ces 2014
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How The Downtown Project Is Solving Vegas’ Urban Problems In-House
When I meet Josh Westerholt at the offices of Project 100, the Las Vegas urban mobility startup that’s funded by the Downtown Project, we decide it would probably make sense to head out into downtown Vegas to tour their project area in person. From the other room, his co-worker has an even better idea: “Take…
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InMotion SCV Hands-On: A Cheaper, Lighter Segway That’s A Lot Of Fun
If you’ve ever been to a touristy locale, you’ve likely seen flocks of tourists riding Segways — the electric, two-wheeled, lean-steered, (dorky) personal transporters. There are two major problems with them though: they’re very expensive, and they’re very heavy. But a small company called Inmotion may have just solved those problems. I got to zip…
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A Droid Apart: Motorola’s Rick Osterloh On Google, Moto And More
The last five years have been full of reinvention for Motorola; it’s gone from being kind of a dinosaur, to launching the super-popular Droid line, to being swallowed up by Google, to making some of the best, easiest-to-use smartphones out there. It’s been quite a roller-coaster.
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These Are The Brains Of The Next Bitcoin Mining Monster
In just a few short years, bitcoin mining has come a long way, from CPUs, to GPUs, to specialised, single purpose, system-on-a-chip beasts. There’s still progress to be made though, more efficient mining marvels to build. This is that progress. Meet the (prototype) brains of an insane digital drill.