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Comment: They would sell you a flying car if they could (Score 1) 208

by Joshua Fan (#43141527) Attached to: The Hypocrisy In Silicon Valley's Big Talk On Innovation
Capitalism is supposed to be beneficial for mankind in that advancing technology is supposed to be profitable, which is the reason for the recent incentives to privatize the space industry. Of course the link between innovation and profits isn't direct, so oftentimes innovation will steer off course towards designing a more visible animated billboard for the underside of that flying car rather than increasing redundancy in its lift components.

Comment: Distance isn't the important part, it's trajectory (Score 1) 37

by Joshua Fan (#43141377) Attached to: SpiderSense Suit Delivers Superhuman Perception
The suit's controller package needs to calculate over several measurements if objects are getting closer to you before issuing a warning. Then the article's example of walking between library bookshelves being problematic wouldn't be anymore. Bonus points if it also accounts for the relative direction and size of projectiles to determine if there truly will be a collision or not.

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