Japanese Designing An Invisible 200MPH Bullet Train

As if getting out of the way of a 200mph train isn't hard enough as it is, let's go for bonus difficulty by making it almost invisible. The next time you are visiting Japan, and you see your reflection approaching really fast, get the hell off the railroad tracks. Not content with 200mph bullet trains, Japan is set to get an 'invisible' train. The carriages will be coated in a semi-reflective surface, making it appear to almost disappear. Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima was commissioned by the Seibu Group to design a new version of the firm's Red Arrow commuter train for the company's 100th anniversary. Seibu Group said that the train would be the first designed by Sejima, and that the design aimed to be 'soft' and 'blend into the landscape.' Comments

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Blend4Web 16.03 Release With Petigor's Tale Game Sources

Blend4Web Team writes: Earlier this month you were introduced to our big game which demonstrates the possibilities of Blend4Web in game development. We are glad to announce that all source files for this game are available to study and modify as part of the open source Blend4Web SDK starting with this version. In this release [...]

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Android Auto is now live for Lollipop phones and Pioneer head units

Google just proclaimed that Android Auto is ready for the masses... or at least the masses that feel like picking up a separate Pioneer head unit and own a device running Android 5.0 Lollipop. In case your memory of the search giant's in-car plans is...



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Pyston 0.2 Is A Heck Of A Lot Better At Running Python Programs

Earlier this year cloud storage provider Dropbox open-sourced their own high-performance Python implementation, Pyston. Pyston is a JIT-based Python implementation built atop the LLVM compiler stack. The initial Pyston release was a bit basic but now after months of work, Dropbox is announcing the second version of Pyston...



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