The invention of induction motors permanently altered the course of human civilization. This hundred-year-old motor—invented by the great scientist Nikola Tesla—is the most common motor type, even today. In fact, about 50 percent of global electric power consumption is due to induction motors. Let’s get into the
A handful of US cities have banned government use of facial recognition technology due to concerns over its accuracy and privacy. WIRED’s Tom Simonite talks with computer vision scientist and lawyer Gretchen Greene about the controversy surrounding the use of this technology.
Just when you thought it could not get any sillier, Phil Goff who needs to spend money on stopping the sewage polluting Auckland beaches, proudly announces that they will spend $18 million on a battery-powered tug boat for Ports of Auckland. Watch the video here. Auckland ratepayers must be so
If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz Watch Elon Musk’s Neuralink presentation Electric vehicles, rockets… and now brain-computer interfaces. Elon Musk’s newest venture, Neuralink, aims to bridge the gap between humans and artificial intelligence by implanting tiny
There is a stupid advert on TV for an electric car where two old geezers throw pebbles at a window to wake some poor soul who tosses down an extension cord to the tossers in the car. This is a wonderful thing, we are told, to be able to charge
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Watch Dennis Prager’s opening testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution regarding Big Tech censorship.
Wind turbines create ‘clean’ energy and do not release evil CO2 or dirty carbon into the atmosphere. This, we are told, is a wonderful thing. But what is the net CO2 output or saving when a wind turbine catches fire and burns 242 acres of brush and scrubland that was
Very interesting graphic from Domo. Utterly mind-boggling numbers. Remember this is every minute, every day, 24×7.
Elon Musk has recently promised to send an ‘over-the-air’ software update that will turn hundreds of thousands of Tesla vehicles into fully automated, self-driving cars. Many of the vehicles are already theoretically able to do this, having been spec’ed with the appropriate hardware. Many of today’s vehicles are
Information Satire My name is Weibe Wakker, and I empty the pockets of stupid people. You won’t believe how clever I am. All I have to do is claim to drive an electrically-motivated car from coal-fire generated electricity Holland to across the world, taking advantage en-route of the gas-fired
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Facebook got all high and mighty and banned crypto currency advertisments to look after their users, who obviously could not possibly think for themselves. Facebook has said it will block any advertising promoting crypto-currency products and services. The company said it was open to emerging technologies but many companies were
In the classic Martin and Lewis comedy The Caddy, Dean Martin plays Joe, son of an Italian fisherman who dreams of being a golf pro. His father is outraged that his son wants to do something as frivolous as “hit the little-a ball-a with a stick!” The appeal of sports
Our own SB has ditched Facebook and put up a handy how-to for the rest of us who want to follow suit. As it turns out, all the smart kids are thinking alike. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak took time out of his day to warn us all to delete Facebook.
