Elton on the way to another fortune!

Elon Musk has an idea of how one might transform the sharp-angled Tesla Cybertruck into an overland camper, but the breezy walls and compact interior of a small pop-up aren’t for every adventurer. Las Vegas-based startup CyberLandr has stepped in to show an alternative: a telescoping camper that fits neatly in the Cybertruck’s bed and grows into a little pickup-back tiny home complete with bed, bathroom and kitchen. It’s a pickup camper wild and weird enough for the Cybertruck itself.

The Cybertruck presents an interesting challenge for camper makers. On one hand, developing a Cybertruck camper is marketing gold and instant fame. On the other, the truck’s irregular shape trades the simple, design-friendly starting point of low, level sidewalls for a much less intuitive foundation. The typical pickup camper or bed rack-mounted roof-top tent simply won’t work naturally with the Cybertruck’s off-the-wall geometry, at least not without some serious reengineering.

https://youtu.be/eipgk-8TJt0

https://newatlas.com/automotive/cyberlndr-tesla-pickup-camper/

PermeateFree said:

Elton on the way to another fortune!

Elon Musk has an idea of how one might transform the sharp-angled Tesla Cybertruck into an overland camper, but the breezy walls and compact interior of a small pop-up aren’t for every adventurer. Las Vegas-based startup CyberLandr has stepped in to show an alternative: a telescoping camper that fits neatly in the Cybertruck’s bed and grows into a little pickup-back tiny home complete with bed, bathroom and kitchen. It’s a pickup camper wild and weird enough for the Cybertruck itself.

The Cybertruck presents an interesting challenge for camper makers. On one hand, developing a Cybertruck camper is marketing gold and instant fame. On the other, the truck’s irregular shape trades the simple, design-friendly starting point of low, level sidewalls for a much less intuitive foundation. The typical pickup camper or bed rack-mounted roof-top tent simply won’t work naturally with the Cybertruck’s off-the-wall geometry, at least not without some serious reengineering.

https://youtu.be/eipgk-8TJt0

https://newatlas.com/automotive/cyberlndr-tesla-pickup-camper/

The ‘Cybertruck’.

There was no possible way that they could have made it look more ugly, or more ridiculous.

Or so we thought…

captain_spalding said:

PermeateFree said:

Elton on the way to another fortune!

Elon Musk has an idea of how one might transform the sharp-angled Tesla Cybertruck into an overland camper, but the breezy walls and compact interior of a small pop-up aren’t for every adventurer. Las Vegas-based startup CyberLandr has stepped in to show an alternative: a telescoping camper that fits neatly in the Cybertruck’s bed and grows into a little pickup-back tiny home complete with bed, bathroom and kitchen. It’s a pickup camper wild and weird enough for the Cybertruck itself.

The Cybertruck presents an interesting challenge for camper makers. On one hand, developing a Cybertruck camper is marketing gold and instant fame. On the other, the truck’s irregular shape trades the simple, design-friendly starting point of low, level sidewalls for a much less intuitive foundation. The typical pickup camper or bed rack-mounted roof-top tent simply won’t work naturally with the Cybertruck’s off-the-wall geometry, at least not without some serious reengineering.

https://youtu.be/eipgk-8TJt0

https://newatlas.com/automotive/cyberlndr-tesla-pickup-camper/

The ‘Cybertruck’.

There was no possible way that they could have made it look more ugly, or more ridiculous.

Or so we thought…

You don’t drive around town with it up, only when you go bush, where who cares as long as it protects you from the elements. Just think, no need for a tent and no need for a trailer, meaning you can go anywhere without much effort or concern.

PermeateFree said:

captain_spalding said:

You don’t drive around town with it up, only when you go bush, where who cares as long as it protects you from the elements. Just think, no need for a tent and no need for a trailer, meaning you can go anywhere without much effort or concern.

I’d sort of guessed that driving around with it raised up would come under ‘not recommended’.

As for its role as shelter – i suppose that if you’re the kind of person who wouldn’t mind being seen in a ‘Cybertruck’, then you may well be the kind of person who puts yourself in situations where you have to depend on a set of collapsible boxes for shelter. And the best of luck to you.

captain_spalding said:

PermeateFree said:

captain_spalding said:

You don’t drive around town with it up, only when you go bush, where who cares as long as it protects you from the elements. Just think, no need for a tent and no need for a trailer, meaning you can go anywhere without much effort or concern.

