes! In fact, it has already started. We have already seen 3D almost everything, and recently 3D candy. But lately we been seeing 3D chocolate, cake decoration and even an experimental pizza for NASA. Not sure about that pizza though. What is interesting about the 3D printed candy is that Designer and architect Liz Von Hasseln,… Read More
They finally made it. A VR gaming system where you can actually walk, not get sick and can afford. The Omni. A LOOOONG time ago when I was at UC Berkeley studying computing in Architecture, my focus was on virtual environments. During my research I was downhearted to find a flaw in what we all thought was the soon approaching golden age of VR. VOR ( Vestibulo-ocular Reflex: explained at the bottom of the post) is… Read More
Saying ‘I love you sweetheart’ does not always end well {Update: Sigh. So my wife read this and she said a Japanese wife living in the US got this from her husband and shared it on a Japanese site. Every now and again, subtleties of language cause a mix up. Still pretty funny though. } I have been dating and recently married to a Japanese… Read More
Smart watches have just started. Here is a sexy smart watch I would want. This design concept has been out there for awhile but thought I would point out that we are still just in the beginnings of smart and stylish wearable tech. This looks like a mix of a smart watch and fuel band using the Apple iOS. Now I think curable display are owned by Samsung, but… Read More
How to get the news on your pebble watch. My first little hack I have this website called NewsSnacker.com. Simple enough. I get various twitter feeds from various news agencies and then remove the duplicates. So now I want to read the news on my Pebble watch. Since I cannot code in C, I had to improvise. In comes Tasker. I listed Tasker in my Top 10 Pebble… Read More