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Sony Kills Recordable Blu-Ray And Other Vintage Media

January 30, 2025
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Physical media fans need not panic yet—you’ll still be able to buy new Blu-Ray movies for your collection. But for those who like to save copies of their own data onto the discs, the remaining options just became more limited: Sony announced last week that it’s ending all production of…

09 Dec 24

Zen and the Art of Aibo Engineering

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

When Sony’s robot dog, Aibo, was first launched in 1999, it was hailed as revolutionary and the first of its kind, promising to usher in a new industry of intelligent mobile machines for the home. But its success was far from certain. Legged robots were still in their infancy, and…

28 Jan 24

Why Rip Off Creatives, If Generative AI Can Play Fair?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In recent years, AI ethicists have had a tough job. The engineers developing generative AI tools have been racing ahead, competing with each other to create models of even more breathtaking abilities, leaving both regulators and ethicists to comment on what’s already been done. One of the people working to…

30 Jul 23

Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. It’s used in billions of laptops, cellphones, power tools, and cars. Global sales top US $45 billion a year, on their way to more than $100 billion in the coming decade. And yet this…

Sony Kills Recordable Blu-Ray And Other Vintage Media

Zen and the Art of Aibo Engineering

Why Rip Off Creatives, If Generative AI Can Play Fair?

Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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