I’d sort of guessed that driving around with it raised up would come under ‘not recommended’.

As for its role as shelter – i suppose that if you’re the kind of person who wouldn’t mind being seen in a ‘Cybertruck’, then you may well be the kind of person who puts yourself in situations where you have to depend on a set of collapsible boxes for shelter. And the best of luck to you.

Not a person who spends much time in the bush then.

Is Musk just taking the piss now?

dv said:

Is Musk just taking the piss now?

Yes.

dv said:

Is Musk just taking the piss now?

Sibeen said:

When was he not taking the piss?

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Is Musk just taking the piss now?

Sibeen said:

When was he not taking the piss?

But he does it for money……….lots of money!

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Is Musk just taking the piss now?

Sibeen said:

When was he not taking the piss?

But he does it for money……….lots of money!

You’re impressed by the big money men, ah.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Sibeen said:

When was he not taking the piss?

But he does it for money……….lots of money!

You’re impressed by the big money men, ah.

No just the money.

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Is Musk just taking the piss now?

Sibeen said:

When was he not taking the piss?

But he does it for money……….lots of money!

Money for nothing
Kicks for free

The Rev Dodgson said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Sibeen said:

When was he not taking the piss?

But he does it for money……….lots of money!

Money for nothing
Kicks for free

Money for nothing is when your house value increases without you doing anything.

PermeateFree said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

PermeateFree said:

But he does it for money……….lots of money!

Money for nothing
Kicks for free

Money for nothing is when your house value increases without you doing anything.

Whereas Elon does the hard yards of talking shit and paying other people to make ugly trucks.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Money for nothing
Kicks for free

Money for nothing is when your house value increases without you doing anything.

Whereas Elon does the hard yards of talking shit and paying other people to make ugly trucks.

Yes he gives well paid jobs to many people in order to satisfy the demand for his products. Are you that productive?

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Money for nothing is when your house value increases without you doing anything.

Whereas Elon does the hard yards of talking shit and paying other people to make ugly trucks.

Yes he gives well paid jobs to many people in order to satisfy the demand for his products. Are you that productive?

They’re not his products. He pays people who know about stuff to design and make these things.

He’s just what the Amercians call a hustler.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Whereas Elon does the hard yards of talking shit and paying other people to make ugly trucks.

Yes he gives well paid jobs to many people in order to satisfy the demand for his products. Are you that productive?

They’re not his products. He pays people who know about stuff to design and make these things.

He’s just what the Amercians call a hustler.

Guess you don’t appreciate how people come up with ideas and are so confident put them into practice and will even pay people large sums of money to help. Now that is being smart and productive.

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Yes he gives well paid jobs to many people in order to satisfy the demand for his products. Are you that productive?

They’re not his products. He pays people who know about stuff to design and make these things.

He’s just what the Amercians call a hustler.

Guess you don’t appreciate how people come up with ideas and are so confident put them into practice and will even pay people large sums of money to help. Now that is being smart and productive.

A lot of Elon’s ideas are rubbish. But, he makes shitloads of money (apparently) and that always impresses a certain class of people.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

They’re not his products. He pays people who know about stuff to design and make these things.

He’s just what the Amercians call a hustler.

Guess you don’t appreciate how people come up with ideas and are so confident put them into practice and will even pay people large sums of money to help. Now that is being smart and productive.

A lot of Elon’s ideas are rubbish. But, he makes shitloads of money (apparently) and that always impresses a certain class of people.

Well at least some people want to pay good money for his rubbish. Do people want your ideas?

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Guess you don’t appreciate how people come up with ideas and are so confident put them into practice and will even pay people large sums of money to help. Now that is being smart and productive.

A lot of Elon’s ideas are rubbish. But, he makes shitloads of money (apparently) and that always impresses a certain class of people.

Well at least some people want to pay good money for his rubbish. Do people want your ideas?

I’m not selling anything.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

They’re not his products. He pays people who know about stuff to design and make these things.

He’s just what the Amercians call a hustler.

Guess you don’t appreciate how people come up with ideas and are so confident put them into practice and will even pay people large sums of money to help. Now that is being smart and productive.

