Domino's Pizza is having some fun with a safe sound system for the company's electric delivery scooters in the Netherlands. Using a human voice to replicate the sound of a small-displacement gasoline engine. Between synthesized revs, the "engine" exclaims "Domino's!" and "Pizza!" in what can only be described as the perfect Netherlands accent.
While Linux is running our phones, friend requests, tweets, financial trades, ATMs and more, most of us don't know how it's actually built. This short video takes you inside the process by which the largest collaborative development project in the history of computing is organized. Based on the annual report "Who Writes Linux," this is a powerful and inspiring story of how Linux has become a community-driven phenomenon. More information about Linux and The Linux Foundation can be found at http://www.linuxfoundation.org and http://www.linux.com
Watch this video as a 9 year old boy – who built an elaborate cardboard arcade out of cardboard boxes located in his dad’s used auto parts store – has the best day of his life. Unfortunately, Caine had no customers. Then one day, the internet organized a surprise to make his day.
Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz a reporter gain access to visit the factory floor at Apple's Chinese producer Foxconn. See highlights from his tour of the assembly line and the Foxconn facilities. He traces the journey of an iPad as it makes its way through the factory - from testing of gyroscope to the myriad of tests that a display is run through. If you thought modern electronics are made in giant factories with robotic arms, this one is sure to come across as a surprise. Amongst the many things revealed in the video is the fact that an average
Read MoreThere are 20 popular video game-themed planets represented in this fun animated video. Can you name all of them? Spoiler!! 1. Half Life 2 2. Limbo 3. Battlefield 1942 4. Super Mario 64 5. Assassin's Creed 6. Roller coaster Tycoon 7. The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion 8. Fallout 3 9. Team Fortress 2 10. Mirror's Edge 11. Portal 2 12. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 13. Bioshock 14. Mass Effect 3 15. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 16. Tetris 17. The Sims 3 18. Medal of Honor 19. Minecraft 20. Halo Video creator Tim Hijlkema
Pico projectors have lately been investigated as mobile display and interaction devices. Everyday objects sojourning in a beam are turned into dedicated projection surfaces and tangible interaction devices. While this has been explored for large projectors, the affordances of pico projectors are fundamentally different: they have a very small and strictly limited projection ray and can be carried around in a nomadic way during the day. Thus it is unclear how this could be actually leveraged for tangible interaction with physical, real world objects. We have investigated this in an exploratory field study and contribute the results. Based upon these,
Read MoreLook at the size and look at the price! They were heavy, the battery life was short, and the per-minute rate was prohibitive. But hey, let's take it to the beach and chit-chat! :) Oh boy, we have come a looooong way ...
Microsoft blogged about process for submitting apps to Windows Store in Windows 8. Similar to Windows Phone, every Metro Style app will be certified by Microsoft before getting published in the Windows Store for the public. Microsoft had the following goals while designing this process for developers, Encourage developers to visit the Store developer. - Encourage developers to visit the Store developer portal before they start coding - Help developers comply with the Store technical requirements - Reduce concepts and repetition by pulling information directly from the app package Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. Visit Building Windows 8 blog for more info.
As a Valentine’s Day experiment, Facebook looked at the top 10 songs users are listening to as they make new relationships “Facebook official” or announce recent breakups on the social network. The Facebook Data Team looked at songs U.S. users played on Spotify after changing their relationship statuses. Among lovebirds on Facebook, Jason Derulo takes the top spot with his hit "Don't Wanna Go Home". When users fall in love they feel like celebrating, so along with romantic songs like "Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars, users also play songs like "No Sleep" by Whiz Kalifa. "The Cave" by Mumford
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