Monthly Archives: February 2016

How Will We Live In 2116? Commercial Flights Into Space, Underwater Cities, And Other Predictions

Posted on by

Super-skyscrapers, virtual holidays (involving electrodes stimulating the senses) and Hologram pets may seem like elements of a sci-fi movie, but according to Samsung’s SmartThings Future Living Report, they are likely to exist a century later. Put together by space scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, futurist architects Arthur Mamou-Mani and Toby Burgess, and urbanists Linda Aitken and Els Leclerq, this report explores such questions as “How will we live; how will we work; how will we relax?” Here are seven of the top predictions.

from Forbes – Tech http://ift.tt/1oUuTHp
via IFTTT

Google begins selling Cardboard VR Viewer on its online store

Posted on by

Google strangely hasn’t been selling its own Google Cardboard even after more than a year of giving them away at Google I/O 2014. Well that’s all changed now that Google is offering a Google Cardboard right from its own online store.

Google is offering each Cardboard for $15 or 2 for $25. The Cardboard is compatible with all Android and iOS smartphones from 4 to 6 inch screens.

The Google Store will also begin selling the Mattel View-Master VR Starter Pack as well as another Cardboard alternative without all the cardboard.

The Tech C1-Glass VR Viewer is available from the Google Store for the same price of $15 while offering a more compact and portable VR viewer while the Mattel View-Master VR is $30. The Tech C1-Glass is compatible with the same devices as the standard Google Cardboard.

Source |…

from GSMArena.com – Latest articles http://ift.tt/1L0z2Dk
via IFTTT

Thank you Mojang… via /r/Minecraft

Posted on by


Thank you Mojang…

Thanks Mojang, for giving us another amazing update. It may have taken awhile and caused a lot of controversy, but I think that it was certainly worth it.

You have successfully shown that you can put out a great update, even when short on staff, even after navigating a sea of hate comments and negative remarks.

Thank you for releasing this huge update, and I hope for the continuation of great, free updates for Minecraft. 🙂

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 06:54PM by cadoba123
via reddit http://ift.tt/1WSEMQg

Google Research Team Makes Unexpected Find Regarding Solid State Flash Storage

Posted on by

In a technical session at the USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies, Raghav Lagisetty and Arif Merchant of Google Inc., and Bianca Schroeder of the University of Toronto, with help from the Platforms Storage Team at Google, presented some surprising data about the reliability of flash storage in big-iron, data-center production environments.

from Forbes – Tech http://ift.tt/1QQQV9O
via IFTTT