Geek Beat Live 151 Uncut: Wi-Fi Jammers and the Creepiest Robot Yet

Geek Beat Live 151 Uncut: Wi-Fi Jammers and the Creepiest Robot Yet

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News

Sapphire screen supplier GTAT files from bankruptcy, CEO in hot water

Additional Coverage
– Sapphire glass maker GTAT (GT Advanced Tech) has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy
– only $85 million in cash reserves left
– Supplier for Apple
– operates in Apple- owned factory in Arizona
– Sapphire used in iPhone/iPad camera covers and over TouchID sensor
– Apple watch will also use sapphire glass for screen, but its unconfirmed whether it comes from GTAT
– company has no plans to shut down and is reorganizing
– Received $440 million advance from Apple
– Apple withheld final $139 million payment
– Bankruptcy took Apple by surprise
– GTAT shares down 90% since announcement
– CEO Tom Gutierrez could be facing trouble over shares sold before the bankruptcy announcement

Marriott Fined $600,000 for using Wi-Fi blocker

– Marriott fined $600,000 by FCC
– stems from March 2013 conference at Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center
– Hotel blocked the signals of Mobile Hotspots
– charged attendees and exhibitors between $250 and 1,000 to use house Wi-Fi
– It is illegal to block Wi-Fi networks
– Marriott must discontinue any use of Wi-Fi blocking technology and file reports with the FCC about compliance for 3 years

AT&T receives $105 million bill for charging too much to customers

– AT&T fined $105 million
– related to practice of “cramming” aka bogus charges by third parties
– AT&T takes 35% cut
– $80 million will be refunded to customers
– $20 will go to state governments
– $5 fine will go to FCC
– AT&T will also have to implement a system where customers have give formal consent for 3rd parties to charge their bill

Redbox Instant streaming caput

– Redbox instant streaming has shut down as of October 7th
– joint venture of Redbox and Verizon
– competitor to Netflix
– lasted two years
– suffered a credit card fraud issue that prevented service from taking new customers for months
– customers will be issued refunds

Apps & Gadgets

Using Siri in Car too distracting?

– AAA suggests Siri is more distracting than using phone
– originally thought to be safer
– Unreliability leads to driver focusing on it
– Siri rated a 4.15 on a 1-4 scale in terms of distractions
– did not test google now or Cortana

Koffee Press for K-Cups

– Koffee Press
– Portable french press
– uses K-cups
– Designed by inventor Eric Savage
– includes 10oz insulated mug
– Mug is restaurant grade and Microwave/ dishwasher safe
– $20 early bird price on kickstarter
– $1700 of 60,000 goal
– project ends November 9th

Windows 95 on a smart watch

– Windows 95 has been hacked to run on a smartwatch
– Run on Samsung Gear Live Android Wear watch
– hacked by Corbin Davenport
– run inside a DOS Box program
– Not exactly designed for a smart watch

Portable laser cutter

– Origami portable laser cutter
– By Pittsburgh’s Red Ant Lasers
– folding arm
– can cut or etc acrylic, glass, leather, and wood,
– 40watt CO2 tube laser
– software Windows only
– $4200 for Origami
– company Will build up to 25
– $23,000 of $80,000 goal
– ends November 4th

Web

DJI Phantom captures erupting volcano

– Eruption of Bardarbunga Volcano in Iceland
– Filmed by DJI Phantom II Quadcopter with GoPro
– Shot by DJI’s Eric Cheng
– narrowly missed destruction
– Gopro melted, but SD card survived

Science

Super Particle both Matter and Antimatter

– Majorana particle
– exists as BOTH matter and Antimatter
– named after Italian scientist who predicted it in the 30s, Ettore Majorana
– matter and antimatter are supposed to destroy each other if in contact
– experiment conducted by Princeton University’s Ali Yazdani
– created using magnetic iron atoms and lead superconductor
– experiment products sets of electrons and anti-electrons as well as the Majorana particle
– next step is finding naturally occurring Majorana particles
– could rewrite physics if confirmed

You could someday breathe underwater thanks to new material

– New material created by University of Southern Denmark
– Can absorb oxygen in high quantities
– made of specially synthesized crystalline material with Cobalt as main element
– can hold oxygen, but can be reversed by heating material
– could replace bulky oxygen tanks

Robots

Navy Welcomes Robot boats aboard

– Navy SWARM boats
– project of Office of Naval Research
– Autonomous system for small boats
– designed to protect naval ships in wake off USS Cole bombing
– tested on 11m RHIB boat near Norfolk
– equipped with remotely controlled .50cal machinegun for responding
– overseen by human operators who can take control if needed
– Kit only costs $2000 and can be retrofitted to existing small boats
– fixes manpower problem for existing patrol boats

Toshiba sign language robot

– human-like sign language robot
– commissioned by Toshiba
– shown at CEATAC show in Tokyo
– uses technology by Alab, Osaka University, and Shibaura Institute of Technology
– has 43 actuators for human-like movements
– currently capable of signing simple phrases
– Toshiba hopes to have the robot act as a receptionist within a year
– could be used for medical patients suffering dementia by 2020

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Plexi drone

– PlexiDrone
– module quadcopter
– stored in backpack
– Snaps together
– modular payload up to GoPro or 2.2lbs
– retractable landing gear
– App controlled with follow me technology
– 15-35min flight time
– 3300ft range
– can buy on Indiegogo for $479
– Funded at $193k out of $100k goal
– Ends November 15th

Next generation army vehicle simulation

– video for Army’s Ground-X Vehicle concept
– aims to create vehicles of the future with automation lessening requirements in training and crew workload
– touch cockpit
– automatic route planning
– autopilot
– target identification
– could be used in new lean manned tanks

Unboxings

Petit Jean Meats

Bacon Sampler

Kanex

GoBuddy+

GoPro

Hero4 Black

Sling

SlingTV

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