Japanese Toilet Makers Agree to Simplify Control Buttons for Confused Foreigners
On Tuesday, the Japan Restroom Industry Association announced that it had developed a new set of control panel illustrations for multifunctional “super toilets,” standardizing the symbols for the benefit of foreign visitors. – by @hudsonhongo – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://gizmodo.com/japanese-toilet-makers-agree-to-simplify-control-button-1791319522

Listening to machines to understand why they break
There is nothing more frustrating than taking your car into the mechanic with only the vaguest sense that something is wrong. You know that odd little creak or strange whine is new, but you don’t have a clue what it’s trying to tell you. – by Ben Popper – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/11/13921422/augury-ai-sound-machines-prediction-repair

China’s New “Social Credit Score” Brings Dystopian Science Fiction to Life
The Chinese government is taking a controversial step in security, with plans to implement a system that gives and collects financial, social, political, and legal credit ratings of citizens into a social credit score. – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://futurism.com/chinas-new-social-credit-score-brings-dystopian-science-fiction-to-life/

Overheid onderzoekt of modem onder vrije routerkeuze valt
Toezichthouder ACM heeft via zijn consumentenportaal ConsuWijzer informatie gepubliceerd over de vrije routerkeuze. Onder deze regels moeten consumenten hun eigen netwerkapparaten kunnen kiezen. Of een modem ook daaronder valt, wil de overheid nog onderzoeken. – by Sander van Voorst – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://tweakers.net/nieuws/120591/overheid-onderzoekt-of-modem-onder-vrije-routerkeuze-valt.html

This is what it’d be like to ride in the Hyperloop
Hyperloop One — the well-funded, slightly dysfunctional, futuristic transportation startup — said Tuesday that it would study the possibility of building the world’s first passenger-ready hyperloop in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. – by Andrew J – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/8/13556392/hyperloop-one-pod-dubai-design-video-passenger

Sony toont videomuur met naadloze panelen en ‘self-emitting’ pixels
Sony demonstreert op de CES zijn Cledis-systeem voor videomuren. Het systeem bestaat uit panelen van ongeveer 40x46cm, die uitgerust zijn met rgb-leds. Net als bij oledschermen is er geen backlight, waardoor zwart optimaal weergegeven kan worden. – by Julian Huijbregts – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://tweakers.net/nieuws/119811/sony-toont-videomuur-met-naadloze-panelen-en-self-emitting-pixels.html

Our continuing commitment to your privacy with Windows 10
At Microsoft, we are deeply committed to protecting our customers’ privacy. This includes providing clear choices and easy-to-use tools that put you in control of how your information is collected and used. – by Terry Myerson – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/01/10/continuing-commitment-privacy-windows-10/

The future of America is driverless
It’s November, 2021: what does the world look like? By 2021, we will see autonomous vehicles in operation across the country in ways that we [only] imagine today… Families will be able to walk out of their homes and call a vehicle, and that vehicle will take them to work or to school. – by Tamara Warren – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/a/verge-2021/secretary-anthony-foxx

D66 pleit voor Europees verbod op onveilige internet-of-things-apparaten
D66 wil dat er een verbod komt op de verkoop van internet-of-things-apparaatjes waarvan is gebleken dat ze onveilig zijn. Daarbij wil de politieke partij ook dat fabrikanten aansprakelijk worden voor de veiligheid van hun producten. Hiervoor zouden uiteindelijk Europese regels moeten komen. – by Bauke Schievink – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://tweakers.net/nieuws/118095/d66-pleit-voor-europees-verbod-op-onveilige-internet-of-things-apparaten.html

First Click: Elon Musk imagines life after democracy
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” That was what British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill said, when asked about the failings of the political model, and history has thus far borne him out. – by Rich McCormick – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/10/13582652/elon-musk-imagines-life-after-democracy

Elon Musk: Robots will take your jobs, government will have to pay your wage
The CEO and founder of Tesla and SpaceX says that a universal basic income will allow more time for leisure. – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/elon-musk-robots-will-take-your-jobs-government-will-have-to-pay-your-wage.html

Google’s miniature radars can now identify objects
When Google unveiled Project Soli in 2015, the company presented it as a way to create gesture controls for future technology. – by James Vincent – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/10/13582700/google-soli-radarcat-object-recognition

