Everyone 1 seems to be amazed by the new voice included as part of mac OS X Leopard, and called Alex. Yes, it is better than previous computerised voices, but it (he?) still has a long way to go.
A lot is being made of the “natural breathing and intonation”, which is good. But I found, [...]
Posted on Sunday 11th November 2007 in Computers tagged Computers, future, language, mac OS X, with no comments.
Following on from the BBC News story about the extremely small flat in London, “SimpleSimon” has made a mock-up of a possible design using Google Sketchup: London Flat – a photoset on Flickr.
There is some interesting discussion on how to improve the design, the options for a smaller wet-room with toilet are especially interesting. I [...]
Posted on Monday 5th February 2007 in Engineering tagged architecture, future, news, with no comments.
Is this the future of transport? Engineers in Paderborn, Germany are working on an automated transport system, that could use existing rail networks (with some modifications) to run individual ‘Railcabs’ that take you to your destination without having to change trains. Likened to the internet, with great numbers of these vehicles moving autonomously along the [...]
Posted on Sunday 14th January 2007 in Engineering tagged Engineering, environmental, Europe, future, transport, with no comments.
Coal Mining Causing Earthquakes
The most damaging earthquake in Australia’s history was caused by humans, new research says. The magnitude-5.6 quake that struck Newcastle, in New South Wales, on December 28, 1989, killed 13 people, injured 160, and caused 3.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage. [National Geographic]
The article goes on to talk about carbon sequestration [...]
Posted on Sunday 7th January 2007 in Engineering, Politics, Science tagged climate change, construction, Engineering, environmental, future, landfill, natural-disaster, news, Politics, recycling, UK, with no comments.
After the plans were unveiled for the Edinburgh Airport Rail link the Scottish Parliament has now given the go ahead for the Glasgow rail link.
So much for a sustainable transport plan then.
“_Who cares about the potential for global climate change, as long as we can have easy access to our cheap flights!_”
Posted on Wednesday 29th November 2006 in Blog tagged climate change, construction, Edinburgh, Engineering, environmental, future, Glasgow, Politics, with no comments.
