Cool new stuff. What new technologies are you excited about?

**awa355** · 26th June 2013, 18:02

I love new technology. As soon as I get our VCR programming sorted, I'm going to move on to entering ph numbers into the new cordless phone.

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**The Reibz** · 26th June 2013, 18:04

Originally Posted by bogan

Yeh that's certainly one of the better areas. Most of the other stuff strikes me as lacking in value, 3D printers, wifi lightbulbs etc, nice to have but kind of feel the production cost outweighs what you can actually do with them.

Yeah the whole exploration thing is what I like about it. I mean humans have pretty much explored every inch of the earths surface, branching off to space is the next logical step of discovery.
Brazil spent something like 3 times the cost on world cup stadiums than it would to send a unmanned probe to Saturn or a manned space craft back to the moon. The technology is certainly there at the present it just seems like no one actually gives a fuck. I think aerospace engineering is an exciting field. Who honestly gives a fuck if I can wave to answer my non-smart phone. The new forms of Ion propulsion such as the VASMIR look promising.

I just hope we don't fuck this planet up so much that we never discover what could actually be out there

**Akzle** · 26th June 2013, 18:29

Originally Posted by Drew

Wait, a Tesla coil can be made to more effectively remove far off remote controlled planes, than a 50 cal rifle? Or did I misunderstand what you meant by "drones"?

try hitting a stationary 18" target in known conditions. Then put that target at 3000 feet with an airspeed over 60k/h
you might think your hot shit cowboy, but it aint practical.
Theyre electric. A decent emp would take them down. Hacking their control freq would be better, but improbable. So yes. Fuck them up with science.

As a matter of interest, the flight time on a 50 engaging a target at 2km is about 12 seconds.

Originally Posted by The Reibz

Yeah the whole exploration thing is what I like about it. I mean humans have pretty much explored every inch of the earths surface,

are you retarded? Science knows fuckall about earth. We dont even know how many species there are, particularly oceanic.

But yea, theyre raping this planet so better find somewhere else quickfast.

**unstuck** · 26th June 2013, 18:45

Pretty hard to get to some of the earth in Fiordland, so I guess that makes it unexplored.

**Laava** · 26th June 2013, 18:53

Originally Posted by awa355

I love new technology. As soon as I get our VCR programming sorted, I'm going to move on to entering ph numbers into the new cordless phone.

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Fuck dude, you ARE Steve Jobs!

**EJK** · 26th June 2013, 19:17

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**Erelyes** · 26th June 2013, 19:18

Batteries.

The main problem we have these days with renewable energies is their fickleness. Sometimes clouds block the sun. Sometimes the winds don't blow.

Have a high-capacity, small-size, cost-effective battery, and all of a sudden you can store power when it's sunny / windy, then feed it back into the grid when it's not.

I also saw an idea along these lines to do with plugging in your electric car at night / work, and it acting like a battery for the grid.

Say you only need 30% of your battery capacity to do your usual driving. You could 'allocate' 50% of your battery to be a powersink for the grid. Feeds power into the grid when it's not sunny/windy, stores it when it is.

If you're planning a holiday, no problem, you just set it for full chargeup.

Any time you're allocating your car to be a sink for the grid you get a power discount.

**Laava** · 26th June 2013, 19:29

Originally Posted by EJK

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Right. The time has come for you to explain the asdfasdfasdf thing?

**EJK** · 26th June 2013, 21:22

Originally Posted by Laava

Right. The time has come for you to explain the asdfasdfasdf thing?

Depends if either you are using KiwiBiker Forum's Skin "The Dark Zone" or "The Light Universe"

**Laava** · 26th June 2013, 21:26

Originally Posted by EJK

Depends if either you are using KiwiBiker Forum's Skin "The Dark Zone" or "The Light Universe"

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**Damantis** · 26th June 2013, 21:43

till I can have a small device that can access nearly all human knowledge ever recorded and display it on a screen in my hand. That would be totally Boss.

**Laava** · 26th June 2013, 21:46

Originally Posted by Damantis

till I can have a small device that can access nearly all human knowledge ever recorded and display it on a screen in my hand. That would be totally Boss.

Palm porn! On the left hand cos I'm right handed.