Techy Week 9-13/6/14 Monday: Smart loos are installed at Heathrow Terminal 5. They count how many people use them, then alert the cleaner that its time to ...well, clean them... A computer program called Eugene Goostman, which simulates a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, has passed the Turing test at the University of Reading. This is a world first for sure. Tuesday: E3 opens in Los Angeles. All I know is that Im not there.... Wednesday: The Sun sent out a mighty solar flare, powerful enough to interfere with Europes radio communications. This week it seems that pee in tech news is a must have. This time is about carbon atoms extracted from our wee wee: they are a cheap replacement for platinum, when used as a catalyst to trigger the reaction that turns chemical energy into electricity. Thursday: After Cex, now even Expedia will accept Bitcoin payments. If youre not sure what they are, think of Bitcoin as a new kind of currency, or better, virtual tokens rather than physical coins or notes. Like all currencies, its value fluctuate and is determined by how much people are willing to pay for it. The best news ever for me this week, sadly overlooked during the World Cup opening ceremony, is the story of Juliano Pinto, a paraplegic man who has made the first kick of the World Cup using a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton.... I mean...how can you possibly overlook that. And of course Im thinking about Faith, one of the main characters in Tijaran Tales, who has been living in my books for the last 3 years using one of these funky gadgets. Friday: The latest from the British Bloodhound supersonic car, which is a real funky toy, are that the cockpit has been builded and fit. In case you wonder, driver Andy Greens plan is to raise the current record of 763mph, before returning in 2016 to go beyond 1,000mph. To infinity and beyond!!!!!
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:45:54 +0000
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