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There's something very pleasing to know that guys like Carmack aren't just punching out tomorrow's FPS engines, but doing out of the box stuff like this. I won

There's something very pleasing to know that guys like Carmack aren't just punching out tomorrow's FPS engines, but doing out of the box stuff like this. I wonder if we're entering some kind of tech golden age. The post-PC stuff, SpaceX/Tesla, Kindle/Nook, Win8, Smartphones, etc things have gotten weird quickly. I'm still waiting to wake up one day and see a $999 home robot that can do everything from clean the bathroom to walk the dog. If this happened tomorrow I wouldn't be that surprised.

newobj 14y ago
Sounds like you may not be familiar with Armadillo Aerospace yet...
- hexagonal 14y ago
  Yeah, Carmack has a rocket company: http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/ http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/
  - grannyg00se 14y ago
    And it looks like he used some tech from Armadillo in this unit. The software for the gyro sensors come straight out of the Armadillo rocket tech. Awesome. (see the youtube video mentioned in another comment)
    - hexagonal 14y ago
      Well, the software. IIRC, the Armadillo flight electronics use a Crossbow IMU, (which must be very accurate, endure a whole lot of vibration, and drift very little) which is $100k.
- Tloewald 14y ago
  Or the fact that Carmack has driven a lot of innovation in 3d hardware for that matter. (Tim Sweeney likewise.)
JabavuAdams 14y ago
Entering? This is it.
- debacle 14y ago
  No, this isn't it. We're entering an age of higher order technology, where each advancement leads to faster advancement. In short, we are approaching what many have called the singularity.
  - eridius 14y ago
    The singularity specifically requires AIs that can build smarter AIs. I'm not sure any of our current progress is really leading to true AI.
    - JabavuAdams 14y ago
      Agreed. However, I don't think we really want AI. We want IA (Intelligence Augmentation). AI leads to slavery or at best pet-ness. IA leads to godhood (maybe?)
      - alttab 14y ago
        The slavery-inducing AI is more like pandoras box. Inevitably someone will try to create and harness such tech for a competitive advantage, but they have created something they cannot control...
    - freshhawk 14y ago
      "specifically requires AIs that can build smarter AIs" The trendy "rapture of the nerds" version of the singularity does. The original definition is technology advancing at a faster rate than humans are capable of integrating and managing it. It was identified while trying to identify existential threats to humanity. It's fascinating watching a warning about future dangers get repackaged by AI focused futurists into a utopian neo-religion.
      - 14y ago
KeyBoardG 14y ago
I had that weird/awesome realization moment yesterday after seeing all these x86 tablets and arm laptops all running Win8 / Win8RT. Lines are getting quite blurry, its a great time to be a tech consumer.

newobj 14y ago

Sounds like you may not be familiar with Armadillo Aerospace yet...

hexagonal 14y ago
Yeah, Carmack has a rocket company: http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/ http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/
- grannyg00se 14y ago
  And it looks like he used some tech from Armadillo in this unit. The software for the gyro sensors come straight out of the Armadillo rocket tech. Awesome. (see the youtube video mentioned in another comment)
  - hexagonal 14y ago
    Well, the software. IIRC, the Armadillo flight electronics use a Crossbow IMU, (which must be very accurate, endure a whole lot of vibration, and drift very little) which is $100k.
Tloewald 14y ago
Or the fact that Carmack has driven a lot of innovation in 3d hardware for that matter. (Tim Sweeney likewise.)

JabavuAdams 14y ago

Entering? This is it.

debacle 14y ago
No, this isn't it. We're entering an age of higher order technology, where each advancement leads to faster advancement. In short, we are approaching what many have called the singularity.
- eridius 14y ago
  The singularity specifically requires AIs that can build smarter AIs. I'm not sure any of our current progress is really leading to true AI.
  - JabavuAdams 14y ago
    Agreed. However, I don't think we really want AI. We want IA (Intelligence Augmentation). AI leads to slavery or at best pet-ness. IA leads to godhood (maybe?)
    - alttab 14y ago
      The slavery-inducing AI is more like pandoras box. Inevitably someone will try to create and harness such tech for a competitive advantage, but they have created something they cannot control...
  - freshhawk 14y ago
    "specifically requires AIs that can build smarter AIs" The trendy "rapture of the nerds" version of the singularity does. The original definition is technology advancing at a faster rate than humans are capable of integrating and managing it. It was identified while trying to identify existential threats to humanity. It's fascinating watching a warning about future dangers get repackaged by AI focused futurists into a utopian neo-religion.
    - 14y ago

KeyBoardG 14y ago

I had that weird/awesome realization moment yesterday after seeing all these x86 tablets and arm laptops all running Win8 / Win8RT. Lines are getting quite blurry, its a great time to be a tech consumer.