The auto industry is rushing toward self-driving cars as a futuristic ideal. They haven’t developed the standalone component yet. However, as part of this advancement, the generation that drives cars remotely via a video connection has matured.
In the UK, there has been a great deal of controversy over whether this would be allowed, i. e. for private vehicles outside the country’s borders. This came to a head with a Law Commission report released earlier this year, but of course, cutting-edge companies have continued to work on remote driving regardless. Let’s move on to the current situation.
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The UK is the only country in the world that requires TV-watching families to purchase a licence in order to take advantage of this privilege. Originally created with the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1923, the license required for anyone receiving radio transmissions, before being extended to television in 1946. The budget generated through this effort is used as the British Broadcasting Corporation’s main investment.
Of course, it’s all well and good and smart to require a license, but without some form of enforcement, the measure has no force. Among other measures, the BBC has even gone so far as to employ special vans to locate illegally operated televisions and their valuable revenues.
To ensure a stable income, the BBC carries out monitoring operations under the industrial name TV Licensing, which is responsible for administering the system. Records are kept of licenses and their expiration dates, and investigations are conducted into families suspected of owning a television that have not paid the required fees. To inspire compliance with the rules, TV Licensing sends stern letters to those who have let their license expire or who have not purchased one. If this fails, they can set up a scale through law enforcement officials. . These officials do not have the authority to forcibly enter homes. Therefore, if a property owner refuses to cooperate with an investigation, TV Licensing will request a search warrant. This can be based on evidence such as a satellite dish or antenna placed on the roof of a house, or a remote control spied on a couch cushion through a window.
Alternatively, a search warrant could be granted based on evidence obtained from a television van with onions. Equipped with devices to detect a television in use, the vans travel the streets of the UK and are sent to addresses with expired or unlicensed television licences. If the van discovers that a station is possibly in operation and is receiving broadcast signals, TV Licensing will possibly apply to the court for the necessary order to investigate further. Vans are used almost exclusively to assist in warrant requests; Evidence from onion vans is rarely, if ever, used in court to prosecute a license fraudster. Armed with an arrest warrant, officials will use direct evidence, such as an uncovered TV connected to an antenna, to bring the scammer to justice.
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Climate replacement promises to cause untold damage around the world if greenhouse fuel emissions continue at current levels for much longer. Despite the abundance of evidence pointing to a near catastrophe, governments did what humans do and procrastinated before solving the problem.
However, legislatures around the world are beginning to act. As shipping is a major contributor to greenhouse fuel emissions (16% of the global total in 2016), steps are being taken to reduce this figure. Now that electric cars are a viable reality, many governments are banning the sale of internal combustion cars in the coming years. Decades.
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If you compare the first PC markets in the U. S. and the UK, you’ll notice a big difference. Although many U. S. schools are not able to do so, they will not be able While the U. S. had Apple PCs, there were also a significant number of other PCs in schools. In the UK, almost every single school with a computer had an Acorn BBC Micro. [RetroBytes] takes us back in time, explaining how and why schools opted for Econet, a virtually unknown first network outside the UK. You can watch the video, which includes an interview with one of the Acorn engineers interested in Econet.
Nowadays, you don’t need to convince other people of the price of a network, but back then it wasn’t a given. The reason most schools followed the network was the fact that a very expensive hard drive was shared between computers. The network used RS-422, a fairly common selection in computers, spacecraft, and commercial Apple applications.
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La-Tech will take over London later this week. Join us on Friday night to meet and greet us at Marquis Cornwallis, a pub in Bloomsbury.
This is a Bring-a-Hack style gathering, so grab whatever you’ve been using to start the verbal exchange while enjoying food and drinks with members of the area’s La-Tecnologia community. [Mike Szczys], [Elliot Williams], [Jenny List], [Pedro Umbelino] and [Adil Malik] will also be provided by La-Tecnologia Crew. We are very happy with the many and diverse projects that are presented to us. We need to get to know you and hear about your project, no. It doesn’t matter how trivial or complex it is. However, we recommend that you bring something portable, as the area above the table will be limited.
We rented the top floor of the pub and ordered great food and drink for everyone in attendance. This is imaginable thanks to the help of DesignSpark, the exclusive sponsor of La-Tecnologia UK Unconference.
Tickets for this event have been sold out for a long time, so we’re delighted to host a meet-and-greet with more people on the UK’s La-Tecnologia network. There are still a few left for this Friday meeting, so request your free entry. now!
The first La-Tecnologia convention in the UK will take place on 16 September. Get your free ticket to La-Tecnologia’s non-convention in the UK now!
An unconference is the most productive way to take the pulse of what’s happening lately in the hardware world. All participants will need to be prepared to stand up and give a seven-minute speech on whatever they are passionate about right now; That means you. The easiest thing to do is to pick your latest industry hack and communicate it.
Discussions can be about a prototype, project, or product that’s been going on lately at your home, work, or university. It can also simply be an idea, concept, or skill that you’re exploring lately. The purpose is to channel your enthusiasm and pass it on to others in a friendly presentation environment where everyone will applaud as your story unfolds.
