Best of the Blogs 30 June 2015

By on 30 June, 2015
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This is where same-sex marriage is legal. Note: Finland and Greenland laws will take effect in 2016 and October 2015, respectively. Source: Vox.

 

In response to the United States government’s decision to legalise same-sex marriage, Vox published the above map, showing all the countries that have passed similar laws to date.

Uber also hopped on the gay pride float, by adding a touch of rainbow in their mobile maps.

 

Last week a video was released showing a drone crashing into a passenger jet, tearing apart the wing. Dronelife shared another video which debunks the video as yet another ambitious internet hoax. See both videos here.

 

Driverless car technology is edging forward every week. It can be argued what’s really holding it back more than anything is mapping. Well, Here blog shared an article showing how driverless cars might solve this problem themselves, simply by mapping the very streets they drive on.

 

Heads up display is cool. Heads up display combined with LiDAR technology built into a motorcycle helmet is a whole lot cooler. Check out the video on Lidar News to see what I mean.

 

This interesting article and podcast on O’Reilly suggests that IoT (internet of things) is merely a temporary term as before long everything will be interconnected to the point we don’t even think about it anymore.

 

This incredibly detailed map out of Germany showing population growth over all of Europe has been doing the rounds all over the internet. Its detail is daunting, but thankfully the fine folk at CityLab has analysed it for us.

 

VIDEO: Can UAV transport people? Well, this guy gave it a crack: watch the video on sUAS News.

 

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