The Guinness Book of World Records has just certified the “World’s Fastest Full Hybrid.†Who got the prize?
From Wired Top Stories: Intel Sees Exabucks in Supercomputing’s Future
Infiniband, for those who know it and use it, is crazy cool stuff… parallel computing wouldn’t be possible without it! It beats Gigabit Ethernet hands down! So Intel buying one of the 2 major companies in that market is huge!
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On Monday, Intel shelled out $125 million to buy Infiniband from Qlogic, a little-known maker of data center networking switches and cards. It seems like an odd move. Infiniband is a networking fabric technology, similar to Ethernet, but not nearly as widely used. So why is Intel paying millions for technology that lost out in the business world? Because supercomputing systems are now turning into big business.
from Wired Top Stories
From Lifehacker: The Five Most Common Causes of a Check Engine Light and What You Should Do About Them
You’re driving home from work one day when the car owner’s worst nightmare happens: the check engine light pops on. It comes without warning and with no explanation. For most drivers, this means a trip to the mechanic, but it’s not difficult to diagnose (and sometimes fix) yourself. More »
from Lifehacker
From Kotaku: The Solar-Powered House of the Future, Controlled With Xbox Kinect
Once again, I am blown away at Kinect and its versatility… well, actually, versatility of the PEOPLE that make different uses of it.
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The brainy brains at SCI-Arc and Caltech have designed an entirely solar-powered house that is clean, green, and energy-efficient. It’s also remarkably easy to use, thanks to the fact that the entire thing is powered by Xbox’s Kinect motion controls. More »
from Kotaku
From Gizmodo: Ex-Stanford Prof Starts a Totally Free Online School
Awesome!! Hope this encourages more free online courses/schools!
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Remember when Stanford offered those college-level Computer Science courses for free? Now the professor who ran them is leaving Stanford to start a project that will offer nothing but free CS online classes. More »
from Gizmodo
From Gizmodo: Clever 1-Minute Video Shows How Airplane Wings Really Work
Very nicely done and concise to boot… this is how airplanes fly at its easiest level of explanation…
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You probably think that a wing lifts an airplane because the airflow moving over the top has a longer distance to travel and “needs to go faster to have the same transit time as the air travelling along the lower, flat surface.” Well, you are wrong. More »
from Gizmodo
From Gizmodo: How Do You Police Cars That Drive Themselves?
Good question… We should ponder things like this BEFORE it hits us big…
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Google is already testing its autonomous cars on the roads of California, and plenty of other manufacturers are starting to muscle in on the act, too. But when they hit the roads, how do you go about policing a city full of self-driven cars? More »
from Gizmodo