WebBuzz du 19/09/2013
Pour Ceux qui n'aurait pas eu le loisir de voir en direct l'opération de redressement du Costa Concordia, voici une petite scéance de rattrappage et en moins de 2 minutes. Même si l'opération a l'air simple, elle cache beaucoup de technicité et de professionnalisme.
For those who would not have had the opportunity to see live the recovery operation of the Costa Concordia, here's a little time-laspe and in less than 2 minutes. Although the operation looks simple, it hides a lot of technical expertise and professionalism.
Burning Question: Why Do DVDs Still Have Region Codes?
While vacationing in France, you find a DVD of Ishtar. Score! (It’s never been released on DVD in the US). But when you get home, you discover that you’ve purchased a Region 2 disc, which, in your Region 1 player, is as useful as a coaster. This raises two questions: Why do you want to watch Ishtar? And why do we still have region codes?
The answers: taste and money, respectively. Though there’s no accounting for the former, those codes may soon be gone.
Regional restrictions began in 1997, as DVD technology was rolling out. They have nothing to do with the NTSC and PAL...
WebBuzz du 08/09/2017: Comment piloter son chariot élévateur comme un chef-Unreal skill of Fork Truck Driver
A force de conduire toute l'année leur chariot élévateur, ce conduiteur connait parfaitement son engin. Au point qu'il est capable de laisser tomber dans une bouteille, une piece de monnaie qu'il a préalablement ramassé avec son chariot.
By driving their forklift all year long, this driver knows his gear perfectly. To the point that he is able to drop in a bottle, a coin that he has previously picked up with his cart.
WebBuzz du 29/01/2016: Time-lapse créé à partir de photos d'internet-Time-lapse created from Internet photos
Avec le nombre de photos disponibles de plus en plus croissant sur internet, des chercheurs de l'université de Washington ont eu la bonne idée de réaliser des time-lapses d'endroits souvent photographié. Voici quelques exemples ...
With the number of photos of increasingly growing on the internet, the Washington University researchers have had the good sense to realize time-lapses of often photographed places. Here are some examples ...
One Brain, Hundreds of Eyes: Darpa Plots Manhunt Master Controller
WebBuzz du 01/09/2016: Croissance d'aiglons en accéléré-Eagle Time-Lapse
Review: Get Your Game On With Sony's Xperia Play Android Phone
Where most slider phones have a keyboard, Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play sports Playstation controls. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Mothers, lock up your gamers. The PlayStation phone has arrived.
And while it’s a bit on the chubby side, we think that, for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, big is beautiful.
You could almost call the Xperia Play the shorter, fatter cousin to the svelte Xperia Arc, which Sony Ericsson once described as the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” At .62 inches, the Play looks positively bulky compared to its Xperia-line relatives — a veritable Jan Brady to the Arc’s Marcia.
WebBuzz du 01/08/2017: une vedette hydroptère électrique-an electric boat on hydrofoil
Le premier brevet décrivant la notion d'embarcation utilisant des foils est déposé en 1869 par le français Emmanuel Farcot, ingénieur mécanicien, auteur de nombreux brevets. Ce n'est qu'après presque un siècle et demi que la première vedette utilisant des foils voit le jour!!!!
The first patent describing the notion of a boat using foils was deposited in 1869 by the French engineer Emmanuel Farcot, author of numerous patents. It is only after almost a century and a half that the first star using foils is born !!!!
WebBuzz du 20/01/2014 : La technique au service des handicapés-Technology for disabled people
Le Japon est connu pour sa cuisine, ses gaishas et son avancés technologique (et la chasse à la baleine). Et même si la France n'est pas en reste, la technologie qu'elle propose est reservé à quelques uns alors que le Japon met en place des solutions pour le plus grand nombre. Voici un concert un peu particulier puisque le pianiste joue avec ses yeux. Ce dispositif appelé Eye play the piano, ouvre d'autres possibilités et va permettre de donner encore plus d'autonomie aux personnes à mobilité réduite.
Japan is known for its cuisine, its gaishas and technological advanced (and whaling). And even if France is no exception, the technology it offers is reserved to a few while Japan implements solutions for many. Here is a somewhat special concert as the pianist plays with his eyes. This device called Eye play the piano, opens up other opportunities and will help give more autonomy to the disabled.
Best SSDs For The Money: May 2011
Welcome to the second installment of our list of top SSDs at at any given price point. This month we see the announcement of several new drives from OCZ, availability of Crucial's m4 lineup (at expected prices), and the emergence of new SF-2200 options.










