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Have You Ever Seen A Driverless Bus Before?

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5sbfTfofV08QEe67aqsazMvQMpjVmS7JADrMSru_H-hJi7Z0KSwKO14zzmwxZcomly7s1WAUOt0iU-QZUJl1nLln0j-060fkwVEhnAys_Jx_50fPMELTjhKFQFQSFwnd0fgS-7_-a2XL/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5sbfTfofV08QEe67aqsazMvQMpjVmS7JADrMSru_H-hJi7Z0KSwKO14zzmwxZcomly7s1WAUOt0iU-QZUJl1nLln0j-060fkwVEhnAys_Jx_50fPMELTjhKFQFQSFwnd0fgS-7_-a2XL/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>In the Netherlands, two driverless electric vehicles began travelling around the city of Ede covering a distance of 3.5 miles. The buses, named Wepods, represent glassy boxes with no steering wheel or any other operator controls. The vehicles are summoned to regular stops by a special application and open their doors. Carrying capacity reaches up to 12 passengers at a time. The Wepod’s speed is 15 miles per hour.</div>

Have You Ever Seen A Driverless Bus Before?

In the Netherlands, two driverless electric vehicles began travelling around the city of Ede covering a distance of 3.5 miles. The buses, na...

Opera Software Accused UCWeb Of Shady Practices.

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna0Tb8m8-SIoFuzwuiP_Rh8oUijoyodUVYf7nPMkmkOoSeyK5vABFMGiNbnnqoHWOPehFdtvE1i1H7FxDXayifWGpZADoJJ5-4rDl37l8lhTaF3QJ3OlFCAxiFedC79fTdFYRG6DF6rdh/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna0Tb8m8-SIoFuzwuiP_Rh8oUijoyodUVYf7nPMkmkOoSeyK5vABFMGiNbnnqoHWOPehFdtvE1i1H7FxDXayifWGpZADoJJ5-4rDl37l8lhTaF3QJ3OlFCAxiFedC79fTdFYRG6DF6rdh/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Opera Mini and UC Browser are undoubtedly rivals and this has been going on for years. 
 
One of the reasons people choose either of these browsers is data compression and fast downloads. The companies behind the two mobile browsers target the same markets, both have the same goals, hence the rivalry. 
 
 
Opera Software accused UCWeb of shady practices. Malicious ads have been showing on Opera Mini and Opera for Android linking to UC Browser download page. This was reported by Opera Mini users and this ad in particular sometimes hijack the browser, filling up the screen with an alert that your browser is unsafe. 
 
The ad may even feature a call-to-action that leads to UC Browser Play Store page. 
 
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4qHQDJOR0kkXnEhTEQv_MX3osBRz5yJaX1fTJLuAvC1Id6E6TAS3aI45pN3_BpmSzha_Yr3vrXan323wHfsnGSdX4LGrOqowJTDzKoTCm06fwVBgitQS3lUAabjfpNOud-nTbyhCFe9m/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4qHQDJOR0kkXnEhTEQv_MX3osBRz5yJaX1fTJLuAvC1Id6E6TAS3aI45pN3_BpmSzha_Yr3vrXan323wHfsnGSdX4LGrOqowJTDzKoTCm06fwVBgitQS3lUAabjfpNOud-nTbyhCFe9m/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>#Screenshoot. 
 
 
 
If this particular ad was actually sponsored by UCWeb, then it’s rather unethical. This annoying ad will even make your phone vibrate and make loud noises. According to Opera Software: 
 
 
At Opera, we play clean. We do not hijack others’ properties in an attempt to trick people into downloading our browsers and apps. We work to bring a safe internet experience to all. So far,, we have seen on action from the UC Browser team to remove these unethical webpages. 
 
It seems Opera Software has already reported this to Google: 
 
 
We will not just stand by and let people smear our products and scare our users. We will continue talking to Google about this situation, and we are calling on UC Browser for its help in stopping these malicious ads. 
 
 
This kind of unethical advert will only damage the brand UCWeb has built over the years. Tricking users into downloading UC Browser through malicious ads isn’t the way to go. Since UCWeb is yet to respond, the possibility that this advert might be run by a third party can’t be ignored. 
 
 
 
Culled from Geek.ng</div>

Opera Software Accused UCWeb Of Shady Practices.

Opera Mini and UC Browser are undoubtedly rivals and this has been going on for years. One of the reasons people choose either of these br...

Scientists Makes New Condoms Called - 'Pant Condoms’

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yfn6_yUYr6cVdrNiDo0SuPPeNr3hDmNtzjiON0MW5zdAPkEImdf6nCmDTDqXZJHoXqh3sd-Ftw6OtAYDi3OZFfv2sdipHw7d39GVXATbpBVS8UTvpo86HdOVIPUyz1zoEJf6-xgm-6Ia/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yfn6_yUYr6cVdrNiDo0SuPPeNr3hDmNtzjiON0MW5zdAPkEImdf6nCmDTDqXZJHoXqh3sd-Ftw6OtAYDi3OZFfv2sdipHw7d39GVXATbpBVS8UTvpo86HdOVIPUyz1zoEJf6-xgm-6Ia/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Wonders Will never end in this world. Sweden Scientists has come out with new condoms for those men who worry about condoms coming off during sex. 
 
