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Imagine how cool this thing would be to see in action. the JIN is a directed-energy-discharge system mounted on a remotely operated armored vehicle. The system uses high-voltage electrical discharges from a remote-controlled boom to prematurely detonate IEDs.
This is a really interesting story, if true, (via digg) about a new drive system that Ford is working on that can give a standard F-150 pickup (I’m a GMC man myself) 60mpg. Hydraulic Hybrids work in the same manner, only instead of batteries, excess energy is stored in hydraulic cylinders.That in itself is not [...]
13Feb
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Lot’s of news lately about Larry and the Wild Bunch setting their sights on open source companies, which begs an interesting question of what it is you are buying when you acquire an open source company. Technology:Natch but it’s not so straightforward. One of the interesting quirks of copyright law is that in order to [...]
Time did this softball interview with the “Google Guys”. TIME: YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THE BUSINESS. WHAT PROBLEM ARE YOU ADDRESSING? SCHMIDT: With all the headlines we’re making, we don’t want our announcements to surprise or confuse anyone. We don’t want our partners to think we’re competing against them. but later [...]
“MySQL AB, developer of the world’s most popular open source database,today announced the completion of an $18.5 million Series C round offinancing led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), the Menlo Park,California-based venture capital firm. Corporate investors in the roundwere Intel Capital; Red Hat; SAP Ventures, a division of SAP AG; andPresidio STX, the U.S.-based venture [...]
Oracle wins a no-bid software contract up in Wisconsin, shortly thereafter Oracle executives start contributing to Doyle’s campaign… and they all are from out-of-state. One would think that the massive problem that California found itself in (budget and political) should cause pause for public officials contemplating no-bid contracts. Technorati Tags: Oracle, campaign+finance, wisconsin, Doyle