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Tesla Unveils Dual Motor and Autopilot
I have to wonder about liability and related problems for self-driving vehicles.
Say an accident happens which is at least partly the fault of the vehicle, as good as it may or may not be at avoiding accidents. Who is liable, considering the car was driving itself? The owner, who may not even be in the car? The car company, or the company who provided the software which was driving the car (which could be the same company)?
I could see liability being a big potential problem for these car companies, especially in the early days before the legal issues get ironed out.
Also, what if there's actually nobody in the car when the accident happens? Even if it's a minor accident I imagine the vehicle would need some way of reporting it. Would the vehicle always stop and stay at the location of the accident?
Eh, just some of the issues on the path to widely used self-driving vehicles that I'll be interested to see play out.
There's a Secret Vehicle on the Millennium Falcon!
The shape of the Batmobile from the newer Batman movies was "hidden" on the Millennium Falcon there.
I don't get it. Can someone explain to me what I was just looking at?
Speed escalator
That's a lot of people on the escalator at the same time. They might have just overloaded the capacity of it.
Raffaello D'Andrea: The athletic power of quadcopters
I must say I got a kick out of the (unintentional?) Skynet reference at 10:10.
"Machines can not only perform dynamic maneuvers on their own, they can do it collectively. These three quads are cooperatively carrying a skynet."
Oh noes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wlsd9mljiU#t=32s
Man and Chihuahua do Yoga Together
Obviously someone off-camera directing the dog, but still cute.
Neodymium magnet clears metalworking shop
Vacuum cleaners, how do they work?
You know, they have these things called vacuum cleaners that do a bang-up job.
The Plan for Global Toxoplasma Domination
Upvoted. I'll upvote anything with cats in it, they're such cute critters.
Big Breasted Slow-Mo Beer Chug.
I was about to say that most of that beer was wasted, but... on second thought, I don't think it was a waste after all.
Cargo Plane Falls Out Of The Sky
Put a cellphone next to a speaker and you'll get that sound occasionally as the cellphone communicates with the tower. So yeah, electromagnetic interference. More info:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/17586/why-cell-phones-make-speakers-go-blip-blip-blip-buzz
Question - anyone know what that sound is at 0:46 and again at 1:46? Some sort of interference? Dit da dit dit da dit, etc.
How To Get Lithium Metal From an Energizer Battery
Hello, Dumdeedum. I want to play a game.
I'm pretty sure the narrator's going to kill me.
Catching Wild Rabbits using Snakes: Barehanded
Step 1: Find a venomous snake and pick it up by the tail.
Step 2: Wait, you're still here?
Road Warriors... Extraordinary Irish Road Racing at 200mph
Similar here, though it hearkens me back to Road Rash on 3DO (yeah, I'm one of the few people who had one of those overpriced systems):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuX6D-gY5VY
That and the 3DO release of Star Control 2 (which the relatively recent remastered version released for free as The Ur-Quan Masters borrowed a lot from) redeemed the system.
Am I the only one who can't help but think of the game Road Rash on Sega Genesis as I watch this? Hell, I never thought anything in real life could get so close to my all time favorite racing game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JimhxCE0hhA
The Cat With No Dignity
Cats do purr when sick or badly injured. The way this cat is acting, I wonder.
Crazy Impressive Breakdancing Kids
2:53 rather amused me.
Zillions of spiders - Just hanging above!
I don't even have a problem with spiders as such (useful little buggers for eating up various annoying insects), but it would still creep me the fuck out walking underneath that.