Geek Beat Live 87

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W Motors Lykan Hypersport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWDKd0Q4D_0
- The Lykan Hypersport is a product of W Motors of the UAE
- First Supercar to be designed by Arabian company
- Mid mounted twin turbo flat six (like a Porsche) 750hp, 738lb-ft torque
- 2.7sec 0-60, top speed of 245mph
- Intial orders to be built in Italy with production moving to the middle east later
- 100 orders at .4 million a pop

FAA approves 787 Test Flights
- Federal Aviation Administration has approved a test flight on 787 test aircraft ZA005
- Conditional on 5 FAA requirements:
*Pre-flight inspection must show no signs of damage to batteries or cables
*Pre-flight will also check for error messages that would indicate battery problems
* flight crew must continiously monitor for battery error messages and land immediately if there’s an issue
* crew must inspect the smoke barriers and insulation to make sure they meet regulations
* Test flights only carry personnel essential to the test and operation of the aircraft
- Flights would be to collect data on the battery system and test potential fixes
- this is not a return to operational flight.
- If it a problem if found, it would have to be thoroughly tested, manufactured, and then installed on the operational fleet
- Grounding in third week, could be several weeks if not months before the jet is approved to return to commercial flights

Moth Driven Robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n2k1T2X7_Aw
- Scientists at the university of Tokyo (home of all things weird) have created a two-wheel robot driven by a silk moth
- Moth drive robot by moving a rotating ball similar to a computer trackball
- Male moth was given incentive to move by using female moth pheromones
- The research team hopes to create autonomous robots for hunting spills and leaks by observing the moth’s tracking behavior

British MoD gives troops Black Hornet mini-UAV

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-British Ministry has agreed to buy 160 Black Hornet Mini helicopter drone for its armed forces
- designed by Prox Dynamics of Norway.
- Measures 4 inches by 1 inch
- Able to record full motion video and still pictures to give soldiers a better view of the battlefield
- Currently deploying to units in Afghanistan

Brain simulation supercomputer (skynet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqMpGrM5ECo
-European researchers will build a supercomputer to simulate the human brain
- 10 year project at a billion Euro cost.
- over 80 partners across Europe
- Will be used for research into brain issues such as depression, memory problems, and alzheimers
- research could also lead to neuromorphic computers and robots capable of thinking like humans
- Yes this is as scary as you think it is.  Cali will be thrilled.

Halley VI Antarctic Station

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- Antarctica: Temps rarely above freezing in the summer, down to -70 in the winter
- 103 days of the year it’s under complete darkness and isolated from help and resupply.
- First Fully relocatable research station in the world.
- currently located at Halley Bay where they have have been research stations since 1956
- Observes the Ice shelf and antarctic wildlife including Penguins, Seals, Whales, and polar bird populations
- Named after Astronomer Edmund Halley
Designed by Hugh Broughton Architects of London for British Antarctic Survey
- Took four years to build, fully operational last year
- 8- modular design, sits on legs instead of being build a top of ice.
- red module with the Union Flag is the dining halls and communal relaxation areas
- blue modules include living quarters, labs, and power generators.
- Previous Five Halley stations were destroyed by snow build up.
- This station can jack itself up above snow over.
- Research crew of 70.

Gangdam Baby Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_y3y5yqDQ&list=UUedT%C2%AD-bRYnxHICutcGrnf1Dg&index=1
- Psy Gangdam style is baby Amaya’s favorite song.
- she is sleeping peacefully until her parents turn on the song
- baby starts dancing in her car seat
- her big sister and dog start laughing uncontrollably

Flying Fortress LEGO Blimp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vNvF3-Q2Bho
-Semi Autonomous Remote Controlled Blimp
- Built using a lego Mindstorms kit and two 55″” Balloons.
- Designed by Tyler Westmoreland and Chris Shepard
- control is provided by two Dexter Industries NXTbee sensors
- Source Code is written is RobotC and is being made openly available

That’s it for the interview.  google.com/+MoritzTolxdorff

They’re demoing the lower thirds function

Comment Tracker, keep track of comments from different sources inside the hangout

Moritz is showing users how to use the Hangout Toolbox.

Started with Lower thirds for hangouts

Legal issues in Germany restrict Hangouts on Air in Germany

apps were developed on his own free time, now a Google Employee

From Germany, is moving to Ireland

Works for Google, started developing for Hangouts from beginning
–Hangout Lower Third
–Hangout Volume Control
–Hangout Toolbox
–Hangoutgraphics.com
–Cheer On
–HOA Static Player”

Interview: Moritz Tolxdorff from Google on Google+ Hangouts
@moritztolxdorff on twitter, https://google.com/+MoritzTolxdorff on Google+

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Redbox Instant comes to Xbox 360
- Redbox instant will be exclusive to Xbox360 for game consoles
- Users with Beta Access with receive access to the app through a code in coming days
- Xbox users without a subscription will also be to rent and purchase recent digital releases through the app

Dell Gives it back to the shareholders

-Dell Inc to go private
- Company agrees to a purchase offer from a private group that includes Michael Dell, Silverlake Capital, and billion loan from Microsoft
- Purchase Price .4 billion or .65 a share
- in 1997 Michael Dell remarked on Apple “I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders”
- 15 years later, Apple is the largest technology company by revenue and profit
- Dell is profitable in the Enterprise market, but in a freefall in the consumer market
- “Dude, you’re getting a Dell” actor Ben Curtis now uses a Mac according to a Bloomberg interview

Twitter Dominates SuperBowl
-Twitter was mentioned in Half of the 52 Super Bowl 47 Ads
- Facebook was mentioned in only 4 and G+ wasn’t talked about once
- For Twitter it was a three fold increase over Super Bowl 46 mentions, while Facebook’s airtime was cut in half.

Super Bowl Ads
- Considered by many to be a lackluster year for comical ads.
- Highlights include:
- Seth Rogan/ Paul Rudd ad for Samsung

- Go Daddy Commercial where Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli passionately kisses a nerdy IT guy

- A surprisingly non-sleazy Go Daddy ad where people around the world have the same idea

- Movie Trailers for Iron Man 3, World War Z, Fast and the Furious 6, and Star Trek Into Darkness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XGc4r2dVfiw
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c0J7ZausG6Q

- Pistachio adaptation of Psy’s Gundam style

Superbowl Streaming
- like last year, Super Bowl was streamed to the internet on CBSsports.com, NFL.com, and Verizon NFL Mobile
- 3 million viewers, up 43% from 2012 and 114.4 million streamed minutes, up 46%
- First super bowl to offer stream of Half Time Show, also offered alternate camera angles, on-demand viewership of ads, and social media links
- Most social event in history.  52.5 million posts on social network.  3 Times previous even high.
- 164.1 million viewers watched the SuperBowl in total

John has an iPad Mini…stop the presses

John is talking about pulling muscles through coughing

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