A lot of Elon’s ideas are rubbish. But, he makes shitloads of money (apparently) and that always impresses a certain class of people.

there was a real estate mogul back in the 1970s with that kind of pattern, did quite well out of it too

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

A lot of Elon’s ideas are rubbish. But, he makes shitloads of money (apparently) and that always impresses a certain class of people.

Well at least some people want to pay good money for his rubbish. Do people want your ideas?

I’m not selling anything.

perhaps but given the alternative World Saving Technology is all Made In CHINA why would people pay good money for any of that hey

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

A lot of Elon’s ideas are rubbish. But, he makes shitloads of money (apparently) and that always impresses a certain class of people.

Well at least some people want to pay good money for his rubbish. Do people want your ideas?

I’m not selling anything.

Which might be why Elton lives in luxury and you live in a rented house dependant on the whim of the landlord for your survival.

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Well at least some people want to pay good money for his rubbish. Do people want your ideas?

I’m not selling anything.

Which might be why Elton lives in luxury and you live in a rented house dependant on the whim of the landlord for your survival.

Elton?

Elton lives in luxury because he marketed a lot of pop music.

I’m not really into pop music and my humble life is adequate for my purposes.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

I’m not selling anything.

Which might be why Elton lives in luxury and you live in a rented house dependant on the whim of the landlord for your survival.

Elton?

Elton lives in luxury because he marketed a lot of pop music.

I’m not really into pop music and my humble life is adequate for my purposes.

maybe ‘e means Eton, that fucked up place in the west of London where the biggest arseholes learn to be bullshit artist psychopaths

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

I’m not selling anything.

Which might be why Elton lives in luxury and you live in a rented house dependant on the whim of the landlord for your survival.

Elton?

Elton lives in luxury because he marketed a lot of pop music.

I’m not really into pop music and my humble life is adequate for my purposes.

Adequate for your purposes? Wonders why then that you get into such a panic when the house lease comes under review. Elton and Elon have options, they can do what they like and not rely on others for their quality of life. I too live very frugally, but can appreciate the advantages they have and the opportunities available to them.

Elon and Elton did not inherit their money, they made it because they were smart and had a good idea that became popular with many, even making Elon’s success beyond his imagination, but what does that matter when they could have had your lifestyle and so much cheaper too. Still as long as you are happy and content.

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Which might be why Elton lives in luxury and you live in a rented house dependant on the whim of the landlord for your survival.

Elton?

Elton lives in luxury because he marketed a lot of pop music.

I’m not really into pop music and my humble life is adequate for my purposes.

Adequate for your purposes? Wonders why then that you get into such a panic when the house lease comes under review. Elton and Elon have options, they can do what they like and not rely on others for their quality of life. I too live very frugally, but can appreciate the advantages they have and the opportunities available to them.

Elon and Elton did not inherit their money, they made it because they were smart and had a good idea that became popular with many, even making Elon’s success beyond his imagination, but what does that matter when they could have had your lifestyle and so much cheaper too. Still as long as you are happy and content.

Elon and Elton are not my kind of people, and I don’t envy what they call “success” – I find them laughable (and I suspect they realise that most intelligent people do).

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Which might be why Elton lives in luxury and you live in a rented house dependant on the whim of the landlord for your survival.

Elton?

Elton lives in luxury because he marketed a lot of pop music.

I’m not really into pop music and my humble life is adequate for my purposes.

maybe ‘e means Eton, that fucked up place in the west of London where the biggest arseholes learn to be bullshit artist psychopaths

Eton’s even worse, yes. Any decent government would close it down.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Elton?

Elton lives in luxury because he marketed a lot of pop music.

I’m not really into pop music and my humble life is adequate for my purposes.

Adequate for your purposes? Wonders why then that you get into such a panic when the house lease comes under review. Elton and Elon have options, they can do what they like and not rely on others for their quality of life. I too live very frugally, but can appreciate the advantages they have and the opportunities available to them.

Elon and Elton did not inherit their money, they made it because they were smart and had a good idea that became popular with many, even making Elon’s success beyond his imagination, but what does that matter when they could have had your lifestyle and so much cheaper too. Still as long as you are happy and content.