La-Tecnologia does not have the opportunity to host live events in Europe, which is why we are so excited to partner with DesignSpark, the exclusive sponsor of La-Tecnologia UK Unconference. DesignSpark is the innovation arm of RS Components and will have staff present at the unconference. They share our enthusiasm to integrate the La-Tecnologia network across the UK. Thanks to your help, we are able to book an amazing venue and offer free admission to all participants. La-Tecnologia events fill up quickly, so buy your price ticket now before they’re gone.
We’ve already asked some of our local friends if they’ll be there. Seb Lee-Delisle, who captivated us in Belgrade with his laser projection magic, plans to be there. James Larsson is part of the team that presented the Flashing Light Prize and will be in attendance. Phoenix Perry is at the forefront of bringing other people and generations together and we can’t wait to hear him speak. Mike Harrison from Mike’s Electric Stuff will be in attendance and will likely poke fun at the secret La-Tecnologia hardware he runs. James Bruton of XRobots (and judge of the La-Tecnologia Award) comes, as does Saar Drimer, whom you possibly know as the user behind Boldport’s beautiful curtain art. Several editors of La-Tecnologia will be present; Elliot Williams, Jenny List and I will be there. The only thing missing is you.
We will invade the cultural area of Canada Water, in East London, from 13:00. In the afternoon tea, coffee and snacks will be served and dinner will also be provided. Anyone who is still in status when we close the doors at 21:00:00 are welcome to sign up afterwards at the pub (we will have the first round).
As always, La-Tecnologia’s good fortune is based on the network of hackers, designers, and engineers that make it up. Please share the link to the entries on your social media channels and inspire your friends to attend. The most important thing is that you don’t shy away from this opportunity to speak. We need to hear their story and this is the best position to tell it. See you in London in a few weeks!
UPDATE: Wow, it didn’t take long. Tickets are claimed, but be sure to sign up for the waitlist. Many may be replaced over the next five weeks and we will be pestering all price ticket holders to attend or give up their place on the waitlist.
We’ve been travelling all over the UK this month, our last La-Tecnologia collection was just two nights ago. With a slew of hardware and hacker demos (detailed below), I tried to make sure no one missed the opportunity to participate as we will. He will be at Bletchley on Saturday and Cambridge on Wednesday. Whether you want something more compelling to walk through the door and sign up for the party, or just want to see the wonderful curtains on display so far, read on to get in on the Wednesday night fun.
London’s pubs have the unpleasant symbol among provincial people of being neon-lit places, populated by very noisy crowds drinking affordable wine at high prices. However, the truth is that the pubs in the capital are as varied as those in any other area. From the quiet, ramshackle drunks with their elderly shoppers drinking Fuller’s pints to the painfully modern faux Victorian gin palaces where young men with absurd beards I’ll regret it five years from now drinking microbrewery beers you haven’t heard of from glasses poured in cups. On a warm August afternoon, shoppers step out onto the sidewalk and provide a convenient reference to the potential drinker about the nature of the establishment.
This hot nightly exodus served our network well the day before last night, because when an organisation of The-Tech readers and Tindie salespeople met in a pub in Fitzrovia, there was enough room to succeed in the bar and, although it was hardly quiet, they might just at least chat things. We had brought. My colleague [Jasmine] had arranged the occasion and was there with a stack of stickers and other gifts.
A select organization of hackers and creators made the trip. Some of them, like my friend [David], who I met online but never in person, so it was great to put a face to a name, while I knew others. only through the reputation they gained from the projects they undertook. I’ll put La-Tecnologia. io or Tindie. I probably won’t mention a few names in this quick review of some projects. Before we begin, I’d like to thank you all for coming out and making this evening so enjoyable.
The ultimate visual due to its wide diversity of very bright LED projects [Mike], of [Mike’s Electric Stuff] fame. Its PCB density is impressive, although it admitted to having a variety and placement machine. Particularly useful for those giant arrays LED. Il is a pentagonal LED display with a built-in camera, originally part of an LED display polyhedron. This board featured a rare glimpse of a Raspberry Pi compute module in the wild.
In front of me for most of the night [Leonerd], with his existing sonar adapter for oscilloscope. Unsurprisingly, this board comprises a shunt resistor and a very low-value amplifier, allowing for the accurate measurement of low existing transients without having to pay the GDP of a small country to buy one from a manufacturer of high-end test apparatus. I had a very engaging verbal exchange between him and [Mike] about instrumentation amps, anything of personal interest based on my experience with RF. Check the appliance.
[Spencer] also received his 2014 RC-based Z80 computer. He brought the fully optimized edition with keyboard and screen, and had him run a fractal graphics generator written in BASIC. It is a task that touches a position in the hearts of others. People of a certain age, if your first computer is Sir Clive Sinclair’s, then you might understand.
The price of the night wasn’t just on the kits and projects on display. Every time you bring an organization from our wider network together in a friendly environment, artistic discourse takes an unforeseen direction, wisdom is shared, and new concepts are born. Last night a member of the global network La-Tecnologia and Tindie was met, and from there new projects will be born. They may not necessarily replace the world, but it has to start somewhere.
This event is part of a short series following our successful event at EMF Camp. We were very pleased to see the projects that other people brought, which largely overshadowed the small radio signal I offered. The series of events in the UK isn’t over yet, we have a few in Bletchley and Cambridge and as always keep an eye on the La-Tecnologia. io events page for global events within our network.