I was sitting in my chair and I saw a robin out the window and I wondered whether it could see me (as in how far can robin’s see). I of course googled it. But, I got sidetracked and found a Discovery article explaining that robins can see the earth’s EM field. According to the… Continue reading Robins and cryptochrome
Category: Cool
Clash of Clans
David found a super bowl commercial on the Clash of Clans game I play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2qk2X3fKA To funny :).
Chocolatey (package manager)
Chocolatey is a package manager for windows. This is something that I think all windows users should consider getting. Even if you don’t use the command line there is a GUI to interact with it https://chocolatey.org/packages/ChocolateyGUI. You can add new packages to chocolatey.org and take advantage of their automatic packages to make it so if you update… Continue reading Chocolatey (package manager)
Codebox
I found out about https://www.codebox.io/. It is an online ide and it supports a ton of langs (including java). It is open source, so you don’t have to use their services. It also has desktop apps so you can work outside your browser. The ide is customizable and you can make custom plugins etc. Sounds awesome… Continue reading Codebox
fun autonomous vehicle ideas
Would be cool in the future with autonomous cars we will be able to have events where instead of having stations in a building that you walk to you would be in cars. And whenever you switched you would change cars. Bathroom car! Would be too cool to have an autonomous bus/car that just… Continue reading fun autonomous vehicle ideas
Cloud Storage
Well this is the end of 2014. I just found this amazing energy storage company LightSail Energy. They use compressed air to store energy. It sort of reminds you of how the water cycle or weather systems work. Cloud storage :). http://daniellefong.com/ — Founder’s website has some nice articles.
Warblr
This is totally awesome!! One of my ideas is becoming an app soon. They just started and are trying to get funding through kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1190241008/warblr-an-app-that-recognises-birds-from-their-son?ref=nav_search. They seem to have a lot of media support and there app seems to work! Totally awesome. Fast Company did an article about it http://www.fastcoexist.com/3037817/fund-this/the-original-tweeting-this-app-is-like-shazam-for-bird-songs. https://drewsblog.herokuapp.com/?p=1741 my original post on my idea which… Continue reading Warblr
Satellites and houses
This is cool. He discusses the concept of contracting and subcontracting for building houses and puts it into the perspective of sattelites and task allocation. http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/339034/1.hasCoversheetVersion/jvdhorst_thesis.pdf
Adaptive Appartment
Totally awesome http://www.fastcoexist.com/3036734/this-micro-apartment-transforms-when-you-push-a-button-to-give-you-more-space. In some of my really old note books I drew and described my “dream” house with fold/slide/pop out furniture, games, beds, walls etc. I never thought of it actually being developed. Their target market is for apartments in cities with cramped living conditions. Which is perfect! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFq15IHQ1Uc — youtube video of a demo. One… Continue reading Adaptive Appartment
Accident Notification System
So, a friend of mine was just in a really bad car collision (not with another car thankfully). He was taken to a hospital and was unconscious and had fractured his skull. It took about 6 hours until his family was notified! It was on the website of our local newspaper like within the hour… Continue reading Accident Notification System