The new condom is called "pant condom" which is said to give 100% protection against all STI’s and prevents unwanted pregnancy. See another photo of a man wearing one below; 
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic87iJZ-J7bWV3-Zp9EXPxKEFplIF0LszTJ-rOQ8diKA4_xCSbXcicve6fzJ8LiMzGoBt41TcilWSAy1kxma3rM3yJgD6Mf_mCCPkfY92ylxvq_VzlvwzcuHDFiEzqkk4yqL9gWDc2GUGw/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic87iJZ-J7bWV3-Zp9EXPxKEFplIF0LszTJ-rOQ8diKA4_xCSbXcicve6fzJ8LiMzGoBt41TcilWSAy1kxma3rM3yJgD6Mf_mCCPkfY92ylxvq_VzlvwzcuHDFiEzqkk4yqL9gWDc2GUGw/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a></div>

Scientists Makes New Condoms Called - 'Pant Condoms’

Wonders Will never end in this world. Sweden Scientists has come out with new condoms for those men who worry about condoms coming off duri...

Humans could be living underwater or below ground?

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzH_BYAAKEcJHocYnvG3IUzpQ4B0NQ4pv8cOUasRuPbfPt5kLFLOaT4GAvzdLKq2ylk1T3JgiewE7l-Dcvsw5bc-M0Mn86c_uK3qwA0EOy7k0CBB7FUg76Y72opX_YOeZmEdunmbbFpZ2/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzH_BYAAKEcJHocYnvG3IUzpQ4B0NQ4pv8cOUasRuPbfPt5kLFLOaT4GAvzdLKq2ylk1T3JgiewE7l-Dcvsw5bc-M0Mn86c_uK3qwA0EOy7k0CBB7FUg76Y72opX_YOeZmEdunmbbFpZ2/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>The SmartThings Future Living Report predicts how homes will look in 100 years. Perhaps most striking is where they&#039;ll be: underwater and underground. 
 
One hundred years in the future, we’ll barely have to leave our homes, if the SmartThings Future Living Report is correct. 
 
Commissioned by Samsung, the report was authored by space scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, University of Westminster architects and lecturers Arthur Mamou-Mani and Toby Burgess, and urban planner and designer Linda Aitken and Els Leclercq. The writers based their predictions on current technology, as well as projections about the world’s population growth and energy needs. 
 
Thanks to an expanding population, Earth-dwellers will need to find new and creative places to live. By 2116, the report proposes that humans will have underwater cities: “With advances in the efficiency of solar cells, it is likely that this free energy source will be used to create sub-aquatic communities, breathing the oxygen they create and fueling their electrical needs through the act of hydrogen creation below the waves.” Not everyone with a view of the sea will be below the waves, though. Floating cities will move all over the world to avoid harsh climates. Future generations will also live in earth-scrapers — essentially skyscrapers in reverse, burrowing deep into the ground rather than towering in the clouds. 
 
While the locations of future homes may be totally new, the interiors will be futuristic takes on what we’re already used to. 
 
Those living underground might not get as much sunlight, but their walls will still offer breathtaking views thanks to virtual reality or LED surfaces and projectors “with home interiors reading and then adapting to the inhabitants’ mood.” 
 
The walls themselves will be more than stationary surfaces showing you thunderstorms when you’re angry and rolling meadows when you’re stressed. “These smart walls will be able to change their own shape in 3D by using small responsive actuators pushing and pulling a flexible skin, creating temporary seats or shelves,” the authors of the report write. 
 
The house in general will respond to your needs, suggesting different wall configurations based on what’s happening (such as if you have guests in town and need a temporary bedroom). And each home will have its own 3D printer to make small objects on demand. 
 
With an increased strain on the earth’s resources, homes will become more sustainable. People will grow their own food with hydroponics and produce their own gas and water through a digestion tank using anaerobic digestion. All houses will be “off the grid,” storing energy in lithium-ion batteries generated by sun, wind, or other means. 
 
Thanks to drone deliveries, 3D-printed and home-grown food, holograms that project you at an office, and in-home body-scanning capsules that check you for disease, it sounds like the report predicts people will increasingly become homebodies. 
 
That might be a necessity if we venture into space. “Homes will increasingly become self-contained, autonomous spaces generating their own oxygen and food; we will effectively all be creating our very own little planet Earths,” says the report. 
 
 
 
 
Source; h/t ➤ DigitalTrends.com</div>

Humans could be living underwater or below ground?

The SmartThings Future Living Report predicts how homes will look in 100 years. Perhaps most striking is where they'll be: underwat...