BMW GINA concept
Looking back at latest BMW design trends, I couldn’t expect anything great from these guys. However, this time they have something really interesting.
More photos at Wired.
US average Joe spending
New York Times is really good in non-trivial yet useful data visualizations. Here’s a fragment of the most recent one (click to view full interactive version):
Silence does not solve problems
There is a kind of people who argue that if you’re using something, you should not critique it. Not that they hold it as a philosophical view, they just always say, in a more or less aggressive way, “Don’t use it if you don’t like it!”. You’re likely to hear this if you start complaining about Windows for example »»»
Big Dog rules
Caution: weird sound in the video
This robot, dubbed BigDog, was developed by Boston Dynamics. It’s main feature is the ability to walk through rough terrain the way animals and humans walk (controlled freefall i’d call it), as opposed to moving limbs simply at preprogrammed trajectories. DARPA invested $10M in its development for military use. I doubt these will be sold to general public anytime soon, but keep in mind — its max. payload is 340 pounds so you could potentionally ride it like a horse with a remote in your hands :)
Boston Dynamics also makes a number of other robots designed for rough terrain, including RHex, featured in the video below:
Leave-me-alone box
Machine-in-itself. Via Machine Thinking. leavemealonebox.com.
Dumb electronics
Most TV sets I’ve dealt with cost hundreds or thousands of dollars and forget current time once they are unplugged or in case of power outage.
