MooPig Tech Coroner :: "Google TV Is Dead"

No, it's not Totally Dead...
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Jan 12, 2014 | Bryan TX

[Picture LINK] In a post-Google TV era, Hisense takes a first stab at defining Android on TV

Before the turn of the century, some folks predicted that Television as it is would be totally gone by 2045. We may be on schedule for that. Television is still a huge conglomerate with the most subscribers of any media system. It is to me, an enigma, that is, a puzzle that keeps changing its outcome.

When Google started Google TV, it was ahead of its time. That is kind of typical of Google and its offerings. After three years Google TV is just really getting started:

" ... Google TV leverages many of Google’s existing products. Google TV’s operating system, a customized version of Android, provides the underlying foundation, allowing developers to create applications that extend the system’s functionality. Google’s Chrome browser provides a gateway to the Internet, allowing consumers to browse web sites and watch television, in tandem.

" ... Consumers can access HBO, CNBC, and content from other providers through the Chrome browser. Android and Apple smartphones and tablet computers may be used as remote controls for Google TV. Google TV products ship with wireless remote controls with a full QWERTY keypad. An update in November 2011, allowed access to Google Play and enabled search to find content from live TV, Netflix, YouTube, HBO GO, Amazon, and more. ... A future Google TV 4 update will have casting support from supported apps, the same as the Chromecast. (y ikki peed ya. LINK)..."

Google TV Is Dead, Long Live Google-Powered TV | Will Greenwald | PCMag.com: "These days, Google TV is all but forgotten, and surprisingly that signals not that Android is leaving home entertainment, but that it's finally starting to show up. HDTV manufacturers are turning to Android for their connected HDTV interfaces. I saw four different companies at CES 2014 with their own spins on Android to power their home entertainment devices. (Will Greenwald. January 10, 2014. LINK) ..."

"But Google TV was plagued with a long list of problems, one of them being the strict requirements Google put in place for its hardware partners. For example, the first generation of Google TV needed to include a full traditional QWERTY keyboard, leading to unwieldy and confusing remote controls. (Janko Roettgers. JAN. 15, 2014. LINK)."

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But the customization nature of Android is a boon for HDTV manufacturers looking to move into the budget and midrange HDTV market as the more prominent names set their sights on big, expensive, advanced screens. As companies looking to get a foothold in the North American market explore ways to make their less expensive screens more feature-rich, we could finally see Android become a big force in home entertainment. It just won't be Google designing or tweaking it.

CONCLUSION
Google TV did not make much of a splash when it was introduced, but now it is on track as a suitable base for many companies who want to expand on the television experience. If you own an iPhone or an Android, you are already compatible with Google TV. You might want to look into the possibilities of linking up to streaming TV and other services.

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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2429393,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster_(pay_service)
http://code.google.com/tv/faq.html#android
http://gigaom.com/2014/01/15/in-a-post-google-tv-era-hisense-takes-a-first-stab-at-defining-android-on-tv/
http://bgr.com/2010/05/20/google-tv-gets-official/
http://gigaom.com/2014/01/15/chromecast-porn/
https://plus.google.com/+GoogleTV/posts
http://googletv.blogspot.com/
http://www.lg.com/us/lggoogletv/index.jsp#page=qanda

MooPig Olympic History Nanosecond :: "Black Power 1968 Olympics"

Did it Make a Difference?
Retracted by Pat Darnell  |  July 24, 2013  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK]  ... in the same stadium from which 6,200 pigeons swooped skyward to signify the opening of the "Peace Olympics," Sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two disaffected black athletes from the U.S. put on a public display of petulance that sparked one of the most unpleasant controversies in Olympic history and turned the high drama of the games into theater of the absurd. Smith had just won the 200-meter dash in a record-breaking 19.8 ...

Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (43): Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics | P.a.p.-Blog // Human Rights Etc.: "The two U.S. athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty. Carlos wore a necklace of beads which he described “were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage.”

As they left the podium they were booed by the crowd. Time magazine wrote “Faster, Higher, Stronger” is the motto of the Olympic Games. “Angrier, nastier, uglier” better describes the scene in Mexico City last week. (source)

Carlos and Smith were stripped of their medals, ejected from the Olympic Village, and returned to an unfriendly welcome in the U.S."

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Now jump ahead to 2012 Olympics

It writes itself, no lie.

Is this what Bernanke means by Quantitative Easing? The Oracle of "Never really getting anywhere in life...?"

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http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/iconic-images-of-human-rights-violations-43-black-power-salute-at-the-olympics/
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900397,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Passage
http://wolmers.org/category/wolmers-olympics/

MooPig's Tech Coroner :: "Demise of the Fossil Fuel Industry" PART TWO

[Picture LINK]  ... Heat Waves and Our Aging Electrical Grid

" ... Electricity now powers devices of amazing technological sophistication, from lightning-fast desktop computers to flat screen TVs. But our means of getting power from the plant to the plug hasn't changed much since the early 20th century. "

Equipment Aging
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | June 28, 2012 | Bryan TX

IEEE Xplore - Abstract Page: "Thereby, the results can provide an early forecasting for equipment fault and scientific evidences for equipment maintenance and out of service, which are caused by equipment aging."

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" ... Models have been published addressing the issue of the calculation of the remaining life, future failure rates and the probability of failure of power equipment. ... " (HERE)

" ... Older equipment have higher failure rates, leading to customer interruption rates affecting the economy and society; also, older assets and facilities lead to higher inspection maintenance costs and further repair/restoration costs. ... " (HERE)

" ... Aging transmission and distribution infrastructure poses increasing obstacles for the power industry. Industry-wide run-to-failure policies have left large portions of utilities' transmission and distribution infrastructure rapidly approaching or exceeding expected service lifetimes. ... " (HERE)

" ... At 3:05 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, a 345-kV transmission line in northern Ohio began to sag. This happens commonly, especially during hot summer days, when the demand for power created by all those air conditioners can cause power lines to slacken.

Energy, which was responsible for powering northern Ohio, should have detected the loss of that first line, but its energy management system wasn't working at the time (the company didn't know that). Higher up, the Midwest Independent System Operator's state estimator, which helps ensure reliability for several utility companies in the region, had just been taken down for troubleshooting that day, and wasn't fully back online yet, so operators were unable to get an accurate, real-time picture of what was happening to the grid. ... " (HERE)


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http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5448903&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D5448903
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4912630&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F4912595%2F4912596%2F04912630.pdf%3Farnumber%3D4912630
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid
http://www.euci.com/events/?ci=1689&t=O
http://www.euci.com/events/?ci=1377&t=O
http://www.fujielectric.com/company/tech/pdf/55-03/FER-55-3-099-2009.pdf
http://site.ge-energy.com/prod_serv/plants_td/en/downloads/casestudies_dtech.pdf
http://www.scribd.com/doc/94623624/Equipment-Aging
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1831346,00.html

The White Zombie as appeared on The Speed Channel's "Speed Records".

Review by Pat Darnell
MooPig has a question pursed on its lips... "Do Electric Cars have a future in Racing?"

Maybe many others have the same question. With national response still on vanguard about what happened in September 2001, many young people have taken the right turn and gone into the great American pastime: Garage Business.
[SOURCE]
This youTube is actually answering our questions as we write about it here. MooPig hopes others can begin a journal about alternate transportation modes. This story unfolds as a builder of Electric Dragsters finds a Lithium battery to replace several thousand pounds of traditional batteries. His goal is 11.6 second quarter mile; see how he [plasma boy] and his crew describe the event:

Battery of Headlines

MCUs Double Battery Life
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