NASA’s elektromagnetische raketaandrijving lijkt te kunnen werken
NASA heeft een paper gepubliceerd waarin het aantoont dat een elektromagnetische raketaandrijving, een zogeheten em-drive, daadwerkelijk stuwkracht levert. Het probleem is alleen dat niemand lijkt te begrijpen waarom de aandrijving precies werkt. – by Willem de Moor – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://tweakers.net/nieuws/118235/nasas-elektromagnetische-raketaandrijving-lijkt-te-kunnen-werken.html

Jpeg versus raw – Heeft raw ook zin op een smartphone?
Slechts weinigen fotograferen in raw met hun smartphone, soms simpelweg omdat ze niet van het bestaan weten of de instelling niet kennen, maar vaak ook omdat de toegevoegde waarde niet duidelijk is. – by Jeroen Horlings – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://tweakers.net/reviews/4895/rawfotografie-op-een-smartphone.html

DJI Mavic Pro vs. Phantom 4 Review – Kleine revolutie in quadcopterland
De Phantom 4 is met een adviesprijs van 1300 euro slechts 100 euro duurder dan de Mavic Pro en op het moment van schrijven zijn de marktprijzen in de Pricewatch zelfs gelijk. Dat maakt de keuze best lastig. – by Jeroen Horlings – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://tweakers.net/reviews/4937/last/dji-mavic-pro-vs-phantom-4-kleine-revolutie-in-quadcopterland.html#reacties

Uber wants to take over public transit, one small town at a time
My first morning in Altamonte Springs, Florida, I was faced with a dilemma: how to travel the two miles from my hotel to city hall without a car. Walking would take nearly an hour in the sweltering June heat. – by Spencer Woodman – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/1/12735666/uber-altamonte-springs-fl-public-transportation-taxi-system

De winkelstraat loopt leeg, de webwinkel profiteert
Consumenten blijven maar meer kopen in webwinkels. In de eerste helft van dit jaar gaven Nederlanders samen 9,5 miljard euro uit aan online aankopen. Dat is ruim 17 procent meer dan in dezelfde periode vorig jaar. De Thuiswinkel Markt Monitor, een onderzoek dat brancheorganisatie Thuiswinkel. – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://nos.nl/artikel/2130834-de-winkelstraat-loopt-leeg-de-webwinkel-profiteert.html

Marking up the world with Google’s beacon platform
Google’s beacon platform allows cities like Amsterdam to build a powerful beacon networks, associating data with beacons and making them available for all developers to use, unlocking powerful new proximity-based experiences for users. You can use the beacon network in Amsterdam by following our cod – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.youtube.com/watch

Get Started with Nearby Notifications
Nearby Notifications is an upcoming new feature for contextual device, app, and website discovery. Nearby Notifications reveals what you can do with what’s around you by automatically scanning for beacons and other devices, and surfacing the associated data to your app. – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://developers.google.com/nearby/notifications/overview

Synchronisation of Oxford St
JCDecaux, the UK’s largest Out-of-Home company, today completed the synchronisation of four Visual Display Clusters (VDCs) on its digitised Oxford Street network. – Tags: frvdw blogpost, strategic development – http://www.jcdecaux.co.uk/synchronisation-oxford-st

Google’s new Trips app takes the stress out of planning vacations
Vacations are great. Planning them? Not so much. Fret not though: Google wants to make your life easy though with its new Trips app. – by Napier Lopez – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/09/19/googles-new-trips-app-takes-stress-planning-vacations/

Our secret’s out.
Since we started shipping bikes eight years ago, here at VanMoof we’ve struggled to find shipping partners that give our bikes the same obsessive love and care that we do. Trust us, we’ve tried them all. – by Bex Rad – Tags: frvdw blogpost – https://medium.com/vanmoof/our-secrets-out-f21c1f03fdc8#.pu2uob2i7

Lorn’s Anvil music video is a beautiful glimpse into a bleak cyberpunk future
The sky is tuned to a dead channel as drones fly lazily over the metropolis. This is the opening shot of the new music video for Lorn’s song Anvil, set in an overpopulated world a century from now. – by Andrew Liptak – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/22/13015212/lorn-anvil-video-watch-cyberpunk-animation

