Alice Springs is a town, not a 'remote settlement'. Just because you would die of exhaustion walking to your local 7-11 to get your daily gallon of sugar water without the aid of your mums mobility scooter doesn't mean us actual human beings are living in neolithic environments. Sure it's a bit far from Darwin and Adelaide, but like hell are we a 'remote settlement'.
For this to be a killer-app it needs to be on-device translation. High-speed internet connections and high-speed mobile data connections are not common enough outside (and even inside) cities for this to be something you could usefully rely upon.
Microsoft look like they're onto a good thing with HoloLense - it fully jumps into the Augmented Reality space, which is where I think the Killer App of these wearables is really at, not email status updates in the corner of your eye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Yeah I can see this being used to stimulate other muscles when they bump into softer objects under more interesting simulations real soon. I doubt that'll "turn off" too many VR users.
Asutralia's rural internet is still pathetic, with some areas either unconnected or sporadically connected by pre-dialup speed satellite connections. There is literally no way Australia has any potential to go cashless in 3 years time.
someone upvote this for hilarity:-)
(and for the pendants - it's not wrong, but unless you're in an escher drawing you've got to go back uphill some day)
ferret4 writes: Arobott has been detained by police at a political rally in Moscow, with authorities attempting to handcuff the machine.
Police have not confirmed why they detained the machine named Promobot, but local media was reporting the company behind the robot said police were called because it was "recording voters' opinions on [a] variety of topics for further processing and analysis by the candidate's team".