Checking one of our Federal Government’s web sites… found this with regard to download of a file I’m interested in: “Download Speed in Minutes (56Kbps Dial Up),” – ROFL!!! I haven’t used a 56Kbps dial up modem since we moved from BBS systems back in the 90’s. I’m going to poke around some more. I’m […]
Watching Google I/O live. Amazon made a huge impact with their Echo (aka Alexa). But Google isn’t going down without a fight. They’re ramping Google Assistant up with “Google Lens” to combine both audio/voice context with image recognition. The demo is showing some amazing stuff on the way. Just goes to show… when giants truly […]
With 2017 technology, you’d think it wouldn’t be that difficult to produce a safe automated system for trains running in a controlled environment. Good grief, I think I could cobble together a bunch of IoT sensors and do the job for <$1000/car easy. https://wtop.com/tracking-metro-24-7/2017/12/metro-acknowledges-smoother-rides-better-dont-expect-soon/
