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- 4chan post gets screencapped, sold for $90,900 USD
- London to Have 5G Network By 2020, Says Mayor
- PlayStation Now Enters Open Beta On PlayStation 4
- Japan’s 2020 Olympic Games to Sport Robot Olympians
4chan post gets screencapped, sold for $90,900 USD Posted: 04 Aug 2014 08:02 AM PDT No one is sure whether 4chan is a force of good or not, but we all agree they’re controversial, and a force to be reckoned with. This was their latest stunt. The Internet is just incredible. Following the events of a crowd-funded potato salad, an eBay auction surfaced showing a framed screenshot from 4chan, the both revered and reviled Internet image board, and it ended up with a winning bid of $90,900. The post in question is not greentext or anything like that, but a user just questioning the definition and evolution of art. Edgy. "Art used to be something to cherish," claimed the post. "Now literally anything could be art. This post is art." The auction (dubbed "Artwork by Anonymous") originally asked $500 USD, but mere 36 hours had seen it surpass $10,000. It just kept going higher last Friday, when it got to nearly $100,000. While some might say this is valid criticism of art, others might claim it diminishes its overall value. Regardless, in the middle there’s all of us who find this latest antic absolutely hilarious. Never change, 4chan. Via Re/code Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories,If Popular Sites Were Superheroes, Which Ones Would They Be? and Step On The Web: Social Media Shoes. |
London to Have 5G Network By 2020, Says Mayor Posted: 04 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT As 4G networks begin to roll themselves out across the globe, London Mayor Boris Johnson says that his city is already looking at a 5G network.
Silicon Valley may have its startups, Berlin may have its economy but London? England's capital city has Big Ben, the Queen and it knows how to make a mighty good cuppa (that's a cup of tea to non-Brits). It also has a long and illustrious history of being a bastion for technology. It's a little known fact that a Brit from London named Sir Tim Berners-Lee was one of the key founders of the Internet, helping to both establish its foundations and bring it to where it is today and despite the city having poor infrastructure across congested roads and Victorian-era plumbing, the Internet is something that London does ok with but according to Mayor Boris Johnson his city can not only do better but it can also have a 5G network in place by 2020. 5G, to be frank, is a dream that's only just falling into place. Many of the days smartphones are only just allowing for 4G and even then 4G phones are usually at the higher end of the smartphone spectrum and will cost you an arm and a leg to purchase, so needless to say 4G hasn't fully caught on yet. Furthermore, across the UK 4G hotspots are only found in major cities (London being one of them) so there's not yet the incentive for smartphones, especially those sold in England, to include 5G chips. They are being worked on though, with Japanese carrier Docomo previously announcing its own plans to set up a 5G network although they explained that it wouldn’t be possible until 2020. So what's the thinking behind Boris' lofty expectations for his city? His previous promise that London would be one giant Wi-Fi hotspot by 2012 didn't really come to fruition so there's obviously cause for concern here. Except this time around his hopes might come true as in an effort to boost the city's infrastructure, Internet could be taken seriously and therefore implemented to keep things running smoothly (and speedily) for commuters and casual pedestrians alike. However, it's unlikely that a 5G network would be considered more important than London's existing transport issues or the upgrades to its energy and water systems that have been proposed so I suppose we'll have to wait until 202 to see how Boris' plans pan out. Source: The Telegraph Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories, Forget About Westeros: Game of Thones' The Wall Exists In 3D In London, Life-size Katamari Damacy Controller at London Fringe Festival |
PlayStation Now Enters Open Beta On PlayStation 4 Posted: 04 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT Sony’s game streaming service is no longer private and is available for all PlayStation 4 owners.
This week served as the next testing ground for Sony's game streaming service, PlayStation Now. On Thursday (July 31), and after months of only being accessible to a select group of PlayStation guinea pigs, PS Now entered its open beta phase for all PlayStation 4 owners. For now, the library of games PS4 users can stream from Sony's cloud servers to their home consoles is limited to just the PlayStation 3. It is a back catalogue that includes more than 100 PS3 games: Metal Gear Solid 4, Killzone 3, Darksiders II, and eventually almost every title under the sun from Sony's previous console as the open beta goes on. The whole service is fully integrated into the PS4's PlayStation Store, but currently users can only rent games to stream. Rental periods for each game will typically range from 7-days, 30-days, 90-days, or down to 4-hours if you just want an easy sampling. Every rental period comes with their own price, which during the open beta will be continually adjusting. If renting still sounds like an odd proposition, Sony is working on a PS Now subscription service. When such a service will come is unknown, but at least it shows that the company is listening carefully to all criticism. Sony is also working on bringing PS Now to other platforms – PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and even smart phones – in the near future. PlayStation 4 users wanting to try out PlayStation Now this weekend are highly recommended to have a solid 5MB connection. Ideally, a wired one. You'll also be able to collect PS3 trophies with the 100 or so games that are available in the beta, along with full friend lists and leaderboard support. Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories at https://www.facebook.com/Walyou and https://twitter.com/walyou. |
Japan’s 2020 Olympic Games to Sport Robot Olympians Posted: 03 Aug 2014 01:57 PM PDT As one of the main developers of robots, Japan announced that it would like the 2020 Olympics hosted by Tokyo to feature the world’s first official sports competition between robots. By doing this, Japan set the bar very high, and determined the other countries who are active in this field to hasten the progress. It looks like it wasn’t enough that countries from six continents will send their best athletes, now we’re also promised that robots from the leading countries in this field will also compete against one another. At the time being, robots aren’t that great at sports, and kind of lack the ability to learn and adapt. After all, in a sporting competition, the adversary’s moves can always be unexpected, but with proper calculations, they could be anticipated up to one point. Shinzo Abe, the prime-minister of Japan, “In 2020, I would like to gather all of the world’s robots and aim to hold an Olympics where they compete in technical skills.” Besides that, Abe mentioned that he intends to create a government task force whose final goal will be to triple the size of this industry in Japan to $24 billion: “We want to make robots a major pillar of our economic growth strategy. We would like to set up a council on making a robotic revolution a reality in order to aid Japan’s growth.” That’s right, not only Japan will exhibit our mechanical overlords at the most important sporting event, but also its competitors. Toshiba, Honda, Hitachi and Toyota could all bring their best robots and compete against what the rest of the world has got. It’s currently uncertain which companies/countries will be involved in this event, but we’ll find out in about five or six years. This won’t be the first sporting event in which robots will take center stage. Currently there are others that range from competitions created for entertainment (RoboGames) to more serious ones, such as DARPA’s Challenges. That’s not to say that Japan’s Robot Olympics won’t be something unique. I’m sure that until then, the Japanese companies who work in this field will manage to launch a robot revolution. Switzerland also has great plans for the 2016 Olympic Games, as it announced that it will prepare a competition for robotically enhanced humans called the Cybathlon.
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