Elon and Elton are not my kind of people, and I don’t envy what they call “success” – I find them laughable (and I suspect they realise that most intelligent people do).

You sure love big noting yourself Car. :)))

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Adequate for your purposes? Wonders why then that you get into such a panic when the house lease comes under review. Elton and Elon have options, they can do what they like and not rely on others for their quality of life. I too live very frugally, but can appreciate the advantages they have and the opportunities available to them.

Elon and Elton did not inherit their money, they made it because they were smart and had a good idea that became popular with many, even making Elon’s success beyond his imagination, but what does that matter when they could have had your lifestyle and so much cheaper too. Still as long as you are happy and content.

Elon and Elton are not my kind of people, and I don’t envy what they call “success” – I find them laughable (and I suspect they realise that most intelligent people do).

You sure love big noting yourself Car. :)))

Nah, I’m one of the little people.

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Elon and Elton are not my kind of people, and I don’t envy what they call “success” – I find them laughable (and I suspect they realise that most intelligent people do).

You sure love big noting yourself Car. :)))

Nah, I’m one of the little people.

Not in your mind you’re not.

LOL

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

You sure love big noting yourself Car. :)))

Nah, I’m one of the little people.

Not in your mind you’re not.

LOL

You’d be surprised :)

But you’re not terribly perceptive, and this conversation is a little intrusive, so I’ll leave you to LOL.

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Which might be why Elton lives in luxury and you live in a rented house dependant on the whim of the landlord for your survival.

Elton?

Elton lives in luxury because he marketed a lot of pop music.

I’m not really into pop music and my humble life is adequate for my purposes.

maybe ‘e means Eton, that fucked up place in the west of London where the biggest arseholes learn to be bullshit artist psychopaths

England’s largest dickhead factory?

Bubblecar said:

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Nah, I’m one of the little people.

Not in your mind you’re not.

LOL

You’d be surprised :)

But you’re not terribly perceptive, and this conversation is a little intrusive, so I’ll leave you to LOL.

Maybe, but you are not very imaginative either. Don’t think you realise the effort involved in inventing, producing and marketing a new product, if you did you wouldn’t make so many silly comments.

PermeateFree said:

Not a person who spends much time in the bush then.

There are reasons why i was in the Navy, not the Army:

1. Air conditioning
2. Your bed travels with you
3. Three hot meals a day
4. No snakes etc.
5. No-one sights a weapon on you, individually/personally
etc. etc.

captain_spalding said:

PermeateFree said:

Not a person who spends much time in the bush then.

There are reasons why i was in the Navy, not the Army:

1. Air conditioning
2. Your bed travels with you
3. Three hot meals a day
4. No snakes etc.
5. No-one sights a weapon on you, individually/personally
etc. etc.

But then you have to wear the uniform with all that gold braid.

Bitcoin tops $60,000 and sets new high over the weekend as Elon Musk aims towards the “moon”

Bitcoin surged above $60,000 for the first time since March, approaching record highs on Saturday. As of 9:00am eastern time on Sunday, the currency was at $59.604.06 on the Bitstamp exchange.

The cryptocurrency is up over 700% from a year ago when a single bitcoin was below $7000. This year, bitcoin is up over 100% after a February rally brought the cryptocurrency over $50,000 for the first time.

Early Saturday morning, as the cryptocurrency was floating around its weekend high, Tesla and SpaceX CEO (and Technoking) Elon Musk tweeted “…going to moon very soon,” in an apparent reference to popular Bitcoin slang “to the moon.”

Musk, a bitcoin booster whose company Tesla purchased $1.5 billion of bitcoin, netting the company more profit than its electric car business, also helms up SpaceX. The company is planning the first civilian space flight to the moon in 2023.

Something else that is being engineered by Elon.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has a monkey play Pong with its mind

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink has shown off the latest version of its brain-machine interface, which a monkey uses to wirelessly play Pong with its mind. The demonstration is both another step forward for the ambitious company and a fascinating look at the current state of the technology, which, amongst other things, could offer sufferers of paralysis a way to regain control of their limbs.

Previous research in this field has shown how these brain-machine interfaces can be used to control drones, prosthetic limbs and computer tablets, just by recording and relaying the user’s brain activity that signals their intentions. The most impressive feats, however, have required that these brain implants be tethered to computer systems to provide the necessary bandwidth for the signals to be transmitted.

