Someone asks Elon Musk that if he has so much money, why is he working. Elon answers that he had an existential crisis, he asked himself what is the meaning of life. He Talks about the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. He says that the Universe is the answer, we just haven’t formulated the correct
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Tesla unveils the Cybercab or Robotaxi. Musk calls it individualized mass transit. It’s projected to cost $.20 a mile, compared to $1.00 a mile for busses. https://www.facebook.com/interestingengineering/videos/1232322724701382/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e Musk called the 20 passenger autonomous vehicle the Robovan, pronounced like ruh-BO-vun not like RO-bo-van. https://www.facebook.com/reel/851132957006684/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
I’ve probably already blogged this, but it deserves to be reprised because it is so important. Tony Seba and RethinkX made this prediction in this report, dated 2017, available at the link below. It’s been seven years since this report was released and recently there has been large incremental improvements in the autonomous self-driving systems.
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This seems to be about FSD – full self driving. Electric Viking YouTube video 7 mins long. Sam Evans says that Tesla has replaced 300,000 lines of C++ code with a neural network. It’s version 12.1.2. There are a lot of rave reviews by users. Much better than before. If the reports are true, it
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Article Quote: “”The $99 million in Series C funding for Seurat is a good indication that the auto industry is bullish on 3D-printed car parts. Also referred to as additive manufacturing, 3D printing offers the potential to save energy, reduce waste, trim manufacturing timelines, increase throughput, and pump more flexibility into design and materials (check
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😆😆 https://www.facebook.com/reel/9489207347819100?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz Like “”Bye, bye Miss American Pie””
This ad popped up and I had to watch this little workhorse do its jobs. It gave me several thoughts of what it could be used for. It even can work in the dark and in the rain. It said that it’s 64 HP and $14,800.00. When I was a kid, I remember seeing articles
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I’ve thought about these robots several times over the years because for millenia farmers did this by hand, without the carcinogenic (cancer causing) herbicides and insecticides. Now they have built a robotic weed killer that zaps weeds with a Laser. And another farm robotic machine is powered by a Tesla battery. What makes me elated
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