Comments for Urbin Technology

Comment on Did Tesla screw the pooch? by BScCollateral

BScCollateral — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:17:53 +0000

Yeah, it all comes down to batteries.

I’d bet on nanocapacitors, myself.

Comment on Switchblade Drone by BScCollateral

BScCollateral — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:15:56 +0000

It’s an intriguing weapon. Effectively, it’s like a light mortar with a camera on it. Presumably, if it’s not expended, it can land and be reused, although I’ve got to admit I wouldn’t like to walk up to one after touchdown.

Comment on Switchblade Drone by Mark Urbin

Mark Urbin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:55:33 +0000

New arms race. Cheap, stealthy drones vs. the technology to shoot them down.

Comment on Did Tesla screw the pooch? by Mark Urbin

Mark Urbin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:50:49 +0000

You nailed it shut. The problem is battery tech. The performance of today’s electric cars isn’t too far off from electric cars built a century or more ago.

Whoever builds the better battery will have a license to print money.

Comment on System Building by Mark Urbin

Mark Urbin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:47:48 +0000

I built it over the weekend. I had everything but the optical drive.
So once I got it booting and set up the BIOS, I created a bootable thumb drive and copied the Win7 install disk it.

Then I put the thumb drive in one of the USB 3.0 ports and hit the reset button.

Installing Win7 from a USB thumb drive to a SSD, faster Windows install I’ve ever seen!

Comment on Did Tesla screw the pooch? by BScCollateral

BScCollateral — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:22:51 +0000

Of course, they’re talking about leaving the car alone for several weeks before the problem occurs. I can’t imagine that very many cars are used less than, say, once a month.

Battery technology just isn’t there, yet.

Comment on Did Tesla screw the pooch? by Mark Urbin

Mark Urbin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:24:10 +0000

The $100K Roadster was the first release product. The Type S sedan is second generation. I was hoping for better.

Ya, I know you can “brick” a gas engine car if you leave it sitting long enough without draining the oil and disconnecting the battery, but that would take longer than it does to drain the battery on a Tesla.

That is probably part of the IC engine being a very mature technology compared to modern electric cars. Electric cars are still luxury item. They aren’t robust enough to be in common use yet.

Comment on Did Tesla screw the pooch? by BScCollateral

BScCollateral — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:45:42 +0000

Any first release is bound to be screwed up, but that’s a wowser.

Comment on Kindle Fire Review by Shiela

Shiela — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:15:44 +0000

Nice job on your review of the Kindle Fire.

Comment on Switchblade Drone by BScCollateral

BScCollateral — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:43:01 +0000

That’s interesting technology.

Didn’t SJ Game’s “Ogre” state that the battlefield had been seeded with drones like this, explaining why there were no hidden movement rules?