Thought I would start a thread on this, we are all being told that Self-Driving Vehicles are going to be the future, I'm not exactly for it or against it but it interests me and I would like to keep an eye on the it's progress.

There have been some accidents already, most of them seem to be down to the humans driving into the self-driving vehicles rather than the self-driving vehicles crashing of their own accord.

First signs seem to be that they are fine at driving until something out of the ordinary happens then they struggle to get out of trouble.

Of course this can be improved but as things stand now I think they still have a way to go.

This story is all over the news here, I don't really want to comment on it but it saddens me greatly that it's happening

Record surge in atmospheric CO2 seen in 2016

Chaps sit back for an hour and watch this video, or be left behind

This "might" be the most important hour you spent this decade.

Tony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation

Hi guys, sorry not been round much recently been rather busy with exams and job changes etc.

Saw this article and thought I'd drop it in here for you all:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41441877

So what does BFR stand for?

My guess is "big F***ing Rocket"

The eclipse has begun in Salem, Oregon, and will continue over the breadth of the US for about 4 hours or so. Some links where you can see the event in real time:

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov

...well part of it.

I'm working on a character named Jess in my chatbot scripting language. This little video shows how the patterns are in her mind - just patterns starting with the letter W here. It shows the links between words used to get a response by the interpreter.





Not only, but also, ever wondered what a story looks like in 3D ? Well wonder no more. Here you can see what a couple of works by Poe look like when learnt by Jess - and also the W patterns in Jess' mind :

http://elfscript.uk/freddy/3d/

Use the mouse plus buttons and scroll wheel to navigate.

Two new stories here that will change our future, I think it's the beginning of the end for Coal, Gas and hopefully Oil too, if we can wean people away from "dirty diesel" and "polluting petrol", but maybe that's for another thread.

New laws and subsidies in battery technology/development here in the UK are going to change the way we generate and store electricity.

It's early days but it will happen, I believe

Electricity shake-up could save consumers 'up to £40bn'

World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland