As I’ve said before, if you want to ride a hyperloop, you’ll be waiting a while. These things happen slowly. Which is not so much a bad thing when youthink about hurtling through a windowless tubeat high speeds.But this week saw the hyperloop reality get a hell of a lot more real.HardtHyperloopraised a tonne of cash from the European Commission. This is the first grant for hyperloop tech from the EC....
Hardware companies must stop competing and collaborate to prevent future pandemics The road to open hardware Producing hardware through open collaboration may be daunting. As opposed to the entire virtual collaboration required for software development, hardware development needs physical parts – raw materials and machinery. It needs testing facilities and engineers to perform stress tests and safety checks. There are promising signs that these challenges can be met. TheRepRap 3D printerproject has brought low-cost 3D printing to a wider audience, making affordable prototyping possible at a distance....
Hardware wallets: Here’s what you need to know if you’re new to bitcoin How does bitcoin work? One of the main appeals of cryptocurrencies is that they are decentralized money. You own your bitcoins, just as you own the cash in your wallet. There is no central authority like a bank or other financial institution that can control your money. To do away with central authorities, cryptocurrencies useblockchainsto record their transactions....
Seattle-based companyHarkwants you to listen to the clips of some of the most famous and popular movies of all time. Sites have done this for years, usually by way of downloadable WAV or MP3 files, but mostly illegally. The difference withHarkis that the company has buy-in from some of the biggest production studios in the world. Now you can listen to some of these movie clips legally. The clip library Harkhas a library of over 2 million quote clips to listen to, ranging from 1 second to a few minutes....
It has been a week since Harry Potter author JK Rowlingledfans on a scavenger hunt leading to the websitePottermore.com. Speculation has been mounting as to what the site will be – will it be a new store, an interactive game or the launch of some other Harry Potter-related paraphernalia. Well, it seems that The Times may have received a marketing memo by accident, revealing that the Pottermore portal will in fact bean online game, withpaidContentquoting The Times as saying that the memo:...
