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Let’s face it…the best thing about the SuperBowl can be the commercials (especially during last year’s “game”!). Check out the great compilation below of some of the best of the best.
The Best Super Bowl Commercials Ever Compilation by worldwideinterweb
Well I was wrong about the timing of Augmented Reality…I thought by now we’d have some real apps on the market, but it’s just not there yet. However, Microsoft has announced some cool glasses which may provide the boost AR needs to take off. Called the HoloLens, they overlay digital images and graphics onto your field of view, and also add 3D/spatial sound for audio feedback as well. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but they’re expected to be for sale this July! Should be cool. Check out the video below which will give you some idea of the potential applications (and they’re applications which, for the most part, don’t require additional innovation to implement) – I think the Minecraft demo is especially cool (and I expect that’ll launch with HoloLens).
Read more at SlashGear and TechCrunch.
Some recent votes have put Senators on the record on their position on climate change. Despite them not being climate scientists themselves, many of them are choosing to ignore the conclusions that the overwhelming majority of climate scientists have reached. Specifically, Senators defeated a proposed amendment that stated that “climate change is real (and) human activity significantly contributes to climate change.” To any educated person, that statement is kinda obvious and not a big deal. However, 49 Senators voted ‘NO’ to that statement. Children of the world…these 49 people are blocking efforts to combat climate change at the Federal government level in this country. The science is indisputable…your future is being put at risk by these and others that agree with them. Know this, and remember this, for in the coming years, chances are there will be some pretty creative spin put on the climate change issue as people worldwide are forced to face the reality…they’ll talk about uncertainties, doubts that people had…but know that the IS no doubt in the climate science community. The only doubt is that which is created by those who seek to block efforts to reduce CO2 emissions (the ‘why’ is a subject for another day, but a quick tip there, just follow the money).
Read more at NBC or ThinkProgress.
The names of the Senators who voted ‘NO’ are shown below (full results are here). Note that Harry Reid (D-NV) did not vote on this amendment so his position is unknown. Note that not a single Democrat voted ‘NO’. To their credit, five brave Republican Senators broke ranks and voted ‘YES’! Nice to see…but we need more like them!
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Atlas, that cool bipedal robot from Boston Dynamics, has received a pretty significant upgrade. Most everything above the knees has been redesigned and improved, and it now has a battery pack to enable it to roam freely. It has also been equipped with rotating wrists to enable it to open doorknobs. This is all part of the Darpa Robotics Challenge, which regardless of intent seems to be making rapid progress towards creating a real-life Terminator. Cool but rapid advances in this area of technology can be scary if and when AI takes off. Read more at the Darpa link above, or over at TechCrunch.
Interesting…we all know fast food is generally unhealthy…but here’s a study that links fast food consumption to low test scores in grade school kids. All the more reason to severely limit fast food intake! Read more here: Fast-food consumption linked to lower test score gains in 8th graders — ScienceDaily.
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