Monthly Archives: May 2017
MIT researchers develop a drone system that can do a camera operator’s job
Shooting professional quality video with a drone is not an easy task, and often requires multiple human operators. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) think they’ve found a way to take humans out of the operation part of the equation altogether. The team teased a system this week that they plan […]
How The New York Times’ recast R&D unit got back to basics – Digiday
The New York Times’ R&D Lab, started in 2006, grew to a 12-person team that dreamed up products of the future. There was a Minority Report-style “magic mirror” that could serve up information as you’re brushing your teeth. And a conference table that takes notes. Now, the research unit, recast as Story[X] a year ago, […]
Amazon Alexa is poised to control the connected ecosystem of the future
Alexa, is Amazon poised to control the connected ecosystem of the future? By Lisa Lacy In adding a screen to Echo and creating a network beyond the platform, Amazon is honing its connected ecosystem. Just two weeks after introducing the hands-free camera and style assistant Echo Look, Amazon made another Echo product, Show, available for […]
Hot Wheels STUNT RACE- Slow Mo (2500 FPS)
This is the Hot Wheels race of my childhood dreams. It’s a little different of a vid for me but I wanted to learn how to film like the pros. Summary: I made a Hot Wheels race video between Knight Rider, Scooby Doo, the A-Team van, Ghostbusters Wagon and the Delorean from Back to the […]
Why Twitter Co-Founder, Biz Stone, is Returning
I worked at Twitter for about six years. In that time, the service grew from zero people to hundreds of millions of people. Jack was the original CEO and when he returned I was very happy. There’s something about the personality of a company that comes from the folks who start it. There’s a special […]
The world’s largest luxury car “vending machine”
Buying a luxury car in Singapore is as easy as purchasing a can of soda or a candy bar. The Southeast Asian city-state is now the home of the world’s largest vehicle vending machine, thanks to pre-owned car retailer Autobahn Motors. Although the company started off by selling cars via traditional showrooms, it eventually outgrew […]
Apple’s New Campus: An Exclusive Look Inside the Mothership
People are twice as likely to die in a crash if the car they’re travelling in was built before 2000
Crashing A 1998 Toyota Into A 2015 Toyota Shows How Far Car Safety Has Advanced People are twice as likely to die in a crash if the car they’re travelling in was built before 2000. This is demonstrated by the results of this car-to-car crash test conducted by independent vehicle safety advocate ANCAP. The average […]
Tips for Buying a New Business
Buying a new business or starting one from scratch; which one is smarter? The argument is unresolved for the most part because both require a massive amount of time and resources, with no definitive way to predict what will succeed. However, many people believe that buying a preexisting business can provide more security and assurance […]