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EDIT: I loved this comment: " This guy is answering my 3AM questions one by one so I can sleep in the future "

 

So you think you've got a dirty rug.

 

 

A Stranded Engineer Turned a Car Into a Motorbike to Escape the Desert

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Twenty years ago, a French man named Emile Leray, then a 43-year-old former electrician, found himself stuck in a Moroccan desert near a city called Tan-Tan after hitting his Citroen 2CV on a big rock, destroying the front axle and the chassis. The closest village was not within walking distance and Leray found himself in a precautions situation. How was he going to get back to humanity?

 

Single rail mono-rail. Yes, I know, I know. Mono IS singular.

 

Part 3 of the marble clock. Personal comment, it seems to take more than 2 minutes to change the numbers, so as a practical clock - no. But it's a dang neat build for sure.

 

Part 3 of the marble clock. Personal comment, it seems to take more than 2 minutes to change the numbers, so as a practical clock - no. But it's a dang neat build for sure.

Just looking at the picture, it looks like it updates every four minutes -- the next set of marbles looks like it is going to produce '14:20'.

 

 

I think it’s a cool concept, but not sure I would buy one.

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I think it’s a cool concept, but not sure I would buy one.

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It DOES look cool ... but the key que$tion is, how much?

 

I watched the full video and now it’s cooler than I thought. Ya price lol

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Here's a related note:

Samsung debuts the world's first transparent MicroLED screen at CES 2024

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In person, the effect Samsung's transparent micro OLED displays have is hard to describe, as content almost looks like a hologram as it floats in mid-air. The demo unit was freestanding and measured only about a centimeter thick, which adds even more to the illusion of a floating screen. Additionally, because of micro LEDs high pixel density, images also looked incredibly sharp. So far Samsung has only uploaded a single vertical video overflowing with EDM, but hopefully it gives you some idea what we saw

The bad news is that with Samsung's current crop of non-transparent MicroLED TVs currently costing $150,000 for a 110-inch model, it's going to be a decently long time until these new displays become anything close to affordable.

 

Imagine stacking a bunch of these together so that you have a true 3D display. Of course, the z-axis resolution would suck, but I bet some processing tricks plus the human eye could go a long way towards overcoming that. It would also depend just how clear they actually are, too. Over time, the thickness and clarity will likely both improve.

 

Imagine stacking a bunch of these together so that you have a true 3D display. Of course, the z-axis resolution would suck, but I bet some processing tricks plus the human eye could go a long way towards overcoming that. It would also depend just how clear they actually are, too. Over time, the thickness and clarity will likely both improve.

On trick I've noticed with complicated three-dimensional transparent images, is that they're a bit difficult to discern at first, but if you slowly rotate the perspective back and forth, the brain quickly constructs what's being seen into an understandable visual model.

 

AI enables Microsoft and PNNL to discover new battery material

Microsoft and the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) used a combination of High-Performance Computing(HPC) and AI to zero in on a new material, which can potentially replace Lithium, for a battery in just 80 hours.

https://www.computerworld.com/artic...nd-pnnl-to-discover-new-battery-material.html

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AI enables Microsoft and PNNL to discover new battery material



https://www.computerworld.com/artic...nd-pnnl-to-discover-new-battery-material.html

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And said material that could potentially replace lithium is a crystalized combination of gold, platinum and enriched uranium ...

 

BroadBit Batteries | New Energy Challengers (NEC60) | Battery

Found this by accident, looks potentially good.
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Found this by accident, looks potentially good.
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Let me guess... it will be available in ten years. Just after flying cars are at your local dealer and just before nuclear fusion goes commercial.

 

The two holy grails of modern science, engineering and technology solved, room temperature super conductivity and nuclear fusion, coming soon in your next episode.

 

flying cars

FLYING CARS ? ? ? Licensed idiots can hardly handle 2 dimensional driving. Imagine introducing a whole new factor in direction control.