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Apple's iCar or whatever..
condrbkr:
--- Quote from: streetStreet on August 13, 2015, 11:09:07 AM ---Let's be honest.
Look at what is at the forefront of automotive technology and it's guaranteed Apple is going to steal it than make it popular somehow. They're pretty the elvis of our time. What eminent is to rap, Apple is to whatever it is they do.
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Stealing is such a weak hate against Apple. Sure they boost up the Apple propaganda with the whole innovative mantra and they weren't the first to do certain items. Regardless Steve Jobs made shit happen in ways very few people in our lifetime ever has. What use is some good idea if all it leads to is products in the clearance rack at CompUSA?
Prodigal Son:
You know what would make Mr. French's scenario better? If an amazon x apple drone came and treated you like a package.
streetStreet:
--- Quote from: condrbkr on August 14, 2015, 04:02:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: streetStreet on August 13, 2015, 11:09:07 AM ---Let's be honest.
Look at what is at the forefront of automotive technology and it's guaranteed Apple is going to steal it than make it popular somehow. They're pretty the elvis of our time. What eminent is to rap, Apple is to whatever it is they do.
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Stealing is such a weak hate against Apple. Sure they boost up the Apple propaganda with the whole innovative mantra and they weren't the first to do certain items. Regardless Steve Jobs made shit happen in ways very few people in our lifetime ever has. What use is some good idea if all it leads to is products in the clearance rack at CompUSA?
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Who said I hated Apple? I typed that all on an iPhone. theyre probably just designing best for your vehicle just like for the home.
ginger:
I swear I saw this announced 2 days ago, unless it was a dream.
Edit: Yep, http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/14/apple-self-driving-car-project-titan-sooner-than-expected
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--- Quote from: Prodigal Son on August 11, 2015, 07:23:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dr. Steve Brule on August 11, 2015, 08:54:04 AM ---Hopefully this stuff will be the first nail in the coffin for fossil fuels too.
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How did you think that would come about? There would be a huge demand on electricity infrastructure. The famous Thames plant is powered by??
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Electric cars have the potential to make electricity supply much easier. At present we have to have enough capacity to supply peak demand, think superbowl commercial break and everyone sticks the oven/kettle/toaster on while the TV and AC are already on etc. Electric cars connected to "charge" can feed back for a few minutes to smooth this out and supply the extra needed instead of dozens of power plants being spooled up in anticipation.
At present, wind turbines are often shut down at quiet times because they are much cheaper and quicker to take off line than any other form of mechanical generator, we then have to pay NOT to get electricity, this power could be fed to charging cars as long as we have a smart grid. Nuclear power plants are the worst for this inability to be flexible.
It is also amazing how the Nuclear power lobby has "spun" this weakness of Nuclear and strength of wind into an anti-wind argument and made all this shit up about "base load", when that really isnt the main issue.
:)
G.
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