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BudMcLaine t1_jd38f9d wrote
Reply to comment by GSHomie in Virtuix's Omni One VR treadmill is finally making its way to customers by SAT0725
This isn’t a treadmill for fitness so much as it is for immersion in VR.
seething_with_class t1_jd381k7 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in World’s first solar panel 'carpet' on railway tracks may generate electricity by diacewrb
I figure somebody got in trouble for using too much confident language in a press release about some other 'future tech' topic before this
GSHomie t1_jd36nyr wrote
What happened to turning on the TV and just pounding on a regular treadmill?
everymanakang t1_jd34vov wrote
Reddit gushes over the idea of solar roads, sidewalks and the like. But they are so inefficient. It would be far cheaper to put the capital toward encouraging landowners and business owners to put them on their property in a more traditional configuration
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TunaFishManwich t1_jd301ru wrote
It’s a subscription model. Hard pass.
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Nuker-79 t1_jd2ugke wrote
Reply to comment by batatatchugen in World’s first solar panel 'carpet' on railway tracks may generate electricity by diacewrb
These will not work too well in my opinion, if only for the fact that I know how filthy the tracks get from the oils/dirt that is deposited on the tracks. I live adjacent to a railway and they are filthy all the time.
It would take a lot of maintenance to keep them clean.
Moses148 t1_jd2rldp wrote
Isn't this just the same as the Kat walk, which has been available to the public for awhile
batatatchugen t1_jd2nxhs wrote
If only those panels could be placed in a more suitable location, where they are not only safe from debris falling and cracking them, but also grin all the vibration of the tracks that would cause micro cracks on them, or all the dust and dirt that would inevitably accumulate over them, or if only they could be placed on a better suited angle.
It's not like this system isn't orders of magnitude more complex, for no good reason, than simply putting the panels overhead, or besides the tracks where there's available space, or in many many other better suited places...
First we had solar roadways, and now it's solar railways, and it's not any less dumb.
Oiggamed t1_jd2mgf2 wrote
Reply to comment by diacewrb in World’s first solar panel 'carpet' on railway tracks may generate electricity by diacewrb
I could never do that on rollerblades.
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Reply to comment by diacewrb in World’s first solar panel 'carpet' on railway tracks may generate electricity by diacewrb
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diacewrb OP t1_jd2cv6b wrote
>Solar panel installation along railroad tracks is not a novel concept. Photovoltaic components mounted on railroad sleepers are being tested by two additional businesses, Italy's Greenrail, and England's Bankset Energy.
>However, in partnership with EPFL, the Swiss Federal Technology Institute in Lausanne, Sun-Ways is the first to have patented a removable system.
>Danichert declares, "that is the innovation," according to him, the ability to remove the panels is necessary in order to perform maintenance tasks like rail grinding. Trains continue to travel along the lines without incident, thanks to rail grinding.
SirCodeye t1_jd253fh wrote
Reply to comment by Tom_Jack_Attack in Miraxess MiraDock turns (some) smartphones into desktop computers (pre-order $139) by giuliomagnifico
I mean with Samsung DeX you can get relatively close, at least for office use. All Office 365 products are available for Android so attaching this to a Samsung phone would make it a decent option.
threeeddd t1_jd1h2t6 wrote
Reply to Absurd RTX 4070 MSRP reportedly 50% more vs RTX 3070 as leak points to AIB models entering RTX 4070 Ti territory by diacewrb
Prices are so high for absolutely zero value increase over the previous gen. It's like they are pricing these gpus so we can buy used 2 years from now, for what they should have cost for right now. Waiting for 4070ti used for 500-600. Still a terrible value for the limited vram and memory bandwidth.
pwnagocha t1_jd12cq4 wrote
Reply to Absurd RTX 4070 MSRP reportedly 50% more vs RTX 3070 as leak points to AIB models entering RTX 4070 Ti territory by diacewrb
At what point will graphics quality in gaming plateau? I have the 3080ti and I’m blown away, I’d be happy with this forever.
TheQuarantinian t1_jd085yi wrote
Reply to comment by EnvironmentalValue18 in Zipline’s new drones release tethered mini-drones for precision package deliveries - These drone deliveries drop down from up to 300 feet high in a tethered ‘droid’ with its own propellers to target small landing zones like a table. by speckz
People go for low hanging fruit and are always willing to ban something they don't care about doing themselves
diacewrb t1_jcyygkr wrote
Reply to Fake Samsung 980 Pro SSDs Are Spreading Around | It looks like a Samsung 980 Pro but doesn't perform like one. by chrisdh79
Weren't the real ones giving users issues as well?
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-980-pro-ssd-failures-firmware-update
Neo_Techni t1_jcyw9xg wrote
Reply to comment by thethrillman in Fake Samsung 980 Pro SSDs Are Spreading Around | It looks like a Samsung 980 Pro but doesn't perform like one. by chrisdh79
> The 980 Pro isn't even the best SSD afaik
well you don't want to fake the best of something, that makes people more suspicious by default. It's why many stores don't accept $50/$100 bills. If you fake the lower/mid end range stuff, people are less suspicious
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Reply to comment by Neo_Techni in Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain by speckz
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Reply to comment by atihigf in Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain by speckz
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Eleventh_Barista t1_jcyie5t wrote
Reply to Fake Samsung 980 Pro SSDs Are Spreading Around | It looks like a Samsung 980 Pro but doesn't perform like one. by chrisdh79
the sticker looks like shit in the picture
thethrillman t1_jcyffrm wrote
Reply to Fake Samsung 980 Pro SSDs Are Spreading Around | It looks like a Samsung 980 Pro but doesn't perform like one. by chrisdh79
The 980 Pro isn't even the best SSD afaik. This just shows you how powerful Samsung as a brand name is.
Will we see fake Samsung fridges next?
16M4 t1_jd39n9r wrote
Reply to Virtuix's Omni One VR treadmill is finally making its way to customers by SAT0725
Can I play Three-Body on it?