We know we are dead when we die because our brains keep working to make us aware of what’s happening around us, haunting new research suggests.
When you die ‘you know you’re dead because your brain keeps working’, scientist claims
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Insiders describe a world of chaos and waste at Panasonic’s massive battery making operation for Tesla
Insiders describe a chaotic environment inside of Panasonic’s battery-making operation in the Nevada desert, one where standard operating procedures go ignored, expensive mistakes are born from carelessness, and half a million pieces of scrap are generated each day.
A $255 Billion EV Debate Is Raging Among the World’s Biggest Automakers
A $255 billion debate is raging among the world’s biggest automakers. Some think electric cars made by companies besides Tesla Inc. stand the chance to be hits, while others think they’ll fail to really sell. Toyota Motor Corp.
The Twilight of Combustion Comes for Germany’s Empire of Engines
The nation that invented the heart of the car at the dawn of the 20th century might struggle to adapt to the coming electric era. The completed combustion engine fitted into a BMW M5 is a 1,200-piece puzzle that weighs more than 400 pounds.
Got a minute? Global attention span is narrowing, study reveals
It’s just as you suspected; the information age has changed the general attention span. A recently published study from researchers at the Technical University of Denmark suggests the collective global attention span is narrowing due to the amount of information that is presented to the public.
The most relaxing colour in the world? Dark blue apparently
Pepsi Plans to Project a Giant Ad in the Night Sky Using Cubesats
A Russian company called StartRocket says it’s going to launch a cluster of cubesats into space that will act as an “orbital billboard,” projecting enormous advertisements into the night sky like artificial constellations.
AI developed a whole new sport
Many existing sports have their roots in hundreds (if not thousands) of years of human tradition. But what if you asked computers to create a sport? You now know how that can turn out. The design agency AKQA has introduced Speedgate, reportedly the first sport envisioned by an AI. The event has six-player teams competing on a field with three open-ended gates. Once you’ve kicked the ball through a center gate (which you can’t step through), your team can score on one of the end gates — complete with an extra point if you ricochet the ball through the gate. You can’t stay still, either, as the ball has to move every three seconds.
AKQA created the game by feeding data on 400 existing sports to a neural network, which then created basic sports concepts and rules. A large chunk of those were completely unrealistic (exploding Frisbees, anyone?), so the team gradually whittled down the eligible characteristics until there were three remaining sports. Playtesting led to Speedgate winning the prize. For more court on sports, check out Tennisinformation.
The agency even used AI to develop the game’s logo and slightly awkward motto (“face the ball to be the ball to be above the ball”).
Amazon ‘flooded by fake five-star reviews’
Amazon (AMZN) is flooded with ‘fake’ five-star reviews of popular products, a leading UK consumer group has claimed. An investigation by the consumer group Which? found hundreds of unverified accounts left top reviews on tech products in a single day.
1840 – Notre Dame avant restauration
Louis Adolphe Humbert de Molard 1850Notre Dame de Paris En 1831, Victor Hugo publie “Notre Dame de Paris”. L’auteur n’a que 29 ans et l’oeuvre fait preuve d’une rare érudition. L’action située en 1482 nous présente une cathédrale au fait de sa gloire.
Parrot adds a thermal camera to its folding Anafi drone
French dronemaker Parrot has created a new version of its folding Anafi quadcopter that has an onboard thermal camera. To read more drone related news, just visit DroneUncover.
The company is pitching the drone to businesses and professionals in fields like security, search and rescue, construction, and agriculture. It’s also raising the price: the Anafi Thermal will retail for $1,900, a $1,200 increase over the cost of the regular $700 Anafi, which was released last summer. It will come with two spare batteries, a multibattery charger, a controller, and a carrying case, and it will be available in May.
The new Anafi Thermal uses a Flir Lepton infrared sensor alongside the standard camera that debuted on last year’s drone. That means it will still be capable of shooting regular 4K video, HDR+ photos and videos, and it has a 3X zoom. It will come with all of the other shooting modes and features that have been added over time via a software update.
Raves, robots and writhing bodies: how electronic music rewired the world
In the Philharmonie de Paris on an overcast Tuesday afternoon, Jean-Yves Leloup is pondering why what may be the most comprehensive exhibition ever assembled about the history of electronic music is taking place in France’s capital.
Israeli scientists ‘print’ first 3D heart
Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being forced to look for new ways to keep going.
A Self-Driving Car’s Human Operator Says He Takes Over When Passengers Get Impatient
Right now, almost all self-driving cars are supervised by a human safety driver sitting behind the wheel. Futurism previously reported that drivers working for Waymo One, the autonomous ride-hailing service, are told to stay quiet.
The Design of Apple’s Credit Card
Apple’s special event this week was all about software subscription services, signaling a new focus on business aside from its bread and butter of consumer electronics.
‘A terrible, terrible thing’ : NASA said India’s satellite destruction created so much space junk it now threatens the safety of the International Space Station
NASA is calling India’s destruction of a satellite last week a “terrible, terrible thing” and says the space debris created by the explosion should be considered a threat to the International Space Station and the astronauts on board.
Media Companies Take a Big Gamble on Apple
Executives have been burned by their previous dealings with big tech companies. But Apple’s promise of a billion devices worldwide was too good to pass up. Even for Rupert Murdoch.
Andreessen Horowitz Is Blowing Up The Venture Capital Model (Again)
This story appears in the April 30, 2019 issue of Forbes Magazine. Subscribe merging from the financial crisis in 2009, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz laid out their campaign to take on Silicon Valley.
How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for Mojave OS X 10.14
There are plenty of tutorials online to create an HTML signature in Apple Mail with older versions of OS X. You can even find one of my other tutorials on how to add HTML Signatures in Lion, Mountain Lion, iOS 7, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, or High Sierra.
The Mind-Bending Story of How ‘The Matrix’ Came to Be
One day in 1992, Lawrence Mattis opened up his mail to find an unsolicited screenplay from two unknown writers. It was a dark, nasty, almost defiantly uncommercial tale of cannibalism and class warfare—the type of story that few execs in Hollywood would want to tell.