Toyota Floats the Idea of Hovercars; Was Turing Test Really Beaten or Just Tricked?

Google Glass Banned at Theater Chain | Comcast Turning Home Routers into Public Wi-Fi Hotspots To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Toyota Floats the Idea of Hovercars Google Glass Banned at Theater Chain Was Turing Test Really Beaten or Just Tricked? Comcast Turning Home Routers into Public Wi-Fi Hotspots Best Classic Superhero Comic Collections? Hot Comment: "I absolutely want my traffic optimised. Your Bittorrent..." From the Vault: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music from My Collection? Watch It: High-Res, Point-and-Shoot 3-D Scanner Poll Booth: When will large-scale IPv6 deployment happen? Sponsored Resource: Big Security for Big Data Toyota Floats the Idea of Hovercars A team of Toyota engineers is working on a real-life hover car, or at least investigating the potential. The project is underway at one of the company's "most advanced" research and development areas, according to a report on The Verge. Sound Off>> Google Glass Banned at Theater Chain In a bid to clamp down on piracy, a cinema chain that runs theaters in Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Virginia, and soon in California, is among the first U.S. chains to ban Google's computerized eyewear. The decision comes as Google has made Glass readily available to the general public. Sound Off>> Was Turing Test Really Beaten or Just Tricked? News that the Turing Test had finally been passed was widely reported by the mainstream media. But TechDirt says that the original press release was just a load of hype. So, who's right? Sound Off>> Comcast Turning Home Routers into Public Wi-Fi Hotspots Comcast has converted 50,000 home routers in Houston into public Wi-Fi hotspots. It's part of an ambitious plan to offer customers and noncustomers access to about 8 million hotspots in 19 of the largest U.S. cities. Sound Off>> Best Classic Superhero Comic Collections? mvdwege, who is interested in the history of superhero comics, asked the Slashdot community, "What are your recommendations for essential reading? What collections/omnibus editions of Golden Age comics would you recommend?" Sound Off>> Re:I prefer "I absolutely want my traffic optimised. Your Bittorrent traffic can wait, whereas my VOIP call cannot. That, however, is a quality of service issue. I'm very happy for their to be QoS on my connection. However, I don't want your Verizon StreamTV or whatever service getting priority over my Netflix service. That is a net neutrality issue. We should not dilute the issue by confusing the two, or even discussing the two together. They are not the same thing." --by L4t3r4lu5 Read More>>   How Do I Scrub Pirated Music from My Collection? Three years ago, an anonymous reader wanted to find a tool to scan their music to identify files that may be flagged as having been pirated by cloud services and turned to Slashdot for some answers. Read More>>  High-Res, Point-and-Shoot 3-D Scanner Fuel 3-D is hoping to ride the current 3-D craze with what it claims be is "The world's first handheld point-and-shoot, full color 3-D scanner." Timothy Lord volunteered to be a test subject. See the device in action. Watch the Video>>   When will large-scale IPv6 deployment happen? Before 2020 2020-2024 2025-2029 2030-2034 2035-2039 2040 or later Never When we build a new Internet Cast Your Vote>>   Big Security for Big Data In order to meet current security problems, a new paradigm shift needs to occur. Businesses need the ability to secure data, collect it, and aggregate into an intelligent format, so that real-time alerting and reporting can take place. Find out how to get started on the challenging task. Learn More>>    Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.