Electric Green School motorcycle shows its rebel nature by running Linux
Electric motorcycles are getting more and more common, and while we don’t think they’ll ever quite capture the rush of an internal-combustion engine threatening to fly into bits as it screams toward red-line, they are starting to offer their own… unique charms. This model is a Norwegian prototype, based on a Honda chassis that had its tail chopped and motor stripped, replaced by stacks of Nickel-Metal batteries, then wrapped in some custom bodywork. The bike sports a touchscreen dash powered by Ubuntu that offers both stats about the bike (speed, temperature, etc.) as well as GPS navigation and, presumably, on the go games of Tux Racer. It’s a one-off built by Green School Motorcycles and Akershus University College, and there’s plenty more information about it in a video at the source link below — if you speak Norwegian.
[Thanks, dsbilling]
Electric Green School motorcycle shows its rebel nature by running Linux originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Not so fast: testing finds world’s first LTE network isn’t very 4G-ish
In a rather disappointing example of “your mileage may vary,” market research firm Northstream has put TeliaSonera’s shiny new LTE network — the world’s first to go commercial — to the test, coming away with some disappointing conclusions. The bottom line is that they never managed to go above about 12Mbps downstream, a pretty wild figure considering that Ericsson is in the process of rolling out 84 purely theoretical megabits per second right now using plain old HSPA+ for 3 Scandinavia. The bright side is that they managed a fat 5Mbps on the upstream and experienced consistently lower latency than on the area’s 3G networks; in fact, the firm ended up coming away with a glowing impression of the service, assuming (probably accurately) that this is just the first baby step in finding out what LTE is really capable of. And hey, some lucky jerks are getting over 42Mbps down, so it’s a crap shoot anyway.
Not so fast: testing finds world’s first LTE network isn’t very 4G-ish originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Not so fast: testing finds world’s first LTE network isn’t very 4G-ish
In a rather disappointing example of “your mileage may vary,” market research firm Northstream has put TeliaSonera’s shiny new LTE network — the world’s first to go commercial — to the test, coming away with some disappointing conclusions. The bottom line is that they never managed to go above about 12Mbps downstream, a pretty wild figure considering that Ericsson is in the process of rolling out 84 purely theoretical megabits per second right now using plain old HSPA+ for 3 Scandinavia. The bright side is that they managed a fat 5Mbps on the upstream and experienced consistently lower latency than on the area’s 3G networks; in fact, the firm ended up coming away with a glowing impression of the service, assuming (probably accurately) that this is just the first baby step in finding out what LTE is really capable of. And hey, some lucky jerks are getting over 42Mbps down, so it’s a crap shoot anyway.
Not so fast: testing finds world’s first LTE network isn’t very 4G-ish originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
TeliaSonera’s new LTE network astounds with 43Mbps downloads
Egads, you see that? 42.78Mbps over a wireless data card! Not just any card, mind you, it’s presumably the new Samsung 4G card running on TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway, the world’s first commercial LTE network launched on Monday. TeliaSonera bundles the 4G service with 30GB of data for just 599kr (85$) per month. That 5.3Mbps upload and 37ms ping aren’t too shabby either. Not exactly the theoretical 100Mbps down / 50Mbps up provided by the LTE spec, but not AT&T either.
TeliaSonera’s new LTE network astounds with 43Mbps downloads originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Think Electric returns from the brink, begins production of Think City two-seater
Think Electric returns from the brink, begins production of Think City two-seater originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Norway’s Statkraft kick-starts world’s first osmotic power plant
Norway’s Statkraft kick-starts world’s first osmotic power plant originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.