The conversion cost $20,000 in parts. He acquired a motor from NetGain Motors, electrical components from EV West, Triumph parts from Moss Motors, and five Tesla batteries capable of 70 miles on a charge for his setup. NVIDIA supplied the Jetson Xavier NX developer kit. … [Read more...] about Electric Avenue: NVIDIA Engineer Revs Up Classic Car to Sport AI
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Amazon opens Alexa AI tech for the first time so car makers can build custom assistants
Amazon is doing so to allow not just automobile manufacturers, but any company with a need for a digital voice assistant more control over the software experience. This will allow companies to create their own wake words and custom voices and capabilities Amazon says will “co-exist” with Alexa as it’s designed to work today. For the auto market, this provides Amazon the added benefit of having its software built directly into cars. … [Read more...] about Amazon opens Alexa AI tech for the first time so car makers can build custom assistants
Sony is reportedly killing the PlayStation Vita in 2018
— PlayStation España (@PlayStationES) March 19, 2018 Last year Sony pulled the plug on the PS3 in Japan. After 11 years of support and the release of three subsequent consoles (PS4, PS4 Slim, and PS4 Pro), the company decided it was time to wind things down. It would seem the same is happening with the Vita now starting in Spain. … [Read more...] about Sony is reportedly killing the PlayStation Vita in 2018
A big wing and no back seats: The 2021 Mini John Cooper Works GP
There are vast reserves of front grip, courtesy of some Hankook summer tires that were still doing their job admirably at an ambient temperature of 52°F (11°C). In fact, such was the grip between the sticky rubber and the limited slip differential that I never got close to the car's limit of traction on the road. I'm not sure I saw DSC engage once, and you'd have to be going very fast indeed to provoke it to the point where you might end up in a ditch. The brakes were more than up to the job of slowing everything down. … [Read more...] about A big wing and no back seats: The 2021 Mini John Cooper Works GP
premieres in ways that would never work on ABC—and that’s great
A fundraiser event prompts the couple's neighbors to say the phrase "for the children" in monotone unison—often enough for us to notice that there aren't any kids around. An inter-office chat peppers dark anti-communist sentiment between playful banter. And a freak radio broadcast includes chatter that seems to be aimed at Wanda, as uttered by whatever man makes a brief cameo at the end of the first episode. That says nothing of the way these first two episodes play around with hints of color, or the fictional commercials that shamelessly tie the series into the larger MCU. … [Read more...] about premieres in ways that would never work on ABC—and that’s great