May 31, 2006: Pirate Bay Raided, Shuttered
2006: Swedish police raid The Pirate Bay website and shut it down.
“Pirate Bay was a huge source of pirated films for people around the world, and today they are no longer.”
That was a statement issued exactly five years ago Tuesday by Kori Bernards, a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture Association of America.
After all, Swedish police that day had just raided the file sharing site’s offices and carted away a boatload of servers.
WebBuzz du 10/02/2015: Robot quadrupède tous terrains-All road four legged robot
Robotics lab Boston Dynamics est heureux de vous annoncer la naissance de spot. C'est un robot quadrupède totallement indépendant et capable d'affronter n'importe quel terrains. Il se déplace tout seul et sait garder l'équilibre. Impressionnant.
Robotics lab Boston Dynamics is pleased to announce the birth spot. It is a quadruped robot totally independent and able to tackle any terrain. It moves by itself and knows how to keep the balance. Impressive.
WebBuzz du 16/04/2014
Vous souhaitez disposer de votre propre simulteur de vol personnel. C'est maintenant possible avec cette nouvelle version, il est même possible de vous mettre la tête à l'envers. Veuillez attacher vos ceintures, ça va décoiffer.
You want to have your own personal flight simulteur. This is now possible with this new version, it is even possible to put your head upside down. Please fasten your seatbelts, it's going décoiffer.
WebBuzz du 20/01/2014 : La technique au service des handicapés-Technology for disabled people
Le Japon est connu pour sa cuisine, ses gaishas et son avancés technologique (et la chasse à la baleine). Et même si la France n'est pas en reste, la technologie qu'elle propose est reservé à quelques uns alors que le Japon met en place des solutions pour le plus grand nombre. Voici un concert un peu particulier puisque le pianiste joue avec ses yeux. Ce dispositif appelé Eye play the piano, ouvre d'autres possibilités et va permettre de donner encore plus d'autonomie aux personnes à mobilité réduite.
Japan is known for its cuisine, its gaishas and technological advanced (and whaling). And even if France is no exception, the technology it offers is reserved to a few while Japan implements solutions for many. Here is a somewhat special concert as the pianist plays with his eyes. This device called Eye play the piano, opens up other opportunities and will help give more autonomy to the disabled.
WebBuzz du 22/09/2017: Programmation de robots en réalité virtuelle-How to program robots in VR
A part les jeux, la réalité virtuelle n'avait pas vraiment d'applications industrielles, mais ce n'est plus le cas. Dorénavant, il sera possible de programmer les robots de fabrications en utilisant cette technique ce qui simplifie grandement les coûts d'installation ou de modification d'une chaîne de production.
Apart from the games, virtual reality did not really have industrial applications, but this is no longer the case. From now on, it will be possible to program the manufacturing robots using this technique which greatly simplifies the costs of installation or modification of a production line.
WebBuzz du 31/03/2015: Après les timelapses voici les stormlapses-New technic of photo the stormlapse
Un nouveau style de photos vient d'apparaitre et il est très prisé des chasseurs d'orages. Il s'agit du stormlapses. Et comme vous pouvez les voir, le résultat est stupéfiant.
A new style photos just appear and it is popular with hunters storms. This is the stormlapses. And as you can see, the result is amazing.
WebBuzz du 12/04/2016: Premier test de la flyboard-First test of the flyboard
Pour une fois, une avancée technologique a été faite par la France, la Flyboard est une invention française de la société Zapata Racing. Voici les premiers tests très concluant. Après les soucis de réglementations avec les drônes, voici un nouvel engin dans les airs ...
For once, a technological breakthrough was made by France, is a French invention Flyboard company Zapata Racing. These are the first very successful tests. After the worries of regulations with drones, here's a new machine in the air ...
The 990FX Chipset Arrives: AMD And SLI Rise Again
AMD is laying the foundation for its Socket AM3+, Bulldozer-based Zambezi processors with the 990FX chipset, functionally identical to 890FX. The big news is that motherboard vendors are licensing SLI again, and we want to compare performance to Intel.
Burning Question: Why Do DVDs Still Have Region Codes?
While vacationing in France, you find a DVD of Ishtar. Score! (It’s never been released on DVD in the US). But when you get home, you discover that you’ve purchased a Region 2 disc, which, in your Region 1 player, is as useful as a coaster. This raises two questions: Why do you want to watch Ishtar? And why do we still have region codes?
The answers: taste and money, respectively. Though there’s no accounting for the former, those codes may soon be gone.
Regional restrictions began in 1997, as DVD technology was rolling out. They have nothing to do with the NTSC and PAL...