Bluetooth-zenders voor ov-reizigers – Amsterdam hangt beacons in het centrum
De term ‘beacons’ zingt al een paar jaar rond. Vooral sinds Apple in 2013 code voor het gebruik van zijn variant daarvan met de naam iBeacons in iOS 7 zette, is het een veelbesproken onderwerp. – by Krijn Soeteman – Tags: frvdw blogpost, strategic development – https://tweakers.net/reviews/4741/bluetooth-zenders-voor-ov-reizigers-amsterdam-hangt-beacons-in-het-centrum.html

Inside Alphabet’s money-spinning, terrorist-foiling, gigabit Wi-Fi kiosks
The free Wi-Fi kiosks that Alphabet’s urban innovation division Sidewalk Labs is selling — similar to those already on the streets of New York — will come with eyes, ears and a host of environmental, air and digital sensors to give the tech giant an unprecedented snapshot of urban life, acc – by Mark Harris – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.recode.net/2016/7/1/12072122/alphabet-sidewalk-labs-city-wifi-sidewalk-kiosks

How the Media Screwed Up the Fatal Tesla Accident
Saturday, May 7, was yet another tragically fatal day on American roadways. A woman in Chicago ran a red light, killing one person and sending six others to the emergency room. On Florida’s east coast, not far from Jacksonville, a car flipped on I-95 and killed four more people. – by Nick Bilton – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/07/how-the-media-screwed-up-the-fatal-tesla-accident

The Genealogy and History of Popular Music Genres
Musicmap attempts to provide the ultimate genealogy of popular music genres, including their relations and history. It is the result of more than seven years of research with over 200 listed sources and cross examination of many other visual genealogies. – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.musicmap.info/#

Someday all bikes will be like the electric Ampler Hawk
The founders of Ampler don’t want you to think of electric bicycles as special. “We are making bicycles,” says co-founder Ardo Kaurit with a pause. “We’re building 21st century bicycles that combine a really good bike with modern technology to make them even better. – by Thomas Ricker – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/3/11567214/ampler-review-hawk-electric-bike

Location and Proximity Superpowers: Eddystone + Google Beacon Platform – Google I/O 2016
Eddystone beacons mark important places or objects in a way that your phone understands. The Google beacon platform re-writes the traditional beacon app feature flow, making the humble beacon a versatile, remotely manageable, shareable piece of context infrastructure. Starting with Beacon Tools, a n – Tags: frvdw blogpost, strategic development – https://www.youtube.com/watch

E Ink Announces Advanced Color ePaper, a Breakthrough Technology for Color EPD Applications
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–E Ink® Holdings, “E Ink” (8069.TWO), the leading innovator of electronic ink technology in the world, today announced a breakthrough technology with its Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP), a high quality, full color reflective display. – Tags: frvdw blogpost, strategic development – http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160524006209/en/Ink-Announces-Advanced-Color-ePaper-Breakthrough-Technology

Peter Sunde: start-ups gaan de wereld niet redden
The Pirate Bay-medeoprichter Peter Sunde pleit voor een radicale verandering van de manier waarop over start-ups en auteursrecht wordt nagedacht. Dat zei hij na zijn presentatie op de The Next Web-conferentie tegen Tweakers. – by Sander van Voorst – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://tweakers.net/nieuws/111799/peter-sunde-start-ups-gaan-de-wereld-niet-redden.html

Can a shift to software save the action camera giant?
The next time you shoot video with your phone, Nick Woodman wants you to edit it with GoPro software. Then he wants you to do that again and again and again. – by Sean O’Kane – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/2/11837018/gopro-storyteller-desktop-app-video-editor-ceo-nick-woodman-interview

Einde in zicht
Jonathan Gay, een van de oprichters van Flash, vertelt hoe de animatiesoftware is ontstaan. Dat doet hij in een artikel op de website van Adobe, dat enkel nog via Archive.org is terug te . De eerste versie verscheen in mei 1996 en had de naam FutureSplash Animator. – by Julian Huijbregts – Tags: frvdw blogpost – http://tweakers.net/reviews/4367/all/twintig-jaar-flash-de-gevaarlijkste-plug-in-van-internet.html