The goal for Neuralink, and many researchers in the field, is to develop a completely wireless version, which would allow sufferers of paralysis far greater freedom and quality of life. A consortium of scientists working on this problem, known as BrainGate, earlier this week revealed it had developed the first wireless system to transmit neural signals at a similar bandwidth to wired systems. It uses arrays of 200 electrodes to gather the full spectrum of signals from the brain’s motor cortex and pass them along to a connected wireless transmitter on the user’s head.

https://youtu.be/rsCul1sp4hQ

https://newatlas.com/computers/elon-musks-neuralink-monkey-play-pong-mind/

PermeateFree said:

Something else that is being engineered by Elon.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has a monkey play Pong with its mind

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink has shown off the latest version of its brain-machine interface, which a monkey uses to wirelessly play Pong with its mind. The demonstration is both another step forward for the ambitious company and a fascinating look at the current state of the technology, which, amongst other things, could offer sufferers of paralysis a way to regain control of their limbs.

Previous research in this field has shown how these brain-machine interfaces can be used to control drones, prosthetic limbs and computer tablets, just by recording and relaying the user’s brain activity that signals their intentions. The most impressive feats, however, have required that these brain implants be tethered to computer systems to provide the necessary bandwidth for the signals to be transmitted.

The goal for Neuralink, and many researchers in the field, is to develop a completely wireless version, which would allow sufferers of paralysis far greater freedom and quality of life. A consortium of scientists working on this problem, known as BrainGate, earlier this week revealed it had developed the first wireless system to transmit neural signals at a similar bandwidth to wired systems. It uses arrays of 200 electrodes to gather the full spectrum of signals from the brain’s motor cortex and pass them along to a connected wireless transmitter on the user’s head.

https://youtu.be/rsCul1sp4hQ

https://newatlas.com/computers/elon-musks-neuralink-monkey-play-pong-mind/

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is neuroscience theater

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/30/1007786/elon-musks-neuralink-demo-update-neuroscience-theater/

sibeen said:

PermeateFree said:

Something else that is being engineered by Elon.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has a monkey play Pong with its mind

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink has shown off the latest version of its brain-machine interface, which a monkey uses to wirelessly play Pong with its mind. The demonstration is both another step forward for the ambitious company and a fascinating look at the current state of the technology, which, amongst other things, could offer sufferers of paralysis a way to regain control of their limbs.

Previous research in this field has shown how these brain-machine interfaces can be used to control drones, prosthetic limbs and computer tablets, just by recording and relaying the user’s brain activity that signals their intentions. The most impressive feats, however, have required that these brain implants be tethered to computer systems to provide the necessary bandwidth for the signals to be transmitted.

The goal for Neuralink, and many researchers in the field, is to develop a completely wireless version, which would allow sufferers of paralysis far greater freedom and quality of life. A consortium of scientists working on this problem, known as BrainGate, earlier this week revealed it had developed the first wireless system to transmit neural signals at a similar bandwidth to wired systems. It uses arrays of 200 electrodes to gather the full spectrum of signals from the brain’s motor cortex and pass them along to a connected wireless transmitter on the user’s head.

https://youtu.be/rsCul1sp4hQ

https://newatlas.com/computers/elon-musks-neuralink-monkey-play-pong-mind/

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is neuroscience theater

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/30/1007786/elon-musks-neuralink-demo-update-neuroscience-theater/

Personally I think people should read both to gain a more realistic view of the subject. The author of the criticism gave the impression of being very biased and intent on belittling Elon and his ideas at every opportunity, in particular expecting ground breaking results from preliminary investigations, not appreciating everything starts somewhere and progress can be laborious and slow. He makes no mention of the chimp playing on the computer using nothing but its thoughts to control the action and of which makes up the vast majority of the article and the short video.

As for a fair and honest critique, it suffers from the same type of criticism that cherry picks points to support their case and unjustly ignores the main thrust of Elon’s work. Nobody is claiming Elon is brain scientist, only that he and his company has shown instances where the power of thought works and you would be stupid to deny the considerable merit and protentional for use by paralysed people. Instead you get petty, spoiling negativity from someone who should know better and if he was less biased would admit he is being totally unreasonable.