Pokémon is taking over the world. Again.
Source : ‘Pokémon Go’ is already bigger than Tinder, and it’s about to overtake Twitter
Étiquette : mobility (Page 6 of 8)
What’s the biggest problem with PC-based virtual reality right now? Is it the price? The lack of deep gaming experiences? Or is it that darned cord that keeps you from properly leaping around like a lunatic while playing Space Pirate Trainer? For the PC manufacturers gathered at Computex 2016 in Taiwan, it’s very much the latter. Yes, in a weird and quite frankly surprising trend, HP, MSI, Gigabyte, and Zotac are all showing off backpack-based PCs for free-to-roam VR gaming.
Source : Backpack VR PCs are now a thing: MSI, HP, and Zotac unveil new models | Ars Technica UK
Fed up with pedestrians who can’t take their eyes off the screen, the government is obliged nevertheless to try and save their lives. It will implement a six month trial of the traffic lights at a cost of A$250,000.
Source : Australia is putting traffic lights in the ground because you’re glued to your phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2L1zQkJ8UA
Turn it into a movie projector, a boombox, or a battery powerhouse.
Since so many people are already using Waze to get to work, why not help a fellow commuter heading in the same direction? That’s what Waze Carpool is all about.
Source : Waze Carpool
SkinTrack is a wearable system that enables continuous touch tracking on the skin. It consists of a ring, which emits a continuous high frequency AC signal, and a sensing wristband with multiple electrodes.
It isn’t pie in the sky. People are talking about 20 years. I think we will have it in five years.
Source : Head of Fiat Chrysler Sees Self-Driving Cars in Five Years, Not 20 – The New York Times
Il n’y a pas si longtemps…
Nous sommes également pleinement conscients de la nécessité de porter un regard neuf sur les données dont nous disposons pour trouver des solutions innovantes. Le début de notre politique relative à l’Open Data remonte à juillet 2012 et nous avons ouvert la totalité de notre offre de transport sur data.ratp.fr. En parallèle, nous animons la communauté des développeurs lors de hackatons. Notre nouvelle plateforme d’applications « RATP Apps » héberge ainsi des applications développées par des start-up sur la base des données Open Data de la RATP.
Source : Votre quotidien sur le réseau : les réponses à vos questions
Rue Tholoze, Paris, un petit défi pour les voitures du futur…
Source : Londres veut préparer l’arrivée des voitures autonomes sur ses routes
Driving Mode is a clever new version of navigation mode that uses your location history and web searches to make assumptions about where you’re going and give traffic updates and ETAs as you travel. It’s sort of like the commute feature for work and home addresses, but with some data-mining genius to make it more flexible. The new mode can be launched with a shortcut on the homescreen or from the nav drawer.