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...
WebBuzz du 01/08/2017: une vedette hydroptère électrique-an electric boat on hydrofoil
Le premier brevet décrivant la notion d'embarcation utilisant des foils est déposé en 1869 par le français Emmanuel Farcot, ingénieur mécanicien, auteur de nombreux brevets. Ce n'est qu'après presque un siècle et demi que la première vedette utilisant des foils voit le jour!!!!
The first patent describing the notion of a boat using foils was deposited in 1869 by the French engineer Emmanuel Farcot, author of numerous patents. It is only after almost a century and a half that the first star using foils is born !!!!
WebBuzz du 29/02/2016: Nouvelle version d'Android 6.0 Marshmallow-Android Rock, Paper, Scissors
Une nouvelle version d'Android est sortie. Elle se nomme Marshmallow et pour l'annoncer, Android a sortie cette petite animation qui a une raisonnance un peu particulière.
A new version of Android is released. Her name is Marshmallow and to announce it, Android has released this short animation that has a rather special raisonnance.
Review: Get Your Game On With Sony's Xperia Play Android Phone
Where most slider phones have a keyboard, Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play sports Playstation controls. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Mothers, lock up your gamers. The PlayStation phone has arrived.
And while it’s a bit on the chubby side, we think that, for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, big is beautiful.
You could almost call the Xperia Play the shorter, fatter cousin to the svelte Xperia Arc, which Sony Ericsson once described as the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” At .62 inches, the Play looks positively bulky compared to its Xperia-line relatives — a veritable Jan Brady to the Arc’s Marcia.
WebBuzz du 13/03/2015: Evolution des jeux video depuis 1958-Video game evolution since 1958
Ce sera une découverte pour certains et un souvenir pour d'autres, voici une petite saga sur l'évolution des jeux vidéos depuis 1958. On peut mesurer le chemin parcouru.
It will be a discovery for some and a memory for others, here's a little saga about the evolution of video games since 1958. We can measure the progress.
WebBuzz du 16/12/2014: Technique Platforme controllée par 6 servo-moteurs-Technic platform PID control with 6 DOF
Content-Focused iPad Apps Value Form Over Function: Study
One set of instructions for the Moleskine iPad app.
A report released by the Nielsen Norman Group shows that many iPad apps are confusing users by being too subtle about the gestures needed to navigate them, and some are not sensitive enough to the accuracy limit of fingertips. The authors also found that many companies with perfectly functional websites are wasting their time making a less-functional iPad app.
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 ...
WebBuzz du 28/12/2016: Jeux de simulation avec de vraies voitures à Odaibe au Japon-Arcade With Real Cars in Odaiba Japan
Afin d'augmenter la sensation de réalisme, cette salle de jeux videos situé dans la ville d'Odaiba au Japon, a décidé d'installer le joueur dans de vraies voitures. Il parait que les sensations sont garanties par le constructeur.
In order to increase the sense of realism, this video games room located in the city of Odaiba in Japan, decided to install the player in real cars. It seems that the sensations are guaranteed by the manufacturer.
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.









