san francisco
Random Stuff
Why The SF Bridge Broke
8:23AM Brian Lam | San Francisco’s Bay Bridge is still closed after a quick repair job fell apart. Terrifying, since my hometown is known for, you know, earthquakes, and this bridge is just falling apart even without them. Here’s a pretty good visual/text explanation of what is happening. [sci-experiments via TokyoMango]
Design
Bay Area Architects Seek To Re-purpose Bay Bridge As Recreational
2:00AM Jack Loftus | The Bay Bridge is falling down, falling down, so that a bigger, better bridge—one not prone to falling down during an earthquake—can be erected in its place. If two architects get their way however, it might become this. More »
Online
San Francisco Sets An Example, Opens City Data For Anyone To Use
9:20AM Jason Chen | SF Mayor Gavin “Handsome” Newsom just announced via Techcrunch that the city will start placing crime, health and other city data online for people to use. What’s it for? Think iPhone apps that show restaurants’ health code ratings, for one. More »
Science
San Francisco Bus Stops To Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
7:40AM Dan Nosowitz | By 2013, San Francisco is planning to construct 360 new Municipal bus stops that’ll further the causes of both solar power and blanketed Wi-Fi at the same time. More »
Random Stuff
Hula Dancers Mob San Francisco Apple Store
5:04PM Danny Allen | Not Hulu…Hula! As in the Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu dancers. A crew of 40 started a hit-and-run Hula in San Francisco on Saturday, made their way downtown, and made a fun visit to the Apple Store: More »
Entertainment
T-Mobile Stages Random Aerial Marketing Assault On San Francisco
11:30AM Adrian Covert | I have no feezing clue what staging a massive airshow in San Francisco has to do with the myTouch 3G or how T-Mobile expected people to connect the two — oh wait, because now I’m writing about it! More »
Science
San Francisco To Provide Home For New UN Global Warming Center
11:00AM Adrian Covert | San Francisco and Supermayor Gavin Newsom announced plans to take the pollution-mired Hunter’s Point Shipyard and build a $US20 Million, 80,000-square foot UN Global Compact centre, which will serve as a “climate change think tank and green tech incubator.” More »
Random Stuff
Insecure Electronic Parking Meters Can Be Hacked For Infinite Money
2:02AM Jason Chen | Two presenters at Black Hat 2009 just demonstrated their ability to hack into parking meters in San Francisco (and theoretically anywhere with this kind of system) to give unlimited money on their parking payment cards. More »
Vehicles
$US1 Billion Electric Car Charging Grid Planned For San Francisco
8:40AM Sean Fallon | In keeping with its progressive reputation, San Francisco is looking to pave the way for widespread electric vehicle adoption in the US. A Palo-Alto start-up called “Better Place” has received the green light from all three of the Bay Area’s big city mayors to begin carrying out an ambitious plan to build a network of 250,000 charging ports, 200 battery-exchange stations and a control centre that keeps the system running smoothly. And if that wasn’t enough, they hope to have the entire thing up and running by 2012. More »
Phones
