Day: August 26, 2013

Military

Launch This New 9-Hour Solar-Powered Drone from Your Shoulder

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As reported on Wired. BY ALLEN MCDUFFEE Photo: Courtesy AeroVironment Inc.   A new small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) boasts something no other has been able to do thus far: continuous flight for 9 hours and all on the clean energy of solar power. AeroVironment‘s 13-pound Puma AE can be assembled and hand-launched in minutes and requires no infrastructure for launch or landing, making them attractive for frontline use where time and space can be too…

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Environmental

Dogtown: Detroit’s latest challenge is thousands of stray dogs

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As reported on The Verge. By Russell Brandom Detroit’s recent bankruptcy has exacerbated an old problem: stray dogs. A new Bloomberg report estimates there could be as many as 50,000 stray dogs roaming the streets of Detroit, roughly one for every 14 citizens. The problem is particularly severe because of the city’s large number of abandoned homes, which the head of animal control says is “as if you designed a situation that causes dog problems.” Detroit currently houses only…

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Microsoft

Microsoft’s Next Era

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As reported on TechCrunch. by AARON LEVIE Editor’s note: Aaron Levie is CEO and co-founder of Box. Follow him on Twitter @levie. Moments like this happen only once a generation in the technology industry. The announcement of Steve Ballmer’s retirement from his post as CEO of Microsoft puts an end to one of the most powerful and interesting “regimes” in technology history. Symbolically, this is likely the closing chapter of an era that was led by Bill Gates, then collectively…

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Apple

When Apple Did Color Because It Was Delicious, Exciting, And Human

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ELIZA BROOKE You know what they say about trends: wait five years and they’ll swing back around again. With confirmation that a a gold iPhone 5s will indeed break onto the scene in September to throw a crimp into Apple’s monochromatic streak (madness! Gold rush jokes!), let’s take a look back at all those times that the company did color and did it well. While Apple is known for a clean, pared-down aesthetic…

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Microsoft

Switched On: Windows ReTried

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As reported on Engadget. By Ross Rubin  Last week’s Switched On discussed the initial confusion and rough ride for Windows RT, which became a dealbreaker for inventive PC designs that used the operating system. Despite ASUS dropping out of making Windows RT devices and joining such abstainers as HP, Acer and Toshiba, the operating system is due to be updated to include improvements in Windows 8.1, creating what will apparently be Windows RT 8.1. While Windows RT…

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