Space travel’s undergone a major transformation over the past few decades, with the end of the shuttle and the rise of commercial companies. We’ll be joined by representatives from Google Lunar X Prize, NASA, LiftPort and the International Space Station.
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Filed under: Science
Toyota is no stranger to the hybrid realm and it has already introduced the fully-electric RAV4 EV SUV. Join us for this session where editor-in-chief Tim Stevens chats up Sheldon Brown, executive program manager of the product development office, Toyota Technical Center, USA, Inc. There’s sure to be some talk of hybrids and EVs — and perhaps a glimpse that what the future holds for us road warriors.
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Filed under: Transportation
We’ll be joined on stage by Toyota’s executive program manager, product development Sheldon Brown to discuss the car’s company’s presence in the hybrid market, and the RAV4 EV, which furthers its focus on electric vehicles.
For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Filed under: Transportation
Can’t make it out to Engadget Expand at San Francisco’s Fort Mason today? ‘Tis a shame, but we’re happy to help ease the pain a bit. You’ll be able to watch livestreams of all of today’s sessions on this very website, and we’ll be liveblogging a few, too, just in case you prefer to take it all in with text and photos instead. Head over to our agenda page for the day’s full rundown, and jump past the break for links to all of our liveblogs and livestreams, along with times to watch.
Filed under: Announcements
Walter De Brouwer wants to make the tricorder a reality. The Scanadu founder and CEO took some time away from his Trekkie toiling at NASA’s Ames Research Park to join our panel on the future of technology and made his way backstage shortly after to discuss his vision of things to come with Sharif Sakr. For the full interview, covering everything from implantable health sensors to semiotics and the possibility (or not) of time travel, check out our video after the break.
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Bob Heddle, director of Kinect for Windows, took to our stage yesterday to talk about the evolution of Microsoft’s gaming peripheral. After turning our editor-in-chief into a rather rubbery looking 3D rendering, he headed backstage for an interview with Brian Heater where the two talked about Kinect’s effect on Microsoft’s business as a whole and the possibility of an embedded future. For the full interview, check out our video after the break.
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There are very few things on this Earth that can make a view of the San Francisco Bay even more gorgeous than it already is, and a pier with 67 arcade games lined up side-by-side certainly qualifies as one of them. This stockpile of amusement will soon be making its way into our exhibit hall at Fort Mason for the Engadget Expand afterparty, and we captured this glorious vista fresh off the delivery truck. The usual suspects are here: NBA Jam, Street Fighter, Tetris, Tron, Pac-man, Qbert and even Donkey Kong, along with a litany of other classics. Take a quick break this evening and have yourself a good long look at our gallery of goodies below, as well as a video showing the setup in all its glory.
Gallery: Expand’s Pier of Arcade
We’re live from the Robots, Lasers and Replicators panel at Engadget Expand! Veronica Belmont of Revision3, author Daniel Wilson, and John Scalzi join Engadget EIC Tim Stevens for the talk. Follow along just beyond the break!
Science fiction? Or science fact? We explore the connection between fantastical technologies of the past and their real world analogs, along with Tekzilla’s Veronica Belmont, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s John Scalzi and Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson.
For a full list of Expand sessions, be sure to check out our event hub.
Kinect for Windows is getting a big SDK update on March 18th to version 1.7 — Redmond’s calling it “our most significant update to the SDK since we released the first version” — which includes the long awaited 3D object scanning application Kinect Fusion. Microsoft took to Engadget’s Expand stage today to unveil the features of the SDK update, which included live demos of both Kinect Fusion and Interactions; Fusion creates live 3D models of both people and objects, while Interactions adds a whole variety of recognizable gestures to the Kinect for Windows SDK (“push-to-press buttons, grip-to-pan capabilities, and support for smart ways to accommodate multiple users and two-person interactions,” says Microsoft). Microsoft’ also adding code samples to its Kinect for Windows development site (CodePlex), making this the first such code from Microsoft available in an open-source channel. We’ll have demo videos of the new Kinect for Windows SDK features for you as soon as we can.
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Filed under: Peripherals, Software, Microsoft
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