GeekBeat Live #57

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Star Wars Folded Flyers Paper Airplanes Kit

If we are travelling 80mph, how far will we go in 1 hour?

The Internet Makes Lots of $$

Boston Consulting Group study
–internet responsible for 4.7% of US economy
–net contributes 4 Billion to US GDP
–4.7% in Japan too
–China, South Korea, UK – more!
–future growth expected to hit 8%, on avg, by 2016
–expected to hit more than 20% in places like Argentina & India

You can buy all the Hunger Games books for a dollar each …

iPad 3 in Ford Truck Dashboard

-GeekBeat viewers
–iPad 3 in dash of 2010 F150
–fully integrated, does not come out
–retain all Ford SYNC features, even bluetooth
–Siri works perfectly with Ford SYNC
–90 degree passthrough
–HRT 12 volt iStreamer
–30 pin dock extension cable
–3.5mm to RCA cable

Porsche 918 Hybrid Supercar

concept first shown Geneva Motor Show 18mos ago
–now 3 out in the wild
–770 horsepower engine
–553 pound-feet of torque
–0 to 60 in 3.1 seconds
–124mph in less than 9 seconds
–top speed of 202mph
–can hit 90mph W/O using a single drop of fuel
–6.8 kWh battery pack behind passenger compartment
–6hrs to charge on 110volts
–quick charge set up takes that down to 2hrs
–engineers working on getting it down to 20minutes!
–because, “Porsche wants to do everything faster.”
–on sale Sept. 18, 2013
–5,000

Bird Man Takes Flight

elaborate 8mos. long hoax
–blog w/ multiple posts, yt channel w/ multiple videos
–interviewed by the news, press releases
–Wii video game controllers
–accelerometers from android phone
–Turnigy motors
–Floris Kaayk is actually a filmmaker & an animator
–it was REALLY an 8mo. long experiment about online media

Vibrating Tattoo

Nokia submitted patent application
–two diff. concepts described –electronic tattoo that vibrates
–vibrate in specific pattern to identify the caller
–1. detachable electronic material that can peel off your skin
–could detect magnetic field & cause vibration
–probably through piezoelectrics
–2. ferromagnetic ink permanently imprinted into skin
–any image you want, it’s magnetized
–recognizes magnetic field from your phone

Most Powerful Laser in History

Nat’l Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA
–Fired world’s first two-megajoule ultraviolet laser
–designed to reach 1.875-megajoules, but beat expectations
–set new world record
–maxed out at maxed out at 2.03 megajoules
–192 laser beams combined to form the single shot
–caused less damage to laser optics than predicted
–and so – was able to be shot again 36hrs later

Navy Robot Arena

Hunger Games IRL!
–Navy Research Laboratory
–new Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR)
–configurable series of arenas
–deserts, jungles, and oceans
–rain forest: 80 degrees, 80% humidity, 6 in. of rain
–6ft deep pool w/ wave generator
–test up to 50 battlefield robots, human soldiers, unmanned systems
–high speed video cameras automatically swivel & pan to simultaneously track all of them
–no battles, robots & troops will work together –testing them IN the environments

Robot Jellyfish

-UTD & Virginia Tech
–mimics jellyfish movements
–powered by hydrogen
–could stay under water for long time & refuel itself from water
–underwater surveillance
–search and rescue operations
–need to increase its maneuverability

Pirate Bay Aerial Drone Network

to stay one step ahead of the law, they’ve called war “With the development of GPS controlled drones, far-reaching cheap radio equipment and tiny new computers like the Raspberry Pi, we’re going to experiment with sending out some small drones that will float some kilometers up in the air,” MrSpock writes. “This way our machines will have to be shut down with aeroplanes in order to shut down the system. A real act of war.”
–small drones some km in air, would have to be shut down w/ planes
–can beam 100Mbps per aerial node from up to 30 miles away
–front end machines in air, hidden servers still on ground
–still susceptible to seizure by terrestrial law enforcement

Transceiver for iPhone

Tomko Transceiver
–Look cool and authoritative
–Use with iPhone 3G and up & Siri
–Mute functionality
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iPhone case w/ built in plug

JuiceTank iPhone Case with prongs
–Kickstarter project
–k of 5k goal
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Turn Paper into Pencils

concept
–put in paper, pencil pops out
–have to fill the lead and glue

Hand-cranked vending machine

Hand crank vending machine for emergencies
–70 cranks to power
–then wait 20 second!
–6 bottles at once

Lego R2D2

LEGO Ultimate Collector Series R2-D2
–will release in May –12″ in height
–2100 pieces
–360 degree rotating head
–a retractable third leg, front panels that open to reveal a universal computer interface arm and a circular saw, and 2 fold-out front spacecraft linkage control arms
–0

Angry Birds Space

Top of the charts in a few hours in 28 countries
–700 million downloads –99 cents iPhone, .99 iPad
–promoted w/ video from NASA in space & used WalMart

Cali’s favorite Movie Robot

TMobile Cuts Jobs

closed 7 call centers
–result 1900 jobs lost
–3300 employees affected – some being moved around
–more restructuring soon
–the need to “be better optimized to match our customer base and call volumes” –CEO Philipp Humm
–LTE investment

Amazon buys robot

Amazon paid 5 million (cash)

–bought Kiva Systems – the automators for warehouses

FAA Testing Gadgets on Planes

FAA hasn’t tested since 2006 – no tablets or eReaders

–will have to fly each airline w/ no passengers and a single device – EACH device

Zynga Buys OMGPOP 0M.

0 million upfront plus a million earnout

OMGPOP had 20 million registered users, but Draw Something got 35 million downloads and 1 billion drawings

Zynga didn’t want to split the market with Draw with Friends

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Answer todays question.. What’s your favorite travel gadget? Leave your Famespot and let us know..

New pictures of the Titanic

Did you hear the news???

John is running for President of the United States.. Get all the details here

John promises to build a time machine

Everyone gets Gummies for life

A cabinet of Hot Women

And anything he can do to get your vote.. Go Vote!

Remember P stands for what? President

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Angry Birds Space is inter-Stellar!

Are you playing Draw Something?

Cali tries to guess GKDave’s drawing on Draw Something

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