It's no secret that Mercedes-Benz eventually wants to compete with Tesla, not just partner with it, and you won't have to wait much longer to see how that rivalry shakes out. The company's David McCarthy tells Motoring.com.au that you should see a c...
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Mercedes to show its Tesla-fighting electric sedan in September
Cooper GriggsOoooo that grill!
It's no secret that Mercedes-Benz eventually wants to compete with Tesla, not just partner with it, and you won't have to wait much longer to see how that rivalry shakes out. The company's David McCarthy tells Motoring.com.au that you should see a c...
RED reveals a smaller 8K sensor for its Weapon camera
Cooper Griggs#puke
RED has revealed a new sensor called the "Helium" for its ultra-high megapixel 8K Weapon cinema camera. The chip will be 29.9mm wide (slightly bigger than Super-35), considerably smaller than the company's 40mm VistaVision sized 8K Dragon sensor. It...
Tesla crash prompts NTSB investigation into autonomous driving
Investigations are already underway regarding the role of Autopilot in the fatal Tesla Model S crash on May 7th, but the National Transportation Safety Board wants to take things one step further. It's launching its own investigation into the traged...
Virgin Galactic poised to start its new spaceship's test flights
Virgin Galactic is ready to put its SpaceShipTwo replacement through a series of test fights, and according to Bloomberg, it will begin sometime in August. The private space corporation launched Virgin Spaceship (VSS) Unity in February to replace Spa...
scottparkillustration: Ok. I had to do one more batch of Mad...








Ok. I had to do one more batch of Mad Max: Hollywood BLVD vehicles. Just to get it out of my system. This time, joining the post-apocalyptic armada are the 1989 Batmobile, the Winchester’s Impala from Supernatural, Eleanor from Gone in 60 seconds, Herbie, The Italian Job Minis, Dumb & Dumber and The Homer. Oh. And my take on the Doof Wagon. I needed a large, heavy duty military vehicle to stand in for the Doof Wagon. And when I think large, heavy duty and military, there was only one way to go. Meet the Doof Walker.
Funny and Inventive GIFs
Le graphiste ukrainien Tony Pinkevich travaille pour le studio d’animation Untime et crée également des gifs animés mettant en scène des animaux ou des personnages amusants. Son tracé digne d’un dessin animé est à découvrir ci-dessous.
Hyperloop One 'proves' it's cheaper than high-speed rail
Since its conception, Hyperloop pioneers have been unable to answer the one question that matters: how much cheaper will it be compared to high-speed rail? Hyperloop One now feels confident enough to publish a feasibility study that makes the case th...
Tesla's Autopilot blamed for a Model X crash
Cooper GriggsFile under human error. The son-in-law is the one to ask about this incident.
Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot mode is coming under fire for the second time in as many weeks. Art dealer Albert Scaglione claims that the feature was responsible for a crash that rolled his Model X on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on July 1st. Accord...
VW's E-Golf is an undercover electric car
Some people find a certain satisfaction in proclaiming to the world that they drive a hybrid or pure electric car. Thanks to the Prius line, Chevy Volt and Tesla, it's easy to stick out among the hoards of other vehicles on the road. They are badges...
Facebook reveals open-source wireless platform, OpenCellular
OpenCellular is Facebook's open-source wireless access platform designed to provide internet to remote areas around the world. OpenCellular is roughly the size of a shoe box and it can support up to 1,500 people as far as 10 kilometers away with a ra...
FBI director to testify on Clinton email investigation
Cooper GriggsIn the meantime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghph_361wa0
Were you confused when the FBI said that Hillary Clinton likely broke the law by sending classified email through her private email server, but recommended against charges? You're not the only one. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee...
Palmed #silhouette #culvercity #losangeles #california #palmtree...

Palmed
#silhouette #culvercity #losangeles #california #palmtree (at Lonzo’s bakery)
Scientists are teaching robots how to hunt down prey
Cooper Griggs#SkynetWatch
Intelligent robots are all well and good until they start learning how to hunt prey. That's exactly what a team of scientists at the Institute of Neuroinformatics at the University of Zurich in Switzerland did. They taught a robot to behave like a pr...
Google's self-driving cars can read cyclists' hand signals
Google is working to expand the capabilities of its self-driving vehicle fleet, and according to its latest progress report (PDF), it's making strides in sharing the road with cyclists. One of the ways the folks in Mountain View are doing that is by...
DJI makes it easier to keep your drone out of no-fly zones
DJI's Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) software already kept pilots from flying its drones in "sensitive areas" and now the setup is getting a lot more useful. The UAV maker is making improvements to the system inside of its Go app that's used to...
"Cain, Gingrich, and Huckabee all proved that running for president could in fact be what Trump..."
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Conservatives Have Groomed the Perfect Suckers for Trump’s Epic Scam (via azspot)
“The affinity of conservatives for hucksterism not only explains Trump’s rise—but also why the Never Trump movement has never gained enough traction to stop him. By the time Trump launched his campaign, the conservative movement had already destroyed the intellectual immune system that is necessary to resist grifters.”
worth the 5-minute read.
murphystopheles: pussysista: comet? Rock n roll. Must be in...
Cooper Griggsdamn!
China successfully refuels a satellite in orbit
China is now one of the precious few countries that knows how to refuel satellites in space. The nation's Tianyuan-1 system (launched aboard the Long March 7) has successfully topped up at least one satellite in orbit. Officials aren't describing the...























